Goodnight Springfield Good morning Airport

Today I have done last minute things here and there. packed my carry ons. Went to see the little one I watch on fridays. Then Will and I went to dinner at Touch. I had got a gift card from the Hensler's ( people I babysit for on Fridays) for christmas. Great restaurant. We had a nice relaxing dinner.
One thing that keeps crossing my mind is will I go back to Mali next year. I'm not sacred to go. Which I don't know if that is a good or bad thing right now.  Everyone I have ever talked to has been scared or worried before leaving the country. I'm just not. I am a little excited but have settled down a little. Just not sure what emotion to have at this point.
But bright and early I will be up in the morning getting off to the air port. Then it is Chicago and DC. Then GO BYE USA. hello Brussels and Africa!

last date night for a while. He even dressed up!

So this is it until I get back.
Good Bye Everyone and Happy New Years!

Only days way

Looking back to may when I got the information about Africa still not sure that I was going or not it's so fun to see how go works. I remember being in the car by the post office in raytown and reading the email. i was with my mom and i said WOW I am going to need to get a really good job this summer, she looked at me like I was crazy/ I proceeded to tell her I was think about going on a mission trip to Africa. Well she didn't think I needed to go and yes I would need a good job. It is awesome how God has provided money wise and just everything with this trip. Between family member saying I wasn't going to having troubles getting shots and what not. I can tell satin really was working at me but I wasn't going to give up.
It still feels unreal that I am going. I am excited and a little scared at the same time. Just scared that when I get back that my family will still not understand why I had to go or my dads said is just going to completely say for get it with me.

Here are a few pictures from todays:
This is from the church commission us to go.  It was awesome to see the whole church come togetehr and pray.

and the journey begains

Last night was our last team meeting! So we packed up all of all stuff and all of the food and supplies that we will be taking with us. Then we did a lesson on prayer and just spent some time in pray as we get ready to go!
here is what packing looks like with all of us.

This would be all of our food

packing the food

our bins that we are finishing packing . just to let you know there are about 20bins in this area.

Africa here we come

All packed and ready to go! Well maybe! I still need a few little things that got lost in the mail and will meet me back in KC for Christmas. But 17 days worth of packing I didn't do to bad. Now to tackle the carry on packing. that will be done the night before I leave. 15 days before we leave!

Horse drawn carriage ride and ice skating!

Saturday night was Will's and I's Christmas date night!
We decided to hit down town up. I had done a little research before.
So we went Ice Skating for about 45min. Which was about all we could handle. It was free night at the rank. Then we went up to the square to do a horse drawn carriage ride. Which I had called and got a reservation ahead of time but this week they were free. I did not know that! After that we stooped in and garbed a coffee at one of the shops to head home to dinner. Earlier in the day I had deboned a turkey (best way to do it, it cooks in about 2 hours), sweet potato, stuffing, green beans with bacon, and a caramel apple pie.  Am I making you hungry yet! So when we got home all I had to do is take out the turkey and heat everything up while making gravy from turkey juices. Took all of five mins. Then it was time to watch elf!
All in all a $5 dollar date night! Can't beat that!
Here are some pics:

our dinner

Ice skating

us on the horse ride

SCHOOL IS OUT!

YES I am DONE with school for a little over a month!! I am so excited!
Now packing starts for AFRICA! I am so excited! I am sure I will be a little nervous a couple of days before but right now I just can't wait! I can't wait to see what God is going to do and everything he has in store. I pretty sure the way I feel is like a little kid in a candy store! Still a little surreal to me I would have never thought this time last year I would be going to Africa! God can move in amazing ways that is for sure.

Well I wanted to recap a little bit of this last weekend.
                                               WINTER RETREAT 2011
Top 5 things about WRT
*24 hours with crazy kids
* Camp Food
*Cold Showers
*No Sleep
*Worship

Lets just say pretty sure Baptist hill was not ready for all of US!
We had so many kids this year that we had all the buses maxed and cars were full! How exciting is that! Friday night Hosea spoke and we did worship with Sean Lea! You could just feel God in the place! On Saturday three of the students spoke, which was amazing! I think it is good for other students to hear from student their age instead of adults at times. That way they know there is someone else out there that has probably been in the position they have been in! It was so cool to watch the students on Saturday just let go and worship. So many times students are worried about how they will look when worshiping. I believe that God did great things on this weekend!

