Grr...

HELP!

I hate wedding planning...

Help me not hate it!

Why are there so many rules and expectations?

Why do they create all there rules and make you feel bad for breaking them in the whole wedding scene?

HELP!

Wedding Planning...

Well I kinda need to start doing more of it... you know what's hard, planning a Florence wedding from Charleston with your parents being in Maryland... yup, this is going to be interesting.

Sorry it's been about a month...

Sorry that it's been about a month since I wrote a little blog... I always think that I am going to do better then I actually do... anyways...

Yesterday I put a deposit on my wedding dress... how exciting... and yes I don't think I have yet to put it on here... I AM GETTING MARRIED! On April 4th Mark Temple is going to be my husband and I will be trading in my last name to have a little bit shorter of a name... How does Cyprian Renee Temple sound? I like it too.

LeaderTreks Lives ON!

SOOO... the church that I think I am going to start volunteering with just so happens to use LeaderTreks... :) 

Might I remind all that I really do love this organization and am very happy that I can be connected in some way.

:) Pictures

Saturday...

Just a little walk...

Pics :)

Got to Love the Chacos... and my short legs compared to Mark's!

And I would like to introduce you to Sam... she works with me at Half Moon.

Hanging out at the House

I am hanging out at the house in the AM before I go to work today... just watching some Fox and Friends.

:)

Anyways, I just wanted to say that I miss my Florence friends.

Love Y'all!

Weekend Fun

So this weekend while working at the store I decided to break out the camera...  What happened next was the most fun I have had at work in a while. The color swap and color accent function on my camera provided entertainment for a good hour. I LOVE CAMERAS!

Sharpie Pen

I will never write with anything else ever again... 

Dear Sharpie Pen,

You are amazing. Your flow of ink is close to perfection. I have always liked Sharpie, but now, I think I might be in Love. Sharpie Pen, I hope you come in lots of colors soon. 

Love,

Cyprian

fall tv

i am really excited about Heros, Chuck, House, and Fringe... I think I might get back into TV watching... it turns out that I can relax and watch TV at the same time... 

But how I long for Lost...

dangerous

so I now work at Half Moon Outfitters in Mount Pleasant, SC... and it's dangerous because I get discounts on amazing products... I just want to buy everything... and I have no money... but for real there is some AMAZING stuff... I just want it all! I don't know what to do with myself other then want to try on everything in the store...

Leeland...

...Rocks!

Their song "Standing Still" was the only one that I haven't ever heard before and it really spoke to me. There is a need for me to sit still so I can love... 

Some Bangin' Cookies!

Today Mark and I continued on in our Hersey's cookbook and made some amazing Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies... SO good!

Yummy!!

Nutella

Today I am sitting here on my computer once again being a job seeker...

I just had a Bacon Lettuce sandwich for Lunch and I am waiting for my bagel to toast so I can have a Nutella bagel... SO GOOD!

Pop... there goes the toaster...

C-L-E-M-S-O-N

I am currently watching the Clemson - Alabama football game... and I am sad. Hopefully I will be able to report in about 2 hours that I am very happy... we will have to see. Go Clemson!

Job Interview #1

Today I went on a real interview. It was a little different for me. I had to dress up professionally and actually act like I enjoyed wearing grown-up clothes. I had to talk about me, me, me... but it was short and sweet, 15 minutes long. Next up is interview #2, so yes, I did actually get asked back. I will go out and be with an account executive in action. Oh the joy of having to dress up yet another day. 

Job Searching...

... is not fun. This experience is one that many people have had many times in life, however, I have avoided having interviews and all the jobs I have had I didn't have to interview for. Simple conversations. No getting dressed up and then drilled with a bunch of questions. I have simply been referred by someone and then hired...

What is this teaching me?

Well... I am having to do this thing called trusting in the Lord. I would have said in the past that there was situations that I have had to trust him, but in reality nothing like this before... not only am I looking for a job, I am looking for a job in a place where I have never been before. 

Anyways, just wanted to drop a note and ask for prayer. I pray that I love the situation that I am in , and learn, really learn, that having to trust the Lord with the next step is the best place to be. 

No LeaderTreks...

