Happy 4th of July!

Happy Fourth of July from Seaside, Fl! 



My d-group and my best friend's Christine's d-group on our picnic date!  So FESTIVE!

<3 a blessed American,
Kyleigh Grace

Long time no see :(

I am so sorry I have not updated my blog in so long!  I just have less than 3 weeks here in PCB and I can't believe it!!


My D-group has bonded a lot more since the start of the summer and we are in the midst of sharing the gospel with our co-workers.  None of mine have been faithful to meet up, so please please please be praying for opportunities to hang out and share Jesus Christ with them.  Tomorrow, we have our 4th of July get together in Seaside.  AND this coming weekend we have Mission Conference, which I am quite excited for! 



D-group @ Disney for D-group weekend!

Other updates!
God has been refining me this summer in many areas.  I have grown in my prayer life!  I love sitting on my condo's balcony lifting up my requests and praises to Him in the mornings before getting ready for my day.  I have also been growing in my leadership and dedication in my walk with Christ.  I am so excited to see how Christ is going to use me in the Theta house at OU this fall.  I want to be an open vessel for God to use me and to share the gospel more on campus. 

OU Kaleo!
Paul promises us this, "In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted." (2 Timothy 3:12)  No matter what persecution I may endure, the rest of my life I will not stop sharing what Jesus Christ did for me (and you!).  Jesus saved me from forever being separated from God, and because of that I want to share it with others.  If you and I are not faithful in sharing the good news of Jesus Christ, who is going to be?


Have a great 4th of July!
<3 Kyleigh Grace

This Weekend is D-GROUP WEEKEND!

Guess where we are going?!
Walt Disney World!!!!!

Pictures to come :)  We leave tonight and come back Sunday night!  We are getting to Orlando late tonight and spending all day Saturday in MAGIC KINGDOM!  Sunday we are going to chill at the pool in our hotel and then head back by our curfew ;)  I LOVE my D-group and am excited to have this adventure with them! 

D-group in Destin last weekend after Relationship Conference

D-group at Relationship Conference :)

<3 a soon to be Disney Princess,
Kyleigh Grace

Relationship Conference Weekend!

This weekend we have Relationship Conference!  One thing I came away with tonight is that I need to let God put love in the heart of a man for ME!  I also learned that it is not wise to give courtesy dates to someone who isn't a fully devoted follower of Christ. 

Another question to ask is "Does this guy have the same mission in life that I do?"  Another key thing that the married couple that led the conference tonight said is "There are times in a marriage where a man needs to know that he initiated things."  Girls should not manipulate situations...

I will try to post the rest of the talk we hear tomorrow up ASAP so you all can stay updated.  I will leave you with a passage they gave us girls :)

1 Corinthians 7:32-35
 ³² "I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. ³³ But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— ³⁴ and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. ³⁵ I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord."

Below are my Theta sisters at Relationship Conference tonight :) 

<3 A Lady in Waiting, 
Kyleigh Grace  

Hangin' out at The Back Porch

I made this sign yesterday at work!  It sits outside the door so people can see it as they walk by.

Introducing CRYSTAL!  Crystal is the hostess I typically work with and otherwise I hold down the host stand by myself.  Everyday on our table tally sheet, she puts "stay positive" on the bottom.  Another cute story about this sassy lady... I was working on my memory verse (Isaiah 30:21) in our spare time on a blank receipt.  I left it up at the host stand while I sat a table.  When I got back she asked what it was and then said that she thought that the verse was just so comforting.  I smile as I picture Crystal after that just staring out the window just smiling and nodding her head.  There is never a dull moment with Crystal or as she calls herself "cupid". 

My Russian friend, Lana, who is a server at work is now my friend on facebook.  She is facinated that my two guy friends are in Russia and wants to see their pictures from the trip.  Now I just have to get ahold of them somehow. ;)

I made another friend today at work!  She is a server named Kelsey and goes to the University of Florida.  We just got to chatting and it was really reassuring because it gets kind of lonely at the hostess stand with no one to talk to.  She is also going to be a Junior and was really sweet.

Yesterday, we had Inductive Bible Training in one of the leaders room with about 15 girls.  We are studying the book of 2nd Timothy this summer and went over how to do observations again this week.  Afterwards, we had campus prayer time where we spent time praying for OU. 

Today after work, I was working on a study the d-group leaders are going thru with our participants (Connecting with God).  I found this quote that was so cleaver :)  "You have been justified before God, and now He sees you as "just-as-if-I'd" never sinner." LOVE THAT!

GOOD NEWS!  Sarah gets back from her grandparent's 50th anniversary celebration tomorrow!  I am ready for my "disciple" to get back!!!  WHOOO!!

<3 the girl that gets paid $8 an hour and yes is old enough to be a server, not 14 (yes, someone asked me this lol),

Kyleigh Grace

Weekend in PCB!

1st D-group date of the summer on Friday.  We played beach games like an egg toss, and relay races.  Afterwards, we went to the guys condo and watched Despicable Me and made giant cookies with ice cream. 

Saturday, we got to have a relaxing day catching up on our assignments and chilling at the beach.



My best friends!  Juniors at OU! 

What would I do without these girls?

This weekend also included some laundry, room check (resulting in cleaning out condo like CRAZY), preparing Bible study, beach time, church, evangelism training, and time spent out on the beach sharing the gospel.  This week I went with one of the girls in my d-group named Lauren.  We shared with only believers but it was such an encouragement!  Thanks for reading!

