Spring Break

Spring break is here. It's been an amazing semester, so hard so many times but so good. Learning so much. Had my last small group with my 3 girls today...as of next quarter we will no longer have small group but outreach planning groups. It was sad, I've been so blessed by our times together. And it just marks the beginning of the end of such an amazing season of life. How good God is and how blessed I've been.  We are planning outreach full force now and I'm getting so excited. I'll be leaving for Fiji on July 5 (because that's when my U.S Visa expires :) I'm taking a team of 3 and am so excited for what God has for us there.
My mom and dad were here for a month and it was so great to have them around, being able to be part of my world here. Sad to see them go.
Ben and I leave tomorrow for Seattle...looking forward to getting to know his family.
Here are a few random photos of life lately

sunset with the parents

:)

my friend Jo and me

family

Kauaii

my love

beautiful scenery

loved these baby chickens everywhere!

Ben invited me to the beautiful island of Kauaii for his good friends wedding on the weekend. So we took the short flight over there and arrived on Thursday.  His good friend Scott was kind enough to take us in, and this was the beginning of a very random, yet awesome weekend…. We did a bunch of wedding errands, saw a bit of scenery, I somehow ended up attending the Bachelor party, like I said…it was random. But I was so blessed by Ben’s amazing group of friends there, with the kindness they showed me and also just the testimonies of their own lives. The wedding was on the beach, and the half hour ceremony was the only time it stopped raining the whole weekend! Such a gift from the Lord, and such a beautiful wedding. All in all, we had a great time. I got home last night, and he stayed in Kauaii for a few extra days with friends.

Looking forward to a new week, studying the book of Zechariah

Also, its been so fun to have my parents here, and now, the Irwins as well! Can’t wait to play tour guide…

Lots of love and aloha, thanks for reading

Snow in Hawaii??!

So Ben and I were driving a few weeks back and came across an actual snow man on the highway! It snows up on the mountain every now and then, and I guess someone must've brought some down in coolers or something and built a snowman on the highway....we must've got to see it right before it melted. Anyways, random, but I put this up for Seth and Ciara, as they didn't believe me when I told them it snowed in Hawaii sometimes....

re entering the world...

sorry for my absense this last month. I've been preparing my first big teaching on the books of Habakkuk and Obadiah.....ahhh its been a crazy, busy time but so relieved its over! I taught this morning and actually had so much fun with it. God opened my eyes to so many things through these books. The biggest thing through Habakkuk was having faith even when things aren't going well in our lives....trusting that God knows best and holds our future in His hands. So good!!!
Here are a few pictures for you of the teaching this morning.

Janice brought me this starbucks the morning of my teaching....she is the best roomate in the world

here's some teaching photos..

study study study

Hi all!

im sorry I have been so slack in my updating...I am prepping for my first teaching which is in 3 weeks on the books of Obadiah and Habakkuk, so things have been a little crazy.  I'd really appreciate prayer for clarity of mind, ability to sit still and study (I'm a bit ADD sometimes, i think I get this from my dad?!), that God would teach me through these books, and most importantly that I would be able to present my teachings in a way that would impact the students lives.



oops forgot to turn this picture but this is for Alissa. In loving memory of 'welcome to the cantelope Toby, by Cactus' :)

Thanks for your prayers..
lots of love and aloha

26

happy birthday to us!

all of our friends who came out to celebrate

my roomate and amazing friend Janice

Ben and I both turn 26 next week and so all our friends came out to celebrate with us on the weekend...How did I get to be this old?!  We had a great time and I'm so thankful to be blessed with so many amazing friends in my life.

Coming home for Christmas in 1 day!!

Lately.

SBS Thanksgiving dinner :)

Janice and I reunited with Anna

reliving a cafe legacy...

Ben and a nice sunset

reunited with Darren and Anna!

Sorry I know it’s been awhile (Nikki) J

Things have been pretty crazy here as we just finished celebrating the 50^th Anniversary of Youth With a Mission. Everyone worked really hard to put the event together, and it turned out really well! Lots of celebrating was done, and it’s been really cool to hear about how much God was moving in the hearts of many of my students during this time. 2 friends from my time in SBS came to visit during the week from California and B.C. It was so nice to see them and have a little reunion.

This week we are studying the Psalms..such a beautiful book! I can hardly believe we only have 3 books left to go before Christmas break! My students are doing really well for the most part, some are still having some rough days, but in general they are not complaining as much so I take that as a good sign! I’m coming home for Christmas in less than 2 weeks and can hardly wait to see everyone…I’ve been doing a bit of Christmas shopping for my nieces and nephews, it feels really strange to be Christmas shopping in the heat. I can’t wait to get to the snow and have a real Christmas!