Aah! EVERYONES HERE

Today was just such a GREAT day.  

I woke up today at 6am to get ready for the long, fun, adventurous day ahead.  

Today we left SPU @ 8:13am to head over to the Urban Family Center. UFC is a ministry that get people to come together and hangout and get relationships started. well anyways we were setting up and helping with the bounce floaty things. We were all set up and just hanging out talking with people and then we get our first phone call for a pick up at the airport. YAY!!!!  

Uncle Tom, Brooke, and I went back and forth from the airport from about 11am-4pm getting people and sending them to our first project site to help out there. It was so cool seeing the smiles on the other students face as we picked them up from the doors they arrived at.  

Every student I handed a name tag to and greeted them with a great smile and had good convos with.  

when we got most of our students here we headed back to the apartment complex where the other students were volunteering and fed the students that just arrived. we chatted a little while there and started cleaning up from the block party.  

around 5ish I believe we headed out to pick up two more beautiful students on our wonderful "limousine" (prison bus) lol.  

Right when the two got on the bus, Tom,Brooke, and I did a little skit for them. It was so much fun. Tom was the conductor. while Brooke and I were the "flight attendants" helping them with whatever they needed. they wanted water we gave it to them. they wanted candy we gave it to them. it was so much fun just being able to enjoy the company of my new soon to be great friends.  

when we got back to campus everyone helped unload the bus and headed to there rooms to get all situated and relaxed. us girls sat in the hallway and had some bonding time (LOVE IT). I just cant wait to be able to get to know these girls on a deeper level and just be able to share the love of Christ with them and them to me. I an just so thrilled to be able to come along so many amazing women of God.  

after our little bonding time we went to the food room and had dinner and then had some more fellowship with the guys included. after just sitting there and getting to know one another Uncle Tom started talking about the many things that we will be doing this next month. I AM SO PUMPED!!!  

God is going to use us and grow us beyond anything that we can ever imagine. He has known about us going on this trip longer than we have known.  

Aah! I cant even explain how wonderful it is to finally meet the rest of our fellow teammates. it is just so wonderful.  

I just want to thank you all for all the prayer support, financial support, encouragement, love, acceptance, etc. that I have gotten from everyone.  

BUT PLEASE DO NOT STOP!  

I still need it. it is only the beginning of the project. we have LOTS more to do.  

SO KEEP PRAYING!!  

I hope that you all have a very blessed day and week. 

much love and prayers

 ~ Susan ~  

Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean NOT on your own understanding"

Day 2 in Seattle

today was such a great day. we got so much stuff done. 

I woke up 5am Seattle time/7am Minnesota time. I started getting ready for the day, took a nice long shower, and then had some quiet time with God. what a great time it was. 

I was reflecting on the bible passage from Psalms. it was Psalms 40:12-13 "For troubles surround me-- too many to count! They pile up so high I can't see my way out. They are more numerous than the hairs on my head. I have lost all my courage. Please, LORD, rescue me! Come quickly, LORD, and help me."
I just love this passage because no matter what He is there. There may be so many trials that one person may be going through but our Father is right there with us helping us through. like He said in the song "By your side" by Chris Tomlin

And I'll be by your side
Wherever you fall
In the dead of night
Whenever you call
And please don't fight
These hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you

God is there through the thick and thin. through the high and low. through every calm and every storm. He will never give you anything that you can not handle. 



throughout the rest of my day. we got many things done before the rest of other students arrived. We had to go and get all the training materials printed and set up for there arrival tomorrow. we also had to go shopping for the food and the snacks for the next month. (of course we will go many times to the store to reload).

