The quote is from Batman Begins. Excellent movie. :)

Welll...I almost forgot my password for this blog! It's been a LONG time! Too long, I'm afraid. I'm also afraid that's a movie quote. And I don't remember from where. =D Oh well.

Well, let's see. The trees are beginning to leaf out here, the grass is getting greener, and I'm loving it more and more every day. Winter is depressing, I think. This year, I found it hard to write all winter long. If you know me, you know I love to write. But, I literally could not write anything. It was terrible. But, with spring coming (and here, really) I've been able to write again. It's glorious. =)

This weekend is Easter weekend. Our church is putting on a drama for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. It should be really cool. I'm considering writing a short story on one of the (fictional) characters we created for the drama part. (I say we, I mean Daddy) So, I'm excited about the Easter Program (as it is affectionately known at our church) being this weekend! But, even more....do you know what's after Easter? NO????

CHURCH CAMP! Sorry for all of you wonderful people who just rolled your eyes and sighed. You haven't ever been to my church camp. And if you have, you haven't ever been with our group. It...well, words don't describe church camp very accurately. I love it. I'd live there, if they'd let me. =D But, they won't. =(

Also after Easter, my brother, his girlfriend and I are going to the Skillet concert! I can't wait! It's Skillet, Disciple, and Decypher Down. I love Skillet and Disciple, and really like DD's new stuff, so I am absolutely jacked (to borrow Luke's colloquilism). We're going with a cousin of ours, so it should be pretty amazing. Daniel said we got pretty good seats too. Not that I expect to sit overmuch. =P

We didn't have Spanish this week! It was...different. It didn't really feel like Tuesday without leaving the house at 8:30 in the morning and going and sitting in class for two hours. Granted, I got Algebra done. But I'm not sure which I'd rather do, Spanish or Algebra? Probably Spanish, to be brutally honest.

We don't have school tomorrow, since it is Good Friday. I can't wait for this weekend. I love celebrating Easter. It's always been one of my favorite holidays, not only because of the EP, but because, for me, as a Christian, it's an awesome time to really consider and focus on Christ's death. But, even more important for me, His Resurrection! His Resurrection is simply a foretelling of ours to come, even though it's also so much more. It's so neat to think that someday we too will be resurrected. But, it's also neat to think about the resurrection that has already occurred when Jesus rose from the dead. I love Easter.

I believe I'm going to go finish cleaning my room. =) What a lovely thought.

Wow, I'm actually posting.

Well, I guess I'll just tell you about my birthday in this post. It was Sunday, the 16th of November. Maybe....I repeat maybe, I'll post pictures sometime. It was actually pretty cool.

The day before Mom and I went shopping for clothes, and then after Daniel's basketball tournament (which they won) we went to eat at Marketplace for my birthday. Daniel was MVP of the tournament, by the way.  Anyways, the day of, I got up about 8, showered, got dressed for church, did my hair and makeup, ate breakfast (leftovers from the Men's Breakfast, yum!), and then we all opened presents. Then Sunday School...Bro. Gary told me I was getting old, and gave me a very large kiss on the cheek, and made all the guys and the girls sing to me...which was sweet, but...embarassing. That afternoon, we went up to church about 3 (after leaving about 1, to go home and eat birthday lunch which was fried chicken, oatmeal cheese bread, french fries w/ gravy, cake, and stuff) to play ping-pong. We had leadership class at 4, and then afterward, my mom suprised me by bringing cake and cheese dip (my favorite!) to class for us to snack on...which we did. :P Then we had class, the service, and all that stuff........

Yup, so there's my birthday. I spent most of it at chuch, but, hey, it was cool with me. And, the next weekend in our tournament, we won our first game of the season!!!!!! I was so excited...but, we should've won.

Okay, I've gotta stop rambing. I gotta go now.

Oh, and one last thing: a couple of days after my last post we went and saw Madagascar 2! It was awesome!

Sooo....I haven't posted in....a long time???? A verryyy long time. But, yes, I am alive...who would post if I were dead? *slowly strokes chin* Things to ponder.

But, anyways, for now, on to business...or something. What have I been doing????

