....i've been on hiatus
should i or shouldn't I?
Would I have readers or basically make this a private journal?
Short version of hiatus
2012-2013 - 2nd stint in monastery
2013-2014 - jobless and basically homeless
2014-2015 - Youth Ministry & Evangelization in South Carolina
2016 - moved to Arizona to work in the vineyard
2019 - still here in AZ and now ministering to youth AND young adults!
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Winding down
Today. Nothing really exciting. I cleaned the car. Trimmed down some more because I keep thinking I'm bringing too much. Though I have 2 suitcases of books! I'm such a Dominican. ;)
Relaxing now with SC's girls watching Despicable Me. It's such a cute movie.
I am so grateful that through God, I am re-entering tomorrow. :D
Relaxing now with SC's girls watching Despicable Me. It's such a cute movie.
I am so grateful that through God, I am re-entering tomorrow. :D
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
So....
So....I got a tattoo. One of my friends said I only live once. I prayed about it and decided to get one.
NOT!!!! :)
GOTCHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did NOT get a tattoo today. I took a picture of my friends' tattoo and posed it as mine...if it was a REAL one, the skin would be red around the edges...and there's no way that my skin color is that light!
Thanks for the laughs.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Thank You
Thank you for all of the lovely comments these last few years that ya'll have posted.
I'm turning off comments tonight. I don't know if I'll have access again.
I'll continue to blog until Thursday.
You can write me at the monastery if you wish. I can't guarantee a response. You can find the sisters' mailing address under the contact tab of the monastery website: http://www.nunsopsummit.org/ Address it to Sr. Deepa.
Please know that you all are in my prayer book, some of you by name!
I'm turning off comments tonight. I don't know if I'll have access again.
I'll continue to blog until Thursday.
You can write me at the monastery if you wish. I can't guarantee a response. You can find the sisters' mailing address under the contact tab of the monastery website: http://www.nunsopsummit.org/ Address it to Sr. Deepa.
Please know that you all are in my prayer book, some of you by name!
Travel Day
It was hard leaving today. I took in all the smells in the morning. Coffee brewing.
A 12 hour drive included 4 pit stops. :)
And driving thru the Baltimore Harbor tunnel was awesome.
Because it means I'm about 3 hours from home!!!!
A few pictures from today. I did NOT take my eyes off the road while taking pictures. And yet there is an awesome shot of the Baltimore Harbor tunnel!
A 12 hour drive included 4 pit stops. :)
And driving thru the Baltimore Harbor tunnel was awesome.
Because it means I'm about 3 hours from home!!!!
A few pictures from today. I did NOT take my eyes off the road while taking pictures. And yet there is an awesome shot of the Baltimore Harbor tunnel!
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
What a Wonderful night
What a Wonderful night this was.
A GNO sleepover turned into a surprise GNO with my girlfriends!!!
I never suspected a thing.
God is sooo good to me! I want for nothing.
A GNO sleepover turned into a surprise GNO with my girlfriends!!!
I never suspected a thing.
God is sooo good to me! I want for nothing.
Chained to the Eucharist and Mary
I am so blessed to have been in GA for four years.
Our Sweet Lord's plan has always been best!
I am content. At peace within myself. And So Full of Joy!!
I am in awe of the outpouring of Love. The people in my life show me Christ's Love thru their witness and action.
I moved out of AR's house today. The car is full. Some of it is going to SC's house. And the rest is coming with me.
Tonight is a GNO and sleepover with LF. Sunday: Fuddrucker's stop by and say hi. And one last family dinner.
Monday: 12 hours of driving, and it looks like its going to rain all day. Boo. Maybe I can drive out of it and beat it to MD. Hopefully I will arrive in MD by dinner time.
Tuesday and Wednesday: spending it with friends in MD.
And then Thursday. :D
Our Sweet Lord's plan has always been best!
I am content. At peace within myself. And So Full of Joy!!
I am in awe of the outpouring of Love. The people in my life show me Christ's Love thru their witness and action.
I moved out of AR's house today. The car is full. Some of it is going to SC's house. And the rest is coming with me.
Tonight is a GNO and sleepover with LF. Sunday: Fuddrucker's stop by and say hi. And one last family dinner.
Monday: 12 hours of driving, and it looks like its going to rain all day. Boo. Maybe I can drive out of it and beat it to MD. Hopefully I will arrive in MD by dinner time.
Tuesday and Wednesday: spending it with friends in MD.
And then Thursday. :D
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Freestylin' Butterfly song for me
One of my seniors wrote me a song.
My favorite line: "Now she's going back, Satan take that!"
Here are the lyrics:
let's take a look at my youth minister
4 years counting, and I love her like a sister
June 11, to New Jersey.
No, she didn't rehearse this.
Back to Summit to be a nun, say what?
Yeah, 2nd time not first. Bc her soul thirsts.
Taking the leap, but not blind.
She's set her mind.
Living her vocation, through separation.
His plans not hers, but she's been following His voice.
