Summer in Savannah (2)... Southern Cooking

Right, if I am going to keep an accurate record of my time in Savannah, then I need to start labeling my posts accuratly. Hence from now on every post will be titled Summer in Savannah.

I have a little time to spare before heading back into the courtroom so I thought I should share how this past week has been. Last week, I joined a small group or rather a 'Life Group' at the Savannah Christian Church and I met an amazing group of people that night. Since then I have been swing dancing with a couple of the girls and I went to this martini bar thing in downtown Savannah...called Saya Lounge. Please note if you are looking to go dancing and meet lots of people Saya is not the place to go.  Sorry but it did not live upto it's popularity status. Also I went line dancing for the first time ever with somebody from work, so yes I am definetly in the dirty South.

What do I like best about being here? COUNTRY COOKING! I love everything from sweet potatoe (or sweet patayta) pie  to peach cobbler. Country cooking tops esspecially down here in ol' Savannah. 

Embarrasing but true: I have officially subscribed to Southern Living, I just love the recipes they put in there.
I am a true GA peach at heart, I have no idea where my southern roots came from but I got 'em.

I do question my Southerness however as the British in me still rises, as I detest Sweet Tea with a passion. Like I feel Sweet Tea is a huge insult to milky britsh hot tea with two sugars. Ugh!

Nevertheless they love it over here...I just can't drink it though.

 Ok to my fellow Brits here is a recipe that I am going to try and make here. So, be prepared we are going to eat it when I come home. It's called Lemondade Pie. Yes! Frozen Lemonade Pie...isn't that so American.

It should be interesting though.

I am really having a great time down here. The internship is self is very informative and rewarding also. I'm still trying to adjust to the seriousness of some of these cases but I know with God's help I will be o.k. and I need not fear. I've felt a little nervous because as of next week I have to start investigating child abuse cases and making my recommendations to the judge during court hearings. However, I am so happy to be here and it is definetly life changing.

Prayer request: Please keep in prayers all the juvenile deliquents that are locked up in detention centers for crimes they committed. It is heartbreaking seeing a child of 11 years old in an orange jumpsuit, with shackles round his feet and his hands handcuffed. Seriously pray for them and their families. For the enemy desires to sift them like wheat.

In Christ
Chizor

"This too shall pass"... Healing of a broken heart

So my blog import is not working and I have copy and paste from my blog manually. If you have any tips on how it works please let me know.
My younger sister is an amazing dancer, like some of the moves she does I ask myself where did she get her "dance genes" from because they DO not run in the rest of the family. Anyway, a few months ago, in one of her many dance classes she attends (I think it was Jazz) she slipped and twisted her knee. Poor girl was in so much pain, they had to even call the ambulance. When she finally returned home she was on crutches, taking pain killers and was constantly in agony. I felt really sorry for her. She couldn't dance and I think that upset her the most. Days went on and the pain actually INCREASED. Each day became more and more uncomfortable for her. However this was only the initial stage. The doctor did say that at first the pain was going to be horrendous.  Well as you probably guessed, with time her leg began to heal and even though she was still using crutches she was doing much better than before. It still hurt a little bit and at times her leg would spasm causing her more pain.  Weeks rolled on by and before she knew it she was going around without the crutches, and with the power of prayer she made a speedy recovery and could dance again.

Where am I going with this? I never actually wanted to put my personal life/past on my blog because I was worried in case I exposed or offended people. However, what I am writing on here isn't to expose anybody but really to expose the power of God's healing touch.
This is the first time I am writing about last year on my blog.  At the beginning of my second year of law school, my heart was badly broken due to rejection from a former relationship. I felt betrayed, angry and lonely. I felt like I was in a pit and I couldn't get out. Ugh! It was horrible. The first few months were unbearable.  Yet, do you remember the story of Joseph and what he named his son after his restoration? Manasseh meaning "The Lord has caused me to forget". I think that this so beautiful that Joseph could name his first child that after all he had been through. Joseph's son was evidence of his testimony.
My heartbreak was so  hard but as time rolled on, I picked myself up and prayed to Jesus, as He had already started the healing process. It's taking it's time but I am so much better than I was before. I thought that I could never love again, but these past few months the Lord showed me the meaning of true love. The more love I receive from Christ the more I know I will be able to give out to those around me.
A brokenheart more than hurts but as the saying goes "this too shall pass", it won't hurt afterwhile.
Am I completely whole and restored? By faith yes I am. I have my ups and downs and sometimes I get frustrated but I have made tremendous progress.
If you are at the beginning stage of pain just like my sister was, just know that at first it will hurt a lot but as time goes on it won't hurt anymore.
Why I have to experience all this? Hmm...I really don't know. But I will stress again that in Romans 8:28 : "All things work together for good, for those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose".
As you know I am currently doing a law internship in Savannah, GA. I am right back in the country where my pain started. However, I can say that I am proud of myself and I look forward to seeing what the Lord has for me. Sometimes we can't always see good in things admidst our pain, and I could not see anything good in my pain. This internship that I have right now is a testimony in itself. It was given to me out of all the other candidates during one of the hardest times of my life. I love it out here and I know God called me to GA, and I believe the same heartbreak which I experienced in this same State, God will use it to doing an amazing thing in the state of GA.
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"This too shall pass...and it passed".