1. Basketball-we've had two games so far, practice twice a week....and....*dum da dum dah!* I have rolled my ankle twice (once tonight, once about a month ago), chipped a tooth, skinned my knee, almost got a black eye, and numerous bruises and scratches. I'm a rather...uh, agressive basketball player. ;)
2. I got braces! Yeah, much lots fun and all that jazz....but, no, it's actually pretty cool, and, the sores and gashes in my mouth are healing quite nicely, I think. I think I've eaten everything I wasn't supposed to...in all of the three weeks I've had them. :) I'm talented like that.
3. I'm in 9th grade. Enough said. I'm wayyyyy busy with school.
4. I'm working as a volunteer part-time secretary for my Dad. Meaning, I go and organize his office, clean said office, sort mail, throw away old papers, and generally do all those secretary things...it's pretty fun, and I'm told it'll look great on my transcript. :P No, I really do enjoy doing it. It's pretty much a blast.
5. On top of all that stuff, I have orchestra, spanish class, church activities (I recently got to do a Fall Festival at the church...well, I helped anyways...it was a lot of fun!!), sleeping, eating, breathing, blinking...oh, and I try to have a social life too. :P Yup, I have a busy life!
6. Add, on top of all that, blogging at Soli Deo Gloria, and pondering a few different missions opportunities for this summer, and...you've got my life.

Oh, and my birthday is coming up!!! I'll be fifteen! I can't decide if I'm excited...I mean, I am...but, do I really wanna get older? Oh well, I guess I do. :P

Tomorrow we have a homeschooly get-together thing, and then a highschol fellowship tomorrow evening, and then a hayride Saturday night. That's the whole social life thing. :)

Oh, and...be sad. I'm not doing NaNoWriMo. Why??? Go read my post again. There you go! I'll tell you more about it sometime...right now I believe I need to go and try to sleep for a while...beautiful thought, huh?

oh, and the quote in the title is mine, I'm afraid. I made it up one day playing basketball.

Soooo...what shall we discuss??? How about politics? My favorite! :) Not really, but...up there.

So, what are thoughts on the vice-presidential candidate debate? I heard part of it on the radio, and read about it on several websites, as well as reading the transcript. Oddly enough, I found the most interesting part to be when they were talking about which was worse: a nuclear Pakistan, or a nuclear Iran. Very interesting to hear each of their opinions. Also, I enjoyed hearing what they had to say about what would happen if either McCain or Obama died.

I thought Gov. Palin did a very good job last night. I've heard her critiqued as unprofessional, unpolitically, and just a bad speaker, relying too heavily on light-hearted quips. However, I have to disagree. I thought that while she might not be the greatest politician in the world, she gives it to you straight-up, and she tries to relate it back to the people. While Senator Biden was smooth, and may have answered questions better, I believe that the general favor for this debate goes to Palin.

What say you?

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Ah, yes, gotta love that quote from Pride and Prejudice.

First, random quote of the day:

They told me to abandon you, to make my dreams come true, so what am I suposed to do, if I only dream of you?

Anyways, moving on from that. I've been wondering....why do I blog here anyways? It's not like I have too much time (HA!), or that I need someplace to express myself...people who really want to know how I'm doing know me well enough to email me. Why do I do this, anyways? I don't do it to meet tons and tons of new people, though I greatly enjoy the people I've met here, and gotten to know better. I don't do it to discuss things with people...I don't do it just to do it. So, why do I do it, anyway?

The answer is this: One, I do it so that I can think straight for two minutes together. Two, I do it because I love to write, and I want to take every oppurtunity I have to do so. Three, it's a place for me to glorify God, give Him glory through events in my life, and to see His hand continually on me.

In one sentence? Jesus. He's the reason I'm here, the reason I'm alive, and the reason I blog here. Great as you people are...Jesus is all I want...all I need. And He's all the reason I do what I do.

Yeah, I have a lot going on I could post about, and intended to post about. I guess I could tell you that today was my first day of YCME, another day of Spanish, and that we're going to Rock the River with Seventh Day Slumber, Since October and Uttermost this Saturday...but, it comes down to Jesus. It's because of Jesus I'm alive (to quote a great song). With that in mind...think about what you're doing tomorrow. Then think about Heaven. We're only here for a little while. It's all about Jesus.