Christmas is in the Air

I have to say this morning got off to a hecktic start! I woke up at 7:45 to make sure we were on the road by 9 or earlier! Lets just say will has a clock of his own! The track was packet with stuff he had got in KC not think we already had a lot to take back! So it took about twice as long to load a car than it should have! Which meant we hit the road about an half hour late.

We made it back to run by the church drop things off come back unpack and go to Silver Dollar City!

I have never been to silver dollar city at Christmas! Only have been there once before! I was so excited! We had a coupon for almost half off a ticket so we totally jumped on it!

I have to say I was impressed it was so cool! We went and saw several shows and I loved the Parade!

Here are some Pictures:

The Cave We just had to go!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the Train! We got hot coco and hooped on!

Saloon girl kissing will

By the tree

Life is good!

This is coming from my NEW WORKING keyboard! I am super excited that my keyboard on my labtop finally works!
This past week has been pretty laid back and fun! It started last weekend. I got almost all my Christmas shopping done!  I got Will an early christmas present! i just couldn't keep it to my self. I got him a "puppy" She is an 8 month old full black lab! Such a sweet heart. On sunday I found out after church I would get her so I run around town got a new collar and tag for her. I put in a box and raped it up. Will wanted me to wait until Christmas but I just couldn't. So I went over to his place and got him the box! He was so lost. Once it clicked he wanted to go and see her! little to say we brought her home. Her name is Zoey!

 

 

This is Zoey and Will she loves him!

Then we ended the night with lamberts and meeting Emilee in line for Hillsong! I had seen Hillsong about a year and a half ago in Kansas City. But this time it was totally different! We met up with Wills brother and sister an law once we got in because they were saving us seats. The worship experience was amazing i can't even describe it in words. I have not had a worship experience like that in a long long long time. I wish everyone could have been there to experience it. It for sure was not a concert!

Ready for Hillsong to Start

Worship

Then came school on Monday and Tuesday. I got everything done to be able to have a great break! Went home late Wednesday night after work. Then got up a 3 am on Thursday to Hunt! my dad finally gave in and got me a gun! I was so excited. But didn't have to much fun because I came down with something and probably shouldn't have gone out! Other than that I have had a great week for the most part. Went to the Doctors to get my shots for Africa on Friday! Can I say I know why I HATE going to doctors. I went to a new doctor and little to say the doctor was acting like I got my inhalers illegally. She was not going to fill them nor give me my shots! It was Aweful! But my parents and family are having a blast with Zoey! She is getting so spoiled! Me and my mom went shopping today to the new H&M store here. I have to say I am not impressed. Then we spent like an hour in Forever 21 trying on more clothes than what we walked out with.LOL. After a morning of shopping we went to Panera for a great lunch! Now tomorrow is to  head back to SPF and go to Silver Dollar City!

Over all this break has been so worth it How was your Break?

Finally have Time

WOW these last couple of weeks have been crazy mainly because of my online class.

Ok a few updates!

Africa is less than 2 months away and I have almost all of my shots! It was such a blessing this week to find out that the insurance is going to cover the rest of my shots! WooHoo!  SO i get them over thanksgiving! On the other hand i'm still raising my money to go which is due in alittle over a week. But i have been slowly getting checks in the mail!
Finally regarding  Africa Huge prayer request. I guess my grandparents on my dad's said really want a saying in me going an controlling the matter. They think i could do so much more here in the U.S. Which yes I can do things here in the U.S. but God called us to make disciples of all nations in Matthew not just our nation. So from my understanding my dad stood up for me, which is weird in this sense. and things did not end will. At this same time this all frustrates me because I am getting more support from others than my own family!

