It's A Wonderful Life

After a year or more of not talking to my nephew Scott I spent about an hour on the phone with him and about 30 min on the phone with my neice Becca.

It was two of the best phone conversations I've ever had and I now feel so blessed...Scott went from such a troubled person to a truly blessed person really believing in God...I love that kid so much. He really is like a big brother to me. He's 30 now which is so weird for me. I'm 23....and he's 30 and Becca, his sister and my neice is 27....It's amazing and I now have a step-neice and a step-nephew...and my great-nephew is 6....Oh I miss them so much but God is so good and I've seriously never been so happy in all my life and I didnt think it was possible to get any happier than I've already been. GOD IS GOOD

Smack them with a rubber chicken

I'm REALLY sick of untrustworthy, unreliable people. I'm tired of seeing my friends broken and hurt. And I am SICK of seeing people make plans for weeks then break them!!

People using others, and honestly NOT showing the mind of Christ. We're supposed to be examples of Christ today, what would Jesus do? Well I'll tell you now he would be trustworthy, reliable, and he would LOVE.

Come on people, treat others with more respect and love. Otherwise- get smacked with a rubber chicken...HARD. Because that is what you deserve!!!
-Lynnea

Change for the world

Well I've just had a lot on my mind lately.

Since I was a kid I had this dream that I would go out and help to change the world, make it a better place. I remember wanting to be a missionary, then as I got older I realized my calling into youth ministry. I want to impact a childs life in the Christian aspect. But then I realized one day that I have ACC so I wasnt sure how that would work out. But now I know.

It is a dream of mine to tell the world about ACC, to bring awareness out there and to help others understand people like me!! That is how I'll help change the world. If more people knew about ACC it could help with the number of people that find out as adults, It could help build better support for those that have ACC and it could, in general, help build the knowledge of many!!

People are still trying to get me to give up on ACCA but my God is bigger than that. I know that he wants me to do this. I have a big mouth and a big heart and God wants me to use both.

I'm so excited about this, about going out to help this world and I just keep praying that God will keep blessing ACCA. God Bless
-Lynnea

Procrastination

Well right now I should be continuing to write a paper for my class tomorrow. And I'm somewhat still focused on that but at the same time I thought I'd leave a blog. Since I havent in over a month. So coming up in about a month and a half is my 23rd birthday. I'm getting pretty excited. I'm going to be hanging out with a few friends I think so that will be fun, and this year my birthday is on a saturday!!!

This world is going crazy right now but I'm keeping my head up, and thats something we all need to be doing. Life is going to get this way, SO WHAT...keep on truckin!!

I'm watching at a distance as about 10 of my friends are pregnant, and then about 5-8 are getting married soon!! It's crazy to see lives change.

The biggest change in my life right now is ACCA. I'm so excited about it, but there are people that keep trying to tell me to give up. But I know I cant because God wants me to do this.

Well....I've procrastinated so long that I'm falling asleep so...off to finish my paper. Byeeeeee
-Lynny-poo :) :P

Wow.

Hey everyone.

Well the last week has been SO busy with school. I'm pretty blessed to have a few minutes to blog...my roommate is amazing though and doesnt wake up for another three minutes so I'm trying to be nice and am going to wait a few to dry my hair! Anyway, everything is good. School is just...busy. I'm trying to get all my work done and some of it done ahead of time. Which is what today is used for. The rest of the week is classes and meetings and SI (Student Involvement) Finally on friday I have a little time rest...and do homework.

Anyway I just wanted to blog to let everyone know how ACCA is doing. It's amazing. GOD is amazing. We're getting friend after friend on Myspace who knows someone with ACC (family or friend. We've got supporters who've never even heard of ACC before now. AND we found out some news and ACCA will be picking up quicker now. The only thing I have to do Is find out how much it's going to be to make t-shirts. We're taking this and running with it. Doesnt the whole world need to know about this brain disorder?

So thats some of the exciting things going on right now! I'll write back later. I have a head of hair to dry! YES!
Love and Blessings
-Lynnea

Still saying goodbye

Well it's about to be sunday. And life is crazy. I've said goodbye to so many people...and tomorrow is my sunday school class, I do not want to say goodbye to anyone in my church. Even though it's not forever it's still goodbye and it still stinks.

I'm trying not to be frustrated with my school right now. I want and need some help and respect with my brain problem and I'm getting nothing! I'm so scared. I'm afraid that the ACC will act up one day and I wont be able to hide it and instead of everyone knowing whats going on they'll see and laugh at me...and above anything that makes me mad to know that I do in fact go to school with a lot of jerks that would laugh at me.

