Nov. 22, 2009 - Thanks!!

Hey, guys! Thanks so much for all the prayers (and hugs! ;)

As far as I know everything is fine now; he's on his way home so....? I don't really know much besides that. :P

But I want to really thank you all!!!!! :) :) :)

-Micah V

Nov. 21, 2009 - Please Pray...

Howdy! I hope you are all doing well!

But, I have a pretty big prayer request...
My 2 older brothers have been sick; one of them, Ethan [18], got better for a day or two but then got sick again. My mom says he probably has bronchitis. :(
Well, this morning, he got up and was all light-headed. Then, he got dizzy and passed out and fell! But nobody was near him... :( Well, when he fell, he gashed his eye on something and (we're guessing) fell back from the impact and hit his head on something else!
All in all, he has a cut above his eye, a bloody nose, and a lump on his head! And he's still sick!!!  So my mom has taken him to a doctor, but  as usual, this happened on a Saturday so he has to go, not to the doctor, but to the far away, expensive emergency center!!

And another thing: My dad just worked extra to get a little extra cash and now he'll probably end up spending it all, and maybe more, today.... 

This day has had a pretty bad start!! :P
Please pray for my family not to lose heart!! 

Well.... They're gone right now and who knows when they'll be back.... So, once again, please pray with me!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!!!

-Micah

Oct. 8, 2009 -

Sep. 30, 2009 - My Trip!

Edit!!!!!!!!!!!! See below.

Guess what?

I'm going camping!!!!!! But this ain't any old camping trip: I'm goin' to...The Grand Canyon!  And New Mexico! And the Four Corners!  And Colorado!  ⇔ My parents are evil!!!  Not really, they're actually just logical.  See we were going to Colorado too, but they said it was too cold and we'll go some other time...oh, well! anyhoo...

In one week, exactly, I will be in Santa Fe, New Mexico!   

I am SO excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, by the way...that means I will be gone for two weeks ...then again....As long as I can get an internet signal I can still keep y'all updated!

Wow, is it just me or am I using an awful lot of faces?  Oh, well! 

Oh, and I promise to tell you all about it when I get back.  

A :) from...

-Micah

Jun. 13, 2009 - Horse camp

Hello! This is Micah. My view of Horse camp is pretty much the same as the post below, written by Renee, except that I rode a white horse named Blue.

He has blue tack and a creamy blonde mane/tail. He's SO beatiful and wonderful and magical and I miss him so much!!!!!!!!!!!

He's a retired barrel racer, now 20 y.o., so at the rodeo, the music gets him really excited, and it gives me this really nervous but excited feeling!!!  Mostly because the week before he was bucking at the rodeo!! But Elisabeth, the horse instructor, thinks she knows why.

It was so fun at the rodeo because he was kind of jumpy (like I said above) and I had to control him a lot more than in the practices....in the practices he's actually pretty lazy!! =P

Sorry I'm saying so much about him, but I really miss him....

Anyhoo...

I'm not going to explain the rest of my thoughts on camp because they're almost identical to Renee's, below. However I will put a picture of me and Blue just because I feel like it :

Jun. 1, 2009 - Go see:

I found a lot of cool things on 1DRAJENGIRL's blog! I posted them here!

CHECK THEM OUT!!

DO it!

Jesus loves you! --Micah

May. 2, 2009 - Scripture Saturday

Hello! Today is yet another scripture Saturday! (click HERE to know what I'm talking about) I posted on this blog instead because......well I don't know why, why does it matter anyway?

Anyhoo...

Todays chapter is John 17, NIV -

John 17

Jesus Prays for Himself

 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

 "I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."

I love this chapter because it is Jesus praying....and He prays for us!!! Isn't that cool??!!!! He prays for all believers!!! First he prays for himeself [I think] as an example that we can pray for ourselves. Then he prays for his friends, the disciples, which is always nice =). Then He prays for....You! And me! YAY!!!! Well, I don't really know what else to say besides what I've already said so. . .

Jesus loves you! --Micah

Apr. 24, 2009 - some news

Hey everybody! Micah here. I just posted some pictures of miniature horses and their foals on my blog "azestfulmusician" click HERE! to go there!

Also, I'm supposed to write more entries than I usually would because Renee is "taking a break" so I'll post a cool video I got from her a while a go. here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watchv=bYI_aOyCn9Y/ it's really funny and has a great message...speaking of which...