Bright side this last week wasn't that bad school wise. I pulled a late nighter First one ever to get ahead for this week! Love it!
On Sunday it was so nice me and will wanted to do something outside so we picked up subway and went to the conservation area near Boise d'Arc to walk a few trails check out the shooting range and I think most of all look for hunting places for him. It was nice to have a weekend free of home work!
Now I can't wait for thanksgiving break! I'm going home to spend a couple of days  with my family then I get to go to christmas at silver dollar city! I'm excited!


Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

WOW Life

This has been one heck of a week. So insteade of writing a lot I am going to mainly do a picture post.


It all started off in KC last weekend with Will's Neice's birthday party.

mommy you want my cake? well here you go!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

me shooting a gun my size!

Then I just spent time with my family! Sunday morning we went shooting again!

will and my dad shooting

After that it was on to moving Will back to springfield! That was not say easy as it sounds we left KC at 4 and I got to springfield around 815. If that tells you anything.

But Great news I am GOING to AFRICA!!!! yes I got all the money for the ticket now to raise the rest of the money!

As this week came I got sick for two days of it, but better to do a few Halloween things!

my saloon girl!

Watching my fav little guy.. this is our friday activity try to figure out Mallorys backpack.

Pumpkin carving before blood went every where!

a little Bumbed

I'm getting really bad at this blogging thing!
Well happy Fall everyone! It sure has set in now! We went from 80 to like 50! Ohhhh how you have to LOVE Missouri!
Since Last week

students pumpkins

The JH bonfire for the students happened there were 62 JH! That is alot! But the event was so much fun!

worship around the fire

I also got to have an Amazing Girls night with a great Friend Maelynn! We were both single for the weekend. As hunting season is starting adn guess what that is what our boys were doing!  So we went downtown and just walked around, got coffee and ended at the cup for two hours talking and enjoying each others company with a cupcake! Then Monday we meat early and I mean early ( before the sun was up) to work out at the gym at school before  we had class.
Other than that I had class and work this week.
Oh and my car went to the car doctor to get some major loven! Can i say it Drives so much better now!!!!!!!!
On other news Will got offered a job down here like a block from me and will be taking it! Which me he is now moving to Springfield! And the apartment he is looking at is like 200yeards out my door to his!

But on bad new! Today it really hit me I may not be getting to go to Africa this December! :( I thought I was down about 300 dollars but really it was about 500!  and we have to have that turned in tomorrow to get our flight tickets to go :(. Kinda hard to swallow!

Life can be Crazy!

I know it's been a while since I've posted last. The last week or so has been crazy!
I started my new job this last week which is a little crazy just because I have no clue what is going on! I also had midterms this last week and trying to get online lessons for work done as well. It was a little bit of a stressful week! But now I'm on Fall break with hardly any work and NO SCHOOL all week! It's GREAT!

This last week The person hat I have looked up to and has been there for me for the last I would say 5 years Got married!  It's a little weird to think that he is married now but so happy for him. The wedding was so much fun! I got to see an old friend from the church I attend in high school! It was a great surprise to see him there!
Will down for the wedding since he has became good friends with casey over the last year. Which I think is awesome. The person that is like a brother to me is really good friends with my boyfriend.  The wedding was on a little farm in Ash Grove. My I mention we so got lost on the way there because I was giving directions! LOL. anyone that knows me I can not give or get directions good enough. It was perfect weather for an out door wedding!

Then on sunday Will and I headed to Branson to zipline Finally! That was a Blast! and so pretty to just drive to Branson and see the tress changing colors on the hills on the way down!

Here are a few pics from the wedding!

Dacing with casey!

James and I at the wedding

James dancing with me

Will dancing with me

Will and I at the wedding

Standardized testing Who thought of that!