So heres my deliema. Stay home around tons of people that know me and know about my ACC. People that love me anyway...or go to school to be around a bunch of jerks that will talk about me and laugh at me.

Well looks like I have to go with choice two. But I know everything will be okay. Really, God's got this so I shouldnt worry. It's all good in the Christian hood..................................................................

YO!

Things I'm going to miss

I go back to college really soon and I'm getting excited but at the same time I am realizing what I'm going to miss. My church family for one has come to mean so much to me. I love the people I go to church with. But what I love even more than that are the kids in my sunday school class, they've gotten used to me and I to them. I love those boys to pieces and think the world of each of them There are some that I'm closer to than others but still these are my boys and I'm just going to miss them so much.


So in just a few days I return to my wonderful school where I hope I'm not involved in too much drama. I just want to learn and grow closer to Christ...but I will really miss my church. Thankfully there are many people there that are really supporting me and helping me through this time. God Bless you
-Lynnea

The Remedy

I was thinking last night about all this brain problem stuff thats going on and all the awareness I'm trying to start...

And this song came one...I was just amazed at the almost literal sense the lyrics took on my life at this point...


Ayiesha Woods - The Remedy Lyrics

A little too much time on your hand
So many things pressing your heart
Now you're caught up in a brain storm
And the winds are tearing you apart
And what matter the most now
Shouldn't matter at all
You forgot who's holding you up
And He won't let you fall
Who's in control of your life
And knows better than you ever will
Who tells you time and again
Hush and be still It's time to recognize
That your answer in His eyes
Where the river flows If you'll just
Free your mind
And the peace of God will follow
Just give yourself a little time
Don't worry 'bout tomorrow
Don't you know that His joy is your strength
Can you fathom it
Peace beyond your understanding
When you gonna grab a hold of it
Cause you're life's not your own
You can't do it alone
There is a remedy if you will let go and just...
Free your mind
And the peace of God will follow
Just give yourself a little time
Don't worry 'bout tomorrow
Don't you know just thinking about it,
Ain't gonna add one hour
Tell me who's in control

ACC Awareness

Well this has been a pretty stinkin eventful week. I'm starting the ACC awareness hard core at this point. Trying to get the word out about ACC and also to help others with and without ACC develop more understanding. I'm working with the ACC network with this as well as some very close friends of mine that are kind of a support team. I'm going to be setting up an ACC awareness e-mail as well as other things. Possibly a new blog for ACCers and those that want to learn about it. We'll see. This will be a lot of work but I'm excited about getting started on this! People need to know. I'm also going to be using this as a ministry and witness to others. And I'm so excited to see where God is taking this. My best friend Charissa, my mom and I will be working out with this and it's just going to be so amazing! I Cant wait.

-Lynnea

Wow...

Okay so since friday alone my life has changed SO much. I started feeling a calling on my life recently...a calling to be more outspoken about my ACC... and I've been praying about what to do. God gave me the answer... and now I'm working on speaking out about ACC awareness. Its scary because I'm not used to this. Speaking out about things isnt something the sweet little shy Lynnea that I've become would do...Speaking out is something the 10 year old loud mouth hyper Lynnea...would do. I'm 22 and not 10...so this is kind of difficult for me but God is helping me through. And I cant wait to see what He is doing in my life. Sunday I had the most amazing time teaching kids about Jesus, I loved every minute of it. The response was good and once again God showed me more about His plan for me.

The part of me thats always been the runner...the side of me that runs from God...is telling me to take off in the oppisite direction from where God says to go but I know that I cant...and this is scary to me, that I'm actually standing my ground. But together God and I can do this....

Happy July 4th...and other things

Well everyone happy July 4th! :) Life is good, my best friends little boy (Bryson) had the baby show today. He one 2nd place AND prettiest eyes in the newborn-6 month cat. He's 3 and a half months. He's such a cutie! :)

Anyway today is the 4th of July so hopefully everyone will have a great day. I woke up this morning at seven am. When I was picking out clothes without meaning to I wore an americana shirt lol.

Oh and I think I've found my new fave breakfast!!! And its something that DOESNT make me sick.

Okay and the other things....isnt it about time I tell you about that brain problem I promised to talk about?