Let's go back to a time when she was 17 and in life teen.
Spending her days by the tabernacle, like she's restrained and shackled.
But she was not penalized, she understood the sacrifice.
Her love for Him radiated, and so a journey was initiated.
She was told she should be a sister, what? uh uh mister.
You should try it out, it won't be a bummer. Sure sure she responded next summer.
Asked to go to a nun run, but turned it down. She was completely frozen.
But asked Jesus why, if she loved boys and made too much noise.
Got Asked again, but booked her schedule. which was a bit ridicule. But God had her sched cleared, since she wasn't being sincere.
Father had it all paid, so she went with the parade.
Came back on fire, Yeah, she was a little lighter.
Deciding where to enter, feeling desire to be a teacher.
She found a blog of cloistered nuns, but couldn't understand the idea of being secluded.
She was denied a teacher, her chance was ruined.
But the cloistered had perpetual rosary and perpetual adoration
She made no hesitations, she emailed a sister and they couldn't resist her.
Our Deepa was now a Dominican, but something was sunken. It was dark and she was alone. She had to make a hard decision, you know.
Back into the world, 2008. It was now too late. She ended up at Saint Thomas, Yeah she totally lost it.
Made new friends, impacted lives, but there's one special little butterfly.
& Butterfly says: I'll miss you and i'll love you, thanks for praying for me. But I see it's time for you to leave. We've laughed and we've cried. Our times were never dry. You've helped me grow bc I never get to low. You truly are an inspiration, such a wonderful sensation to have met you. God put us together for a reason. We're such alike, just like twins. I'll never forget Ikea days, and calling AAA. The chance to explore vocations and take me east of the nation. Retreats, lifenights and conventions. Chinese food, snowball and Fro-yo spoons. Sushi, baking and icecream. *swoon*
Now shes going back, satan take that.
Living her life for Jesus, in the Eucharist she sees us.
We love you sista & we'll always be with yah.
My favorite line: "Now she's going back, Satan take that!"
Here are the lyrics:
let's take a look at my youth minister
4 years counting, and I love her like a sister
June 11, to New Jersey.
No, she didn't rehearse this.
Back to Summit to be a nun, say what?
Yeah, 2nd time not first. Bc her soul thirsts.
Taking the leap, but not blind.
She's set her mind.
Living her vocation, through separation.
His plans not hers, but she's been following His voice.
Let's go back to a time when she was 17 and in life teen.
Spending her days by the tabernacle, like she's restrained and shackled.
But she was not penalized, she understood the sacrifice.
Her love for Him radiated, and so a journey was initiated.
She was told she should be a sister, what? uh uh mister.
You should try it out, it won't be a bummer. Sure sure she responded next summer.
Asked to go to a nun run, but turned it down. She was completely frozen.
But asked Jesus why, if she loved boys and made too much noise.
Got Asked again, but booked her schedule. which was a bit ridicule. But God had her sched cleared, since she wasn't being sincere.
Father had it all paid, so she went with the parade.
Came back on fire, Yeah, she was a little lighter.
Deciding where to enter, feeling desire to be a teacher.
She found a blog of cloistered nuns, but couldn't understand the idea of being secluded.
She was denied a teacher, her chance was ruined.
But the cloistered had perpetual rosary and perpetual adoration
She made no hesitations, she emailed a sister and they couldn't resist her.
Our Deepa was now a Dominican, but something was sunken. It was dark and she was alone. She had to make a hard decision, you know.
Back into the world, 2008. It was now too late. She ended up at Saint Thomas, Yeah she totally lost it.
Made new friends, impacted lives, but there's one special little butterfly.
& Butterfly says: I'll miss you and i'll love you, thanks for praying for me. But I see it's time for you to leave. We've laughed and we've cried. Our times were never dry. You've helped me grow bc I never get to low. You truly are an inspiration, such a wonderful sensation to have met you. God put us together for a reason. We're such alike, just like twins. I'll never forget Ikea days, and calling AAA. The chance to explore vocations and take me east of the nation. Retreats, lifenights and conventions. Chinese food, snowball and Fro-yo spoons. Sushi, baking and icecream. *swoon*
Now shes going back, satan take that.
Living her life for Jesus, in the Eucharist she sees us.
We love you sista & we'll always be with yah.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Well, then. JMJ, pray for us.
I have experienced a flood of Love!
Jesus has me right where He wants me.
I brought Snowball to CarMax on Thursday, and they offered $4,000. Not what I was expecting. But a decent offer. Just enough to pay off the car loan. So, I'm taking it back this week to accept their offer.
And, through generous people, I'm entering.
Praise God and Hallelujah!
The Life Teen going-away partay was tonight, and I loved every minute. My teens are amazing people! I am so privileged to be a part of their lives and to watch them mature into young adults. I am going to miss them tons. God has been so good to me!!!
Off to bed. Last dentist appointment in the morning. :)
Jesus has me right where He wants me.