...  I will let you know SOON what the Lord is teaching me through all of this... it's so much right now, a little bit overwhelming... so just pray for me! I LOVE LeaderTreks, but obviously... like I said No LeaderTreks for me... but there will be no shortage of adventure that is for sure!

Family

This is my cousin's wife Raquel... she is a sassy little Brasilian woman :)

Marky T...

Mark Temple is my wonderful boyfriend :) He makes me smile!

Crazy Love

I just wanted to write a short note telling everyone that they need to read the book Crazy Love! It's amazing and will make you take a look at your life. Francis Chan is an amazing speaker that does nothing but point you to the cross and to Jesus and what that means for you!

LeaderTreks and Me

First, of all, let me tell you that I am not very good at putting my thoughts down on paper. Writing has never really been my thing. What I put down on paper sounds like my thoughts, and not like a paper. 

But I did want to tell you about LeaderTreks today. This is the amazing ministry that I get to be a part of starting this September. I decided to join their summit team, which is their new staff, a couple days before Christmas. I have personally known about LeaderTreks since Feb '06, and have got to experience a couple of things that this ministry does. Equipping Leaders to Fulfill the Great Commission is their heart... or I guess OUR heart. Student Leadership Development is what we do, and we use the classrooms of the mission field and wilderness in order to train students with these principles. 

Anyways...

Why LeaderTreks? Why leave Florence? 

Leadership is an amazing topic that many youth pastors desire to have knowledge of but don't have time to develop in. Think about it, Youth pastors are amazing individuals that pour their time and energy into running with students while having to accept responsibility for adult actions as a member of a youth staff. While they are off explaining the purpose of why kids should come and play paintball on a saturday, for example, LeaderTreks is in the office learning about Leadership, learning about your youth group and giving you a program for Leadership development that honestly youth pastors won't have time to develop. 

Anyways, this is just a chunk of my thoughts on LT and my life... 

Look for more later! 

LeaderTreks

Check Out What I will be doing from September of 2008 until the summer of 2010!

LeaderTreks - www.leadertreks.com

Much Love!

interesting...

I feel like I have so much to say but I have no idea
on how to start. Currently I am sitting at school and
waiting to go and work out a little. It's been a great
time being at CIU once a week, such an encouragement
in the midst of what seems like chaos. Chaos being my
life that is. How is it that my life has gotten so
chaotic? A mix of running hard after doing the Lord's
work mixed a little bit with my own selfishness to
want to look good and be successful. For some reason I
think I have convinced myself that Busyness is next to
Godliness.

Anyways, please pray for me as I fight this thing
called busyness. I hope really to stop being busy and
just start being available. I know I can't have one
without the other...

I love the 80's

What I love about the 80's...

Michael Jackson

PacMan

Duck Hunt

Simon

Side Ponytails

Glitter

Slap Bracelets

Cabbage Patch Dolls

Starsearch

Oregon Trail Day

Rainbow Bright

Popples

He-man

Love Shack

Bangles - Walk like an Egyptian

Don't worry, be Happy

Peter Gabriel

Madonna

The Golden Girls

Alf

The Wonder Years

Psych (I still say this)

The Modern Sabbath

so I do a very poor job at resting... so here are a few thoughts about resting, more for me then you, but I want to share...

"resting can be an act of worship"

"I figure God was serious when He mapped out a day of rest for us. If God Himself needed a day to rest after creating this universe, we would be stupid to think the same isn't essential for us."

"In modern Christianity, we have come to understand that worshipping God is not just done through singing and instruments, but through our lifestyles. But we're so rushed in packing our lifestyles with activities that perhaps we forget that God can glory not only in our work, but even in our rest. We want so much to honor God that we pack the completion of projects even into our days of rest, when really, God would sometimes prefer that we do absolutely nothing."

from The Modern Sabbath 

by Lindsay Goodlier

So it's been a year since the last post...

I know and I am sorry that I haven't updated my blog, well at all for the last 8 months. But 2008 is going to see me writing more about what's going on in my life as I try to be transparent for the purpose of keeping everyone updated about my last months here in Florence, and how it is going to be transitioning into Full-time ministry with LeaderTreks at the end of August this year. If you didn't know, I am moving to Illinois to join the team at LeaderTreks. I am very excited, and am looking forward to keeping you posted about what is going on. :)