It's a new thing.

          For about a month now, I have been starting my second year as a Graduate Intern in the Honor Academy.  The program I am committed to is the Core Advisor [CA] program.  In this program you dedicate to a life of service. 
Over this next year I will be over a young group of ladies, eight to be exact. And they all are very lovely girls.  During the first week of the internship, I had eight temporary girls for gauntlet week.  This is the week where they're getting a feel for things and figuring out what the Honor Academy life will begin to look like.  I had Sarah Tapp, Amber Leyba, Christiean Gutierrez, Ashely Favichia, Lindsey [Tika] Storm, Daniela Echeverry, Rebecca Sparks & Sherry Leung. 

top left to right: Becca, Christiean, Sherry & Tika
bottom left to right: Sarah, myself, Ashley, Daniela & Amber

They all are very sweet girls and each encountered the Lord in such a great and mighty way.  Well at the end of the week and after the commitment banquet, the official cores were announced.  I ended up losing Rebecca & Daniela and gained two lovely girls, Sarah & Nicole [Coco]. Each one of my girls are so wonderful and are here to pursue Christ with their everything. I'm looking forward to having many memories and experiences with each of these ladies. 

There are also a two other people that will be very involved in my life this year and that is my sister core advisor and my brother core advisor.

Quincie Lavire: She is my sister core advisor.  Quincie and I were team captains when we called for the Lansing Acquire the Fire together during my undergrad year, so we have a good friendship already. Quincie is from Michigan and I'm really looking forward to our year together. 

Dominic Zimmerman: Dominic is a really fun and awesome man of God.  We really didn't know each other very well during my undergrad year, but I would see him every know and then.  Dominic is from Colorado and I'm really looking forward to co-leading with him this year. 

PEARL

So since I am starting another year here at Teen Mania, I will be participating in the PEARL Life Transforming Event.  Last year and years before it has been known as ESOAL, but because of changes that have happened over these past 12 years, it is now called PEARL. PEARL stands for Physical, Emotional, and Relational Learning.  I have many different emotions about this coming up week, but I know the Lord is going to be with me. 

If you want to follow on how we're all doing with the PEARL, you can follow Heath Stoner's blog. He should be updating it everyday starting on Thursday. The PEARL will be ending around Sunday morning or early afternoon. I will never find out, (:

http://www.honoracademydirector.com/

Well that should be it for now, I will definitely be updating soon with everything! 

I love you all,

blessings.

Abigail Marie. 

Goodbyes & New Beginnings

So much has just gone on since the last time I updated this blog! It has definitely been such a roller coaster of events and emotions. So let’s just jump into things!

The top of the mountain, a breathtaking experience...literally.

July has been such a blur really for me.  Majority of the time, I had only 3 roommates because the others were on their missions trip during July and I was the only one in my room that went during June.  So room 1209 was really quieter than usual. During the month I had a lot of training for my year as a core advisor, the Dorm Directors really helped us a lot and I really got to bond with my core advisor class.  At the end of July, I went to Colorado in Estes Park to hike Halets Peak.  It took us about 7 hours to go up the mountain and 2 hours to go down.  The mountain was such a hard day, but I had such great encouragement from my family core.  The top of the mountain was so breath taking and something that a Dorm Director told are group just really hit home.  He said that God created such big mountains that He could just crumble at any moment, but yet He still gives us the authority to walk on them.  Looking at some of the rocks on mountain was so crazy to look at because they looked like if slighted bit of a push would knock them over. The mountain was a great experience.

As soon as I got back from the mountain, on August 2nd, I got the chance to go home for a little bit.  That weekend, I got to see my life long best friend, Ellen Ollervides become Ellen Emery.  Seeing her walk down the aisle to Ben was such a breath taking moment, I couldn’t stop crying.  I was with my pastor’s wife, Sister Bunny, and we just both had these moments of “where did the time go!?” I told her how I remember so clearly in the 2nd grade when Ellen and I would sit next to each other in GMA.  We had so memories together like...

Dancing together

Talking for hours on each other’s bed

The “pose”

Sharing love stories together from all those crazy boys

Crying together from them crazy boys

Laughing until our cheeks hurt

Never getting into a big argument

Taking phycology together

Crying tears of joy on the phone when December 31st, 2009 happened

Helping with the wedding

& there is just many more to come.

And there’s only more to come.  Sure we’re separated, but I know the Lord will continue to guide us and let us have more time together. The wedding was a beautiful day that I will never forget. Praying for continued blessing for the Emery’s.

After home, I went straight into getting ready for a new year ahead of me in TeenMania.  Every day, your conversation kinda sounded like “Hey, remember that one time!” or “What was your first impression of me?” Reminiscing was something you couldn’t help but do. My parents, Joshua and his girlfriends son, Junior, all came down during my Gala and graduation.  I had lot of memories and business for sure.  I really appreciate everyone that the Lord had distinctly placed in my life for a reason.  

Saying goodbye to SimplyLove was one of the hardest things I had to do.  The memories we shared. The vulnerability we experienced. My heart just chills just thinking of them.  I couldn’t be more thankful for them and how each day we learned to SimplyLove Him and remove everything from hindering loving Him. Gosh, I really do miss you all! Courtney Paige, Megan Heath, Kristen Akridge, Samantha Madison, Marie Bui and Lindsey Bender.  You all are such precious women of God and He is doing a beautiful thing in each of your lives. 

Right after graduation, it was straight into transition week.  This is the week that there is only January interns and Graduate Interns and we begin to get ready for the next incoming August class. We just finished gauntlet week and I know have an official core, but that will have to be in my next blog which will be coming up soon. 

Before I let all of you go, I wanted to take some time to address a few things about this next year.  I am staying another FULL year here at TeenMania and I will be raising money for tuition again.  My tuition this year is $5,400.  So I would love to have any help if you can.  If you are not able to give financially, prayer is one thing that I appreciate even more! To give to account, there are few ways you can donate:

Online:

www.honoracademy.com/donate 

My TM ID is 2516631

Over the phone:

32423423

Mailing a check to:

Abigail Lopez

PO BOX 2010 CPO#303

Garden Valley, TX 75771

p.s. I also love getting letters in the mail, ;) 

I appreciate all of you and I cannot thank you enough for all the prayer and support each of you have done.  Thank you so much & God Bless! 

Abigail Marie