Busy Busy Bee ♥

That is what I have been this past week.

So much has taken place in my most recent absence.

Mainly amazing good stuff though so no worries.

Friday I spoke at my college group about our Annual Camp that is coming up again.

I was pretty nervous all week, praying and just surrendering the words I would speak over and over again to GOD. It was a blessing to get it over with and have people tell me they really want to go now after I was done speaking :). Praise God.

One of my favorite work outfits from last week.

Before that on Thursday I drove to Murrietta to pick up a dear sister from BIBLE COLLEGE!

My Bine is back :). I am so overjoyed by this truth!

This was the sunrise as we drove to pick up Bine from her last day of bible college for the semester :)

I went to the annual Calvary Chapel christmas staff party/dinner on Saturday.

No, I'm not on staff but they invited the people who serve on coffee ministry this year.

We ate like kings and queens and had lots of laughs.

I seriously love the brothers and sisters in Christ that GOD has given me.

The only picture I got of me and Bine dolled up. We suck at capturing memories.

Then afterwards we drove a sisters house she was watching in Corona Del Mar and played games and laughed until 130am.

These have become my favorite heels. My Victorian style boots....
Excuse the potty underneath. Not too many well lit areas in my house.

Which is pretty late for Christians who serve at their churches early in the morning or just plan on waking up early enough to actually go to church.

The December 9,2011 costamesa sunset :)

That being said.

I didn't make it to church.

I woke up as 3rd service was beginning.

These owls I saw yesterday (12/11) at Urban Outfitters and they reminded me of the blogworld.
A lot of you ladies are quite fond of these little birdies. This one is for you!

I know there is so much more that has taken place!!

But for now, I leave you with this post and the pictures that I found on my phone.

Blessings to you all!!!

My first Coldstone trip in the past 6 months. Sadly, it didn't taste all that great :/

♥CheChe

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Just Me

So.
That is pretty much all this is.
Thought it would be nice to post some pictures.
They are from the last couple of months.
They are from the last few years.
Just a few randoms to share with you all :).
You gals are so very Photogenic. I don't have that gift.
But I do have moments... ha ha
They have all been edited on my EVO.
I don't show pictures of myself to the public. Well, I don't enjoy it.
And when I do... I sadly have to spend time distorting them to look...how do you say? BETTER?
 ha ha.

Love you all :).

My Jude ♥

I love this picture. Jude was barely a couple of months old here. I was his favorite :). Hence why I named him. After The Beetles hit "HEY JUDE" of course. I was quite the lil hippie...

haha. I thought I was FAT here. seriously. In fact, I retook this same photo a few times because I kept coming out fat. memo: PERFECTION IS NEVER OBTAINED. SO IF YOUR SEEKING IT YOUR PROBABLY BEING BLINDED FROM JUST HOW AMAZING AND PERFECT YOU TRULY ARE!!

My AFRICANS got back TUESDAY!!! This is a pair of earrings that one of them gave me from the trip. HANDMADE :)

I leave you with this...

A portrait. I like this picture. Yes. I still edited it.
But I really feel it shows my heart... For all women.
Just how beautiful you are in all of your simplicity.

GOD doesn't make junk.
I reheard this in a skit on YouTube Monday night.
That statement is sooooo easy for us to say AMEN!! to.
But when it comes to ourselves...
WE STILL OFTEN SEE JUNK.

I know eating disorders run rampant.

As well as body image issues. 

Here in the states and across the globe women and men struggle.

WE STRUGGLE to love what God has created.

But if we cannot accept the masterpiece he has made in us.

How can we truly see the beauty in our brothers and sisters...?

And how can we really be used to show that beautiful LOVE to one another...

IF we can't allow that love to be poured upon ourselves?

So this post is for you.
No matter how hard it is for me to post a bunch of pictures of myself.

And by myself I mean shots of just me in front of a camera.

AWKARDDDD...