While at Kinkos printing off the training materials there was supposed to be another student to arrive around 1030am. we were not hearing any phone calls from him so we were getting a little worried at where he was at. we did not know if his flight was delayed or if he did not even get on a plane- nothing -. so we decided that since it was already 1230pm that we would try to call him to see if he will answer and what was going on. there was no answer. so then we were really worried. we tried calling his home and there was no answer there so uncle Tom left voice message. 
while in Costco's picking up groceries we get a phone call around 230pm saying that Chris was in. YAY! thank God nothing happened to him. when finished at costco's we headed for the airport to pick up our new friend. we came back to campus and unloaded all the groceries and put them all away, and just relaxed until our next adventure to pick up the only guy student staff here on project Drew. He is such a sweet guy. lol. we scared him when we went to pick him up. pretty hilarious. 

we decided it would be pointless to come back to campus when we will be leaving again to pick up another person 2 hours later so we ran more errands of getting more groceries and going to uncle Tom's home and grabbing some essentials we needed. then off again to the airport to pick up Nick. what a sweet guy. he will fit in very well here on project. 

I am just so thrilled to meet all these people the past couple days and I can not wait to see everything we will be doing together. and getting to know more about all these guys. we have 28 people all together including staff and I have only met 8 people. there will be another 20 tomorrow :) I cant wait til we pick up the rest of the other students. 

God is going to change hearts on this trip and I am so excited. 

I know that this is very long. 
SORRY!

hope all your summers are going well
much love and prayers
~ Susan ~

Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding"

I made it safe!

I cant believe it! I am in SEATTLE, WA. 


After a LONG 37+ hour ride on the train I finally made it to Seattle, WA.
I first got on the wrong train :( but it was really amazing. lol
I met a wonderful woman named Floreesh Conner. we had a great conversation. we talked about God and His wonderful works. we talked about what God has been doing in my life and in her life. what an amazing story this woman has. 

sitting on the train after Floreesh got off I put on my headphones to my ipod. I was listening to many songs, but one in particular stood out. Majesty (Here I Am) by Delirious. what a great song. I was just listening deeply to the lyrics 

Here I am humbled by your Majesty
Covered by your grace so free
Here I am, knowing I'm a sinful man
Covered by the blood of the Lamb

Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine
Since you laid down your life
The greatest sacrifice

Majesty, Majesty
Your grace has found me just as I am
Empty handed, but alive in your hands
Majesty, Majesty
Forever I am changed by your love
In the presence of your Majesty

Here I am humbled by the love that you give
Forgiven so that I can forgive
Here I stand, knowing that I'm your desire
Sanctified by glory and fire

Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine
Since you laid down your life
The greatest sacrifice



wow! I just love this song! He loves us SO much He laid down His life for us. I have known that for a long time but never really truly thought about what all that meant. 
Majesty? what does that even mean? I looked in the dictionary and it means
1. impressive stateliness, dignity, or beauty
2. royal power
our Father God is all of this. He has the royal power. he is more beautiful than anything and person. He has the greatest love. He sacrificed himself. He has the power to do so much but He lets us choose the life we live. He dont want us to be robots. 
I am going to Stand. Stand firm in what I believe. I am His desire and I want Him to be my desire. full heartedly. no more half heart. I want God to use me in so many ways while I am on this trip here in Seattle. I want to go back to Minnesota with a better and bigger understanding of what God has planned for my life and where He wants me to be. 

He is the greatest sacrifice. HE is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, He is Christ our Saviour and Redeemer, our LORD. 

Getting off the train today I was met by some project friends. Brooke, Megan, Mindy, and Uncle Tom. they are all so great. We went out to buy some dinner and get a few groceries. I know that I am going to make some life long friendships here. they are just so hilarious and awesome. so then we came back to the dorms @ SPU (Seattle Pacific University). I took a NICE LONG COLD shower. and already the day is just about over. so Crazy! lol.

