Bible Study and STUFF

Ok so tonight was Bible Study night and it was sooooo refreshing. I just love meeting together with our small group of girls and talking about God and how great He is and how He is working in our lives. love it love it love it. Anyways, so that was just great and I have a lot of homework to do, but I'm in a good mood despite the mounds of homework calling to me. I also really enjoyed chapel this morning. We had vintage chapel which meant hymns and responsive readings. And those were ok, but I loved the message that our pastor brought. He just challenged us all to give up the sin in our lives and to hand it God and to start over and embrace His grace and I just had some things in my life that I needed to hand over and it was just a good time to do that and to just rely on God for His peace and I love Him and how He will totally bring that to you if you seek it. So anyway, that was my day today. Tomorrow will be filled with crazy nursery working in the morning and school school school til 5:15. However, God is good....all the time so I know that it will all work out. Much love to Riss and Natalie my girls who keep me sane here and to Angela who is far far away. I miss you!!!

I had the greatest time with God this morning just listening to worship music and singing along. It's amazing how much doing that can make the day so much better.

Watched Laguna Beach last night to get my wonderful drama fill until Thursday comes and the OC will give me enough drama to last until Monday. Such a vicious cycle. Anways, read Marisa's story on her blog and it made me sad, but it was also really good. Marisa, props to you for that story. I'm supposed to be writing an essay right now, but I am avoiding it at all costs. So, hopefully I get it done soon so I no longer have to worry about it.

Greatest Stadium EVER!!!

Raymond James Stadium...one day I will be at that Pirate Ship...

Greatest Thing Ever To Happen

Curious George the MOVIE!!!! I just might in the words of Janice my new best friend, "pee my pants i'm so excited!!!" I am going to see this movie. No one can stop me.

My P.S. to Angela

You have the most wonderful hugs, I will miss them!!!

Tribute to Angela Harder

Ok so I talked about Ang a little bit in the previous post, but did not mention how she is abandoning (jk.) Riss and I and going back to Bethel. I am sad that she is leaving, but glad that she will be happy at Bethel. So in honor of Angela I would like to say that I will miss her and that I love her very very much and that I will faithfully call her every OC night to give her my raw emotion from the episodes watched and that I will also faithfully pray for her that she drives safely to Minnesota. Angela I love you and please call me when you get to Minnesota so I know how you're doing and so I know that you're still alive k? k.

Flight Plan

Ok so I just got home from the movies. Riss, Nat and I went to the movies and saw Flight Plan, kinda intense towards the end, but the rest of it was more funny scary. You know like where you just laugh cuz the scariness is so cheesy. So yeah that was good. I drove soo so much today too cuz before that Riss, Ang, and I drove to Mission Beach and we walked around by Belmont Park and then we drove to Parkway Plaza (a.k.a. the ghetto of El Cajon) and Riss and I walked around and looked at every store there and then we got bored and we both had massive headaches, which I think is from a caffeine withdrawal, and so we went to Riss' house and took drugs and watched some tv. Probably the most relaxing thing I did all day. And so now I'm home and I have a busy day tomorrow as well filled with homework and watching children. When did my life become one hectic mess?

Laguna Beach

It's that night my friends. That's right, the drama of Laguna Beach airs tonight and I am going to watch instead of doing homework. I hate school and that's about all I have to say today.

Yaqui Indian Tribe

So I'm Yaqui Indian by like 5/16ths or somethin like that and me and my siblings are like the last generation of children that have enough Yaqui in them to count as Yaqui, and the tribe I guess called my grandma to ask about our family so we might be accepted as Yaqui Indians. Weird random things that happen in my day. By the way, my dad got a new mail box for my house and Marisa took a picture of it. Hopefully she posts it, it is like a mail palace. The thing is like Mailbox Fort Knox. No one will ever steal our mail again, but it's gonna stick out like a sore thumb. The thing is huge. Just thought I'd let ya'll know.

Girls Night!!!

Ok, so last night I hosted Girls Night and it was really fun. Natalie and Riss came over and we watched a marathon of America's Next Top Model, a very addicting show, and we ate Ben and Jerrys Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch, Best Ice Cream EVER!!! and then we ate watermelon...random yes, but I just like watermelon and then we were gonna go to sleep, but Natalie mentioned Karaoke and Riss had never played so we played Karaoke til like 1:00 in the morning. And we practiced modeling shots on Riss's camera. Needless to say Riss took many pictures and we were crazy. So that was fun until we had to wake up early this morning to go teach Sunday School. Not so fun, but after a nice grande Starbucks we were ready to teach and then I went with Natalie to David's Bridal and she tried on wedding gowns and I tried on bridesmaid dresses with Miriam. Natalie found the most beautiful gown that she liked. So anyways busy day I have tons of hwk and not enough hours in the day to get it done.

