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So it has been awhile since I have blogged and Jordan has been giving me crap about it so here is my new blog enjoy! :)

So the past month has been kind of crazy and here is a short list of the 'big' things that have been going on.

• I started selling Mary Kay and it has going pretty well. I really enjoy selling Mary Kay because, it not only gives me extra money, it is an AWESOME oppurtunity to meet people and show them the love of Christ!
• I also found a new place to live (hopefully until it is time to leave Denton). It is this really cute 'mother-in-law' house. It is a one bedroom home that is basically like a guest house behind someone's home. I can't wait to move in, because not only I will be through with the stress of moving but Salty will have a huge yard to play in.
• Jordan and I have been fortunate enough to be able to see each other at least once a week so far and it has made this transition a little bit easier. I still miss him a ton but it is really nice to at least meet up with him and spend a couple hours together.

I would like to share this next topic with my many, many readers ;) so that y'all can be in prayer for me. This past 6 months or so I have been really struggling with not wanting to go to school. Now this is not just a typical college student not wanting to go to class feeling, I don't want to go to class because I want to be able to just go somewhere and serve people. Whether that be here in the states or in some foreign country. I just have this passion to serve people and share with them Christ's love. I know that God is using me here in Denton, but I just really want to be done with school and get on with my life after it. So my biggest struggle/prayer request right now is having patience and know that God's timing is SO much better than my timing and that I am where I need to be right now.

I am going to be spending the next couple weeks moving and getting settled in the new house. I am ready to get it all over with. Until next time, adios!

P.S. I am looking for a good, challenging book to read right now, so if anyone who happens to read this has a suggestion please let me know!

The Past Couple Weeks in Review....

So here is the update on my life! So last week was one of the hardest weeks that I have had to deal with in awhile. It started out with Jordan leaving for his two week vacation. He went to Austin for a week and is now at pre-teen camp for a week. It has been hard but I am adjusting (slowly but surely!). My week started off with me waking up Monday morning not really being able to swallow all that well, and I definitely couldn't talk. My first thought/concern was "oh no, not mono again!" So I scheduled an appointment at the UNT Health Center. I was in a lot of pain and not handling it well because I was all by myself. I saw the doc and found out that it was strep throat and I would be better within the next week! So that was definitely an answered prayer! She gave me some pills to take and said that I would be feeling better within 24 hours. I went home and took the pills as soon as I could. And when I went to swallow the pills it was a whole lot harder than I thought, I mean why do they give you these huge horse pills if you can't really swallow already because your tonsils are almost touching???? Anyhoo...I only ended up missing one day of work and got to feeling a lot better!

Jordan and I finished up our first month of the bible study and this past weeks lesson was over studying and meditating on God's word. I was definitely struggling with this one because I find it hard to just sit and read the bible. I find it is easier for me to do a devotional book or something to help me meditate on God's word. My prayer is that God continues working on me and helping get to that place were I can just read His word on it's own.

My roommate is finally coming back from her mission trip to Africa! Yay, for not being at the apt. by myself anymore!!!! :) I can't wait till she gets back so that I can hear about all the wonderful things that God did in Africa and how it changed her life!

I am glad to hear that Lockhart's beach break went well and am very excited to learn that they are going to be coming to MA in a couple weeks!! I really hope/pray Nic will let me tag along when I can!

Loneliness

(this blog is a little depressing, but hey, aren't you supposed to blog what is on your mind???)

So summer is in full swing now and nothing has really changed. I go to school, then head to work and then come home to do some homework or take a test. I really don't have a life and don't really get to see anyone. My grades this past semester have really slipped and so I am trying to put all my energy to doing well in these summer courses I am taking.

Jordan left this past Friday to go sign his lease for his new apt. in Brownwood and he will be gone till the last week in June. I am struggling a bit because it has finally hit me that after that last week in June he will not be living in Denton anymore. It is a totally bittersweet experience thus far. I am totally excited on one hand because I know that this move is a total God thing and is what God wants from both Jordan and I. I think that with Jordan not living in Denton anymore will strenghten not only our relationship but our relationship with God. The bible study that we are doing right now is helping me with the fact that he is not here, but it is still a struggle not seeing him whenever I want.

My prayer right now is that God will continue being there for me and that I learn to lean on Him more often. I pray that as this next couple of "adjustment" months go by that Jordan and I continue to stay strong and growing in Christ. I am so thankful that God has given us these past years to spend them in the same town and at the same school, and I pray that He will take my struggles and fears off of my shoulders.

I want to ask whoever reads this that they pray for me and these next couple of weeks and that they also pray for Nic and his youth group as they go through this next week of Beach Bash. Once again sorry that this blog is not that fun to read!

Pocketful of Sunshine

So here is my update on my life so far: I finally finished up on my maymester! Woohoo!! I am so glad it is over! I have been working about 30 hours every week for the past month as well as taking classes so I have really not had much of a life. :(


I went home this past Friday to watch my brother graduate from high school. It was sort of a bittersweet time. I am really proud of my brother because he actually graduated!! (Those of you who know Taylor totally understand what I mean by that last statement) It is bittersweet because he is finally able to get out of the house, and this is a good thing because Taylor and my dad really need some time away from each other. They argue a lot and it will be good for them to spend get out from under the same roof. I am very worried thought because he is off to college and that means no more mom telling him he has to go to church. It breaks my heart when I hear of all the things my brother does, I just pray that God will move in his life and help him live the life of the Christ Follower that I know he can/should be. I pray that God puts someone in Taylor's life that is an example of this type of God loving man that he should strive to be.

