show

Last night I played a show with a friend here on campus. Just a little basement coffee house on campus. It was really great. I love when I get a chance to share my music. Here are some pictures. Enjoy.

THE GLORIOUS LAUNCH!

It happened! And Westridge is rolling forward! We had close to 200 people Sunday! Can you believe it?! God is so, so faithful. And the really awesome thing is that even if 5 people showed up, it would have been powerful and worth every second, just the same. The numbers were really a side note. After the service, everyone had lunch together in the basement of the church, and everyone began connecting! It was so sweet to see old faces start connecting with the new faces. We are really committing westridge to be a place of real community. AND ITS HAPPENING!! Through God's mind blowing Spirit, we are doing this thing.

Thank you for all your prayers! God is moving through people and connecting us together. Real, authentic relationships are happening.

Talk to you soon, Brit

Frickin Antartica

It's antartica around here. Snow, ice, wind, the whole shabang. It's fun, for about 20 minutes. I am now convinced this sort of cold could only be a result of sin, and everyone should quickly repent, in hope that God will grant us mercy and it will be bearable soon. (I am kidding of course) But really, I am enjoying every second of it. :) Classes are going incredibly well and I really am pumped about what I am learning. Work is piling up, but I don't let that bother me, you see more importantly I am super busy with WestRidge and all that is going on there. The Launch of the Church in Westridge is Feburary 10th!! Be praying! Three weeks ago, we were around 50, two weeks ago the count was 74, and this last Sunday the count was 98, which rounds to 100, which is so RAD! WE HAVEN'T EVEN LAUNCHED YET AND WE ARE GROWING!! God is seriously present and people are being drawn to Him. The pieces for this summer are starting to come together, which gets me excited! I will be in Chicago, interning for Westridge (more on what that will look like soon, I'll keep you posted on what I will be up to :) I am working on lining up a job at the SBUX (that's Starbucks lingo) across from campus, which is also 2 blocks around the corner from the basement I will be renting. What?! A basement? Yes! An awesome, old, Greek, woman named Irene, who is a part of the community at Westridge, will be letting me rent out her basement which is across the street from the dorm I am living in now. (how awesome is God??) Still some details and things to be worked out, but it is definitely coming together. I am so, so grateful. Mom and Pops were here this weekend, what a ridiculous blessing they are. We had a sweet time together! And they got to meet Nick (the one in the picture up there)!! Yep, last semester, in the middle of all this craziness and awesomeness of opportunities God has been putting in front of me, a boy. And an amazing one at that! Can you believe it?!

So there is life in a nutshell, well, the details at least. I am doing well, learning more about myself, God, and those around me everyday. It is such a beautiful process.

Remember to pray for Sunday, Feburary 10th, the launch of The Church in WestRidge!!! God is going to move!
Love you guys.

A New Semester!

This Christmas has flown by, and I have really enjoyed getting to spend quality time with people I love.

I leave Friday afternoon for Chicago, and I can't wait! I am ready to get back into the swing of things. God has definitely placed my heart in Chicago and I'm stoked to get back to all the things I love being a part of there. Seeing all of the people I have built relationships with over the past few months and meeting more! I already know this semester is going to offer new things that will take me to new places on this adventure of life!

Classes start on Monday!
Keep checking in with me to see what I am up to!

Merry New Year!

Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii!

Finals Are Here

It's finals week! This means my first semester of college has come and is just about gone. I can't believe it. It flew by.

This last semester has required a lot of change. And I am not the same Brittany that walked onto campus 4 months ago, that is for sure. My mind has been stretched, my heart has been enlarged, and my hands have gotten dirty. I've been apart of some really amazing things. The process, the in between, the messy, the tension, the struggle, these are the things I embrace, the things I love. The days when I didn't want to be here, when things didn't make sense, that's when I was able to lay back in the arms of God and know that I was where He wanted me to be.

Following Jesus is an adventure, a really beautiful adventure.

Thanks for all your love this past semester, I am ridiculously thankful for you guys.

The Vase

Turkey Day in AZ! What a rad family.




Lately, I picture my life. Where will I be, what will it look like, what will I be doing? And in my hands, I now have my vase. It is shaped to my liking, it has sweet designs carved in, and holds really vibrant flowers. It is an excellent piece of work I have to admit. Very fancy shmancy. Everyone will be super impressed. And that's really the scary part. Because it's pretty good. So, I'm content.

And in the next sentence I bow my head humbly and say, God, not my vase, but yours.

Here's the thing, while in my mind a "good" vase might look like very tall, smooth, and useful, God is on a different page. He is thinking something else. Because my vase, as "good" as it might be, was still created by me. And there lies the problem. I want a vase created by God.

Check out these crazy verses.
"Of what value is an idol, since a man has carved it? Or an image that teaches lies? For he who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. Woe to him who says to wood, 'Come to life!' Or to a lifeless stone, 'Wake up!' Can it give guidance? It is covered with gold and silver; there is no breath in it. But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him." (Habakkuk 2:18-20)

Seriously, as shiny as my vase is, it can't breathe, it can't speak truth, it cant guide. But to sit at the feet of Jesus in complete silence, this is where my vase is brought to life. It moves and lives when I stop being the creator and let the God of the universe do that. Pretty scary, really. Because more than likely my vase is going to look kinda small and kinda lumpy. It will probably keep changing, while God keeps molding. It's going to be a process because I might start to add my own pieces some days. And that might mean God will have to wipe out what I made and start over. Nobody likes to see their work of art be destroyed, so I'll probably be pretty stubborn about it. When I give in, it's probably going to hurt. But when I sit with Jesus everyday, more than anything I want Him to see His beautiful work of art, not mine.