In my EDC class today we were talking about a book we had to read Why Kids Hate School. It's a pretty good book. In this book it interviews and research why kids hate school. The big topic my class got stuck on was Standardized testing!As we got talking about this subject I was wondering what politician would ever think this was  the answer to finding out how students are learning??? As it was said in the book we were reading standardized testing and the No child left behind act is more of a "ONE SIZE FITS ALL" education. when every child learn different. Now days teachers have a list of things that they have to get in, in the year to be able to have the students "know" what they need to "know" for the MAP test or end of course exams. When in most cause the students are shutting out the teacher because it is more of a memorize and force feeding education.  The teachers are just hurrying through the material to be able to get it all in. Most students want a fun way to learn and/or Want to know why they need to know the information, how it will impact them and how to use it in real life. When Teachers have started to do this the students have shown a better success rate. But in all this it still doesn't get rid of the standardized testing!Most schools are so worried about how good tehir students will do and put so much pursure on their studnets for these test! When really it doesn't show how much or what the students are learning at all. Has anyone took into consideration:
* students may not test well
* students may not care becasue everyone makes such a big deal out of the test
* student with disabliities may not be able to do the test.
* the students doesn't have a good home life
* the student had a bad teacher
I'm sure there are many more reasons. Are the politicians stepping foot into the class rooms and putting them selfs in the positions of the students? Most aren't yet they think testing is the best way. When it is just making angry students and making students think that they aren't good enough.

This may be a little blabbing but it's very true.
What do you think?

God is GOOD!

This weekend was quite the weekend! On friday after babysitting I went and tailgated with some of the youth at Republic for their football game. Then a few of us went to nixa to go to orange leaf! Very good! Saturday my mom came down for a girls weekend. Since the TJMax is Soooooo mucg better here ( I see no difference in the one in lee's summit) we went shopping. Hit up Tjmax, Marshals, Kirkland,Gordmans, Walmart and a cute little home decor store. It was alot of fun. We went to lunch at Lola's on Saturday! Which everyone in SPF knows what I'm talking about. It is a cute little breakfast and lunch place in a house in nixa.  I got a few new fall/winter outfits and a purse. Then Sunday we went to church! She got to see my life down here pretty much and family.  Over all fun weekend!


Then Sunday night I got offered the Job i interviewed for on Wed. YES I took it! It is with Arc of the Ozark which is an organization that works with kids and adults that have special needs. I'll be working in their Behavioral Intervention Solutions department. Which I will travel around to homes in the area and outside of the city to work with the famliy's and their child. I will also get to work aside kids with special needs for like camps and things  like that! I'm super excited! This is right up my allie! and it is such a God thing. I didn't even apply for this job. I had applied through another department in Aug. and they had already hired but kept my application on file. When the lady that interviewed me saw mine the references that I had was a child's family that she had worked with this summer!  It was so cool how this worked out!

One year!

 This weekend has quite the events.

the goat loved the tooth past

First was on Friday night through Saturday I had Africa training at school to the nations. This was fun. Got to know alot about the people that I will be going on the trip with. We didn't get rained on friday night a whole lot. We set up camp first. Did i mention that we were in a African village. Them we made dinner, being chicken noodle soup over a camp fire. Oh and we had to go to the well for the water. That is the women job. Then we just did activity's around the camp fire. We learned the power of story. This is the main way we will be communicating with the Africans.
Then Saturday we were to do the ropes course but got rained out! It just poured. We still got to do a few lessons and have an African dinner!

Then came Saturday night!
Saturday was Will's and I's one year! So after I got done with training which was early he made it was down to springfield! We had dinner that night that I made and dessert!

our dinner

Sunday we were to do a picnic and fish at Lake Springfield.Then go ziplining. Little to say it poured all day again. So we went and did our picnic because they has a covered area.


So monday between my classes we went and fished! It was so nice out! It was a lot of fun we didn't catch a thing. Oh wait I did I got the hook caught on the brush in the lake and may I say I didn't throw my pole that way!

Yes only I can get a hook stuck in brush

After my class Monday night will had been to the mall while I was in class and came to pick me up with a starbucks coffee and Jeggins! Then we came back and he made me dinner while I worked on fundraiser stuff! Such an awesome guy! I love him so much!

Just Trust

It's been a while since I've posted but I've been so busy with school and Africa Fundraisers.

Well whats been going on?!?!?!

Pretty much just doing a bunch of fund raising for Africa!