<3 a girl who is working on a tan,

Kyleigh Grace

PRAISE!!

This morning I woke up to our condo phone ringing and one thought went through my head!  SARAH'S PURSE!  Yesterday, one of the girls in my d-group had left her purse downstairs in a patio chair and when she went back it was gone.  An sweet older couple found it on the 5th floor and brought it to the front desk!  Everything was in the purse, except for her phone, camera, and $24.  Sarah was just relieved to have all of her forms of identification because she is flying out tomorrow for a family reunion.  Such an answered prayer!!!  YAY!!! 

My sweet Sarah! 

<3 from a hostess,
Kyleigh Grace

Alert! Purse Stolen

My home for the summer!  Laketown Wharf!  They were struggling fillling there rooms and gave us a sweet deal for the summer.  Thank you Oil Spill! 


Here in PCB we are wrapping up the week!  Wednesday night we had Inductive Bible Study and then watched the tragic loss of the THUNDER :(   

Tonight, I had my one-on-one training with Sarah, one of my participants.  Each d-group leader meets with their participants once a week to disciple them.  Sarah and I had our one-to-one on the dock of our hotel at a patio table.  Sarah brought her purse and put it in the chair next to her.  After the content, we quickly headed upstairs to make ourselves some yummy quesadillas.  We had fun catching up and joking around and then as we were cleaning up when Sarah realized something... She had left her purse downstairs.  If you happen to be in PCB tomorrow keep your eyes alert.  :)

With the exception of the purse incident, today went wonderfully.  I worked with a different hostess today and we connected really well.  I have been blown away how every day at work I have had a spiritual conversation with more than one person I am working with.  I get to work with the same lady tomorrow from 10:30am-4:00pm so I am PUMPED.  Below is a picture of where I work :)





















An interesting story to end you with :)  The day I was interviewing there also was a sweet russian girl interviewing as well.  She has been training everyday that I have been there and I gotten to talk to her a bit.  Today, I found out she has lived here for three years and is going back to school because her Russian degree doesn't apply in the U.S.  I told her that two of my best guy friends are going to Moscow for the summer and she then asked me, "Why didn't you go?"  I told her I was "here" instead.  She was so excited that my friends were visiting her country!  Anyway, I am excited to get to know her better as time goes on and have some spiritual conversations with her. 

*Prayer requests!
-My coworkers to have soften hearts
-God will give me opportunities to share the gospel with many of my co-workers

-Sarah's PURSE TO BE FOUND

<3 from the ocean,

Kyleigh Grace

First Day of Work in PCB

This is my second year to spend the summer in Panama City Beach, FL.  Kaleo is where my walk with Christ changed for the better.  Shout out to my mom, who gave me the idea to blog about my summer.  I don't want to forget the life changing moments that happen as well as the ones that just make me smile.  I also want to keep all my supporters out there updated on what their money is going towards! 
Last night was our first d-group Bible study and I practiced my house wife skills on my d-group.  This summer I am a d-group leader and I am co-leading with my sorority sister from OU Caroline.  The participants in our d-group are soon to be sophomore Thetas at OU, named Lauren and Sarah.

D-group on our patio!  From left to right: Lauren, Me, Caroline, & Sarah

This year, I am working at The Back Porch in Pier Park as a Hostess.  I thought I would be working at Tropical Smoothie Cafe again, but it fell through.  Working in an unfamiliar environment is going to push me and I know I am serving a purpose their to share the gospel.  The purpose of having a job at Kaleo is to learn how to share our faith in the "real world". 

I got to pick out the pretty pink shirt below :) and I was trained by a 16 year old named Carolina who moved from Colombia at the age of 9.  If only I was skilled in speaking Spanish... those 10 credit hours at OU were just not enough.  I followed Carolina around like a puppy dog at first and then she sent me on my way to seat my own tables.  It was fun to ask the customers where they were visiting from and brighten their day.  *Please be praying for opportunities to bring up Christ with Carolina and my other co-workers.  I wa



Caroline after our first day of WORK!!



After work, I went to Tropical Smoothie to visit my old manager, Travis, that came to Christ and his family.  He told me that he was so negative when Tyler (my co-worker from Kaleo last year) and I started working their last year.  He said that now he is so much more positive and feels so blessed.  My heart was smiling at that moment and knew giving up my summer again is so worth it.  Lives are impacted in PBC, FL and I want to be a part of it! 

Tonight, we have our first STUMO meeting at a local church.  We invite our co-workers and friends we have made in PCB.  Last week, my roommates and I went to Tropical Smoothie for dinner and ran into my co-worker from last year, Michael.  Tyler and I shared the gospel with him and his younger brother but both did not have the conviction to accept Christ.  They did come to a few of our STUMO meetings as well as a night at the park where they played basketball with some of the guys from our project.  After catching up with Michael for a bit, he asked if we still had our church service thing. I WAS PUMPED THAT HE ASKED!!  A praise.... MICHAEL IS COMING TO OUR STUMO MEETING TONIGHT!  **Please be praying for his heart this summer and that he will come to know Christ this summer!!

My d-group is headed to our STUMO meeting now!  Thanks for reading and praying! 

<3 from the PCB,

Kyleigh Grace