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Hannah who got her permit...and the person who gave her the test said that her eyes didn't work right...however, except for some headaches, and some dizziness, she didn't notice anything. But, then on Tuesday Hannah went to the eye doctor. And the eye doctor solemnly explained to Hannah what the problem with her eyes was. Her left eye wasn't working. If she didn't get glasses, eventually her eye would start to travel, and just stop. So, her right eye was all she was using. So Hannah went and picked out some pretty cool black frames with little jewely diamond things on the side, and got her prescription filled. Then, yesterday, Hannah went and got her glasses. She couldn't see very well for a while, and then her eyes hurt for a while...but, today, Hannah eyes improved slightly, and she can see a little better. The End.

Okay, so maybe I'll post a pic of my glasses when we upload them to the compy. If there's any typos, please excuse them...my eyes are still kinda freaking out.

Today is my friend Emma's 16 birthday!!!!! :)

Emma, you have no idea what a great friend you are. Through the last year-and-a-half, we've gone through a lot together...as individuals and as friends. Thanks for sticking with me, girl! You have no idea how you've blessed me in so many ways...I don't know what I did before we became friends. You're always there to listen to me complain, sigh, cry (wow, that rhymed) and just be happy. Thanks for being there.

So, for your birthday....we're going to burn pancakes! :P It's the best I could do, dearie, even though we're not 62 yet. Or, you're not anyways. :) Sorry guys, inside joke.

What else can we do? We could finish our book...um, no. Let's go to a ball! (ish)

But, of course, since we're Baptist...dancing isn't exactly..well...anyways, moving on. Here's your BEAUTIFUL dress:

Isn't it just beautiful? And here's your wondermus tiara:

Oh that'd be SO beautiful in your hair, Emy dearest.

And, in honor of your birthday, the guest of honor (you'll find out who that is in just a second) will present you with this:

At your very formal (and very elegant) formal dinner hosted in your honor:

And your guests? Well, apart from your family, some friends (yes, Meggy and Toria included), here's the rest of your extended guest list:

:P And now the cake!!!

Isn't it lovely? It tastes good too...but, I bet it'd taste better with one of these:

Ahh...the wonders of sweets. :) But, where exactly is the party at, anyways?

Ah, just lovely, isn't it? So peaceful....

Well, I wish we could do all that...but, in reality, all I can say is "Happy Birthday, Emma!" and give you your present later on. :)

Love you much lots, girl!

*sigh* I'm rather tired at the moment, so please forgive me. I don't know if anyone actually still reads my blog anymore....I never post. I will work on that this year!

So, since my last post...which was...a long time ago. I don't remember, actually, when I posted last, what I posted about, and what I've done since. But, I'll fill you in on what I do remember, and guess at the rest.

We started school three weeks ago. This year I'm doing Tapestry of Grace (which includes World History, American History, Church History, Literature, Timeline, Philosophy and such), Algebra I, Astronomy, Logic, Spanish, Piano, Violin, Orchestra, Basketball, and I can't remember what all else at the moment. If it occurs to me, I'll let you know. :)

So, in a week, every other Monday I have piano lessons, Tuesdays I have Spanish (and YCME here in a couple of weeks), Wednesdays I have church, Thursdays I may be going over to an elderly lady in our church's house, Friday, nothing yet, but something, prolly, and then weekends. Oh, and then add basketball practices in there, regular schoolwork, writing the Hobbs Record every month, doing both my blogs, and everything else...and, well, I'm busy. So, that's school.

We had FAN THE FLAME ON SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! If you weren't there, it was amazing. Man...it was really different. I've been to every Fan the Flame that there's been, and this one was definitely different than any other one I remember. We only had one decision made that day, but...let me tell you it was worth it all. The months of writing, revising, deadlines, brainstorming, talking about it by the hours....and I was informed this morning in Spanish that it's less than a year till the next one. ;P Give me just one week, please! :) I like having a life again...I think. :) No, I didn't really do that much. Most of the time, I just followed people around, and looked busy. But, I was told on Saturday that I looked like I was utterly exhausted....Thank you. I feel it. By Saturday night, I just wanted to go home, sleep, and cry for a while. :P I went home, read for a while, and then watched ping-pong for a while. Random? Not really. It was the Olympics. I think I fell asleep while watching it...not sure. I did play Agnus Dei with the band on Saturday, though. It was pretty fun. I actually didn't get nervous...or very little. I realized that God could use my mistakes...and really, it wasn't about me and how I messed up anyways...if people cared, that was their problem. My job was just to worship. :) Okay, sorry to vent. Moving on, I suppose....