"Haaaaaallelujah, Haaaaaallelujah....halllelujah hallelujah etc...."   Your probably wondering what that was about so...all i have to say is: WATCH THE MOVIE - CLICK ON THE LINK!!

Jesus loves you! --Micah

Apr. 12, 2009 - It's Easter!!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter!!!! Here is the story of the Resurrection, and remember what the story really means and what it proves (taken from the NKJV):

Matthew 28

He Is Risen

 ¹ Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. ² And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. ³ His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. ⁴ And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men. ⁵ But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. ⁷ And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.” ⁸ So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word.

The Women Worship the Risen Lord

   
⁹ And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

The Soldiers Are Bribed

   
¹¹ Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all the things that had happened. ¹² When they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, ¹³ saying, “Tell them, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.’ ¹⁴ And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will appease him and make you secure.” ¹⁵ So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

The Great Commission

   
¹⁶ Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. ¹⁷ When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. ¹⁸ And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

If you want to read about the crucifixion or the burial, see John 18-19. And if you don't want to/can't read it in your own Bible or you want to see it in different versions you can go to biblegateway.com.

Happy Easter!!!!

Jesus loves you (that's why he died for you!)!! --Micah

Apr. 2, 2009 - Tag

This is nuts...I'm being tagged by my own blog! Oh, well, I guess that's what I get for having a joint blog  

*note: I will leave renee's answers in parentheses after mine for camparison*

Well, here it is:

1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:50am is when I woke up, but I read in bed till breakfast was ready. (7:15 or so...but I'm still not fully awake =))

2. Diamonds or Pearls? I agree with Renee --> (Neither... but if I had to choose, I'd choose diamonds.)

3. What was the last movie you saw in a theater? Race to Witch Mountain and it wasn't very good (Bedtime Stories, I think.)

4. What is your favorite TV show? I love Lucy! Unfortunately they haven't been showing it very much anymore...=( (Man Vs. Wild =))

5. What do you usually have for breakfast? pop-tarts or a mini bagel or cinnamon rolls or biscuits or whatever my mom makes when my dad is here... (I usually have a granola bar or something like that. Unless we actually have cereal, then I'll eat that.)

6. What is your middle name? Reu, which is pronounced like "roo" and means friend of God in Hebrew. (Renee. No joke! My first name starts with an "E".)

7. What food do you dislike? Food cooked with wine and certain vegetables that kids are famous for not liking =) (Cooked spinach or asparagus.)

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? I don't know...I don't usually listen to individual CD's "nowadays" because I have an mp3 but when I do it's in the car and then it's not my choice (My choir CD with mixdown on it and, "Ah! Si Mon' Moine!")

9. What kind of car do you drive? When I can, I drive golf carts, but unfortunately, that's not very often.(*laughs* A golf cart.)

10. Favorite sandwich? I don't really like sandwiches, but If ther's nothing better to eat, then a PB and J.  (A sub from Subway... "6-inch on italian bread, please. Ham and provolone, thank you. Toasted. Lettuce, tomatoes, mayonaisse, carrots if you have 'em, and a small drink and a cookie!")

11. What characteristic do you dispise?  I agree with Renee; If it's a person; then, immodest dress or cursing/speaking words disrespectful to God (A characterisitic of what? Person? I guess... immodest dress, or cursing.)

12. Favorite item of clothing? Particular item or kind of clothing like, shoes, shorts, etc.? (My new converse shoes with little animals all over them!)

13. If you could go anywhere where would you go? That's kind of a wide subject, but probably Horse riding! *daydreams off into space...* (Horse riding lessons -- western style, please!)

14. Favorite brand of clothing? I completely agree; Whatever Fits (Whatever Fits)

15. Where would you retire to? Retire as in a nursing home? Retiring to a place? I'm confused! (...are you kidding? Heaven, where el-- I'm a believer, thank you very much.)

16. What was your most memorable birthday? Out of my current life; Probably my 11th because it was only with my best friends. (I haven't had that many, but it was probably my 12th, because that was the last one I had with Sarah. =( )

17. Favorite sport to watch? Um, gymnastics or ice skating? (Baseball)

18. Are you a morning person or a night person? Um, I'm not sure what a night person is, but I'm not really a morning person, and I stay up late so, if that's what a night person is, I guess that's what I am...?(Neither - I'm an afternoon person. =)

19. Shoe size? 7 1/2 - 8 1/2 (9 1/2 - 10 in dress shoes, 11 in tennis shoes.)

20. Pets? 2 cowdogs (not really, that's just what we call them, based off of Hank), and an indoor-who-wishes-she-was-outdoor cat...oh and aaran...you could call him an animal if you wanted... (2 cats, Precious and Hershey, but they're more like dogs.) P.S. Renee, if you owned dogs you'd know hershey and precious are NOT like dogs.

