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1.  Live my life for Christ-not myself
2.  Write a song
3.  Face my fear of love
4. Visit all 50 states

Alabama     Alaska    Arizona    Arkansas
California     Colorado     Connecticut     Delaware
Florida     Georgia     Hawaii     Idaho
Illinois     Indiana     Iowa     Kansas
Kentucky     Louisiana     Maine     Maryland
Massachusetts    Michigan    Minnesota    Mississippi
Missouri     Montana     Nebraska     Nevada 
New Hampshire     New Jersey     New Mexico     New York  
North Carolina    North Dakota    Ohio    Oklahoma
Oregon     Pennsylvania     Rhode Island     South Carolina
South Dakota     Tennessee     Texas     Utah
Vermont     Virginia     Washington     West Virginia
Wisconsin     Wyoming    

5.  Visit all 7 continents

Africa
Antarctica 
Asia 
Australia
Europe 
North America 
South America 

6.  See the 7 natural wonders of the world

Aurora Borealis (can be seen in multiple places)
Grand Canyon (New Mexico)
Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Mount Everest (Himalayas)
Paricutin (Mexico)
Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe/Zambia)
(I think it's funny that I've seen a wonder on another continent and not even the one on my own continent.)


7. Learn how to play guitar
8. Live in Colorado
9.  Find the one who was created for me and get married to him
10.  Get baptized in Pillsbury Crossing
11.  Ride in a helicopter
12.  Get married
13.  Have a family
14.  Adopt
15.  Have someone named after me (first or middle name)
16.  Be called "Mommy"
17.  Donate my hair to locks of love
18.  Be the maid of honor in a wedding
19.  Watch my kids get married
20.  Live to meet my grandchildren
21.  Own a horse
22.  Write something in wet cement
23.  Have a star named after me
24.  Build a telescope
25.   G0 skydiving
26.  Go bungee jumping
27.  Get a tattoo with my mom and sister
28.  Ride in a hot air balloon
29.  Travel for any period of time on a Eurotrail pass
30.  Live on another continent
31.  Start a center for underprivileged teens where they can learn about Jesus and His love for them
32.  Become a youth pastor
33.  Visit the places of my heritage (Germany and Ireland)
34.  Go on a roadtrip from the east coast to the west coast
35.  Visit Canada!  
36.  Learn to speak another language fluently
37.  Go on a zipline
38.  Go parasailing
39.  Find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop
40.  Slow dance in the rain
41.  Swim with dolphins
42.  Own a Mustang (the car)
43.  Have a garden with vegetables and flowers
44.  Go to the Olympics
45.  Become an advanced whitewater experienced rafter
46.  Run through a field of sunflowers with the man I love
47.  Read the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, in a year
48.  Walk on the Great Wall of China
49.  Invite someone without a family to my family's holiday dinner
50.  Paint something on canvas
51.  Own a salt water aquarium
52.  Learn how to sew
53.  Learn how to surf
54.  Eat pizza in Italy
55.  Go to an airport and buy tickets for a random flight
56.  Find the perfect wedding dress
57.  Be a part of a flash mob
58.  Give a homeless person a present
59.  Visit Niagara Falls
60.  Go cliff jumping
61.  Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
62.  Sleep on a trampoline
63.  Watch the ball drop in Times Square
64.  Visit the Vatican
65.  Make a quilt
66.  Build a blanket fort with my husband
67.  Dance with my dad at my wedding
68.  Backpack through Europe
69.  Throw a dart at a map and travel wherever it lands
70.  Be a good parent
71.  Run a half-marathon
72.  Learn to ride a skateboard
73.  Learn to play golf
74.  Learn to play tennis
75.  Learn how to ice skate
76.  Become a certified ASL instructor
77.  Perform on a street in New York
78.  Teach my children to play an instrument
79.  Compose a song
80.  Go on a canopy tour
81.  Drive all the way across Route 66
82.  Adopt a pet from an animal shelter
83.  See Pearl Harbor
84.  Go to Oktoberfest
85.  Go to Mardi Gras
86.  Be a foster parent
87.  Make a difference in someone's life
88.  Start a charity
89.  Publish a book of poetry
90.  Learn to do a standing front flip
91.  Shave my head
92.  Start my own restaurant
93.  Go to another country with my best friend
94.  Name my children after my parents/grandparents
95.  Own a pet bird
96. Become a blood donor
97.  Build my dream house
98.  Become a certified scuba diver
99.  Visit the Amazon
100.  Record an album of my songs
101.  Rescue people trapped in sex trafficking

3, 7, 16, & 87.

