I have an ETSY shop!!!

Hey there, everybody!

Just wanted to let you all know that I now have an ETSY SHOP!!
I'm really excited about my new little "business"  =D  I am not able to get a job here in Chile, so I thought I'd give it a try online and see how it goes. Please help me get the word out! You're welcome to use the button on my sidebar. HERE is the link, too.
Be sure to check it out!

thanks!
God bless,
Becky

My God is.........

Hope ya'll are having a wonderful Sunday so far!

In our youth Sunday School class, for the past four months or so, we've been learning 3-5 verses every week on WHO our God is. It has been such a blessing to me. This morning in our SS class we had to say the first verse on each card; a total of 25 verses! Many of us said them, and the prize is a brand new Bible  =)   My Bible is 10 years old.. so I was in desperate need of a new one!!

Here's a pic of all my verse cards  :)  Oh.. and yeah..  I had to say them in Spanish! I actually know more verses in Spanish than in English.. lol.

Later!

Rebekah

Window to my life...

Hey there, everybody!

I'M BACK!  Yay! lol. I thought it was time to let ya'll in on what's been going on lately  :D  But first let me say.. Happy New Year!! A little late, I know, but still... I HAD to say it. Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed year!

2009 was a great year for me. Even though it wasn't all "strawberries and cream", I wouldn't change it for the world! It was a year in which God tought me many things.. about Himself, about others, and yes.. about myself, too. I'm thankful for everything God allowed into my life last year. Not just the good things, but also the bad things... because it is through problems and trying times that I get to know my Lord better! It is through these things that I am made stronger in Christ.

At the end of  '09... great things started happening! I was very blessed to be able to go to Santiago (the capital of Chile) for 9 days to attend a Steve Pettit music conference!! I'd known for about a year that they were planning on coming, and ever since.. I wanted to go! I was thrilled at the news that were coming, and even more so when God provided for my mom and I, along with some friends from church, to go! That was probably the best week of my life so far  :)  Everybody on the team was a big blessing to me. Their love for the Lord just shown through in an amazing way.. and I was so blessed for getting to know them! I got to stay with Katie (one of the twins on the team). She was so encouraging and such a huge blessing to me  :)

The same day I got back from Santiago (Dec.18th), I went to a young ladies' retreat at my missionary friends' church in Tacna, Peru. Even though I was exhausted from having traveled back from Santiago all night, I had an amazing time! My mom and some young ladies' from church went me. It was a big blessing to all of us. God worked in a great way those couple of days. Many decisions were made about the topics discussed.

As soon as the retreat ended (Dec. 19th), we had to rush back accross the border to our city of Arica. We made the taxi drop us right off at the church. We had our Christmas cantata rehearsal and could not miss it! So we stayed there for several hours... singing, and singing.. and more singing. We were so tired. We finally got to go home and rest up for the cantata the next day.
The day after the cantata. we had our youth Christmas party which went really well  :D... and then Christmas with family, and then New Years, then my btother's birthday... and.. phew! ... here we are!

So far this year... I've been:  going to a summer swimming program at the city swimming pool, doing a litttle bit of school, doing basket ball, reading, and going to the beach! I LOVE summer  =D

We're also looking forward to having many special activities with our youth group this summer. Please pray for our youth group... that it would grow: both in number and spiritually.

A week from today is my 17th birthday! Wow... I can't believe it yet, lol! And.. in a couple weeks my family and I are going on a.... well..sort of a missions trip to Iquitos, Peru! Yep.. jungle, Amazon River, monkeys, big huge bugs, pirhanas.. all that good stuff  :)  We're attending a conference with the churches there, but hope to be used of the Lord to be a blessing to the people there. Please pray for us!

Our summer will also include a children's VBS and well as one for teens! we've never done this before (the teens' one), but think it will be a great outreach ministry and a "boost" to the church, as well.


Well... so far, 2010 looks very promising. I have many plans and thoughts for this year.. things I'm still praying about, but only God knows :) I'll try to keep you posted on all the different things that happen!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great, blessing-filled weekend!





Living in His Beauty,
Rebekah Bjur

Giveaways!

Hey guys!

I just wanted to let you know about some giveaways.

Go to Abigail's blog to see what she is giving away.
Go to Marie-Madeline Studio for the Long Ladies' giveaway. Their giving away a very beautiful quilt!
Go to Jasmin's blog for Julia's giveaway of a gorgeous necklace!

Enjoy!

Rebekah Bjur

Thanksgiving CHALLENGE!!!!

Hello there, my wonderful readers!

I'm really excited!!! And I'm really excited because... tomorrow is Thanksgiving!! But yeah.. I guess you knew that  :)  Unfortunately, the Pilgrims missed their stop in Chile. So that's why this incredible holiday is NOT celebrated here. Can you believe that?? :O  lol! But the good news is, WE as a family DO celebrate it! yay! So tomorrow, no school! I get to hang out in the kitchen with mom all day :D  We've decided to not over-do it where food is concerned, for the simple reason that we don't want to "over-do" our waist lines. But we are having turkey. Mom found a little one at the store, so we were so happy! And yes.. pumpkin pie.. yuummmm! can't have Thanksgiving dinner without pumpkin pie, right? lol.. it's going to be a good day.