I am just so excited to see what God has planned for our day tomorrow. 
another great adventure I can not wait to have :)



I am sorry. I totally just went on a tangent. lol.
my mind is just consuming so many things. 
I am so excited for this summer and the impact I am going to have on others and the impact that others are going to definitely have on me. I cant wait.
Minnesota be prepared to see a change in Susan :) 

if you all want to write me and send some encouragement, prayers, etc. or whatever PLEASE do
the address is a little long sorry about that.
its:

Susan Hight
Seattle, Summer-in-the-city Project
Campus Crusade for Christ
Seattle Pacific University
Conference Services
3307-3 Avenue West
Seattle, WA 98119


thanks again for everything. 
you all are an amazing blessing in my life.
and cant wait to get back and tell you all about my fun in the (HOT) sun. lol
much love and prayers
~ Susan ~

Encouragement, Prayers, Etc.

So, I was looking through some of my old notebooks that I used to write in long ago and I cam across one book that I did not look at in a very long time. my old student leadership journal. At the church I used to go to I was part of Student Leadership that involved 6 other students. I was reading what I have written so long ago and what I thought was the thing I believed God wanted me to get out of student leadership. I look now at what I wrote and that was to bring hope to broken and shattered futures and expand my sphere of influence/experience. It is so crazy how God puts visions in our lives cause that is still where I feel like He wants me to be. I believe that this summer going to Seattle for project that there is where He exactly wants me to begin my journey and grow beyond what I can ever expect. there is where I will learn to be the disciple that God wants me to be.
I just thank God every day that He has given me on this earth. I want to be used in a way that only He can use me. I don't want to be ordinary. I want to be different. I want to make a difference. I want God to take my life and make it His. I want to be the person that everyone sees Jesus in.

I ask you guys to keep me in your prayers as I go to Seattle and do the work that God has in store for me. that I come back with the eyes and heart of our Lord Jesus. I just ask that you guys keep me in your prayers through the trials that are still yet to come. just because we are Gods children does not mean that we will not have trials. He said He will walk through them with us.

I thank you for all of your prayers and encouragement. but please DO NOT STOP praying. that will help more than anything else.

thank you and I love you all
~ Susan ~

Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding."

you guys can continue to write me letters of encouragement or whatever while I am in Seattle. the address to write to me is:

Susan Hight
Seattle, Summer-in-the-City Project
Campus Crusade for Christ
Seattle Pacific University Conference Services
3307-3 Avenue West
Seattle, Washington 98119

Seattle 11 days

Hey everyone.
I just want to thank you so much for your prayers.
it has been greatly appreciated. 
it is getting so close to the time that I am leaving 11 days to be exact and I still need your prayers. 
I am only at 39% of what I need for Seattle which is awesome that God has been able to bless me with even this much. 

if you would like to support me you can send checks to my new address at: 
720 7th Ave. S. apt 102
Saint Cloud, MN 56301

you guys have been a great blessing in my life and I can not wait to see what God has planned while I am in Seattle, WA. He has given me so much to look forward to while I am there. 

I will definitely keep you all updated

hope that you all have a great week and please please please keep me in your prayers.

much love
~ Susan ~

Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding."

Experiencing His Presence: Its Better to be a Hungry Baby Than a Stuffed and Complacent "Maybe"

Its Better to be a Hungry Baby

Than a Stuffed and Complacent "Maybe"

God has noticed that the repetitive falsehoods are fading away, and He's waiting for them to be replaced by a new vocabulary of honesty: "No, I am not all right, and everything isn't fine-I'm hungry!

On rare occasions, instinctive human behavior appears to faintly resemble divine behavior.  For instance, when was the last time you saw a flock of adults rush toward another adult to coo, ooh, and ah, and make a big fuss over them?  When was the last time you saw this happen when a baby was brought into a room?

Is it wrong to imply that Christians should remain babies in some way?

Is it possible or desirable to somehow "grow up" in Christ while retaining a baby's total dependence and crying need for Him? (Are you interested?)

Perhaps you noticed that there is something about childlike dependency, trust, and urgent need in the human heart that captures the heart of Divinity.  Jesus had His "little ones" in mind when He issued some of the New Testament's strongest and most severe warnings about misuse and abuse.  He was talking about more than natural babies and toddlers-He was referring to everyone, young and old, who cried out to Him with juvenile cries of desperation and dependency.

