2 weeks in...

Wow! Has it really only been two weeks since I started?! Please tell me it has been longer! =)

Anyways, I am so excited about how things are being laid out. I have been strengthened and feel much more confident about my school year. I have lots of really tough classes including AP English and AP U.S. History but the Lord has been so faithful to me and I know He will continue to be. Please pray for me though! I am tempted to discouragement very easily. I want to command my thoughts though and I want to walk in the joy of the Lord. Please pray that I would talk to myself in those moments and on those especially hard days. I know the Lord wants me to keep lifting my eyes to see the big picture, and to not be so short-sighted.

I am making some great friends at school. Please pray that the Lord will continue to cultivate them. It is sometimes hard because there is not one day that I don't think about all my friends at SGC, but I know the Lord is using that too. I believe that His plan is greater than mine and that He is using all these things to increase my dependence on Him.

Thank you all for your prayers! I love you all!

Pressing onward,
Hannah

Concert Schedule!

Hey everyone...

I finally got the orchestra performance schedule for this year! Now these are the main concerts that feature the orchestras, however, there may be more events that pop up throughout the year. I will try to give you as much notice as I can.

All the concerts are in the school's auditorium.

Great Bridge High

301 Hanbury Road West

Chesapeake, Va 23322

Please feel free to bring anyone since the concerts are free and are usually not well attended :)

Thank you all for showing your support this way. Love you guys!

Pressing onward,

Han

Fall Concert: November 5- 7:30 pm

Senior Regional Orchestra Concert*: November 14 (time?)

Christmas Concert: December 15-7:30pm

Spring Concert: February 23-7:30pm

Last Concert: June 8-7:30pm

*I haven't auditioned for this yet, so I actually don't even know if I will be in it. I will let you know ASAP. Pray I make it! :) *

Another wonderful year is almost here!

Well...my junior year begins this Tuesday! I am SO SO SO excited to see what the Lord is going to do. I can't wait to be apart of all the amazing experiences He has waiting for me. Please keep praying for Janelle and I as we go forward to share the good news. We feel priviledged to be used as the Lord's vessels. We will keep you all posted with encouraging stories and I will let you all know when my concerts are going to be so you can hopefully come on out.

Love you guys!

Pressing Onward,

Hannah

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Matt. 28: 18-20

Best Days of Our Lives...

The Lord is so good to us! What a joy to be alive! I'm sitting here just listening to the rain beat against the windows while playing soft piano music in the background. It's the simple pleasures that we remember the most.

I pray that as you all go throughout your busy days,you will remember to make the little things count. So often I am tempted to rush to the next thing on my to-do list...how much I miss!

So let this not be said of us.

1 Samuel 25:6

“Peace and prosperity to you, your family, and everything you own!"

Camp Reunions

Last weekend, my dad took my sister Naomi and I to Fort Ligonier for his summer camp reunion. It was so great to get to see where he had worked as a CIT and Camp Counselor for so many years. I really enjoyed meeting some of his old friends and getting to just celebrate God's faithfulness to us. Ligonier is absolutely beautiful. My favorite place to be....in the mountains, out in the country. My Papa, Gram and Aunt Sue Ann also drove from Pittsburgh just to have breakfast with us! The Lord is so good!

Anyway, hope you all enjoy the pictures!

Pressing onward,

Hannah

Psalm 33

"Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;

it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.

Praise the Lord with the harp;

make music to Him on the ten-stringed lyre.

Sing to Him a new song;

play skilfully, and shout for joy!"

Psalm 33: 1-3

Give Me Grace

Give Me Grace

by Cynthia Rylant

Monday make me good and kind

to all creatures that I find.

Help me love God's whole creation.

Make my life a celebration.

Tuesday teach me faith and caring,

teach me wisdom, teach me sharing.

Raise me up and make me strong.

Be with me the whole day long.

Wednesday make me full of light.

Guide my heart both day and night.

Give me gladnes, give me grace

Shine your love upon my face.

Thursday open up my eyes

to your angels in the skies.

Let them know their wings are near me,

and that they will always hear me.

Friday keep the ones I love.

Comfort them from up above.

Lift their hearts and hold them dear.

Help them know that you are here.

Saturday in the early morn

make me thankful I was born.

Give my spirit peace within.

Let each day wth hope begin.

Sunday in a quiet time,

bless this little life of mine.

In the wonder of each day,

let me live a holy way.