Jordan and I have just finished our 2nd week in the devotional that we are doing. God has shown me so many things through this study. This week was about Grace. God has shown me how I often take advantage of His grace that He has given me. I don't appreciate it the way I should and allow it to show in my life. My prayer is that God continues to strengthen Jordan and I's relationship through Him. I feel like for the first time in 3 1/2 years that Jordan and I are growing spiritually not just individually but as a couple. I pray that we continue to strive for the Godly relationship that we are meant to have.

I ask that y'all pray for my brother as he starts this next part of his life. And also pray that Jordan and I continue growing closer to Christ together through this study.

Selfish Desires

So apparently I suck at this blogging thing. (At least that is what Jordan keeps telling me.) :) So I haven't blogged in ages and am now going to TRY and keep it up regularly. Because I know that every single one of you that reads this is super interested in the happenings of Kaylen Watson.

So to catch y'all up...I finished the semester (did horribly), started my maymester and started a new job.

My maymester is going good, I actually have an A in it right now, which is super exciting!. It sucks because there is a ton of homework and I don't really have a life as of right now but it is okay.

I am now working at a Christian bookstore called Mardel. I really love it there and my co-workers are amazing Godly people. I feel super blessed that God has given me this opportunity!!

This summer has been going pretty good lately, I have spent a lot of it alone with Salty. I really didn't like this time when it first started happening a lot. It turns out that what I really didn't like about it is that this is when God has really been convicting me about the way that I have been living my life this past couple semesters. God has totally flipped my life around and it is AMAZING! I fallen in love with Him all over again and have come to cherish the time that I have alone now because it is a time that I get to spend one-on-one with my Father.

So Jordan and I have started this couples devotional book. We just started it last week and I have to say that God has shown me so much through this. It is my prayer that Jordan and I are able to draw closer to God through these devotions and therefore strenghten our relationship. I know that we are going to have a tough transitional period these coming months but I have COMPLETE faith that God has is under control and it will all be okay. I have totally caught myself slipping up some this past week and worrying about this next semester. And as I found myself worrying tonight I ran across the song Ruin Me by Jeff Johnson. This song is an awesome song that reminded me once again how I need to continuously ask God to ruin MY plans and to ruin MY own selfish desires.

So I am off to go do some more homework. And I will catch y'all later!!! :O)

Surrender

So i am entering the world of blogging today...I hope all goes well. :O)

About a month ago I had my perfect little box completely smashed. And it was pretty amazing! My Father has shown me how wonderful it can be giving him the control that he requires us to give Him. For the longest time I thought that I was giving Father the control that He so desired, when in reality I was giving Him only the parts that I wanted to give.

Starting at the beginning to fill you in, just in case you don't know.

I have been dating this wonderful man of God for about 3 1/2 years and I thought my life was set. I was going to get married after college, go to some foreign country and live happily ever after. Oh, and I was going to fit God somewhere in there. I was going along with my life as if I was doing exactly what God wanted from me. Boy oh boy was I wrong. I had put God in this stupid little box and was pouring my heart and soul into it.

And then He destroyed it. I was completely crushed and broken. How could He do this to me? I was doing exactly what He wanted of me. Or was I? It took a three hour ride home and a weekend of prayers and yelling until I finally realized how completely wrong I was. God has showed me how compassionate and loving He really is and how He has so many more promises in store for me and all I have to do is let Him take over the reins and show me.

For those of you that know me know that I have felt called to the mission field. I had original and naive thought that missions meant in some foreign country. I had heard numerous times that your mission field does not have to be in some foreign country but that it is right where you are at. It did not truly hit me until one Sunday night at Overflow. I am now not sure at all where God wants me, whether it is in some foreign country, here in Texas, with an agency or going on my own. And you know what? That is okay. It is kind of scary not really knowing what may happen in the future but it is so freeing not having to worry about it and knowing that God is completely on my side and has AMAZING things in store for me.

Finally, (I know, I know this is a ridiculously long blog but I have a lot to say and I promise they won't all be this long!) when I first felt the call to the mission field my original thought was that I was going to be the one in charge and doing everything that needed to be done. (Once again I was rebelling against what God had intended for me) Since the glorious day that my box was smashed I have come to realize that yes, my call is to missions but first and foremost my call is to be a missionary's wife. I am going to save this topic for a different blog but please stay tuned to find out all the happenings of my life!!!!

Below is Surrender by BarlowGirl. I am putting these lyrics on here because this song has been the story of my life this past month and has helped through some of the tougher times.



My hands hold safely to my dreams
Clutching tightly not one has fallen.
So many years I’ve shaped each one
Reflecting my heart, showing who I am.
Now you’re asking me to show
What I’m holding Oh so tightly.
Can’t open my hand; can’t let go
Does it matter?
Should I show you?
Can’t you let me go?

Chorus
Surrender, surrender
You whisper gently
You say I will be free
I know but can’t you see
My dreams are me, My dreams are me

Say you have a plan for me
And that you want the best for my life.
Told me the world has yet to see
What you can do with one
That’s committed to your call.
I know of course what I should do
That I can’t hold these dreams forever.
But if I give them now to you
Will you take them
Away forever?
Or can I dream again?