3.  Face my fear of love
This summer was challenging.  I was forced to put myself out there, completely, and face the fear of love that I've had all my life.  I had to be vulnerable and transparent with these girls who were looking up to me for so many things, and be able to show them my love of Christ through my love that I poured out to them.  And in return, I received the most gracious gift of love from them, and now, I'm not afraid.  I'm not afraid to love someone with everything that I have, with the chance of being rejected.  Because this summer, I did that, and I got something so amazing in return-that love being reciprocated in the most precious friendship that I now hold with one of the most amazing young women I've known.  And it's been the best experience I've ever had.  And it's still happening.  I'm learning more and more every day about what it's like to minster to young women, some who went through some of the things I did, and some who didn't, and learning what it looks like to be that beacon of hope in a place of darkness that so many young women live in today.  

7.  Learn how to play guitar
Welp, it's still a work in progress, but I'm learning!  This summer was full of me picking up songs, learning the chords, and putting it all together.  Mostly worship songs, but a few corny country songs as well.  ;)  

16.  Be called "Mommy"
Before you make assumptions, no, I didn't have a child.  But I kind of, somehow, was given the chance to be a parent.  This may sound weird, but let me explain.  
If you follow me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, you have more than likely heard about and seen pictures of a young lady named Mira, who I call Moo, and who calls me Mommy.  She's the one I share that precious friendship with that I talk about in number 3, and, well, she's a pretty special young woman.  She's 14 and was adopted from Russia when she was 16 months old.  Her brother, Toli, was also.  She's from Chelyabinsk, Russia, and was pretty sick when she was younger.  But thanks to her amazing parents, she was given hope, and another chance at this crazy thing called life.  And it's been incredible to be able to walk with her; through the joys, the challenges, the heartaches, and the tears.  The road gets tough at times, and there have been many moments of weakness, but we've learned from each other, through the struggles, and our friendship has grown because of it.  And because of it, I have a  beautiful daughter, and she has another "mommy".  

87.  Make a difference in someone's life
I can only hope that over the course of the summer, this happened.  But from my experience, these girls have made more of a difference in my life.  They're a great group of young women.  

47. Read the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, in a year

Before I begin this post, I'm going to preface it with this:  The order of the items on my list are by no means in order of importance.  If they were, this one would be one of the first.  So, yeah... :)


47.  Read the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, in a year


I am currently embarking on this incredible journey.  It's been interesting to see how the Lord speaks to me through chapters of the Bible that I've never even given a second glance to.  

One of the best verses I've come across is Genesis 18:14.  "Is anything too hard for the Lord?"  

With my summer internship creeping up on me, it's been hard for me to ignore the feelings of uncertainty that I have.  


You can't do this.  
You're going to fail.  
How could you think you could ever be good enough for this?  


Then I realize, my God is great.  And these aren't messages coming from Him, but from the one who is against me, the enemy of all enemies.  I know that this summer will be hard.  I know it will bring challenges I've never faced before.  And I know it's going to test me in ways that I've never been tested.  But God has called me to it.  And therefore, He will bring me through it.  


Brittani

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If you would like to do this, it's an easy task (in the sense of remembering what to do).  Read 3 chapters a day, 5 on Sundays, and skip Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Eve or New Years Day.  

Brittani's List of Bliss

This post was inspired by a good friend of mine, David, who recently posted his bucket list on his blog, and I was inspired to do the same.  

So here it goes.  Below I plan on posting my bucket list that I have started so far, and through the posts, I plan on telling about my journey in doing each and every thing on my list.  It's going to be a journey, but I'm ready for it.  


I'm going to call it "Brittani's List of Bliss".  Catchy, yeah?  ;)  Some of these things are ones that were originally on my list, and if they're in bold, that means I've already done it.  Here goes nothing!  