Ok.. enough with the food. I'm making myself hungry already!! Let's focus on what's really important, shall we?
All right. The challenge. I've decided I'm going to start my day a little differently tomorrow. I want you to join me on an adventure!! That's right.. YOU.. on an adventure! Let me tell you what this adventure is all about. To start off, I'll be going to bed extra early tonight. (If you decide to join me, do so as well.. you'll need it!) And tomorrow, my plan is to wake up THREE HOURS before my regular wake-up time. Tomorrow is supposed to be a day of thanksgiving, and that's where I want my focus to be. Not only does God want us to thank Him for His blessings, but He commands us to. Psalm 100:4 says "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving" and "Be thankful unto Him". Anothes Psalm says that "is is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord". He also commands us to be content in the present with the things that we have. It's kind of hard to give thanks to God for the things we have when we are not content with them, huh? Or what about the difficult situations we might find ourselves in? God is perfect, and He is good, and he loves us! He gives us everything we have, and puts us in the difficult situations we are in, for a reason. And He commands us to be thankful for them. I know it's hard.. but what I'm going to do, and recommend that you do too, will help us have the  right kind of perspective on things. Ok.. here it is.

1)  Go to bed early tonight!
2)  Set your alarm clock to wake you up 3 hours before your regular wake-up time.
3)  Think of areas in your life in which you need to work on being more content and thankful.
4)  Spend 3 hours with your Heavenly Father. (below are some ideas)
          - With a study Bible, or concordance (whichever is available).. find verses in your Bible about thankfulness, contentment, who God is, and reasons for why you should be thankful.
          -  Pray, read, pray again, and meditate on God's Word. Have a true time of fellowship with God and ask Him to help you in these different areas.
          -  Take time to sing out loud and praise God for ALL His blessings.. not just the ones you think are good.
5)  Now you are ready to face the day ahead of you with renewed thankfulness!
6)  Share with others what God has showed you from His word.

So..  there you have it! I've never tried this before, but I'm going to tomorrow! Please join me! It will be a wonderful adventure with our Lord. If you can't do it tomorrow.. that's ok! Do it on Friday or Saturday.If you can't do it for 3 whole hours, that's ok! Do it for 2 hours, 1 hour, or whatever. And please.. if you decide to take this challenge, let me know how it goes for you! I would love to hear about what you learned and what God is doing in your life.

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving tomorrow!! God bless you  =D

Rebekah  Joy
        
         
     

Princess In a Tower

"The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength,

in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation,

and my high tower."

~ Psalm 18:2 ~

Most likely everybody in this world has some kind of place he likes to call his own. Think about it! Maybe there's a certain place you like to go that just makes you feel special, protected, adequate... like the beach, a shopping mall (lol!), or it might just be a room in your house.

My bedroom is all that for me. It's the place that I spend most of my time in. Seriously... it's where I do all my school work, where I sleep (obviously!), the place I make my "escape" to, where I cry and vent my frustrations, and where I feel truly safe, protected, and secure.

My awesome room is located on the second floor of our house. It's the only room up there, so you could say it's kinda secluded :) Leading up to it is this skinny, tiny, windy staircase. I have a friend, and whenever she goes up to my room, she says, "I feel like a princess in a tower!" (you know who you are! :P). And hey! Guess what? It does kind of feel like I'm in a tower! And the princess part? Well.. that too! After all, I'm the daughter of the King of kings!

My "tower" is pretty cool, isn't it? But there's this other Tower I want to talk about. My "tower", even with it's cute windy staircase, is just a room.. which could collapse in an earthquake at any time! Very unreliable, I'm afraid.

The Bible says that God is my Tower.. and my Fortress, and my Strength, and so many other wonderful things! I can truly trust in Him, because He has promised to always be there for me. He, as my Tower, can give me true security. I can feel safe and loved in Him. I don't have to worry about this Tower tumbling down in an earthquake. I can take all my fears, all my frustrations, all my worries.. to Him, who will always be there for me.. no matter what!

Now I can truthfully say that I am a princess in a Tower. In a safe, stong tower.. where nothing can ever hurt me, because I am His.

I am His princess.

My Special Chilean Toy!

HELLOOOOO!!!!!

Long time no see.. I know.. but, better late than never, right? :) Well.. here's my excuse.. lol! I've been suuuper super busy. Yup.. an MK's life can be that way sometimes. Trying to juggle two days' worth of school work in only one PLUS trying to get ready for different church activities every week can be pretty time consuming. Sorry! But.. here's the good news! =D I'm gonna try to make up for it! I'll start by letting you watch the video down below. This is just one of the many ways we have fun here in Chile. I hope you enjoy!

Well.. hope you liked it! I'll post some more stuff in the next couple days.. hopefully :D Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great week!

God bless!

Becky~