To night on of the bigger fundraisers that me and a friend were doing together fell through.
I do have to say that I was kinda panicked, mainly because in a month I have to have all the money for the flight in or I'm not going on the trip. Which at this point I have a little over half that money! But then I remember I can't rely on my self to get the money for this trip I have to rely on GOD. He can make it happen some way or another.

In the mean time I've been having fun creating new ideas for fundraisers...My newest being Journals! They are so much fun! 

Labor Day weekend!

What a wonderful weekend! I went home to KC this weekend because I have no clue when I will be there again!Friday night when I got home I took a trip to get dinner with my brother in his car! There is a reason we don't ride together! Also he drives me CRAZY!!! Every time you try to talk to him he will trun up the music on you! So this would be another reason we don't hung out much.  But all in all he is liking college and is a Frat boy now( lord help us)! Saturday I started out my wonderful day with a run to the Mac store to get my computer fixed. If anyone knows I've been running my email because every time I would run any email system it would shut down my internet system that was running. Well kinda an easy fix or we think. Some of the main components in my operating system where failing. So fast way to fix it was to buy the new operation system.  Which I did hopefully that will fix it when it comes in the mail! Then that was followed by a trip to the verizon store to activate my new phone they sent me. When I got home later on that afternoon me and my mom went to dirty don's. For you that don't know it's pretty much a warehouse, were you can discounted food. It's food from trucks that have recd( you do have to watch dates there. They have all sorts of fun findings! Then it was a night in. Made some cupcakes and had an old friend from church come by. That was so much fun to catch up with her! As for sunday: It was a great day! May day finally took me shooting to shoot trap!!!!! It's a Amazing!!!! If you know my dad never thought this would happen! Now I have a very bruise shoulder and arm! Then we went to my grandmas for lunch. After all this I went to dinner with Will's mom Gerri at only the best place in the world Panera bread! We had a delightful time! As for Monday it was another trip to the Mac store to find out now my keyboard is now going out! There was no fast fix to this it was keep my computer over night and not have it for week or ship it off same thing not have it for a week. So I'm using a USB keyboard for now, until thanksgiving when they can keep my computer!

It's A GOD thing

 Last night as I was getting ready to print off a bunch of school stuff, I decided to check my email. Which with OTC I never check because it doesn't come to my phone. So I saw I had 4 emails. One was titled Financial Aid Status. I opened that first and to my surprise this is what the first line said. "Great news- Recent changes at the state level have determined you are now eligible to receive A Plus funding."

I was so surprise! In May I was told my GPA was to low to receive A+. I had a 2.46 and needed a 2.5. Which with my disability my grades hadn't been so high.  In all this my GPA hasn't changed! The rules have thought which made it so that I can use my A+! Totally A GOD thing!  On the other hand as well Missouri state was to send my transcript with my classes from last year to OTC, which never happened as well. Well one other new rule to A+ is they will only pay 105% of your degree. So if the degree is 65 hours they will only pay for 68 hours. With MSU not sending my transcript I only have 30hours to my A+ already so I have used 50% of it to them, which means once again I can get the money for all year! Once again a GOD thing! It so amazing to see what GOD can do in my life!

What I'm Called to Do!

So for the people that don't know I'm going on a mission trip to Mali Africa in December for 17 days! I'll be going with a organization out of Ozark called School to the Nations. We will be ministering to unreached people groups in the Sub-Sahara region of this country. The purpose of this trip will be to continue building relationships that have been established in previous trips, show the “ Jesus Film” to the people in their native language, provide a sports ministry for the children, install Bio-Stand filters to provide clean water, and do various other service projects.

 Last year I knew that I wanted to grow deeper with the Lord! I was going to church, doing quite and small group. I just didn't know what else to do! During this time the youth that I was working with was doing a bible study before youth on Wednesday nights that dealt with are you willing to GO! Well they showed a video and I saw that video the next week again and one more time that next week at a bible study for a campus christian club. That same night I saw a video about going to Africa! At that moment all I could think was no way am I going on this. But over the time of the ext few weeks God worked at my heart and I signed up for information for the trip. One I found out how much the trip was a really didn't think I could go! As I prayed God made it much more relevant that I had to go on this trip! So I commented to the trip in June!