Well I was born with something called Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum or ACC. In english this means I was born without the part of my brain that connects the two sides and sends messages. Its rare. We didnt find out I had it til I was 20. I'm now 22. Well anyway It causes clumsiness, and I have troubles walking. I also have minor cases of OCD, ADD, and autism. Its tough to live with but I've learned to cope and God is helping me so much there are so many out there with ACC that are worse than me. I also get lost easily and have a slower reaction rate and dont get school subjects as fast as I should. Thats pretty how life is for me. God is using me to get the word out about ACC though so please pray for me in that. If you have any other questions please comment me or something.
God bless
-Lynnea

I really dont understand people

Some people I just dont get....here I am having a nice conversation and out of no where someone tried to start argument with me over someone that neither of us have ever met! I mean I'm just stumped about this. I'm in shock and a bit annoyed at this whole situation....how can one argue about someone they dont even know...oh well...one of lifes unanswered questions I guess.

Other than that today has been amazing. I got to hang out with my best friend and her little boy all day. And in just 6 short hours I have to get up because I'm going to Bryson's 4th of july baby pagent! It should be fun.

Tonight Anna (the best friend) and I watched this show called baby borrowers (I think thats what it is called) it's very interesting. And I think a good show to show teens that having kids is a huge responsibility that people should not jump into. It's pretty good though, after one episode I will admit I'm quite addicted to it.

So in the next blog I'll hopefully be sharing more about that brain problem I kinda mentioned below. :) Well God Bless
-Lynnea

I guess I'm a heartbreaker

Well things have been going good the last 2 days I've been working out and tomorrow I get to go to the dentist (yay) The rest of this week I've got planned is that tomorrow through friday I'm working out more. Then on friday I also get to see Bryson (my best friends baby) in a pagent. Pretty excited about it to be honest.

But let me tell you my most recent...discovery. Aparently I am a heartbreaker. This is not a brag. But seriously last week God just helped me see more than ever that I dont need a guy in my life, at this point anyway. And I've just gotten so happy in Christ. Next thing I know one guy tells me he likes me and wants to be with me. I have to tell him I dont feel the same. He goes on and on about how I've broken his heart. Next thing I know a similar thing with a different guy happeneds today. I'm shocked, annoyed and SINGLE AND HAPPY! Why cant guys just leave me alone for a while...unless its just a platonic thing. sheesh.

Wow Changes...AGAIN

Okay So heres the deal, I was supposed to go to my old church today to be there for the youth...Well I woke up late today (the church is 5 min away though so that usually doesnt hurt me too bad) anyway So Right in the middle of getting ready I felt this need to go to my new church instead. It was crazy. So I talked to my mom and we decided to go to my new church (she still goes to my old church...because of my mamaw) The new church is right by my house. We walk to it. Anyway so I go there today...Three amazing things happened.

A friend of the family has offered to...kind of sponser me in school. I'm her mission she wants to support from now on! HOW AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL is that? I mean God really blessed there because a lot of the people that had promised me help arent helping anymore...

Then I was talking to another friend of the family at church as well. She has offered me a little odd job of teaching her things to do online and on the computer! I've been needing a job this summer so this small job is such a blessing to me and will help me save some money.

THEN The church has decided to ask me to help around and things like that and once the youth start coming they really want me to work with them! I'm just so amazed at the doors that God is opening for me. He's shown me so much today alone! I mean its just a beautiful thing. I'm SO excited.

Also today I've decided to rearrange my room. It's looking sweet so far. It will be looking like a little exercise/studio tech room. haha I love it. I'll also be helping around with friends and family getting their houses in order. This week is my mom and best friends house, and sometime very soon I need to go over to mamaws and help her and then who knows I might help my aunt out next. I just love all thats going on right now. My room is about to be in order too. After that its the rest of the house. Its just really awesome.

okay I've rambled enouth! Be back later my loves! GOD BLESS!!! :)

Awesomeness

Well I just seem to have more and more to talk about every day! lol which is Ironic...I'm not at school right now so not much is happening to me. Anyway...

So today I spent 3 hours with my best friend of 8 years, Anna!! It's insane for us that we've been friends this long. We've actually known each other for 10 years though. It was a lot of fun, we were just thinking about how we were in HS and how things have changed but how we still are so close even though our lives are in different directions. It's pretty awesome.

I found myself reading the Bible a lot today and when I say a lot I MEAN it! I couldnt put it down, and then when I wasnt reading that I was reading some of my fun fan fictions that has just become fun reading for me. something to help keep my brain at proper mush level!! LOL

Seriously though I'm reading Still Growing by Kirk Cameron. I'm LOVING that book its just so neat to read about his life, and struggles. And the fact that I'm reading the Bible more I just pray that I keep up with that. God is just so awesome and I love this feeling of being so close to Him.

