shannon's shenanigans: Oh how wonderful...

Oh how marvelous, is my Saviors love for me!
This chorus has been playing in my head all week. The last blog i wrote was about getting uncomfortable and i thought i was doing that and that i was managing. but after a few days i really felt awful i was stressed about work, stressed about ship life and friends, and home sick. i was completely exhausted and sadly spent a bunch of time crying. i was being very hard on myself, thinking man i am such a baby i just need to suck it up! i than realized that i was not fully relying on God like i thought .. i wasn't giving my day to him fully i wasn't asking him to take my burdens. God's grace and faithfulness has been more evident to me than ever before. my quite times with Him have improved and i feel a sense of peace like i have never felt before! i know that with out God i would not be experiencing the peace that i am now! And Because i love posting songs for all to read here's the rest of this one!

I stand amazed in the presence
Of Jesus the Nazarene,
And wonder how He could love me,
A sinner, condemned, unclean.

Chorus:
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
Oh, how marvelous! Oh, how wonderful
Is my Savior's love for me!

For me it was in the garden
He prayed: "Not my will but Thine;"
He had no tears for His own griefs,
But sweatdrops of blood for mine.
(Chorus)

In pity angels beheld Him,
And came from the world of light
To comfort Him in the sorrows
He bore for my soul that night.
(Chorus)

He took my sins and my sorrows,
He made them His very own;
He bore the burden to Calv'ry
And suffered, and died alone.
(Chorus)

When with the ransomed in glory
His face I at last shall see,
'Twill be my joy thro' the ages
To sing of His love for me.
(Chorus)

Please continue to pray:

For Africa and all the people that live here

For Godly leadership

For the ship and patients we see everyday

For the crew of the ship that we would glorify God in all our actions, that we would be a light in the darkness

For me personally that i would continue to have deep personal quite time with God that i would let him carry my burdens what ever they may be

and last but def not least For my youth group at home as they continue in their missions training preparing for this summer missions trips that they would stay focused on God and what he has in store for their lives.

here are some pics of what ive been doing lately!!

Working at an eye clinic on a Saturday morning