Summer in Savannah (1) Confidence to be who I am

The Holy Spirit has been showing me these past few days my level of confidence.  Right now the confidence bar-o-meter is showing that over the past few months my level of sel-esteem has  become stagnant.
I realised that I had lost a lot of confidence ( due to reasons which I can't be bothered to share) when I arrived in Savannah. Let me explain myself fully:
I am in a foreign country, in an unknown city where I did not know anybody prior to before I was coming. I followed the Lord in the dark, feeling my way around with only the voice of the Holy Spirit to guide me.  And so here I am. A Legal Intern for the Honorable Judge W. Beam at Chatham County Juvenile Court. Let me be completely honest with you, at 22 years old and a foreigner you need a big dose of "confidence" to survive out here.  Initially, I arrived on the job so worried about messing up or making a mistake or just simple not having the right personality to fit in. This was all due to my lack of confidence.  Nonetheless Jesus has already been teaching me so much since I've been here. He tells me on a regular basis whenever I ask myself the question "What am I actually doing here?" Jesus kindly replies "Don't walk around like your an accident. You are supposed to be here because I called you ". This revelation hit me so hard.  Even though you don't always know the ins and outs of God's perfect plan for your will, I think we can all be confident enough to agree that we are in God's perfect plan and He will never ever fail us.
Am I glad that I am thousands of miles away from home, living in my own apartment in a strange town, working a secular job? With a resounding YES...I most certainly am.

Well, that's all for now. I am about to start working on my first case which may involve issues of child abuse. I'll say this again, a year ago I never thought I would be doing this. I am very excited and I am already beginning to feel like an attorney.

I am confident to be who I am and most importantly the way God created me to be.

Sorry for lack of facebooking also!

Two weeks in GA...and still going strong!

Yes, two weeks as a Legal intern in the 'Dirty Dirty' and I am loving every moment of it . My sincere apologies for not getting on facebook for awhile, I cannot access the world of social networking from my computer at the courthouse. However give me a few weeks and I will be on the old 'book' again with my new laptop.

Wow! I can't believe it, I still have to pinch myself to know that I am back in Georgia!!!  Having left Atlanta last weekend, I have officially began my job as an intern for Judge Beam at the Chatham County Juvenile Court. And it has been extremely crazy but a lot of fun! Sometimes...I wonder if it's right for me to say that working on child abuse/ child deliquancy cases are 'fun'. Ok, well it's interesting to say the least.
To be honest this place breaks my heart. Having to sit day in and day out listening to the plight of children and teenager can be very hard to stomach and one must have tough skin. Yet one must have tough skin and a tender heart.  Imagine having to hear excuses from mother's regarding why they shot their own child or why there child has been sexually abused by a family member. Ugh! But, God is doing a work within me...I really think I want to pursue being a child attorney. I don't really care for corporate litigation or commericial disputes, I feel my calling is right here with juvenile cases.
I've seen kids as young as 12 wearing jumpsuits and chains round their hands and feet.  No, my conviction will not allow me to pursue the wealth of capitalistic companies who constantly argue over "who stole which brand name from whom".  God is really doing a work within me.

Savannah is a beautiful city I must say. I will have pictures very soon! Right, now I will soon begin to learn the role as a guardian ad litem ( An individual (often a lawyer) appointed to represent the best interests of a child or incapacitated person for the purpose of a legal procedure) and I will soon begin working on cases regarding children who may have been abused.
Yes, I must say I love it out here! I still don't know where God will have me in the next few years to come but wherever it will be I know it's a good place. Will I be married soon? Who knows? I'm not counting on it though. I do want to have a family of my own one day As well as run in out of court cases all day. However, the Lord knows that all things are possible with Him. I just need to take one step at a time.

In Christ

Chizor