I know that this is apart of my own personal journey of  LIBERTY in accepting Gods vision of me.
and Telling this dark world.
             &
The enemy who runs a muck in it.
And those forces desperately wanting me to not type these words I sit here typing to you.
I AM BEAUTIFUL.
Simply because...
GOD SAYS SO!

and guess what.
With honor I proudly yell to you...

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!
And WONDERFULLY MADE!
NOT BECAUSE OF THE PRODUCTS YOU USE.
OR HOW HEALTHY YOU ARE.
HOW HEALTHY YOU AREN'T.
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL IN THE SIMPLE FACT THAT GOD SAYS YOU ARE.

AND WHO IN THE WORLD AM I TO JUDGE SOMETHING HE HAS DEEMED PRECIOUS AND PERFECT IN HIS SIGHT?!!!

i love you all.
thank you tons for reading and following and encouraging me.
I need you all more than you could ever know.
your comments and blogs are like breaths of fresh air in the midst of battle.

Lord, This life is not mine..

Neither is this body...

Lord let your spirit fall upon us all.

That we may see the beauty we possess as daughters and sons of the KING.

Make it our truths...

Make it our truths...

Make your thoughts towards us OUR thoughts towards ourselves and brothers and sisters across the globe...

Lord. I love you!

Show me  how to love like you love this world....

blessings!

♥CheChe

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FavoriteThings [♥]

Ladies. I know that you are probably done with the image heaviness that I have recently adapted.

BUT IT IS SOOO MUCH FUN!

So please bare with me in another favorite pictures installment :).
Thank you!


OH! And all pictures are from WEHEARTIT [dot] COM

Having tea in a vintage cup with a girlfriend would and could possibly be the best thing to happen to my month :). This is what excites me these days. Coffee and Tea times with the ladies.

I have actually experienced this on the platonic and non-platonic end. It is one of those amazingly incomprehensible feelings that I think every girl and guy goes through at some point. Love this little picture.

Yes you are! :)

Love these dresses. Shiny, sparkly, fitted waist (a bit too deep of a plunge) but the frilly bottom is adorable as well.

Kinda loving this style for a wedding dress. What do you think?

This is the cutest watch. I am a pink girl so this picture kinda drives me wild...

SOOO SAD THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY NUTELLA IN THE HOUSE :(

LEMON SOUFFLES!! DOESN'T THAT SOUND AMAZING! I LOVE LEMON BAKED GOODS :). mmm

SOMEHOW THIS IS AESTHETICALLY PLEASING. I'm not a huge funnel cake girl but sweets are definitely something I like a lot of...

I just bough 3 MOLESKINE soft cover journals in black. Excited to fill em up with miscellaneous thoughts, bible studies, food, adventures and etc..

God bless you beautiful ladies! Today *Thursday* Is another 830am-10pm day with the two jobs. Pray for me and send me some questions for the Q&A VLOG :)~~~!!! @ SAVEDTHRULOVE[@]GMAIL[DOT]COM


♥cheche

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The Sunday of Pictures ♥

The Sunday Coffee Crew... We're missing a large number of servants though...

trying to look cute while hair flies into my mouth... This was the outcome.

I'm 5'7" without heels... Add 4inches to that and I look amazonish.

A picture of us preparing for the next picture... skills

♥

Strong ladiessss... haha We are so awkward

My resurrection day (Stolen from Arielle) was so amazing.
My mom came to church! She has never come to my church Calvary Chapel on a Sunday and she was really blessed by it. It is great to see God moving and drawing her back closer to Him. I pray that she builds a strong and solid relationship with Him and that nothing would keep her from hungering to live for Christ. I want all of my family to GAIN when they DIE.

I loved the dress I wore. Although it wasn't the typical BRIGHT ensemble I chose it for versatility and flexibility. Not to mention extreme comfort and how the material allowed my hips and thighs to not look so...BODACIOUS?,,, Good choice of word Chetreanna.


