Oh how I’ve missed these nights.

Music playing.

World quiet.

Thoughts churning.

Phillips Brooks

one of my favorites. 

having a peace of mind, a heart of strength and faith, and an optimistic mindset is all that matters to me. I’m so thankful to say that I am blessed with all three everyday, that if I even have one foot out the door from where I want and should be, God pulls me back and everything feels…right.

<3

where I can’t stand to see how messed up we all are, so I just blow up.

Humanity at its rawest isn’t the prettiest feat to witness.

How sad would that be?

From the time I got back from my summer mission last August, I made a promise to myself that I’d try my hardest to work and to earn the opportunity to be able to be God’s witness again this year in Korea, to be with my darling kids at the orphanage once again. However, my parents were hesitant in letting me go because we already spent a lot of money on planning our visit back to Macau and Shanghai this summer. I was more than bummed, but I quickly reverted my thinking that God has other plans for me this summer, and I focused on how blessed I already am that I had gotten the privilege to be his witness last year and how spiritually lifted I have felt ever since. However, I still had an inkling of hope that maybe, somehow, God would work His magic and that I would somehow be able to go this year, despite my parents’ “no.” So, I prayed and prayed and prayed that God’s plan for me this summer is Korea. Pretty soon, I wasn’t sad about not being able to go anymore, because I know without any doubts that God’s got my back…that He will make use of me this summer, before I leave for college. In order to prepare for the tiniest, microscopic hope that my parents will miraculously let me go this year, I emailed my pastor’s wife (Estee smn!) and asked her if she knew of any churches or businesses that sponsor individuals on missionary journeys. Here’s her reply back to me…

Estee:

“Dearest Elsie, 

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee(:

(via ysdaskyblu)