21. Any new exciting news? We went to _________,TX  for choir competition and we did really well and we went to ___ _____ afterward!! (I get to go on a youth praise band conference this weekend! I'm super excited, because we get to stay in a really nice hotel and learn about serving God through music!)

22. What did you want to be when you were little? I have no remembrance of the subject.  (As a fallback profession, an interior designer, a graphic designer, and my uncle wanted to be a babysitter when he grew up. =) As my main profession, I wanted to be a missionary.)

23. How are you today? Um, actually, kind of bored...there's not really anything to do besides this. (I'm fine, thanks for asking - how are you??)

24. What are you listening to right now? The wind and clicking of computer keys. (My mom play the piano and me play the keyboard. ; ])

25. What was the last thing you ate? I sneaked a chocolate chip cookie...  (A Nutrigrain bar.)

26. Do you wish on stars? No, just like Renee, I believe in God, not luck. (No - I don't believe in "luck" or "wishing". I believe in God)

27. If you where a crayon what color would you be? I don't know! How do you tell?! (Blue or green... probably purple. =))

28. How is the weather right now? Nice - just barely cool, the sun's just starting to go down, but it's not low enough to call sunset yet, and it's windy. (Fine, I guess. This afternoon it was hot and sunny.)

29. Who was the first person that you talked on the phone today? I haven't been on the phone today either!  (Zilch. I haven't talked on the phone today.)

30. What is your favorite soft drink? Rootbeer! (Coke)

31. What is your favorite place to eat at? Oh, there are so many good places around here! But I have to go with Johnny Carino's (Subway, probably... but I also like this local Mexican food restaurant we have here - they're really good!)

32. Hair color? Mine's almost exactly the same as Renee's --> (Light brown)

33. What was your favorite toy as a child? I don't know! (Dolls, I suppose... I also enjoyed tormenting our cat, Millie. ; ])

34. Summer or Winter? Winter! (I like spring, personally.)

35. Hugs or kisses? I would say hugs, but I agree with Renee that Side-hugs are better (Side-hugs... I don't like full-on hugs.)

36. Chocolate or vanilla? That depends on if we're talking about perfume or ice cream or candy or etc.... (Vanilla ice cream, chocolate bar)

37. Coffee or tea? Uh, I don't like either, but if I had to choose I'd choose tea...coffee's gross! (Ew... gross! Neither!)

38. When was the last time you cried? Hm, let's see...nope! Can't remember! (It's been so long, I don't even remember!)

39. What is under your bed? A matress, one of my Bibles (don't worry it's not actually on the floor...it's on a bed! Well, at least it's on a matress ;), a devotional book, a little fan, and some other things I knew I'd need at some point, but didn't know what to do with. ;) (My desk, and a desk chair, and some books, and some paper, and a lamp, and the floor, and a little dresser-like thing...)

40. Salty or sweet? Again, that's really too wide of a subject! (It really depends on the thing. I like my french fries salty, not sweet. But I like my ice cream sweet, not salty.)

41. What are you afraid of? Spiders!!!  (Failure.)

42. Do you make friends easily? Um, no, not really  , but I have to wonder; who does? Doesn't everyone just have their friends and sometimes someone might ask to be you're friend and if you're nice you say yes? (Er... not really... It depends on the person, though, and the situation.)

I tag... whoever reads and comments on this entry first!!!

Jesus loves you! --Micah, AA, hearter of music

P.S. Renee, that's a great idea! But since we both own the blog couldn't I make my seperate one and you make yours, just on the same account?

Mar. 30, 2009 - HI!

Hello! I'm the other person who "heart's music" in "weheartmusic". (did y'all understand that? ; )

Just thought I'd introduce myself so...

My name's Micah, I've been playing piano for 4 years (or was it 4 1/2....I think it was 4 years, but who knows?), and I've been singing in my current homeschool choir, with Miss Kathy, for the same [4...or 4 1/2...years]. I also have started singing at KidzPraize at my church. I sing just for fun too. ; ]

Well, I guess that's all as far as introducing myself so...

Jesus loves you! --Micah, AA, Doggydiva24, "hearter" of music (;-)