Thankful Thursday

Hey all!! :)

So today is THANKFUL THURSDAY! :) Since I have many things to be thankful for I am just going to list all of them :)

• My family
• Friends
• My faith
• The Ability to get an education
• The gifts that the Lord has given me
• Forgiveness
• Sacraments
• The ability to make a difference
• The Bible
• and so many more that i cant even type out! :)

Thank you Lord for this day! :) Thank you all my readers, i am hoping to be able to gain more readers in my blog, God willing :)
Thanks and God Bless,
Ashley

What to be Thankful For This Thanksgiving..

Hey all! :)
In the spirit of Thanksgiving (Being tomorrow!) I thought I would post what I am thankful for :)

(These are listed in NO particular order)

-My family, even through the rough times some how we all stick together and get through. They love me unconditionally and I am truly grateful to have them.
-My wonderful friends! :) Where would I be without you guys?!? You all have done wonders in my life and I continue to thank you so much for all of that! :) Through thick and thin, through laughter and tears...man you guys are amazing!
-God. Man what to say?!? God has blessed me so much in so many ways, and still to this day I continue to count the ways. The one who hears my cries, pleas, hopes and dreams. God you are amazing! :) And I am so glad that I turned back to you!
-My Future Husband- Who right now only God knows, but he is getting us ready to be together. I love you with all my heart. :)
-For St. Henry's Youth Group! :) Man, I love it there! :) Even though we are still promoting and in the early stages, i couldnt ask for anything better than what we have and what we will continue to have :)
-My Puppy! Lilly is my love! :) Dogs know how to pick you up when you are down, and make you laugh and have fun with them! :) She is my absolute love, hope, pride, joy and my little girl :) I love her so much!
-My Parents- For putting up with me through so much! :) Thanks for all you do for me and teach me! :) Please continue to do so even if Im not the nicest person about it... haha :)
-My Grandparents- Grandma and Grandpa Theisen are amazing! :) I love having Grandparents sooo close! :) Thanks for all you do for all of us! **I cant wait to come over for thanksgiving tomorrow!** Grandma Fran, you are such an intelegent woman. Full of wisdom and hope. Thank you so much for all that you have taught me!
-For being able to get an education. I know most of the time we all hate school, but to think about it... man we are really really lucky to be able to learn and make the world a better place!
-The Bible. Without God's word I would be lost!
-For all the people who go out and CHOOSE to make a difference!
-MY YTM FAMILY!
-My Job :)
AND SO MUCH MORE! :)
What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?! :) Let me know!

My message to all of you....

Since tomorrow is a day of celebration, giving thanks, and together-ness, why not spread that on?? Do anything you can to spread those things on to others who may be less fortunate than you, or are just in need of a little happiness.

God gives us all PLENTY of things to be thankful for! :) So tomorrow when you wake up, or throughout the day tell him what your thankful for. Let him know how much he has changed your life, and made you thankful.


Lord---
Thank you so much for this day. Please bless all of us tomorrow, with our travels and family time. May our time together be memorable. Let tomorrow be a day for us to give thanks for all the blessings you have given us.
In your name we pray,
Amen


God Bless,
LOVE love love,
Ashley :)

Missouri Bound...... :)

Good Evening everyone!!! :) This is going to be my last blog post for a couple of days. Because if you havent noted, haha in my past blogs, I am leaving for the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) in Kansas City, MO!   I am so excited and so blessed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHzh0nIeJQY  <-----NCYC Promo on youtube :) Well worth watching!

Tonight has been all about getting my ducks in a row! :) Getting money, packing, finishing up some make up homework : /, praying, blogging, making lists and still prepping! :) Even though it may seem like its a lot, its pretty well worth it! :)

Right before bed tonight will be my last time praying the NCYC Novena, sad but definately exciting and reasurring :) God has really watched over me and preped me for this trip :)

----So and 9:30 pm, with a candle lit and music playing, please join me in prayer over myself, my family, our delegation, our chaperons, all 21,000 participants, the bands, key note speakers and all of the people who make this possible. And also praise the Lord who makes this all possible, the one that got us to where we are today and is defiantly not finished with us yet ---

All prayers are sooooooo appreciated :) Thanks in advance! :) I know this sounds a lot like my post last night, I guess I am just in awe and really excited to be going :)

I woke up this morning and I thought... TODAY IS MY FRIDAY!!! :) Got ready for school in a wonderful mood, made it through all of my classes anxiously awaiting, got home, went to the bank, packed and all that fun stuff and now I am here :) Updating you all, waiting for Glee to start, then to watch a little blog feature about my amazing friend Kami on the Fox 9 news! :) All I know is that they are featuring her family and her blog :) Cant wait to see her! :) I love you Kami!

