cover of bon iver's calgary

beautiful.
I think I like this more than the original...

perth - bon iver (remix)

beautiful.

1/19: a night of snow

Finally got the chance to go through some old-ish photos from a few weeks ago.
Here are some of the photos I took on my way home from campus from a snowy Thursday night.

strangers

i have this slight obsession with city lights, especially in snow

looking straight up at the light... :O

alice being adorable

more city lights and snow... with silhouettes! ^_^

getting involved. whatup?!

I want to do something with my life! I want to get involved. I want to make a difference! I just... don't know HOW. I mean, it shouldn't be that hard... right? I'm a college student. this is the perfect time!

so. there are so many things I could get involved in... so many great organizations that I believe are doing amazing things. like International Justice Mission, Invisible Children, To Write Love On Her Arms just to name a very very select few... but where does God want me to serve?? ahh!

here's what I wrote in my Flickr description from this...

International Justice Mission
I guess this is the most "applicable" since today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. These people are working to bring justice to and rescue those in slavery all over the world, but especially those in countries whose laws may not sufficiently protect them. I'm currently looking into getting involved on my own college campus, but they are doing some really cool stuff. Especially with Passion 2012 focusing on donating to/raising awareness for/serving the 27 million slaves worldwide, I feel like this is a problem that God is going to be working in this year. I'm super excited to see what comes of this...

Invisible Children
They are working through creativity, film, and direct action to end the use of child soldiers and bring peace and prosperity to Uganda. I had never heard of the war fought in Uganda before I heard about this organization... In our world, it is so easy for us to be ignorant about the horrible things happening in this world, slavery being one of them. There are more slaves now than ever before, yet so many of us are unaware of what's going on.

To Write Love On Her Arms
This organization is fighting to let our generation know for SURE that we are loved. That we matter. That there is a reason to hope and to love.

I've emailed a few people about the IJM chapter on campus and I'm looking forward to getting involved. But what else can I do? I find it really difficult to donate money since it's basically my parents'; I don't feel like it's mine to give away. I've never been a good "leader" and am too nervous to plan anything on my own. WHAT TO DO.

I guess it's praying time.

And then stepping-out-in-faith time. 

AHH.

1.52

I decided to start a 52 weeks photography/journalish project! WHAT UP, YO.
basically I'm going to take a photo for every week this year and write about it. it's not the taking photos part that will be hard. it'll be the part where I actually go through photos diligently, taking the time to edit (or not edit) them as I choose, and then writing about it. I don't want to make any rules about what kind of photo it will be or what kind of writing it will be.... this project will go where it goes. *shrugs*

pushing, fighting, pulling, waiting, climbing, searching

>

I am restless, looking for You.

it's been a fight. it hasn't been easy... it is so easy to doubt. to fall. to stumble... but God has been so gracious and picked me up so many times. during the struggles, it is so easy to think that God has left you. but He promised that He never will! heart.
this is getting so cheesy. how do you make this not sound cheesy?? it's TRUE AHH



i have no idea what i'm doing with this blog. waha. ah. ahah. 

take and seal it

come, Thou fount of every blessing
tune my heart to sing Thy grace
streams of mercy never ceasing
call for songs of loudest praise

teach me some melodious sonnet
sung by flaming tongues above
praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it,
mount of Thy redeeming love

here I raise mine Ebenezer
hither by Thy help I come
and I hope by Thy good pleasure
safely to arrive at home

Jesus sought me when a stranger
wandering from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger,
interposed His precious blood

o to grace how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be
let Your goodness like a fetter
bind my wandering heart to Thee

prone to wander, Lord I feel it
prone to leave the God I love
here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it
seal it for Thy courts above




free download here... hymns!!