OC Night!!!

Ahh the glorious wonders of OC night. So Natalie and I drove to the liquor store in Crest, mind you we only have two, one named Rainbow Market and the other named Crest Liquor or something stupid like that, anyways, so we drove there to stock up on delicious junk food. Me with my PMS had to pick up a KitKat and Mountain Dew. Caffeine and Chocolate are a girl's favorite when it's that time. So anyways, we had our little stock of junk food and we went back to my house where Travis had cooked us spaghetti, the only thing he knows how to make, and so that was nice. And then we all sat down to watch the OC. It's such a fun little family tradition. Even my mom joined in to watch this week. The OC bringing the Howard family together, who woulda thought? Anyways, I have tons of homework to go work on and so I should go do it. Parting words: don't do laundry late at night, it's lame.

Bible Study!!!

Aww I love Wednesday night Bible Study. I look forward to it so so much! So we all gathered together last night and I was just so encouraged by what the other girls shared and I forgot to share something I read in my devotional. So I'm gonna post it here cuz I loved it and it just meant so much to me. So here it is:

Child of mine, lean hard,

And let Me feel the pressure of your care;

I know your burden, child, I shaped it;

Balanced it in Mine Own hand; made no proportion

In its weight to your unaided strength,

For even as I laid it on, I said,

"I will be near, and while she leans on Me,

This burden will be Mine, not hers;

So will I keep My child within the circling arms

Of My Own love." Here lay it down, nor fear

To impose it on a shoulder that upholds

The government of worlds. Yet closer come:

You are not near enough. I would embrace your care;

So I might feel My child reclining on my breast.

You love Me, I know. So then do not doubt;

But loving me, lean hard.

Lean hard. That is exactly what I've been doing lately. I have been leaning so hard on God and He is so powerful and so full of strength that in the midst of my trials that I think are so great, He offers to let me lean on Him for support and to give my trials to Him and in doing that, I will experience His love, and His comfort that He so wants to give me and that I frequently deny and He will just embrace me. My trials are trials that God has formed specifically for me and He will always be there for me to lean on because He knows that while I am overwhelmed the trials, they are so small in comparison to Him. I love how this excerpt above depicts God as beckoning us to lean and not just lean a little, but LEAN HARD. He is so willing and ready to take care of your every need. I know that I have been encouraged with this and so I just wanted to encourage you guys to lean hard on Christ because He is waiting to show you His matchless love and comfort.

A little side note, we had some more girls come this week so yay! And we are still praying for a musician to come. I love you all so so much!

Crazy People

ok, so I don't really know how to react to this story I read so please read this article. Clink the link and read it and then let me know how insanely crazy these people are..http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9319446/.

So I think I'm pretty much attatched to watching Laguna Beach every Monday night. So I faithfully watched the life drama of Kristin and I find it hilarious how they play songs for each dramatic event.

Currently listening to a mix of songs including this one by Lifehouse called "Everything" that I love love love. These are the lyrics.

find me here and speak to me

I want to feel you

I need to hear you

you are the light

that's leading me

to the place where I find peace again

you are the strength that keeps me walking

you are the hope that keeps me trusting

you are the life to my soul

you are my purpose

you're everything
and how can I

stand here with you

and not be moved by you

would you tell me

how could it be

any better than this yeah
you calm the storms

and you give me rest

you hold me in your hands

you won't let me fall

you still my heart

and you take my breath away

would you take me in

take me deeper now
and how can I

stand here with you

and not be moved by you

would you tell me

how could it be

any better than this
cause you're all I want

you're all I need you're everything everything

you're all I want

you're all I need you're everything everything

and how can I stand here with you

and not be moved by you would you tell me

how could it be any better than this

would you tell me how could it be any better than this

I feel like this song is the epitomy of me right now. My relationship with God is summed up in this song. Lately it seems like God has just been speaking to me so much and quieting my mind and heart to learn what He has to teach me of His love and comfort. For so long I have looked for His love and His comfort in people and the world and they all let me down. Christ is so amazing as He patiently waits and loves me the same when I return to Him. God's love is beautiful. Reflect on it today.

