Work in Progress

Well.... When I though of this title for my blog I was really meaning to talk about my craft that I did today.... but really... it applies to me as well. I am always a work in progress. God is never done working inside of me. I will explain more when things are more nailed down. But for now lets just talk about my craft!

I am going to a baby shower this weekend for one of the most wonderful people in the world's daughter. It is kinda strange why we are friends and kinda strange that we are so close, but she is such a blessing in my life and I am so glad that we know each other.

My craft- Baby Gift set. yep. Gift SET hahah.. all I have done are the bibs. Let me tell you that it was the best feeling ever to bring out my sewing machine. It has been 6 week. DO YOU HEAR ME? 6 WEEKS!!

Here are some picyysss--- Like I said... there is a few more elements coming... but enjoy! And my model for the bibs is pretty wonderful :)

If your a Siggie.......

Also, I will be embroidering nike shorts for a small fee :) I am going to do mine tonight and put some pics up... but here was a PRACTICE one. They are looking better as I go... but l hope that you ask me to do it! It only takes me like 2 minutes! :) Love you all :)

Sigma Theta Chi

I am proud to say I AM A SIGGIE :)

What a long road the last six weeks have been!

What I learned was : GOD IS ALWAYS IN CONTROL :)

Here is some pictures from my first Day as A SIGGIE :)

My Big Kenli made sure we got a picture of me repin' the EOX. Kenli and Heather have been such an incredible blessing to me.

You can spot me everywhere NOW!

Precious Katie Beth. I JUST LOVE HER

My roommate, best friend, constant support and Siggie Sister!

EOX + KJK = BFF

My sweet Kojie Friends!

One of the MOST beautiful people I know Ms. Farren! I LOVE YOU TO DEATH

Sarah. obsessed. nuff said.

Blessings in Disguise.

OH goodness. Since my last post my life has been a roller coaster of emotion. I am usually not this "emotional" but pledging has done some crazy stuff to me. Let me start from the beginning

1. ANATOMY. One simple word that can suck the fun out of any conversation. I am failing that class. big time HA. So I was talking to my advisor about dropping it and seeing how it affects my major all together and trying it next semester. She told me I have to be passing to drop it. Well... not sure how that is going to happen (but keep reading). Dropping this one lousy class will also put me behind a semester in school, which will add a whole year onto my college. (kinda sucky, kinda okay? I don't really wanna grow up anyways).

2. MY PLAN. I soon realized that my "college" plan is NOT my plan. It is GODS, and EVERYTHING I am doing is for the glory of HIM. Since Freshman year I have been pushing myself so hard to get these prerequisites done in 2 year. This has literally meant taking at least 17 or 18 hours a semester. For most of you who know me. School is not my strong suit anyways. So I am proud I have made it this far. HERE's the kicker. If I am waiting an extra semester before going to nursing school it means that I am only going to be taking 12 or 13 hours for the next 2 semesters (that will be fun) hahah ;) It also means that I can get a minor, which I am pretty passionate about. I am not sure in what yet, but I think it will be in bible or psychology! :)

3. GODS PLAN. God went ahead of me in everything. EVERYTHING. I went to talk to my anatomy teacher today, (remember I am failing it. quite badly) I tell her "I am struggling" and tell her I am probably going to have to drop the class (depending on if I can get into the one next semester). I tell her the only way I can drop it is if I am passing because the whole point is I don't want it to affect my GPA that I have worked so hard to keep high. She looks at me and tells me. "thank you for telling me this, I want you to know, If you end up having to drop I will drop you passing" .. OMG did she REALLY just say that? She did. BLESSING. AMEN HALLELUJAH, PRAISE JESUS! She will also let me sit through the rest of the semester and let me hear all of the lectures so that I can learn all of the information. Have I mentioned that GOD is in CONTROL and I am NOT.

4. HERE IS HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT- IF I can get into my anatomy class next semester I will drop this one (unless God wants to let me get a B in it) :) Take it again next semester with organic chemistry (that will be a challenge as well). HAVE NO CLASSES THIS SUMMER (that sounds better then the 13 I took last summer.) Next fall I take 2 more prerequisite classes. get in nursing school in the spring. Going to nursing school in the spring will also spread out my classes more for the next 2 years and I will be another HUGE blessing. IF all of this works out, and I stay on campus next fall I want to try to be a officer in club. That is something I am passionate about and I feel like this is God giving me a chance to do it.

