"You are here"

I love this. Wherever I go God has already gone BEFORE me (Deuteronomy 31:3, 9:3, 1:30), paving the way. Each day he goes before me preparing me for the things he has crafted up:) He "circled on the map" where I will be each day, all I need to do is accept that "I AM HERE." In the midst of this road trip I've stumbled upon lots of maps and things with the words "you are here" on them. Usually when I see these words on a map I read them and quickly use them to determine how to quickly get to my desired location. However, I now have a new outlook on these words. I think too often humans are constantly thinking about being there rather than embracing here. It kinda reminds me of the overused "live in the moment" saying, but it truly is so fundamentally key. I want to be where I am and no where but there. I think I need a bracelet that says "you are here" on it, despite how obvious of a reminder that might be. Gods got me where I am on His timing, and according to His route. I just need to BE HERE. (Psalm 46:10) I wanna be able to look back and say yes, I really was there. Not just in the same way that you carve your name under the top bunk bed at camp... but totally 100 percent present in each moment.

4 days till the 4th!!

My favorite holiday of the year is almost here! Can't wait for Molalla farm tradishness:) More on this later... just got to anxious to wait till after the 4th to express my excitement!

love love lanterns

my American DREAM shirt, gahhh!

Kinda want this to sit on my mantle someday:)

I love AMURICA.

ROAD TRIP

Besides the road time, trip highlights:

1. K-R Drive-in at Rice Hill 70 flavors of ice cream

2. Pumpin gas and buyin more arizona ice tea flavors

4. Running around Lake Tahoe and then jumping in after

5. Dinner outside on a deck overlooking Lake Tahoe

6. Improving my navigation skills

7. Readin lots of Francine Rivers and "The Good Book"

8. Roastin mallows

8. Bacon eggs and french toast on the grill in the mornin

9. Yosimite National Park adventures 87 degrees to 57 degrees in 20 minutes

10. Simultaneously rock climbing, snow ball fighting, and playing harmonica

11. Loads and loads of country music

12. RV campsite neighbors, Italians, and friendly old men

13. Kabobs and longboarding

13. Nighttime crickets chirpin' and stars shinnin'

Life would be so blissful in a fort

The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2

Audrey Mirabella Botti

A hodge podge of Auj pojness. I'm a walking collage of raspy loudness, frizzy redness, running craziness, redeemed brokenness, persevering faithfulness, Botti boldness, yet striving to lessen all that in order to reflect HIS image. I want to bear His image in all my ways, always.

Imago Dei

closer to heaven

"I wanna walk and not run, I wanna skip and not fall, I wanna look at the horizon, and not see a building standing tall, I wanna be the only one, for miles and miles"