Get at me Satan, my God is still stronger.

Tomorrow I am leaving for New York. Unsurprisingly, today has been very eventful. I woke up at 7am, got ready, and went to my very favorite class. American Literature. Love my teacher, so much. I then walked over to the pre-school in the POURING DOWN RAIN, at 9:30. Right as I walked past the tornado siren, it started blaring. I immediately ran into the pre-school, found the cute little kids all lined up along the hallway walls, and sat down. I spent the next hour comforting my babies with some Dr. Seuss books. (It's Dr. Seuss' birthday btw.) Eventually the tornado warning expired, and we spent the next couple of hours watching Horton Hears a Who. The weather forecast for the rest of the day was not good at all, so we closed down at 12:30. I walked over to the caf to eat with my friend Shaina.

While on my way, I decided to check my phone. I had a text from my friend in Oklahoma, asking if I was doing okay. Was she referring to the tornadoes we have been experiencing all week? No. She was concerned, because she saw on facebook that my little brother had been arrested and expelled.. Considering the fact that I tend to stay off facebook while taking care of children at work, this was the first I had heard of the situation. I immediately started crying in the middle of campus, and called my mom. She at first seemed fine, but when 

I asked about Cody, she began crying and explained. Turns out my brother was expelled, will not be allowed to perform in the talent show, and will now be attending  an alternative school. Anybody who knows me, has ever spoken to me, or read my blog, knows how I feel about my brother. I sometime have amazingly comforting dreams where I get to lock him in a padded room filled with bubble wrap. In there, he is safe from the world. I was crushed for him and what all this entails. I cried to Shaina about it for a little while, but eventually remembered that the situation is still always in God's hands. We talked for awhile about some other stuff, but then each walked back to our dorms. 

I drove over to Emmy's apartment, and we got to spend a LOT of time talking. Thankfully, God granted us with even more time than planned..because we were stuck in another tornado warning. This time it was from 4:30-6pm. We were able to talk about a ton of different stuff, eat popcorn, Emmy painted her nails, I drank some tea, and through it all, there was a tornado going on outside. At some point during all of this, I began losing my voice. I'm not really sure when that started.


All I know is that as I am now writing this blog, I have almost no voice at all. Once the tornado warning was finally lifted, I went and had a movie night with some of my closest friends. My amazing friend Samantha even cooked dinner for us all! We painted our nails, talked about our prayerfully soon to be house, and watched 27 Dresses. Through this all, it rained and stormed like crazy. I also continued to lose my voice at a very quick rate.

I leave for New York in less than 24 hours. The devil has attacked me both emotionally and physically. Whether it is through my family's well being, my lack of voice, or tornadoes surrounding my school, the Lord is still bigger. He's got this. Oh, and guess whose "time of the month" began today?:) Of course, mine.

SO GET AT ME SATAN. I STAND ON A ROCK THAT IS STRONGER AND HIGHER THAN YOU CAN FATHOM. MY ROCK CAN NOT BE TORN DOWN BY FEAR, FRUSTRATION, PAIN, OR EVEN A TORNADO. TRY IT, YOU'LL LOSE.

I'm just going to hang out here for a long while, so you can't touch me. :)