Rylee's God Things

Starting this blog was more of an item to check off my to-do list, never would I have thought that I would have content to share two days after my initial post. I thought this more of a "LA thing", but here I am. Still a Kansas girl with plenty to talk about. Sunday church is pretty important to my family and I. We go every week, at the same time, sit in the same back row... in the same order... in the same seats. Lots of comfort in this. What wasn't so comfortable for me this week was the message. Titled 'Still in the Storm', this message was particularly written for me. What made me even MORE uneasy was returning home, hugging my Dad before brunch and him saying "Maria, I think that message was for you". Now that just plain freaked me out. A day later, I rallied my three siblings up to drive to our grandparents house to stay the night. As school is approaching and my departure is slowly creeping up behind us, we have been spending more time with th...

Beginning, by definition, means the point in time which something starts. And if you know me, you know I love Spanish, so that's why there's Spanish already appearing in the beginning of this entire blog. Beginnings. You can look at this beginning in many different ways. Technically, yes. This is the beginning of this blog. Although, really, the thought of this blog has been breathing in my mind for the past few months. This is it taking its first breath of life. On the other hand, my future central subject of this blog is my journey throughout my nine months in Los Angeles at the Dream Center Leadership School. THAT thought, I'm afraid, has been growing in my mind since I was thirteen years old. In that way, this is so not the beginning. Beginnings are often full of emotion. I could go on for about three years describing all my emotions about leaving everything I've ever known to venture one thousand, five hundred fifty-six miles away. I'm incredibly excited. ...