I'm hurting today. I'm going to get a pedicure with Riss and I love her dearly, but I'm still hurting. God is healing it, and He is with me and encouraging me to follow Him, but I'm hurting.

Sunday School Update!!!

I totally forgot to update on Sunday School. It was so much fun! I get to decorate a bulliten board and everything! We only had two kids today. Small church + Labor Day Weekend = No children. But that was ok, cuz it was still really fun. Although we bought two dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts and with only four people to eat them it was interesting. But then we brought the leftovers outside where everyone was fellowshipping and these little old people started eating them. I love when old people eat food that is horrible for you. I don't know I just do. Like I was at In N Out a couple days ago and this little old man was eating this huge hamburger and I just thought it was cutest thing. Not like they don't eat, but it's not everyday you see a man that can barely walk eating a hamburger that is huge. So that's my rambling for now. I am off to finally (and I truly mean it this time), do homework.

Ramble Time

I was talking to Marisa about how much I love little things. Like I was looking at this website while talking to her and I saw miniature pineapples and I said, "Awww little pineapples". What makes it so great? I mean it's half the fruit that you would get from a normal size one, yet I am fascinated by it's little size. Another example is with bottled water or soda. The large bottles don't intrigue me, yet those little itty bitty ones that are only like 8 oz. just make me smile and immediately I want to buy them. Marketers must love me. However, this does not run over into people. When it comes to midgets, I do not think aww a midget as Marisa does. Rather, I think hmm a small person. It does not have the same effect. And with candy, I like the miniature M and M's but not the normal size ones and I like the little Dum Dum lollipops cuz they are little. Anyone else have this fascination?

This is Travis and Natalie's kitchen. I think the table is quite cute. Travis has a look of death about him, but that's ok. After this, I will take a break from pictures and I will ramble about my day.

This is the inside of Travis and Natalie's house that they just bought down in the desert. Travis is being a weirdo again, but that is just what brothers are.

This is me and Eddie fishing at night and trying to put a hook on his pole by the light of the car. Yet again, I am a hoodlum.

Ok, So this picture is sideways, and I can't figure out how to rotate it, so deal with it. We're cleaning fish and I'm making a disgusting face at the fish cuz let's face it. Cleaning fish is disgusting.

This is when Eddie and my dad and my mom and I went to Bishop to go fishing. Eddie is in the middle of catching a fish in this picture. My Dad is the crazy guy in the water trying to net the fish and I'm the hoodlum trying to keep from getting eaten by mosquitoes.

So this is my brother Travis and his fiancee and my best friend Natalie. I finally figured out how to put a picture on here so I will be posting more. Travis is a dork and they're at our 4th of July parade in Crest. Wonderful town event let me tell you.

Had good intentions to work on homework today and then it just didn't happen. Many times said I would work on it, and then got distracted. So now, at 9:22 pm I think I might as well go to sleep and not work on my homework because it just isn't going to get done today. Anyways enough of rambling about homework. I have my first day of teaching Sunday School tomorrow. So excited!!! you have to have three exclamation points when you are "so" excited. And we are buying the kids doughnuts so that not only will they love us right off the bat, but we will cater to the child obesity that is sweeping the nation. I love it. Another update on my life. My dad is probably going to New Orleans on Tuesday. He thinks it will be Tuesday so we'll see. I hope everyone is having a great Labor Day Weekend and I will update on Sunday School tomorrow. Doughnuts and all.

So I babysat for the cutest little girls ever. And they were sooo sweet. And I think I may have a job with them that will be on a regular basis so I won't have to worry about getting a part time job. Hopefully. Anyways, Lots of homework to do today and not enough drive to do it. Bad combination. We'll see how much I get done today. I predict that I get hardly anything accomplished.

MY favorite place to eat. Go to the website just so you can hear the dorky song. http://in-n-out.com/

Update on In N Out mission. The boyfriend went with me. He paid. I ate. I was happy. Now leaving to go babysit for strangers...hope children are not weird...really hope they like me.

Greatest chapel ever today at school. We had just some awesome worship time. Anyways, I'm a nerd but I like my book I have to read for English and I like a quote from it so I'm posting it on here. It says,

"Indeed, Lord to your eyes the very depths of man's conscience is exposed, and there is nothing in me that I could keep secret from you, even if I did not want to confess it. I should not be hiding myself from you, but you from myself."

I love people with brilliant minds. Dork written all over me for that comment, but I just do. Anyways, I'm craving In N Out so I might go get some right now to eat. But I dont wanna go by myself so maybe i can find someone to go with. thats my mission.