5. WHAT TO PRAY FOR- Pray for God's will. Whatever he wants to happen over the next 2 years let me see it clearly, let him open doors for me and close others. Pray that I ALWAYS remember that GOD is in control. Pray for pledging to end well (and quickly) so I can shift my focus a little more to school. Pray for a boy I went to High School with named Steven England, he has cancer and the treatments are not effective and his family is having to go through a really rough time right now. Pray.

THANK YOU for reading this. It has been heavy on my heart lately, and I really just want people to know that prayer does WORK.

Remaining Humbled by Him,

Christine

Oh my oh my oh my.

Well... 3 weeks into pledging and there is no other word to describe it except wonderful. If you are a part of the small army of people I called crying today you may ask why is it wonderful, you have had a HORRIBLE day... Here is the answer. It is wonderful because I have tons and tons of girls who will back me up no matter what. It is wonderful because it is what God has planned for me to do. It is wonderful because people are pushing me to my limits, breaking me down to see my true character. It is wonderful.

Although if you were to ask me at random times of the day if this process is wonderful I most certainly would say its not, but looking back over what has happened, the relationships that have come because of it, and the woman I think I am becoming is why this process is wonderful.

Over the past three weeks I have had to FULLY rely on God for all of my needs. If you know me at all you know I am a control freak and you know how in control I like to be of my life. (You think I would have given up on that mindset during my blood disorder but old habits die hard).

This verse has been so near and dear to my heart and I really believe that all of the girls in Squigs and Sigma Theta Chi strive to live by this verse... I know it is the club verse and I am not try to be cliche about it.... but it is really, really really a wonderful verse and usually we stop at verse 33.... but I have found such comfort in verse 34 as well:

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I am so excited to see what is coming up for me in the next few weeks and months. I am striving to find joy in EVERYTHING I do.

-Stine

Rushes to Bid, Bid to Pledge

Yellow, I would like to introduce myself as Squig Christine Gore!

Last Thursday Night we received our bids for Social Club!

I got a bid from Sigma Theta Chi! (This was the club that I had wanted!)

So thursday Night we met our pledge class! They are all SUPER SWEET!

We did one activity and then were FREE until Friday

Friday was Bid Night- We stayed up from 5-5 doing crazy things to get to know our pledge class and traditions of Sigma Theta Chi!

Here are some pictures form this weekend!

Side note, I may have the BEST big sisters in the WHOLE WORD. Their names are Heather and Kenli! They are so so wonderful!

Sophomore.

Oh hey... do I have a blog? I guess I forgot.

Here is an update on my life

1. School

Has taken over my life? yes. Love it. YES! I am having a wonderful school year. I have been working hard and trying to stay on top of my homework... trying being the key word there....

2. Extra curricular activities

So this semester I am rushing! Here at ACU you rush sophomore year! We are about half way through with the rushing process... and boyyyy is it stressful! Here are a couple outfits that came out of these rushes! (some are cute... and some are... well... lets just say... homemade)

All in all we had a blast dressing up and now we are HOPING to get to pledge Sigma Theta Chi. All the girls we have met have been absolutely wonderful and I would feel SO honored to be friends with all of them!

3. Diet.

So, My diet is drawing to a close.... and as of 8:00 this morning I have lost 39.5 pounds....

(lets just round it to 40 why don't we?) I am SO grateful I did this diet this summer. I am amazed

by my physical transformation and my mental and spiritual transformation. All in all I am so

blessed to have people that are supporting me.

Anyways, this is all I have time to update for right now... BUT i will try to update SOON!

Thanks!

Christine

Catching up on my lack of crafts

Today I finally got to CRAFT :) I got home from California last night and I was so ancy to open the sewing machine! I have a list of crafts I need to but today I did 2 Main ones and then helped my friend Aubree with embroidering her towels and adding button holes to her comforter!

Here were my crafts I tackled today!

ACU shirt-

I am going to be making a game day dress and I needed a shirt to do it with so I decided to make one! So I used the freezer paper method for this craft I will link one of my favorite blogs called MADE and how she does Freezer Paper Shirts!

This is how mine turned out!

Towel Embroidery-

Last year I had really wanted to have my towels embroidered and so today I tried doing my own towels because I now have an embroidery machine :) I have 9 towels that needed embroidering and then I did 3 of my friends so over the whole day I embroidered 12 towels!

Before I left for California Emily and I made shirts for school this year. At ACU we have to go to chapel 55 times a semester so we deemed the shirts appropriate!

I have a couple more crafts I need to do tomorrow! So be looking for a new update soon!