If you would like to see more about the trip you can you to schooltothenations.com and read more!
Also if you would like to become a prayer partner you email me at mallory.mullally@gmail.com
Finally if you would like to be a finical partner you can go to Africa Profile .

Created to be Y-O-U!

Ever wounder why you were made the way you were made? Well every school year this question runs through my head. Why was I made this way?!?!?!? Many people don't know and probably wouldn't be able to tell by looking at me but I have a learning disability. I've had it since 3rd grade and it has grown over the years. Going to college for someone with a disability isn't easy at all. As the year gets started every year I wonder how I'm going to make it through the year. My learning disability has to do with ready comprehension, which makes it really hard to understand what I read and actually remember it from one page to the next. Many teachers don't understand how that is and just think a student is lazy.
                                 " For you created my inmost being;
                              you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
                   I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
                                              your works are wonderful,
                                                  I know that full well."
                                                       Psalm 139:13-14

Yes, I don't understand why I was made this way, but God has a reason for it and made me the way he wanted to.  

Excited for whats to come

Last night was my first Africa training for most of the team it was their second! I'm so excited to go on this trip! God is doing so much in my life it's amazing!
At the meeting we found out that we will get to go to villages that have NEVER ever heard the gospel of  God  before! That is just amazing to me. People spend every day sharing the word in the U.S. yet there are places in the world that people don't even have the access to hearing the word of God or knowing what it is!  Not to say that evangelizing in the U.S. is bad. I just feel that to many Christians stay in their safe place and call it good. God calls us to go make disciples of all nation not just at home.
                            "Therefore go make disciples of all nations" Matthew 28:19 
This is for sure what I'm probably most excited about at this point mainly because this is going to be so far out of my comfort zone. Which is totally what I need. god does some amazing thing when you are out of your comfort zone!
Do I have some fears Yes! Many things are going through my head at this point.

1. How in the world am I going to be able to prepare my self for this trip when I have the class load that I do?
2. Why is everything Will and the air force happening now?
3. Is Will going to be here when I get back to tell all about the trip?
4. Will my Dad ever Understand why I need to go on this trip?
5. Is my mom going to show support for this trip?
6. How do you share the gospel with someone that has never ever heard about it before?

Yes that is just a bit of what has been crossing my mind.

It would mean more than anything to fully have my parents support and them to see why God has lade this on my heart to go. But if anyone knows anything my family really isn't a church going family. Once one thing goes wrong in a church they are in then they see it as they need to stop going. In other words they are putting their faith more in the hands of human beings, which aren't perfect  than putting their faith in the creator.

Getting Real Now!

Well it's been a few days since I've posted! With the way this year is panning out, doesn't look like post are going to come as I was hoping. Going to school only two days is not staring to seem like such a great idea! I have had so much work and that s only week one! The picture is what my living room looked like when I was studying last night!YIKES!!!
I did find time to have some fun in there though. The college group at church had a rootbeer kegger, which since i have a life this year I'm hoping to get more involved in. Also  Icthus had water wars last night as well! Which was a blast!

Now for some seriousness.  At church tonight we talked about doubt and what you have doubt spiritually.John 20:24-26 Well listening I really started to dig down deep and the whole doubt thing started to hit home. Yes everyone doubts something in life. Getting real with my self, the real reason why it's been so hard for me to accept the point that Will, will be going to the air force is that I have doubt in God that everything is going to be ok and that he'll be there by my side. I know that I've grown up knowing these things but that doubt is there.

Like God are you really going to give me peace when he lives?
God are you going to keep him safe along the way?
God are you going to put people there for me?
God what am I to do with my life?

 These are just a few of the questions that go through me head almost daily.
 This is probably a verses that I should lean more on 1Peter 5:7,Proverbs 3:5-7,Jeremiah 29:11 

Ever felt this way?
What are your doubts?