"Greater things are yet to come..."

God in this city.
My new favorite song.
A week has passed and so many things have happened. The confirmation retreat was amazing. It changed my life... completely. Oh it was so so powerful, eyeopening, and utterly beautiful. We stayed at the most gorgeous retreat center for the whole weekend. The stars at night glittered like gems- beauty I have never seen before. Camp Coverest took my breath away. The retreat deepened my faith. At first I didn't want to be there because of the amount of school week I had waiting for me two hours away at home. But on Saturday September sixth, my life really began to take a crazy transformation. I felt something. I had the best confession in my life and at Eucharistic Adoration I cried like I have never cried before. I think I felt the Holy Spirit within me. All of my brokenness and sorrow just spilled out of me and I handed it all to Jesus. I want to be in love with Jesus. I need to feel this in my heart.At the retreat, I felt a spiritual bond with every single person there. I felt so comfortable around everyone that I even didn't bother putting on makeup at times. (haha) I didn't want to leave.

Everyone was just so happy and there was so much love and comfort too. I remember during Eucharistic Adoration I overcome with such emotion that a girl who I hardly knew came over and wrapped her arms around me. All we did was praise and worship Jesus all day, everyday. We praised and worship with teen christian music, talks, prayer, etc. We all got so incredibly close. We all felt such joy and closeness. I cried alot- out of relief and joy. My youth minister told me that the tears during the prayers and Eucharistic Adoration were signs of healing.

During Eucharistic Adoration, a couple of my friends prayed over me. My guyfriend Josh whispered in my ear, "The first time I met you, I thought you were a beautiful child from God."
That made me cry even more, and when we embraced he said, "I love you, girl." Josh is like a brother to me. I love him. God knew that I needed to hear those things in my ear. Since this retreat, I know my life is changing. I know alot of good things are coming. I can feel it. I'm reading the Bible on a daily basis, and God blessed me with a very special person in my life.

Chris Angel.
We exchanged numbers on facebook on Monday and he called me. We talked for two hours.(don't worry we had our homework done, hahah.) Chris and I talked about everything. He's so sweet. SO so so sweet. And he's too funny. I was laughing the whole time. "You're pretty." He said, sincerely. I smiled. "You really think so?" I whispered into the receiver. "Yeah, he repiled. "You are. And you have a nice smile." "Wow, Catholic? That's a plus."
Aw.
He called me on Tuesday and we talked for another two hours about the Bible, our faith, everything. Chris is an avid Bible reader and I learned so much from him. He truly loves Jesus. He truly lives his faith.
"I really want to meet you, Rose."
He's like my other half... actually he is my other half. We are just alike. We have the same views on purity and modesty as well. He wears and abstinence bracelet and admires girls who are pure and innocent and modest. "I want a pure girl."He is amazing. He truly is. We've talked on the phone every day of this week. Pretty crazy huh? But, we make sure our work is done before we engage in our late night talks. We don't want our grades to drop. Chris and I have gotten really close. He said that he likes talking to me. We tell each other everything. Yesterday, he has dropped a few hints about us being together someday. He was searching through his wallet and he sighed, "Man we're going to be in a broke relationship. I don't have any money."

Aww. I can't believe he can see himself with me.
"It's okay, I said, consolingly. "It's just money. It doesn't matter."
I'm really not a demanding person anyway. I don't ask for much. I'm not one of those nagging girls who say, "Buy me this, take me out, etc. Anyway, Chris and I are finally going to meet tomorrow. I am anxious. So very anxious. Gosh, I wish I can tell my mom all this, but she would just push it away and tell me to stop this nonsense.

Chris is not just some any other guy. He's different. I've prayed about all this for awhile. I wrote a list of the qualities I want in a guy and I wrote all of them to God.

1. Follower of Jesus Christ
2. Pure
3. Kind/sweet
4. Gentle
5. Romantic
6. Intelligent

Guess what? That's Chris Angel right there. Because of him, I'm reading the Bible every single night. Thankyou, Chris.
God sent him to me for a reason.
- No, not Chris Angel the magician! LOL.
9/11
REMEMBER.
Keep them all in your thoughts and prayers.