Hanging out:
I got to spend and amazing time with my sis Lena. Have I mentioned that I love her deeply to you guys yet? Well, if not, there is my first proclamation. She is amazing. I haven't had the comfort and peace of being able to sit down with a woman of God and witness utter transparency and heart in a while and to be honest it is usually with her that such displays take place. I love that God allows us to be real with one another in the ugliness that is mankind and yet, we cannot wait to see each other next. Anyone who can sit with me and see my heart displayed out on the table and not run away, but instead LOVE me more, is definitely someone who understands grace and all that has been gained in the resurrection of Christ by humanity.

REQUEST:

I am so eager to share every thought that pops into my head to you all. But I will spare you. I will leave you with the usual request. PRAY FOR ME. Pray for obedience that begins as soon as I rise and ends when my eyes are shut in bed. Pray for a deeper love and attitude of genuine worship (*in spirit and truth) for our Christ, Lord Jesus. Pray that the Holy Spirit would reveal nothing more or less than what God would purpose for me to know and that I would have peace in not knowing WHAT I am supposed to be doing with my life right now.

Thank you all again for stopping by. Shoot me a prayer request ANYTIME btw. I would love to intercede for whatever struggles or desires your burdened with :).

♥cheche

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[♥] The Ramblings

my precious dog Jude sleeping. My man.

I've finally found a new muse in literature. If one can call fiction such. I feel comfortable doing so, so please do not be offended. This week I began SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. When I was younger I didn't appreciate the witty and thought provoking styles of early british literature. In fact, I had developed such disdain for the names Austen and Bronte and Dickens that I really just thought anyone who spoke of them was being pompous and boastful. I figured the only people who could stomach something so dull and unnecessarily complex were disturbed in some invisible way and only forced themselves to swallow the readings knowing that it would give them lovely conversation in the familiar social settings.

me and the girls at ALTA. Impromptu study sesh turned artsy picture...

However, I have either admitted that I am invisibly disturbed or changed my opinion of such connoisseurs. I pray it is the latter ;). I watched Jane Eyre recently with a dearly beloved and close sister of mine and it sparked a real hunger for depth. Atonement was the first movie to ever develop a thirst for something different. I was used to the American feedings of Nicolas Sparks and Francine Rivers was later discovered after that. But, not to discredit either for they are great writers, my taste had began to desire something new and different. So in the last few months I had began scouring the aisles of Barnes and Noble and borders looking for what my heart was coveting. But I couldn't find anything that really hit the spot.  Does anyone understand what I mean by that? Or am I the only woman in the world who stalks the aisles of bookstores reading covers and first chapters praying to strike GOLD??

Well, I digress.


I had picked up C.S Lewis and although he was interesting and I found a spark of enthusiasm developing he just wasn't it. I went back to Rivers but it was the same. So I waited and avoided the bookstore aisles for a while only going with friends and diverting my attention to the magazine racks knowing they could provide temporary relief. Then Jane Eyre was introduced to me. And I became a bit obsessed with the movie. It wasn't enough that the love was so raw yet pure. It wasn't enough that the dialogue was fascinating, brilliant yet comprehensible. No. It was definitely a combination of that distant yet tangible ERA of time that captivated me.


So, in order to not bore you any longer with my would be british style of a post... Yes. I tried. Please forgive me if you made it this far. I would like to let you all know that I am currently in love with Sense and Sensibility by the late Jane Austen and am loving everything that I once despised. Isn't it crazy how our taste changes so drastically as life goes on? I am actually shocked that the Gossip Girl series once had my full attention in middle school... I couldn't ever go back to that type of reading and feel satisfaction, yet that was exactly what those books delivered when I was younger.


Okay. This was not a juicy post. I know. But it was definitely from the heart ,as well as a sleep deprived mindset. Therefore, I am content and satisfied in posting this for all to view and be bored with. Why, I don't even care if I lose a reader or two. lol. I'm seriously in need of sleep..

taking pictures while driving. Such a great role model.

I leave you with this picture. Be blessed today. Wednesday is always nice. Mid-week. Hope and light at the end of that work week tunnel.

