two months later... and counting!

hey all,

i know it's been FOREVER (again) since i've updated and i'm moderately ashamed of myself b/c of it. only moderately, though. (-; this summer has been quite an unusual one.

i worked @ a job for awhile that i believed i would keep for awhile. i was wrong. i am now a regular temp agency worker and it's really not that bad. i very much appreciate the flexibility of working or not working depending on the schedule of my life. i'm also working early in the mornings doing catering & marketing @ a yummy little bagel shop that has honey almond cream cheese. enough said. (-;

i went to visit my momma in washington and got to meet all sorts of cool people. we did a dream seminar and they actually gave me the microphone, if you can believe that! (-; we hit up little towns and did a marathon drive of the state in a hot little convertible. i've got the tan to prove it. i sold a week's salary worth of jewelry and i very much appreciate everyone that purchased. one day, we went to a small town farmer's market and i was super surprised when i realized that the man in the booth serving "texas style" bbq sauce was indeed my uncle chucky. go figure! of course, the bottle is signed by charlie but i know the truth...

i found out that i wasn't accepted to 2nd year and i'm very thankful for that. it took some time to process the whys of my lack of acceptance, but i sort of think i knew ahead of time. i felt obligated, in a sense, to apply since i knew i was staying in redding. i think god knew what he was doing by not giving me the option later to say "what if i had gone to 2nd year." now, realizing it wasn't my next step b/c i very much know that god is sovereign, i can just look forward and enjoy the healthy suspense of what is to come this year for me. i was sort of excited about 2nd year, but i was really excited about the thought of building this year. traveling and building is what my heart longs for right now...

on that note, i've decided very much to focus wholeheartedly on creating right now. i'm working on redoing my 2nd piece of furniture right now. as soon as it's done, you'll be able to view it @ www.chrystalyn.etsy.com under the listing of vintage. i've also expanded into doing some other things w/ my jewelry. it's all still under the chrystalyn name, but i'm moving beyond strictly authentic gemstones and into some fun vintage found objects as well. these pieces, though still under chrystalyn, are catagorized in my shop as parallel. this section will be more expansive in materials, but no less quality work. you'll also notice that i've got an entire section devoted to vintage reworked, which is exclusively vintage in origin and maybe just done up in a more "now" way. overall, i'm just focusing on expansion as a whole. i'm pursuing the idea of elevating my creativity into a new level past hobby status. i'll also be booking holiday shopping shows for anyone who is in the area and would like to be a hostess. and just for the record, there are rewards for hosting...

in the last few months, things did not play out as i would have thought. i wanted to have my job as soon as school was out and being able to put back money for either 2nd year or for a new creative project. that did not happen, but i am very thankful for the way things have played out. if you had asked me a few months ago how my 1st year experience was, i might has given a slightly jaded expression and it probably would have taken me awhile to knit together a few breakthrough laced strings of events. i'm happy to say now, though, that i have received the vision for this past year... only backwards and in hindsight. i had vision coming out, but i must say it was exceptionally colored by the ideal world that my brain loves to reside in. ironically, god doesn't ever seem to manifest that world through my circumstances. in fact, and on the contrary, i think he very much enjoys simultaniously showing me what a incapable thing i am and how amazing i am all @ once through high pressure incidents, and often one after another. i'll admit that used to bother me. it bothered me until i realized that i wasn't really able to successfully foil the unthinkable plans of the creator of heaven and earth. this revelation both humbles and comforts me. and if i'd not learned anything else in the last year but only that, i'd enthusiastically agree that this was a good thing to do...

all of this is to say that i am in a good place and i think it's beginning to show in amidst my countenance as it's not shown before. if that's not proof of progress, i don't know what is!

love and miss,
chrystal lynn

SUMMERTIME!

it's summertime, yo! what of it?

i'm looking for a job right now... please pray that someone either graces me w/ an amazing job quick or that i land this mega brilliant marketing strategy for the jewelry. i'm kinda kidding, but kinda serious too.

i know there's a shift coming b/c i'm seeing it in everyone around me. i'm trying hard to tap into what it looks like in me as well. that's the part i need help w/ right now. i have no prob recognizing the glory in everyone around me. it's me that i have the hardest time seeing the potential in. it's me that i'm trying to learn how to build up and encourage nowadays. it's a strange thing, really.

on a similar note, here is a photoof graduation night from 1st year. i'm not really sure what this fall will hold for me right now. heck, i'm not sure what this summer is holding for me and it's already in full swing. i'm just doing what i know to do: look for jobs and brainstorm for jewelry. i'll keep you posted....

love and miss!
xoxo

here comes summertime!!

so here we are. this friday is the last day of school. come friday, first year will be over and done w/!!!!!

yes, first year of school of supernatural ministry will be DONE! on sunday, 750 revivalists from all over the globe will be commissioned and sent out to heal the sick, raise the dead, and set the captives free!!!

today @ school, bill came around and anointed us in a reverse firetunnel. and it wasn't just once, it was 4 times. he started and just kept on going. anyone that was still able to stand up got it again and again and again. amidst the good time, god began to show me some things about my time here this past 9 months. he showed me how @ the beginning of this year, i was dropped into the depths of his great expanse of love. apparently, i've been there just hanging out since this past fall. today, however, i've been fished out and he's placing me in a new setting that is bigger than the one before b/c i've become bigger than i was before. i, as a jewel, have been sopping up his love and glory and have expanded greatly. now i'm being placed in a new setting so that i can be his signet ring to portray both his authority and imagination. it's all quite lovely, really.

as for the rest of life in the natural sense, i'm still searching for a job. in the meantime, me and the honey have been redoing old furniture and are just starting to sell some of it. here's a photo of the chic little magazine rack that i just finished last night. it's an adorable cool green tone that is depictive of all of our new beginnings. i'm also looking to expand the jewelry out into some areas besides dallas and redding. if you know of a hip shop, i'd love to check them out and see if chrystalyn might bea good fit for them.

and finally, just b/c school is out doesn't mean we can't still keep in touch. if anything, i'd love to hear what everyone is doing and i'd love for you to know how the fruit of this year's investment is coming along. i'll still be doing jewelry (that never ends) and who knows what other sorts of creative projects. we'll just see what amazing creative things i can dig out of the depths of god's mysterious heart....

much love...
xooxox

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