I keep thinking about how...tomorrow is saturday then sunday I'll be going to church! Amazing things are going to happen this coming sunday...I just feel it...God is going to move.

Then theres the following week, Anna and I are already making time to hang out for next week and I HAVE to make progress of the cleaning of this house. No more excuses...oh and I get to start working out next week! Goodbye to 75 pounds...at least I hope. I just want to be healthier.

Well I think I've rambled enough. I'm really enjoying typing in this blog now. gives me a chance to be even more open than I can on my facebook or Myspace...

I guess it helps that no comments means more than likely no one is reading....LOL byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

A lot of things

I've been doing a lot of thinking today. Mom and I went shopping and I had so much fun, I was able to see some good friends of mine AND get a Veggie Tales cd and DVD. I got some new hair ties and pins for my hair. And some new sun glasses. But thats not the reason I'm blogging.

First off I'm starting to make up for lost time huh?! LOL!

Anywhodiddy...I've been doing a lot of thinking today. I'm so thankful for that renewal I experienced last night. It brought me out of a dark time I was experiencing and I KNOW that it was a God thing...almost imediatly I could feel the devil trying to get at me! God was faithful as always and everything is ALL AWESOME! :)

Today I've done a lot of thinking about my ministry. About God's calling on my life. And honestly I'm SO in love with Him and the fact that He sees me- A woman, with a brain problem, as a person that He wants to reach the youth of today! I'll blog later about my brain problem to inform my readers even though I dont think anyone actually reads this. lol Well back to my thoughts of today....

I've had a lot of different reactions to me being in youth ministry. Some are touched, some that have known me since a kid say that they've thought I'd end up in youth ministry since I was a kid. Others tell me I'm going to Hell. Some say that I'm going against God and I should check myself. There are some that say nothing and glare. Well God knew that I was a woman when He called me into youth ministry. He has created me and called me into that ministry. Do you want to know how I know this.

I have known since a kid that God has wanted me to do something involving telling people about Him. I thought it would be music like my dad...but things happened and that wasnt it. So I thought...Journalism! Nope. Well then there was teaching. Classroom teaching is not my thing. The majority of kids today are hard to teach in a classroom setting (my mother and several of my friends are teachers) And one day God laid youth ministry on my heart. I said no.

NEVER say no to God! It doesnt go well- Jonah's story shows us that...but still we say no sometimes. And I did. Well God then laid it on my heart to go to a youth ministry convention with people from my school. Funding for that came out of no where! It was AMAZING. Next thing I know I'm in Chicago raising my hands in worship telling God that I'll be in whatever ministry he wants...I look around and see my friends, people that understood me like no one I'd ever met. and I fell to my seat. One of my friends said "welcome to youth ministry" They'd been praying that I would answer God's call on that trip and I did.

I used to think Women in ministry was wrong. Using Scripture to back up that point....well...let me just tell you....God changed my heart inside and out REAL quick.

I'm just so...thankful that I have so many friends and family that back me up. People see the things God is doing through me...and it's just so refreshing to know that God gives us gifts to use us to speak to others.

All the while He changes us and molds us...He calls us to higher things! Oh Praise His name! Amen!!!!

My life has been changed. AGAIN

Well He did it again! God did it again. I was sitting here...opening my heart to God without even realizing it...And through that I have finally answered a call He placed on my life when I was 17-18 years old. I didnt realize until tonight that he'd been calling me to make a certain vow to Him. One that I mean with everything in me. And I will stick to this. Then I opened God's word...and I honestly cried. God has just changed my life....I'm 22 years old...been a Christian since July 16th 1994...Soon that will be 14 years!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for my spiritual birthday this year and I cant wait to share with my mother whats happened in my life tonight...but for now it's bed time...and I really should sleep no matter how hard it may be I do have to get up somewhat early in the morning...But thats okay because I get to go to a Christian Book Store :) God Bless to all of you and I just pray that each of you that read this if anyone does get's touched by God like I've been tonight!

It's Been a While

Wow, So its been forever since my last blog! Sorry about that. College got crazy!!! I just finished my 3rd year...Still in youth ministry and have had a lot more chances at experience. I'm still lookin for my internship though...God will show me the way. I went on a missions trip to california and thats a trip that I wont ever forget! God is just so good. I'm kinda tired right now so I'll blog more later. God Bless