7-30-10: My amazing room!

Hello!
Well, I really didn't know what to post today, so... I thought I'd just show you some pictures of my totally amazing bedroom!

This is my big, comfy blue chair! I absolutely LUV it! :D

My totally awesome bullitin boards...:D

My (messy) desk/dresser.

Hehehe, I luv to read... at night. So, instead of taking oh, about five steps to my dresser to grab a book, I just keep a small stack next to my bed. :D
Also, there is my latest shopping bag from my favorite store!! Bath&Body works!

Oh, and of course... my bed! Isn't it pretty???

Well, that's all for this post! Have a great week-end everyone!!!! Remember to enjoy the rest of your summer!

7-27-10: A Mission trip story

Hey everyone!
Well, since on my last post I told you that I had tons of stories to tell you about my mission trip, but didn't actually tell you any, I thought I'd tell y'all some now. :)

Wednesday:
On Wednesday, it was our half day. We would work from 8:30am to 12:30 am... giving us about three hours off. Everyone was excited because the rest of the day we would spend with our youth groups, just bonding and telling stories about the past few days.
But, my (awesome!!!!!!) crew (crew 10!) finished WAY early. On both Monday and Tuesday we had worked super hard to finish this house we had. We were doing mostly interior, but we had to paint a porch and also do a sealing coat on the roof. We would have finished this house on Tuesday, but we had run out of paint for the porch. ( :( ) So, we ordered more paint and it was waiting for us on Wednesday morning.
My crew was made up of six people. Me, three other teens and two crew leaders. We only had to paint one wall, and we only had to do one coat.
We got to work as soon as we arrived and we were done just a few minutes after nine. We called TeenServe, the organization that we were with and asked if they wanted us to go help another crew, since it wasn't even 9:30am yet. But, they said no... no one really needed help, so we could just go back to the school we were staying at and hang. We were kinda upset about it at first, mostly because we were really wanted to serve, but then we realized that we could sit in the AC and just relax. Then we decided it was okay. (lol)
We got back to the school around 9:30 and we all headed into the cafeteria. We had brunch and we did our devos. I shared my testimony with my crew, it was really fun. I've never really told anyone my testimony before this trip, I did it a lot throughout it though. :D
After that our leaders disappeared and the four of us decided to play cards. We played cards from about, 10:30am until 12:25pm. Nearly two hours! It was amazing bonding time. We really got to know each other in that short period of time. I was kinda upset when everyone else started to show up... I didn't want our alone time to end! And the rest of my crew didn't either. We were really starting to become great, close friends.
I'm happy to say that right now I'm still in touch with all of my crew. It's been nearly two weeks since that time we had alone in the cafeteria. I cannot believe that my trip went by so fast, I really want to go back. It was an awesome experience, and I hope to one day see my crew again. Who knows... maybe next year. :D

Well, there yah have it. A mission trip story. :D Have a great day!

I'm BACKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey y'all!!!!
I'm BBBBBBBAAAAAAAAACCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I'm so happy to be home! Well, okay... not really, but I did miss my family and friends that didn't come with me on my mission trip. :)
I had SOOOOOO much fun! I did not want to leave! I made great new friends, and our jobs were AWESOME! I absolutely LOVED the speaker and band that played and spoke to us every night, they were amazing!!!!
I'm not going to tell you everything I did, because then this post would be MILES long, so here are just some pics...

This is the card that my residents gave our crew on Friday, the little kids decorated it and it was just SO sweet of them!

This is my crew!(Minus our crew leaders and me) They were awesome and I miss them all SO much!!

These are two of my friends, on Wednesday we had a half day, in the later afternoon all the youth groups went and did something together, ours went and played lazer tag!!! It was SO much fun!!!

This is the room where the girls from my church stayed in, it got REALLY cold at night! But, we always had fun talking and laughing as late as they'd let us! lol

Well yeah, those are the pics... hope you enjoyed! I've gotta run, but have a great week!

7-9-10: No posting...

Hey everyone!
Alright, I just wanted y'all to know that I'm not going to be posting for awhile. I'm leaving on my mission trip and will have no access to a computer or internet while I'm gone. But, I'll hopefully have pictures to show you when I get back. :)
Have a wonderful next few weeks!

7-2-10:My Thoughts On...A popular saying

"You've done your good deed for the day",
"I've done my good deep for the day"
Sound familiar? I'm guessing they do.

Today I heard this saying again, and it really made me feel conflicted... and here, I'll tell you why.

As Christians, we're supposed to be showing a world of people who need saving a loving, caring, kind, Jesus. We are supposed to be like him while he was living here on earth. So, did Jesus just do one good deed a day and then say, "Okay... I'm done, now it's time to do some people watching."? No!! If he did, then our bibles wouldn't be nearly so full with amazing, true stories.
So, should we say that? No! We should do more than just one good thing a day.
Now do you understand me?
I was at a baseball game today, and I was with my grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and some other family members when I had heard this saying. We had a box, so I was cleaning off the counters and tables, mostly because they were a mess and felt bad for the people having to come clean later.
Something I've heard over and over again is, "Leave this place cleaner than when you got here" and I try to do just that. But, I really couldn't vacum or wipe off counters, so I was just trying to to what I could. Just to be nice.
I had walked outside to where the seats were and a few of my cousins were standing out there. I asked them to help me pick up all the cups, plates, napkins, ect. They whined and said that they really didn't want to, but I turned it into a game and they came around(;D). After it was all done, someone close to me said that saying, "there... you've done your good deed for the day." I'd heard this before and it never really bothered me as much as it had this time.
Maybe it's just because I'm an older sibling, but I do a lot of things for other people all day long. I cook, I clean, I bathe, I clothe, it's just who I am. I really enjoy doing things for other people. It gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling. :D lol
But, I think it also has to do with the fact that I'm a Christian, and I have a heart that is seeking to be on fire for Christ.
I personally believe with all my heart that we need to put others before ourselves at all times. Holding doors for others, picking up our trash so cleaning people have less to do, helping to carry bags, whatever. The last shall be first I love to say. :)
Jesus came down to serve, not to be served. Though, several people(including some of his diciples at times) thought otherwise. And I don't blame them one bit. He is the son of God! Why should He, of all people have to be the one serving?
Because... he was showing us that it doesn't matter how high up you are on that ladder... everyone should be serving.
While here, Jesus said that saying, "the last shall be first" several times. He really wanted to get that point across. If we put ourselves behind others, we will be the first in the Kingdom of Heaven. And come on, doesn't that sound worth just holding a few doors or picking up the person next to you's plate?
So the saying, "You've done your good deed for the day" I would honestly tell you I don't really like, and I don't think I personally will ever use. I don't think you can do enough "good deeds" in one day.
And, I don't think I'd call them "good deeds" either. I'd rather call them, something like, "A call of duty" or, "an honor"... okay, maybe the second one is a little high but, still... good deed just sounds a little weird to me.
Also, we shouldn't feel like we have to put others first, we should feel like we get to, we have choices. So we shouldn't feel like we have to do anything. We get to do anything.
And is it always going to be easy? Putting other first? No... it can be really hard. I was put down today, someone told me that I shouldn't be cleaning, that it was the workers' job. Yes... but it was our mess, we should at least help. I'm sure the staff was a little surprised to see that the tables were cleaned off and everything was thrown away and not just lying around on the counters and floors.
So no, it's not always going to be easy, it's not always going to be fun, and it certainly won't always be the popular thing to do,(Though it should be), but it is always the right thing. And we will be rewarded. God promised, and he never breaks his promises.
Just my thoughts,

P.S
Have a GREAT 4th everyone!!!!!!