So, it's Saturday, and Sunny.

And I don't know what to do. I'm thinking about going down to the beach and going for a run. I'm not exactly sure where there is to run up here. I'm temporarily staying in the Topanga, basically the mountains above Malibu-ish. And it's crazy hilly (actually mountainish, like straight up and down). I'd be nuts to try and run down, and then probably more nuts to want to run back up, but then I have to use gas monies. No good. Speaking of gas monies, I used a ton on Tuesday. I literally had no where to go, so I just drove. It was exactly what I needed. Plenty of time to calm my heart and my mind. I'm ready to go.

In other news, I went to my first college party yesterday. Yup. Guess what, I'd rather be playing Banana-Grams. Much more fun. I had to drive someone home, so all I had was a Sprite, not that I'd want to be drinking anything anyways. It seems that hygiene goes out the window at those things- I couldn't really handle it. It's pretty nasty. But! I did have fun meeting people. My friend Brianna is an actress, and convinced the entire room that she was British, and her name was Elizabeth Bennet, named after the character of course. She even put her name in someone's phone that way. Good times. It was my entertainment for the evening.

So my internship, is pretty boring. So Far. I sit at a desk all day. For all of you that do that, props to you, really, because it was day two and I was counting the hours. There are a lot of fun things that I can benefit from, like tapings and gatherings and things like that. But all in all, I really can't complain, because my job is to listen to different kinds of music all day long. My boss gives me a job, like a scene or an opening song, and tells me what it's supposed to feel like, sound like, fit with, etc. Then I research and give him the best ones. Yesterday was a slight fail, I had a really hard time finding exactly what he needed, and the software on the computer is so outdated that it makes it even harder. Lame. Hopefully it'll be fixed sometime next week.

Thats sort of my week. On Wednesday I went to a college ministry called Quest, and met a lot of people. That's who I went out with last night. I'm still trying to go to Mosaic though, which I loved last week. Ima hit it up tomorrow.

loveyoubunches:)

Anna

With my soles to the ground, You open the sea.

It's time for me to be entirely transparent with you. I'm terrified. I'm terrified of not knowing where my feet are going to land step after step. This city is a big place for a little person. Boston was beautiful, clean, comforting, and homey. Los Angeles is not. However, it's not that I don't like it so far, because I do. It's the uncertainty that it holds that is terrifying.

Today, I got to go to Mosaic, which is a church that I've wanted to go to for months now. They were started by my favorite Christian author, Erwin McManus who travels and speaks and does all kinds of important things, so naturally, I knew he wasn't going to be at the service to speak this morning-But I was wrong. :)

After a sweet 25 or so minutes of worship, the speaker came up from the left side of the auditorium, and it was him. I was stoked. We talked to someone after the service, and apparently he's committed to be there for a lot of Sundays, but that's irrelevant. Mosaic is on a new series, called "Fresh Start". Today's passage was Joshua chapter 3. After reading the passage, we looked at the very beginning of the book, where God tells Joshua that Moses is dead, and it is now his job to lead the people. In verse 3 God tells Joshua that He will give him every place where he sets his foot. These two variables became Erwin's two points. Firstly, after the Lord tells Joshua Moses is dead, He asks him to lead. Ergo, a very terrified Joshua. Secondly, Joshua was to then live a life of faith and obedience to the Lord, and he would be given wherever he placed his foot. Another point of the message (verse 5). What would life be like if we lived life, knowing that in every step we took, tomorrow God would do amazing things among us...

So anyways, I say all of this because every word that was said this morning was something that I had already thought of and tried to deal with this week. I know that in this area of my life, God is going to show me a side of faith, and my relationship with Him, that I haven't seen or experienced yet. And yea, I'm scared-I'm in a new city with no friends, no family, no place to live (currently), and God is calling me to be a leader in a secular environment. I'm just a little overwhelmed, but the Lord has put all of this in my life for a reason, and the book of Joshua at a perfect time.

Joshua 1:9. Have I not commanded you? Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

LoveYouBunches.

Anna

Galations 5:13

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

It was my facebook verse of the day. I never look at that particular app anymore since fb revamped it's whole layout, but I liked this verse. It's just, good. Read it a few times, and meditate on it. You can't help but get pumped, possibly humbled at first, but trust me, it leads to pumped. :)

So I'm here in LA, with my Mom who so kindly decided to come help me out with the whole getting settled thing. Good thing too, cuz we're still apartmentless and staying in a hotel. I had a few places lined up, but they got the kabosh from the Mom, so we're still looking. God did provide a car for me however. :) I now rock a 98 honda accord. Woot. So I guess keep praying. I'm also sort of sick, a cold I guess. It's just sorta blah. Mom is leaving on Tuesday so time is running out. God will provide however, He keeps His promises. :)

loveyoubunches.

Anna

Welcome to Hollywood.

So over the summer I tried out for American Idol. It's something everyone should do by the way, regardless of if you can sing or not. It's so much fun. But I had a terrible audition, and didn't make it through, which I wasn't too upset about, cuz I had an awesome time with my friend Mariah. :)

But I'm sitting here, watching American Idol, on west coast time, sitting in bed in Los Angeles, and realizing that all these kids were screaming "I'm going to Hollywood!" And at one point last summer that was something I could have been saying, thinking about how I'd be in California sunshine in January instead of Boston's unruly wind.

I may not have made it through American Idol, but God still brought me here. His own way. I was going to be in LA no matter what.

I thought it was kinda awesome.

Well Kids, I'm 21.

It's true. As of 21 minutes ago........Ok now 34. In those 13 minutes of dots, I was watching Erwin McManus videos on YouTube. I am so exited to check out all of the awesome churches in Los Angeles. Oh, I suppose this would be LA's blog debut!

I'm moving to Los Angeles.

For a semester that is. Possibly more. I never really seem to know when it comes to this kind of thing. God really takes the wheel and then I follow, sometimes accelerating, sometimes braking, but usually just trying to figure out where I am in the road trip after waking up from a nap. Right now I'm moving quickly but cautiously towards LA. It's a lot less safe than Boston, for one, but secondly, 3 to 4 months is a pretty small amount of time, and after that, I really have no idea what I am going to do. I'm 99 percent sure I'm not going back to Berklee, but the one percent is there simply because I can't really be sure about anything. Penn State is an option for me, but I'm not entirely sure what I would major in. It's a blessing, and slight annoyance, when you're pretty sure you have grasped what God's calling is in your life. Going back to Penn State, when looking at where I really believe my life is headed, is sort of illogical. But then staying in Los Angeles with only a mediocre job that can't pay off my student loans isn't such a good option either.

I think, well actually I know, that my parents worry much more about my life than I do. They have a wider peripheral vision than I do. I guess it's also a way that I keep myself from stressing out too much. I have a task before me and I need to focus on that first. Then I'll allow myself to succumb to complete and total stress attacks.

Heh. Just kidding. I really do enjoy the way my God has led me so far. He knows that the more He tells me, the more I'll try to figure out, and what's the fun in that? It's God's way of shaping me, preparing me, for whatever it is I'm headed towards. I know it has to do with shining a light in a dark place, and creating a revolution through art, film, music, anything-popculture. People need to be inspired before they can even realize that there is something even deeper that they crave, and I think it's my job to inspire them.

I heard something in church today while someone was talking about the Avatar movie. He said that He was glad that we didn't worship creation, but the Creator. Why would we want to worship creation when we can worship the Creator? God has made us to live for so much more. Switchfoot is ahead of the game.

loveyoubunches.