The days before that....Wednesday night the service was really good. God showed me some...rather disturbing things about myself....and I got to take care of that before Fan the Flame. Thursday night we had outreach....Mykka and I had a really deep conversation in the van about darkness and light. It might not make sense to anyone now...but, it was really profound, actually. We were talking about whether or not there would be darkness in Heaven. :) Friday we had the "dress rehearsal" or "run-through" or whatever you want to call it,  for Fan the Flame. I had Mountain Dew. :) It made me happy. Very happy, in fact. And, Rachel came!!!!! :P For clarification, this is my cousin Rachel, not the other one. I was much lots happy that she got to come and spend some time with me before FTF. The prayer time that night...wow. Tara and I got to pray together for a while...it was powerful. God was really working in our group, and it was way exciting. Anyways, we talked through some stuff that we were going through, and just prayed together....it was very cool. Saturday morning, my stomach decided to crawl up my spine...I almost threw up, I was so nervous. :) But, I got over it, and then PEOPLE got there! I mean, like, people! Like, people actually came to Fan the Flame! If you fail to see the significance, it's prolly cause I didn't tell you I had a dream that no one came to Fan the Flame. Yeah. ;)

Since then...Sunday was cool....Daddy told my rice pudding story in church. I was embarassed, but...it was funny, so I laughed...I think. I don't remember all of Sunday morning. It's kinda blurry. Sunday afternoon, I read...yes, all afternoon. Sunday night, we had an abbreviated service (really, it was!!) and then a fellowship where we ate the food left over from Fan the Flame. It was pretty cool...I think I was running a fever from exhaustion though....Tara commented that you could cook eggs on my forehead...and then CalebM asked if we could try it. We didn't, actually, for your information. I had some taco soup...it was pretty good...after that, we talked for a little while, and then went outside to do stuff...a lot of people played volleyball, but me and Emma and Mel went and played basketball for a minute...after a minute or two, though, I quit, and decided that I didn't feel well enough to play basketball at that specific moment. So, I went and talked to HannahElizabeth for awhile....and we listened to classical music for a little while. :) Long story. Mykka said it made her feel peaceful.

Yesterday was Monday, I guess....it was good. We had school, and then Caleb and I had piano lessons. So we went...and then we took Matthew M home with us for a while...we got out in the pool for a while...Caleb and Daniel had basketball camp, so they weren't home till after 7, and Daddy had a deacon's meeting, so he wasn't home till later. I think I read yesterday afternoon....or maybe I was on the compy. I don't remember. I think I read a Hardy Boys book of Caleb's. :P I have such a life.

Okay, now that I've bored you to death, and exhausted my memory...here's a quote from a movie I've never seen (so I can't recommend it)...I read this quote somewhere, and I loved it.

"So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that, because I want you. I want all of you, everyday. You and me...everyday." -The Notebook.

Interesting, no???? I thought so. Not sure if it's dumb or sweet yet. We'll see.

LBKDA! Man, I need to listen to those again. And, prolly nobody but Luke would have any idea what I'm talking about. Oh well, I'm posting, right?????

What's happened...we went filming. *sigh* I think I'll have to do my own dvd to explain everything that happens behind the scenes. Or maybe it doesn't need to be explained. :P

I got an mp3 player!!!!!! I've wanted one for a long time. But, I just recently got one...it's pink, and it's 2G, and it's a nextar. I like it because I can record voice, and radio....and listen to the radio. And, I can put video on it if I like...which, I haven't yet. Just a few pictures. I'm still working on getting all my music on there....I'm SLOWLY figuring out how to do it. I'm used to iTunes. But, oh well. :P So, I guess comment and tell me what's up with you guys!

