So basically there's this awesome new thermometer coming out that automatically syncs with an app on your phone to track your cycle and fertility! It's called Wink, and not only is it super convenient, but it's super cute. Also, it vibrates rather than beeping so as not to wake your partner up.
It hasn't even officially come out yet, but you can pre-order at a reduced cost, and, if you use this referral link you get an extra $10 off (and I get $10 off too!): https://kindara.com/r/XslNvoTSI
I'm really impressed with Kindara, because not only do they promote the Fertility Awareness Method for achieving or avoiding pregnancy, they are also totally pro-woman and are donating a menstrual care pack to women in need in Africa for every Wink pre-ordered. It doesn't get much better than that! :)
Temporary Home
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. Philippians 3:20-21.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Sunday, April 21, 2013
White Rocks Trail
Yesterday two of my best friends, my boyfriend, and I went hiking as the sun sank low in the sky.
The temperature was perfect and so was the view! It was such a fun hike and we even had a picnic dinner on the rocks (yeah, they were white!) at the peak of the mountain. The trail was only about twenty minutes from where I go to school and I had no idea it existed until yesterday!
The lighting was so beautiful for pictures, which always makes me happy!
I will definitely treasure this adventure for years to come! :)
The temperature was perfect and so was the view! It was such a fun hike and we even had a picnic dinner on the rocks (yeah, they were white!) at the peak of the mountain. The trail was only about twenty minutes from where I go to school and I had no idea it existed until yesterday!
The lighting was so beautiful for pictures, which always makes me happy!
I will definitely treasure this adventure for years to come! :)
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Creation Sings Praise: Why I Want to Protect the Earth
Sunset at Glover's Atoll, Belize |
During my time studying abroad in Belize with Creation Study Program, I realized that creation is not just there for us or even God to enjoy the beauty of. Creation worships God. I don't know why I was surprised by this, because numerous times in the Bible the authors talk about creation praising God, even calling creation to praise God.
Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars.
Praise him, you highest heavens
and you waters above the skies.
Praise the Lord from the earth,
you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
lightning and hail, snow and clouds,
stormy winds that do his bidding,
stormy winds that do his bidding,
you mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars,
fruit trees and all cedars,
wild animals and all cattle,
small creatures and flying birds,
small creatures and flying birds,
kings of the earth and all nations,
you princes and all rulers on earth,
you princes and all rulers on earth,
young men and women,
old men and children.
old men and children.
Psalm 148:3-4, 7-12
Our songs of praise are minute when compared to the songs of the rest of creation. This video, especially the last five minutes, is absolutely incredible and overwhelming, and I can literally feel my soul reaching out to participate in the song. Let us join together with creation in worshiping our Creator.
At the same time, if this is what creation is singing to my God, why would I not want to protect and conserve it with all of my efforts? God has given us the amazing gift to worship along with His creation, and all we've done is mindlessly destroyed His choir.
I want to build up His praise team.
Because He oh-so-deserves the most magnificent worship band out there.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Appalachia Service Trip
I’m so excited to share with you that next week, March 9-16th,
I will be co-leading a spring break service trip through my college, Messiah
College, to the Appalachian region of Virginia. There, my team, along with
students from other colleges, will be participating in the Appalachian
Community Health Survey Project run by an organization called Restoring Eden. I
will be going door to door in the impoverished coal mining communities of
southwestern Virginia asking residents to complete family health surveys in
order to further verify the research compiled in the previous two years of this
project showing the negative health impacts of coal mining, specifically mountain
top removal coal mining, with the ultimate goal of informed policies being
passed. During my semester abroad this past fall, God really placed the
impoverished in Appalachia on my heart and in my mind, and, as I was praying
for a tangible way to do something about it, He placed this opportunity in my
lap. I am so excited for what God is going to do on this trip, both through me
and my team and the other students, and I would so love to have your prayers.
Also, pray for me as a leader, that God would use me in the lives of my team
members.
In Christ,
Stacie
A little more
explanation…
-- Mountain top
removal coal mining & the project
The mountainous Appalachian region is one of the most
impoverished in the country and has been negatively affected by coal mining,
especially mountain top removal coal mining, in which the summits of mountains
are removed in order to access valuable coal deposits. The earth, as well as
all of the waste from this process, much of it toxic, is dumped into nearby
valleys, burying and contaminating drinking water sources. However, little
research has been done to prove the detrimental health effects of coal mining.
For the past two years, Restoring Eden has partnered with researchers
at West Virginia University to provide them with data to show the correlation
between mountain top removal coal mining and health problems. In fact, the
research gathered so far has shown that cancer rates were twice as high in
mountaintop removal coal mining communities compared to non-coal mining
communities. Next week I will be joining in the third and final year of surveying
to gather further research so that policy makers can make informed decisions on
this issue.
Read more about mountain top removal: http://restoringeden.org/resources/mountaintop-removal
-- Why I want to spend
my spring break doing this
This past semester, Fall 2012, I studied abroad in the
Central American country of Belize with Creation Care Study Program. Through
the program my eyes were opened to so many environmental and social justice
issues that I had never even thought to think about before. Living in an
underdeveloped nation I also experienced poverty in a very real way, in a way
that I had never experienced before through any of my short term mission trips.
However, one of the things that most shocked and saddened me was the
realization that there is real poverty in my own country. I knew that
Appalachia was poor, but somehow my eyes and heart were opened and I truly
understood the reality of it, and it has been weighing on my mind ever since
then. One of the students in the program had participated in this same exact
health survey project and she shared about her experience with us, and about
how coal mining is greatly exacerbating the region's poverty. Then I received
an email from the nursing department at my school saying volunteers were needed
for a spring break trip, and as soon as I opened the attachment and read the
flier and realized it was the same trip that my fellow student had participated
in, God started speaking to my heart and calling me to use my spring break trip
to personally experience the poverty in Appalachia and to do something about
the situation that has been weighing heavily on my mind and heart. Poverty
breaks my heart, environmental degradation breaks my heart, but, as a nursing
major, knowing that these impoverished people are also suffering health-wise
really breaks my heart and moves me to action.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
New York City
On Tuesday I went to New York City with my family.
The weather was perfect - sunny, not too cold, and yet just cold enough to make me want to bundle up in fuzzy socks, scarf, and gloves.
I love New York. Although I've only been there at Christmas time so maybe I'm a little biased, especially since I love love love Christmas and everything about Christmas.
I got to see the Rockettes for the first time! And of course we saw the big Christmas tree and Time Square :) Enjoy these pictures of our trip!
The weather was perfect - sunny, not too cold, and yet just cold enough to make me want to bundle up in fuzzy socks, scarf, and gloves.
I love New York. Although I've only been there at Christmas time so maybe I'm a little biased, especially since I love love love Christmas and everything about Christmas.
I got to see the Rockettes for the first time! And of course we saw the big Christmas tree and Time Square :) Enjoy these pictures of our trip!
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