My Goals // October 2016 + Summer Review

Well y’all, it’s finally time to get back to my regular monthly goals!  We only have a few more months left before the year ends (wow, can you believe that?!) so I want to end strong and get some goals accomplished, and I encourage you to do the same!

Sadly, I did absolutely terrible on my summer goals.  I’m not even going to do an in-depth review of them because I did so bad... I guess this just is a reminder that God has different plans and things He has for me to learn and do, and that I need to be more diligent! :)  So, instead of reviewing the goals I made back at the beginning of the summer, I’m going to share with you the things I did do this summer, even though they weren’t on the list.  Okay, here we go…

Memorized Romans 3 and 6 – for the past 2 months of Bible quizzing, we’ve been studying Romans 1-7, and God gave me the ability to memorize the entirety of chapters 3 and 6.  I encourage you, go read and ponder them!

Summer Ministry Challenge – who did this with me?!  I would love to hear how it went!!  For the summer ministry challenge, I went on a mission trip, volunteered to help with 2 children’s ministries, visited several nursing homes, reached out to a lonely girl, shared my testimony/story, prayed for my country, and ministered in music in several different areas.

Told 1+ person about my blog – I believe I told 4 more people about my blog :)

Learned a new hymn – I learned several new hymns on the piano, as well as learning some in choir at my church.

Finished a hymn arrangement – I don’t remember what song this was to, but I checked it off my list a while ago so I guess I did it! :)

Went for a jog – yes, and as a matter of fact, I run/exercise multiple times a week now!

Started a book/Bible study – I begun a book study on James.

Began accompanying church congregational singing – this experience has been a very stressful and challenging one, but I’ve learned a lot and I’m thankful for the opportunity to get to do this.  It came with several surprises too… but thankfully I was able to tackle those! ;)

Started playing volleyball – YES!  This has been SO amazing and now I am a very big fan of indoor volleyball! :D  I have learned (and am still learning!) how to bump, set, spike, serve, dig, and lots more!

Okay, so those were some main things I accomplished over the summer.   Now here are some of my new goals for this coming month…

Read an article on photography.

Have a photography session – I haven’t had one of these in so long!  I can’t wait to get back to my camera and do it again, especially with the beautiful fall colors! 

Try 2 new recipes.

Begin learning to face paint – I am excited to begin learning this very fun skill! :)

Add more prelude music to my “Wedding Music” binder.

Start wrapping up wedding ceremonial pieces – in case you’re wondering why I’m discussing wedding pieces… I am playing the piano in a wedding for the first time ever this winter! :D

Have consistent piano lessons with my siblings – I am teaching my siblings piano this fall, which promises to be a new exciting challenge and growing experience! ;)

Run a mile.

Drink more water – I really need to do this… exercising more with volleyball practices and games has increased my water intake, but I still have a long way to go.

Master overhand serve – one of the most important parts of volleyball is consistent serves.  I learned how to underhand, so my goal for this month is to learn how to overhand serve!

Complete a Scripture-writing plan.

Blog 5+ times.

Okay, there you have it… those are my goals for this coming month!  What are some of the things you accomplished this summer?  Did you do the summer ministry challenge?  What are your goals for this coming month/season?  I’d love to hear in the comments below!!

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