Are you convicted that His words apply to you? Why or why not?

God loves us all without showing partiality; but He does extend that extra care and protection found in His presence to those who openly demonstrate their urgent need for Him.

Hungry babies just aren't intimidated by the people around them.

They put their total focus and energy on their hunger and the

source of their satisfaction.  At the height of their hunger, they

make no room for distractions of any kind.

In contrast, many Christians do their best to demonstrate their independence and self-sufficiency in public worship gatherings.  They would never think of "going forward" in a public invitation for prayer.  Such a transparent admission of need is unacceptable because it would reveal politically incorrect cracks in their carefully cultivated facade of Christian perfection.  In their determined effort not to attract any attention to their need, they've also managed to totally lose God's interest and attention!

Where do you fit in this picture? Are you a "bold and hungry 

baby" in His presence or a "stuffed and complacent maybe"

who approaches worship on a whim, willing to worship Him

as long as you feel like it?

Some of us have "faked fullness" for most of our Christian lives.

Whether in a church or on the job, we live with a "pasted-on smile,"

and we refuse to leave home without it. The truth is that more

and more Christian "fakers of fullness" are saying, "I've had

enough of that." Their inner hunger is beginning to get the best of

them, and God is beginning to get interested once again.

Have you had enough? Is your most inner hunger level 

beginning to get the best of you?

Remember Where You've Been, But Always Dare to Dream

Have you noticed that true hunger has an uncanny ability to make us genuinely real and brutally honest? Just the mention of the word hunger recalls the mental picture of a hungry baby who thinks nothing of disrupting a church service to display his hunger.

1. When you think of the word hunger, what image fills your mind?

2. Have you ever been hungry-hungry to the point of desperation or even starvation? Do you think spiritual hunger can reach the same desperation point?

3. Recall times of spiritual hunger in your life (perhaps it is more than a mere memory-you

may be desperately hungry for him now?. What are you prepared to do about it?

Matthew 11:28-30, in which Jesus calls to Himself everyone who is weary and overloaded.

28. Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

30. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

Lord, I'm so hungry for You that I've dropped every facade of fakery I possessed. I don't care who knows how desperate I am-I need You!

God has the final plan - Summer Project Support needed!

Dear Family and Friends,

I am so excited about attending St. Cloud State University next fall that I have already gotten involved with the Christian group, Campus Crusade for Christ.  However, I got more than I ever expected through the ministry.  It has changed my life in many aspects.  I now have a good foundation with stable and reliable friends that hold me accountable in areas needed.  I am currently one of the events coordinators and in the process of starting a focus group for International students on the campus.

Campus Crusade for Christ is a ministry that has been caring for college students since 1951.  The group is very active here on at Saint Cloud State and on 3,500 campuses in the U.S. and overseas.  The Lord has used this ministry to help me frow in my faith and to give me a burden to reach people for Christ.

This summer, I have an unbelievable opportunity to take part in a summer mission project sponsored by Campus Crusade.  I will be going with approximately 30 other students to Seattle, Washington.  This month-long inner city/prison project involves ministering to the poor and inside state prisons.  It is all about knowing Christ and making Him known!  I am excited about the long term impact this summer is going to have on me. 

However, to make this opportunity possible I need to develop a team of ministry partners.  People who will join with me by giving financially.  As you can imagine raising the necessary money will be a big leap of faith for me.  These funds will cover the cost of transportation, room and board, and outreach expenses.  I am asking that you prayerfully consider contributing $200, $100, $75 (or whatever God would direct), to this mission project.

I need to raise these funds by May 20th so the sooner I get your decision the better I will know how close I am to reaching my goal.  All checks can be made out to Campus Crusade for Christ and are tax-deductible.  I have enclosed a self-addressed envelope.

While money is important, it comes in distant second to my need for your prayer support.  Your prayer support is important to the success of this mission; I would like to know if I can count on you in that area as well.

In His Great Love,

Susan Hight