1.  Live my life for Christ-not myself
2.  Write a song
3.  Face my fear of love
4. Visit all 50 states


Alabama     Alaska    Arizona    Arkansas
California     Colorado     Connecticut     Delaware
Florida     Georgia     Hawaii     Idaho
Illinois     Indiana     Iowa     Kansas
Kentucky     Louisiana     Maine     Maryland
Massachusetts    Michigan    Minnesota    Mississippi
Missouri     Montana     Nebraska     Nevada 
New Hampshire     New Jersey     New Mexico     New York  
North Carolina    North Dakota    Ohio    Oklahoma
Oregon     Pennsylvania     Rhode Island     South Carolina
South Dakota     Tennessee     Texas     Utah
Vermont     Virginia     Washington     West Virginia
Wisconsin     Wyoming    


5.  Visit all 7 continents


Africa
Antarctica 
Asia 
Australia
Europe 
North America 
South America 


6.  See the 7 natural wonders of the world


Aurora Borealis (can be seen in multiple places)
Grand Canyon (New Mexico)
Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Mount Everest (Himalayas)
Paricutin (Mexico)
Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe/Zambia)
(I think it's funny that I've seen a wonder on another continent and not even the one on my own continent.)



7. Learn how to play guitar
8. Live in Colorado
9.  Find the one who was created for me and get married to him
10.  Get baptized in Pillsbury Crossing
11.  Ride in a helicopter
12.  Get married
13.  Have a family
14.  Adopt
15.  Have someone named after me (first or middle name)
16.  Be called "Mommy"
17.  Donate my hair to locks of love
18.  Be the maid of honor in a wedding
19.  Watch my kids get married
20.  Live to meet my grandchildren
21.  Own a horse
22.  Write something in wet cement
23.  Have a star named after me
24.  Build a telescope
25.   G0 skydiving
26.  Go bungee jumping
27.  Get a tattoo with my mom and sister
28.  Ride in a hot air balloon
29.  Travel for any period of time on a Eurotrail pass
30.  Live on another continent
31.  Start a center for underprivileged teens where they can learn about Jesus and His love for them
32.  Become a youth pastor
33.  Visit the places of my heritage (Germany and Ireland)
34.  Go on a roadtrip from the east coast to the west coast
35.  Visit Canada!  
36.  Learn to speak another language fluently
37.  Go on a zipline
38.  Go parasailing
39.  Find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop
40.  Slow dance in the rain
41.  Swim with dolphins
42.  Own a Mustang (the car)
43.  Have a garden with vegetables and flowers
44.  Go to the Olympics
45.  Become an advanced whitewater experienced rafter
46.  Run through a field of sunflowers with the man I love
47.  Read the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, in a year
48.  Walk on the Great Wall of China
49.  Invite someone without a family to my family's holiday dinner
50.  Paint something on canvas
51.  Own a salt water aquarium
52.  Learn how to sew
53.  Learn how to surf
54.  Eat pizza in Italy
55.  Go to an airport and buy tickets for a random flight
56.  Find the perfect wedding dress
57.  Be a part of a flash mob
58.  Give a homeless person a present
59.  Visit Niagara Falls
60.  Go cliff jumping
61.  Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
62.  Sleep on a trampoline
63.  Watch the ball drop in Times Square
64.  Visit the Vatican
65.  Make a quilt
66.  Build a blanket fort with my husband
67.  Dance with my dad at my wedding
68.  Backpack through Europe
69.  Throw a dart at a map and travel wherever it lands
70.  Be a good parent
71.  Run a half-marathon
72.  Learn to ride a skateboard
73.  Learn to play golf
74.  Learn to play tennis
75.  Learn how to ice skate
76.  Become a certified ASL instructor
77.  Perform on a street in New York
78.  Teach my children to play an instrument
79.  Compose a song
80.  Go on a canopy tour
81.  Drive all the way across Route 66
82.  Adopt a pet from an animal shelter
83.  See Pearl Harbor
84.  Go to Oktoberfest
85.  Go to Mardi Gras
86.  Be a foster parent
87.  Make a difference in someone's life
88.  Start a charity
89.  Publish a book of poetry
90.  Learn to do a standing front flip
91.  Shave my head
92.  Start my own restaurant
93.  Go to another country with my best friend
94.  Name my children after my parents/grandparents
95.  Own a pet bird
96. Become a blood donor
97.  Build my dream house
98.  Become a certified scuba diver
99.  Visit the Amazon
100.  Record an album of my songs
101.  Rescue people trapped in sex trafficking


I thought this was a good start to my list.  This has been something that has been really encouraging for me to make because I think it really shows my personality and the random and not so random things I want to do in my life.  I hope you'll join me on my journey and working my way through this list.  


Ta-ta for now! 


Brittani