Hi everybody! Here are some pictures that have been taken of me in the past year.  Next week I have a band concert of which is going to be my last one ever with this band since we are moving this fall. Yesterday was my last band practice so that was really sad for me because I have been with that band 5 1/2 years and my director is one who first taught me how to play the flute. It has been a very fun 5 1/2 years though. Yesterday was a blast because we played a lot of jokes on my director including stealing his timer (its a tradition) and snapping pictures of him while he is directing or in between songs. It was so much fun, but also made me realize how much I am going to miss him and the band. In fact the last picture of me on here is after my last Christmas concert. The one in the middle was yesterday after class. The director is holding the timer, of which a friend and I had stolen that day after much planning!  I am finally in honors band which is the highest you can be in with his group. It worked out well, because I was finally able to make it up there considering I started beginner in 2000. The big joke was a comment a friend of mine made after one of my pratical jokes. "The honest ones are the ones you gotta look out for!"  LOL!

On another note, I was doing my bible this morning and we are studying about peter. It was talking about how Jesus told him he would be a fisher of men, etc.... And later in the lesson it talked about how difficult a fishermen's life was, etc.. It made me realize again how great an analogy it is. In order to "catch fish" (ie: win souls) we may have to be out during times when it is not "convienent" for us or even safe. I am not saying you have to be in a place where it is not safe, but we should be willing to be if the Lord should call us to be there. Also to remain consistent and staying with it. Just as a fishermen could go out and fish all night yet not catch anything. We must continue 'fishing' even if it doesn't seem like we are catching anything. We however have an advantage to the fishermen in that when he comes home without catching anything, he has not affected anybody or anything during his time fishing. However, we as christians, fishing for souls, even if it doesn't look like we are catching anything, we are "setting the stage" per se, for others to "reel them in" to Christ. Anyway, just thought I would post my thoughts about it. Take care y'all!!!

~Alyssa