AND THEN..... its off to bed for me! :) Hopefully I can sleep! haha I have to be up to church by 4:45am and then we are headed to Eagan, MN and hopping on the coach bus for 6 hr's and 45 mins to Kansas City :) Its gonna be great! :) Man soo excited!!!

Please pray for all of us, and join me from your own homes/places you are at at 9:30pm tonight for prayer :) 

May God Bless You All, and May He Keep You Safe :)

Thank you all so much!

God Bless,

LOVE!,

Ashley

"For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans for you to prosper, not to woe, plans to give you hope and a future"- Jeremiah 29:11 :)

Each and Every One Of Us, Is A Wondrous Work Of Art. Signed By The Hand Of God.

Hey all! :)

How are you?!?! :)

Right now, I am taking a break from my homework (well actually i am pretty much done!) to take some time to blog about whatever tends to be on my heart.

Today is like my thursday! :) Tomorrow is my last day of school for the week and then thursday morning i am off to NCYC :) It is so hard to put into words how I am feeling about taking this trip, but let me tell you every morning and throughout the day I wake up asking myself "Is it thursday YET!?!?" So you can tell I pretty excited :) I am taking this trip with Super amazing people from my church! :) They are such blessings, with such wonderful hearts for God, and a will to follow him and also the Catholic faith. We are all ready to dive head first into what God has planned for us!


This is most of our delegation from St. Henrys! :)                                                  More

So above are some pictures of multiple people that are in our delegation! :) Sadly i am missing 2 people :(

We are all really excited and cannot wait to go :)

''Hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.' Prayer, formed by the liturgical life, draws everything into the love by which we are loved in Christ and which enables us to respond to him by loving as he has loved us. Love is the source of prayer; whoever draws from it reaches the summit of prayer.''

 

NCYC - the largest single gathering of Catholic youth in the country - encompasses a wide variety of opportunities to learn about and experience the Catholic faith.

I cant even begin to process how i feel right now :) Soo wonderful! And i definately want to thank all of the people/famililies/and orginizations that donated money to me and my delegation for this trip! Thank you soo much! :) It cost roughly $450 and my family and i did not have to pay a cent of it due to the generosity of others :) Thank you soo much!
I feel that God truly wants me at this conference, he has made ways for me to get through so many obstacles to get to where i am today, all set to go. He has provided me with so much that i have needed, and i know that with all of the things that God does for me i will be forever thankful :) 

 

God is sooo good! 

Each night before i go to bed, i light a candle, turn off the lights, turn on one of my favorite songs "Hope Now"- By Addison Road, and pray the NCYC novena :) Its such an amazing feeling :) Then i go to bed praying my rosary like normal and i just feel at peace. 

My wonderful youth minister Kym tells me that she knows God wants her with us at St. Henry's, and me being inquistive i ask 

Well how do you know that??

And she answers.... "Its just that peace that you feel when you pray, you can just know once you feel that." 

So now every time i go to pray (which is a lot) but i mean the in depth prayer i wait for that peace, that knowing sign from God that this is all part of his plan for me. I have no idea what his plan is for me but whatever it is i cannot wait to find out. Our father up in heaven has great plans for each and everyone of us :) And now that i just said that it reminds me of the responsorial psalm at mass this past sunday sung but the childrens choir.... 

"Each and every one of us, each and every one of us, is a wondrous work of art, is a wondrous work of art. Signed by the hand of God" :)

I would really appreciate prayers for my trip if you feel called to pray for me and my delegation. :) Right now i just feel completely blessed by all the things that have been done in my life and so thankful. Its so amazing :) Please pray for me and my delegation, also our Chaperones: Kym and Kurt. :)

Your prayers are super appreciated by all! :) I hope to post another blog tomorrow night as a pack and get ready :) 

Thanks so much for taking time to read this and time to step into my God filled life :)

YOU ARE SOO LOVED!

God Bless!

LOVE!