Okay. So I don't remember if I told you guys about the Dermatitis I developed *allergic reaction* on my upper lip that left a scar... BUT... If I didn't I thought I'd show you guys a picture in which the scar is visible so you can see what I have to live with. I kind got shy and did some effects to the picture to lighten the scar but it is still pretty prominent. It looks like I have dirt on my lip :(. Well, the good thing is now I know that my husband will be legit. Not just a godly man but one not into the perfect look or flawless face. lol A humble man indeed. Oh, and I apologize for speaking so much of this imaginary, future husband. These weddings have really sparked more talk of Him recently and it is a bit annoying repeating "future husband" over and over and not knowing how to stop. My poor friends. And you guys.. So sorry. 

Thanks for tolerating me these last couple of days. I haven't really been doing any posts with a clear theme. I think my blog has reflected where I am spiritually right now. With Africa all of a sudden being not something that the Lord has me doing I've been left with this wonder. Wondering what exactly it all means and that although I trust God and believe His ways are always better, I'm a bit hurt that in this situation His ways are not in alignment with my wants. I want to go to Africa but His ways are steering me opposite. I trust you God... it just hurts. I mourned today like a sad, sad little girl. Pray for my silly temperament if the spirit strikes. I know it will all work out to His good purpose.

Okay, I'm really done writing now. Night and Goodmorning...

♥CheChe♥

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Weddings and Sweet tea ♥

The past two weeks have been filled with such great times. I attended my first wedding last Saturday. The bride, my friend and sister, was stunning. She could have worn a sack and been the best looking woman in the church. 

STUNNING! May the LORD bless you and your hubby(not pictured above) richly as you both take steps towards the cross and die more to self each and every day. Such a great testimony to GOD and His faithfulness. You just had to be there. ugh. LOVELY!

I also had the pleasure of attending a dear sisters wedding this Saturday. The wedding was ridiculous you guys. JUST an overall aesthetically pleasing wedding. She chose LAVENDER as her main color and it was so soft and beautiful. Had I had a REAL camera and not my camera phone I would have taken more pictures and ones with much greater quality. But, that isn't the case. I brought my ANDROID that has a battery life of about ZERO. SO after a couple of shots my battery was in danger of not making it until 8 when I would need directions to the place I was staying the night. Needless to say the pictures don't do the wedding justice. :)

they had mariachis for the beginning of the reception! So much fun. And a gourmet Mexican food buffet. It tasted healthy and delicious. I wish I would have gotten pictures!

So as you can see the wedding was at a beautiful, old-fashion style chapel. Which I love because I really love the idea... Not that I have been all of a sudden taking notes or anything ;). The stained glass, the flowers that graced the floor the beautiful way she seemed to fit her hubby perfectly as they stood across from one another holding hands. She cried such a beautiful and heartfelt cry as soon as her husband finished giving her his vows. When she opened her mouth to give hers it was so beautiful. I could say that my dear sister has truly found the man of her dreams and is in complete and utter love with HIM, I only pray that He is the man of God he is called to be because this girl is amazing. I know we all think that but she is such a hard worker and big hearted woman. I just love her and I am blessed to have witnessed such a beautiful display of love!! :).

So after the wedding... I know this post is getting long. SORRY! I watched PRIDE AND PREJUDICE for the first time! It was amazing. I just loved it. Me and two of my sisters had a good ol' girly time. Sweet tea had me feeling a bit wild so I started a photo session in the living room :).

Yeah,.. Sweet tea has quite an affect on us. We were giggling the whole time. Sometimes all I really want is to watch a romantic movie with amazing actors and beautiful dialogue and captivating scenery and drink sweet tea in peace with a sister. Is that too much to ask for?


I thank you all for your love and if you read this whole thing GOD BLESS YOU and I shall pray for your eyes. I know it has definitely been a long week but I couldn't have enjoyed it any better. And just the laughter and joy that was surrounding me this weekend was spectacular. God truly gives us what we need.


Love you all. Be blessed :).

♥ CHECHE

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