This is short, but right now I have a lot of stuff to do....Hobbs Record, ftf stuff, my stuff, and then recover-from-school stuff....

Namarie.

That's my gmail status right now. I like it. :)

Here's a couple of tags....do these if you wanna, even if I don't know you. :)

If you were one of the Seven Dwarfs, which one would you be? 
Uhhhh....somebody who's seen Snow White help me here....I haven't ever seen that movie!!!!!!!!

Man, it's been a long time since I posted. What's happened since then? Day Camp...that was lots of fun....even though I was REALLY tired on Thursday....the water park was amazing, and I burnt to a crisp....

We start school the first week of August....can't WAIT for that. Yeah, right.

Anyways....This week my cousin Rachel (fondly nicknamed Rachie) has been at my house..I think she's here till Thursday. Anyways, yeah, that's pretty fun. We went to a local lake this afternoon...and we went canoeing.

Problem: I can't canoe.

Answer (or so we thought): Rachie can.

Problem: She forgot. (or so she says)

Answer: Ummmmm....

So, we're in the middle of this lake...alternating drifting and going in circles. (I have no idea what we actually did, so don't try to tell me...I won't get it) After about...oh, 40 minutes of this, we decided we'd had enough of going in circles...we'd gotten our excercise, right? Right. So, we head back to shore, right? Wrong. We can't go back to shore. We can just go in circles. So, Rachel gets the WONDERFUL idea to jump out...and pull us back to shore. I'm sitting here thinking..."Yeah right." So she stands up in the boat....

"HANNAH! I'm walking on water, and I'm not Jesus!"

That's really special, Rachel. But, we still can't get back to shore. I convince to try again...so we go in more circles....and get a teeny weeny little bit closer to shore. This is when we start yelling (or I do...Rachel's been yelling for the last 10 minutes)....some really profound things come out...

"DADDYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!" (that was me)

"HELP! HELP! HELP!!!!!!!!" (that was Rachel)

"HEY GUY IN THE GRAY SHIRT!" (that was also Rachel...talking to the guy that launched us and ran the thing)

"DADDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!" (me again)

That didn't work. At all. Not one little bit. Sooo....this is when we start praying out loud.....it goes like this...

"GOD!!!! HELP!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!" Great praying, I know. I AM a PK, after all.

We were just kinda desperate. Just kinda. Rachel concoted the WONDERFUL plan (seeing a pattern here?) of rowing (wait, we can't row, remember?) over to the bridge, and SOMEHOW getting back to where we were supposed  to be. (Rachel now says she would've dragged the boat. :P)

At any rate, we didn't have to succumb to such desperate (can you say poison ivy for two months?) measures.....Garrett rescued us. (Jazzy's cousin, incidentally) Of course, the moment he got in the water to get out there, Rachel starts yelling again...

"HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUY IN THE GRAY SHIRT!!!!!" I then informed her of his name (he went to church camp with us, last year)....(and that he's Jazzy's cousin...)

Then we got...

"TARA'S COUSIN!!!!!!!"

Needless to say, he rescued us. But, he DID have to get IN the boat and row...and then Daddy asked if I had figured out how to do it...Nope! He had a double oar thingymaehae....

At any rate...moral of this story: Never...never....NEVER go canoeing when you haven't played with a yo-yo in a week and a half.

Note: Rachel protests that I portray her as slightly unintelligent...Sorry, Rachel.....I only write truth. *Rachel smacks Hannah across the face* Ummm....how about....At least Rachel looked pretty when she was waving her oar in the air, trying to attract my Mother Dearest to rescue us. But she didn't. Oh well. Love you Mom! *Rachel says nothing* Must be okay then.

Namarie!

Oh, and no, the title has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with the post....

:P Yeah, I was at VBS all last week. And now I have all these lovely songs going around in my head...

"I've got DNA, I'm fearfully and wonderfully made, I've got DNA..."

"Rightside up turned upside down, when man sinned God cursed the ground..."

Yeah. Actually, they're not that bad, which is good, cause I'm likely to have them stuck in my head for all eternity and then some....So, how did VBS go?