I brought Snowball to CarMax on Thursday, and they offered $4,000. Not what I was expecting. But a decent offer. Just enough to pay off the car loan. So, I'm taking it back this week to accept their offer.
And, through generous people, I'm entering.
Praise God and Hallelujah!
The Life Teen going-away partay was tonight, and I loved every minute. My teens are amazing people! I am so privileged to be a part of their lives and to watch them mature into young adults. I am going to miss them tons. God has been so good to me!!!
Off to bed. Last dentist appointment in the morning. :)
Thursday, May 31, 2012
10,000 Reasons and Where I Belong
There are two worship songs in my head right now.
First:
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Matt Redman
Second:
Where I Belong by Building 429
First:
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Matt Redman
Second:
Where I Belong by Building 429
Prayer Request: for Snowball
Prayer Request for Snowball, my minivan.
I am taking the minivan into CarMax on Friday. My prayer is that they give me at the very least $6000 for the minivan.
That's my prayer request.
I've had two going-away parties so far this week! I am plum tuckered out already.
Tonight is a dinner with friends, and Sunday is the Life Teen going-away party. I know that there are surprises for that one. I'm trying to be really good about it. About not trying to find out.
I am so full of peace and joy; at times I feel I might burst.
Two weeks from 2mrw, I will be back HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God is sooo good! His Love for me is overwhelming. When He wants you somewhere, He will stop at nothing to take you there. And, His timing is perfect!
I am taking the minivan into CarMax on Friday. My prayer is that they give me at the very least $6000 for the minivan.
That's my prayer request.
I've had two going-away parties so far this week! I am plum tuckered out already.
Tonight is a dinner with friends, and Sunday is the Life Teen going-away party. I know that there are surprises for that one. I'm trying to be really good about it. About not trying to find out.
I am so full of peace and joy; at times I feel I might burst.
Two weeks from 2mrw, I will be back HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God is sooo good! His Love for me is overwhelming. When He wants you somewhere, He will stop at nothing to take you there. And, His timing is perfect!
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
The beginning of the end - deleting FB accounts
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| Deleting my work FB account |
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| the reason I gave FB for deleting my work account |
I'm in the midst of deleting documents, online accounts. I am purging all that is not of Him. And, its so freeing! Seriously! :)
Monday, May 28, 2012
Don't underestimate the Power of God
Coming off of a Pentecost high, its truly amazing to watch God work.
I have reached my goal of $21,000. I can hardly believe it myself.
This week, I've received over $4,000 in donations!!!!
Today alone a gift of $2,000. And, before I could turn the chipin link off, another $100 came in!
Two more paychecks and I will be debt-free.
I truly can enter ON TIME! And, to think that my plan is God's plan is utterly overwhelming.
I am so very grateful to all of my benefactors. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!
Jesus, thank you for pursuing me in a way that only I would recognize. Thank You for never giving up on me! I love You and I Praise You for ALL You have done in my life, and ALL You will do in my life for years to come!
I have reached my goal of $21,000. I can hardly believe it myself.
This week, I've received over $4,000 in donations!!!!
Today alone a gift of $2,000. And, before I could turn the chipin link off, another $100 came in!
Two more paychecks and I will be debt-free.
I truly can enter ON TIME! And, to think that my plan is God's plan is utterly overwhelming.
I am so very grateful to all of my benefactors. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!
Jesus, thank you for pursuing me in a way that only I would recognize. Thank You for never giving up on me! I love You and I Praise You for ALL You have done in my life, and ALL You will do in my life for years to come!
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I Trust in YOU
Today, I received another $1,000 donation!!! :)
Yes, we are in the home stretch! Whatever happens, happens.
I believe God is placing it on more than a few people's hearts to donate. He probably knows that promptings from Him do not always get heard or acted on. It's truly amazing the support He's given me in the last 3 months!
If you've donated, please be looking in your email for a message from me this coming week.
And, I'll know concretely if I'm indeed entering on Sacred Heart by Friday, June 8th. I will be letting all of the world and blogosphere know!
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I Trust in YOU!!!
Friday, May 25, 2012
This makes me Smile
I know it's not Thanksgiving or Christmas, but I'm running through old emails and journal entries reminiscing.
Have I ever mentioned how much I love the FALL season - pumpkin everything, leaves changing color, weather's cooler, Advent, baby Jesus, etc??And, I found the item below, and HAD to share. Made me smile, so I hope you will too.
Also, I promise, I am blogging on Sunday. Three high school graduations this weekend!!! I am so blessed!
Monday, May 21, 2012
Where You Are, Lord I Am Free
I'm getting closer. Thanks to the generosity of so many people! My heart is overwhelmed with JOY. It is bursting! I have about $6K overall, but that amount includes me selling Snowball, my minivan. So, only about $2800 left to pay off. yay! :)
Not only did we celebrate Ascension on Sunday, but we had our annual Baccalaureate Mass. I managed to hold it together, just barely. You see, this year's graduating class, are the teens I started with. I've known them since they were Freshmen!!!
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