For me, it was rather hectic. Monday I ran around doing everything and anything, and making a mess. :P Ask the 3rd and 4th graders...it's true. Tuesday I did a lot of stuff, but nothing in particular, Wednesday the lovely and wonderful Ms. Michelle wasn't there, so I played secretary...and Emma came over at an unearthly hour that morning...like 7:15. If you think that's early, think again. We (me, Daniel, Tara, Stuphy, Duane-o, Joely Canolies, and Jeremy) went to see Kung Fu Panda. That movie is AMAZING!!!!!!! Just in case you were wondering. :P I really actually loved it. I thought it was funny, had a point, and the animation was actually quite good. The song at the end was awesome too..and rather catchy. I actually haven't seen Duane-o laugh that much...ever. It was really funny. I wanna see it again. Anyways, so, we went out to eat at Taco Bell beforehand...(it's tradition, actually) and then we went and saw the movie...and then came home. It was late when we got back....so....I was tired. And I got up then. Agh. But, I did like to get to talk to Emma all day long. That was rather wonderful. :P We had a lot of fun, and I think....yeah, anyways, moving on. Wednesday night was family night, and was good...except for that I made this slideshow to show, and um....I did it five minutes before the thing started. Lovely, no?  But, other than that, it went really well. Friday....*sigh*. It went the usual way....except for that Daniel was in the skit that day....and I cried during his part...really hard. Anyways, yeah.

That night was the cooking class at Tara's house....so we mostly watched American Idol (she had to show me David Archuleta, David Cook, Carly Smithson, Blake Lewis, and a bunch of people I don't remember their names of)...and then she and I watched Gotta Go my Own Way from Highschool Musical 2. Which I've never seen...and I want to, very badly. Just cause that song is amazing, if you ask me. So, we had fun...oh, and we went out to the chicken houses twice. On the four-wheeler. Yup. We did. And I'm alive!!!!!!!

Saturday was Megan and Aaron's wedding....they were so cute.... :P I can't believe they're married! Man....

So that was the week of VBS. I'm posting part of my book that I'm writing on my writing blog...

It's www.homeschoolblogger.com/writtenwithlove and don't ask what the title of the book is. :P Anyways, I prolly should go do something....

"You must give up the illusion of control." -Kung Fu Panda

"You know what happens when I flex my pinky."

"Master Shifu did not teach you that!"

"Nope. I figured it out. Skadoosh." -Kung Fu Panda

Namarie!

Church camp is over. and, you know what? Satan's attacking me. I just wrote out this long post.....and it wasn't the best post in the world, but *somehow* the computer ate it. Or something. It's gone. But, that's okay.

Instead of re-writing the post I wrote before, I'm going to do this backwards, and start at the end of my old post.

God changed me last week. I'm a different person than the one who went to church camp last Monday. Completely.

Last week I left for church camp. Excited, yes. Pumped, yes. Ready? Maybe. I was ready to spend a week wtih my friends, hanging out. I was ready for wild-n-crazy rec. I was ready to sing my heart out. I was ready...or I thought I was.

Monday night's service was incredible. Keahbone had a great message. The worship was incredible. But, I realized that I had come for the wrong reasons. I had taken coming as a matter of course hang out time. Oh sure, I wanted to go to the services too. But, I wasn't there to hear from God. I was there to win a spirit stick. And He broke me. I hadn't cried that hard for....months. Another thing I was struggling with that night was forgiving myself of this one thing. I had asked God to forgive me, and He did. But, I held on to it. I felt guilty. Finally God told me that when He forgave me, it was gone. I didn't have to regret what I had done anymore. See, I had let this turn me bitter. I couldn't look at this person without hating myself. I could barely talk to him. It was awful. When I let go...there's no words to express the peace that absolutely filled my heart.

Tuesday morning we had a time of prayer with our sister church, Gentry. We divided it up by birthdays, so my group was me, Mykka, Aaron, Josh, Caleb M, Josh K, Bryson, and Trae. And Gentry people, but I never learned their names very well. Anyways, we talked for a while about what God did in our lives, introduced ourselves (in that order), and then had prayer. That was the first time I had said anything about it, but when we were talking about our Mondays, I mentioned about coming for the wrong reasons and such....I think that the best way to put this is this...I didn't want to make an impression. I just shared how God had changed my perspective, and that wasn't why I was here anymore. It's just....I don't know. It's cool when you can do that with a group from your youth group. I mean, these people are like an extension of my family. It was just a sweet time together.

That's just the first service, and a small group thingy. Take that, multiply it times ten, and that's how the week went. It was amazing. And I'm different because of it. I'm ready to stand.

More about church camp to come....

Our youth group is leaving for church camp tomorrow. The goal of the week is to get alone with God-completely isolated from the computer, television, radio, iPods, etc. Anything. It's just you and God. For some, that's a really joyous thought...others come home emotionally torn up. I'm both ways...I'm already emotionally exhuasted.

But, I'd like to ask you to pray for us this week at Church Camp. It's an incredible experience...I got saved at church camp, I dedicated my life to missions at church camp, I made a friendship with one of my cousins at church camp. It's an amazing experience for me.

I'd like to ask you to pray that:

• One, my focus and everyone else's in the group will stay completely on God.
• Two, that I won't totally lose my temper with the girls going (trust me, a week in one room with all of them...it's hard)
• That God would reveal himself in a mighty way to all of us.
• For a friend and I-we're having an interesting time, and I really wanna see healing on both sides.
• That throughout the week, no matter what, everything would glorify and magnify the Lord Jesus Christ.
• That we would grow closer to God as a youth group, and be more unified.

Thank you all so much! I appreciate it! I need to go finish packing, as we leave tomorrow morning.

CHURCH CAMP IS IN.....LIKE SIXTEEN HOURS!!!!!!!

Hi! So....what's up? Today I have tennis, and then we're grilling some chicken for supper. And swimming. :) We got a swimming pool!!!!!!! YAY! I'm so excited....I love swimming.

I really don't have anything to write about. I suppose I could tell you that I'm writing a blog post for Soli Deo Gloria in my head right now, and my hair's sopping wet....or I could tell you that lately I've been having weird mornings where I seriously do dream I got out of bed, and then I wake up. Or, I could tell you that I've been having trouble focusing my eyes, and get quite dizzy trying to do it. Nope, let's just skip all that.

I can't believe Luke's getting married on Friday. Seems like we should still be playing Legos...reading LOTR out loud...having piano lessons (he taught me)...*sigh*. I guess Eddie Octan will never return. Or John. Or Mary. Or Brittany. Or Josh. Or Sarah. Or the King. I guess that's okay.

I keep having all these dreams about the ftf letter that I wrote and everything. I need to edit it, rewrite parts, and give it to them tomorrow.

Okay, I guess I'll go now.

LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TILL CHURCH CAMP!

Spiderman 3 is awesome. Even though I haven't seen 1 or 2...Huh. How does that work, anyways???? :P OH well...

K, so what's up? Uh, today Lukey and Yana had a shower...just family. :P It IS their THIRD ONE! Livi made some punch....man, it was awesome. Addictive, and much awesome. Very..tangy. Much something to drink in the morning to wake you up. Anyways, after that, I watched part of National Treasure with Uncle John, Rachie, and Livi, and then we went to Gramma and Papa's house for lunch and hanging out with the family time....it rained. *sigh* It was lovely. And rather cold, afterwards. I rode the big motorbike (yup, I do that) up into 4th gear, even though I was cold to where I couldn't feel my legs anymore. Riding motorbikes is so much fun....especially when you go REALLY fast.

This week....Monday I had orchestra, and then a orchestra/band rehearsal, so I made everyone late....Tuesday I had tennis, which was okay, and then a Performing Strings performance. We did alright, but we messed up on a few songs, and one...I couldn't help laughing.  :P Rachel wasn't supposed to too, though! Wednesday I went to Ms. Maymie's, and then CHURCH. *smile* I love church. Thursday, I talked to Jazzy on the phone for an hour about nothing, and then went to the volleyball game with her. Friday, I went to a homeschool conference with my Mom. We met some friends up there, and I got to hang out with them for a while. It was pretty sweetness. Then, you know about today. Tomorrow's Mother's Day. :) I seriously gotta get lunch together....AHHH!!!!

Ah, well, anyways. OH! Yeah, last night I got "Do Hard Things" by Alex and Brett Harris. Man, that book is incredible. I might write a review of it someday....soon. Anyways, I finished it this afternoon, and man...very inspiring.

"I gotta say what's on my mind, something about us doesn't seem right these days, life keeps getting in the way, whenever we try the plan is rearranged, it's hard to say, but I gotta do what's best for me, you'll be okay, I've got to move on, and be who I am, I just don't belong here; I hope you understand, we might find our place in this world someday, but at least for now, I gotta go my own way....what about us? What about everything we've been through? What about trust? You know I never wanted to hurt you. What about me?.I gotta leave, but I'll miss you. I'll miss you...." Man. Great song...who wants to name it?

Hopefully, I'll get my new template up sometime next week. We'll see.

Live life. Love Jesus. Don't look back.

2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT

 IF SOMEONE SAYS " IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?

Big House by Audio Adrenaline

 WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?

Remind Me I'm Alive by Ivoryline

 HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?

Go Light Your World by Chris Rice

 WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?

Can I Be Honest? by KJ-52

 WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?

In Loving Memory

 WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?

Price for Love by The Wedding

 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?

Paralytic by Dead Poetic

 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?

That Where I Am, There You by Rich Mullins

 WHAT IS 2+2?

Beautiful Suprise by Nate Sallie

 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?

Unbreakable by Fireflight

 WHAT IS YOUR LIFES STORY?

Pretty Pretty by Dead Poetic

 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

Once in a Lifetime by 12 Stones

 WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?

Behold the Christ by Trip Lee

 WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?

When Hope is All You Have by Spoken

 WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?

Stand Up by Fireflight

 WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY AND INTEREST?

A Beautiful Collision by David Crowder Band

 WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?

What I Want by Daughtry

 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?

The Evil Mrs. Tweedy by Harry Gregson Williams

I tag...whoever's wearing pink or blue (not counting jeans) when they read this!

Today is my Daddy's birthday. :) I don't think I can say how old he is, but I'm sure it's not that old...quite young, to be exact.

My Daddy and I have a special relationship. We talk politics, music, church, crazy stuff, and pretty much everything else that happens to come to mind. My Daddy isn't perfect, but I know he tries to be the man God wants him to be.

My Daddy is awesome because...

• He's a pastor, and is completely devoted to his job. And, he's good at it! Even though it gets tiring, and sometimes it's a thankless job, he keeps doing what God has called him to do.
• He always makes time for us-his family. He generally works at home, so he can help us with schoolwork, correct a rhythyn on the piano, and take us places. Even though he could easily work all day sometimes, he doesn't.
• He loves me and wants what's best for me, even  though I might not enjoy all his decsions.
• He works hard for what he wants-he has a dream of our family moving up on his property, and is working on clearing land, and getting a site ready for the house.
• He shares my love of music and good books.
• He is in love with Jesus, and does everything he does to serve Him and glorify His name.
• He's a great cook-his grilled chicken Rocketh My Face Off.
• He helps people who need it-whether it's working on their house, praying with them, transporting them, encouraging them spiritually, or just viisting with them.
• He believes in me even when I feel like giving up on myself.

So, for Daddy's birthday, I had to think long and hard about what to do for it. I thought of places to go, things to eat....

For Daddy's birthday, he and Mom get to go back to Israel! They're leaving for three weeks, so they better get packing. I hope they have fun in the Holy Land.

To eat...Before you go, that is. All that kosher food in Israel is great, but we have to celebrate first. So, you and Mom can go to Marketplace! Don't worry about us kids, we're fine here. You can take as long as you want, and do whatever you want. Have fun with those sweet potato fries!!!

I wish I could do all that, but in reality, all I can do is give you your present and say I hope you have a Very Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Daddy! I love you.

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Check this out...this is insanage. Good gravy, people....

Ted Turner said, "...It's been a long time since anybody caught me saying something stupid." Wow. I thought this was stupid, but tell me what you think.....and while you're at it, we might as well discuss what you think about global warming.

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