jonathan's graduated!! wowzers!! :)

wow!!
my little brother's all grown up and graduated as of yesterday!!! doesn't he look awesome and ready to take a leap into the world!?! watch out cuz here he comes!!! :)

and here are our future olivet boys!! oh i'm sooo stoked!! that's jonathan, jacob and micah.

and here's the family on jobo's big day!! i love you jonathan!!
:)

PREP WEEK!!!!

prep week has begun!!!
and it's SOOO much fun!! i do have some pictures from the last weeks at home... if you want to see them comment and i'll put them up here. but here's some of the past couple of days. tonight we had our first "worship set". it was awesome. i am SOO floored by the glory and the wonder of God. his love is AMAZING!!! i can't even describe what i'm feeling inside. i just feel so treasured and precious and love in spite of my unworthiness and incompetence... and his love is washing over my insecurities and fears and just securing me in himself. it's totally amazing. i wish you could experience what i'm talking about.... although the kewl part of it, is that God loves YOU like that too!! i'm discovering that God LONGS to cover our fears and our self-doubts and insecurities and place instead an awe of his love and a peace and a trust in his steady hand... we just gotta dig deep, get serious, ask him, and ALLOW him the opprotunity to wash over us and change us. wow... even if i didn't go anywhere this summer... i will NEVER be the same after this week. GOD IS SO GOOD!! AND HE LOVES ME!!!!

josh has THE most beautiful voice ever. check him out... he's nailing those high notes!! it is SOOO much fun to sing with him and joe!! :)

josh helping our mascot, dino-core on the bus. he goes to dinner with us and everything. couple nights ago we went to pizza hut and josh said, "9 please" and a little girl at a table said, "8 people and a dinosaur!!" ha ha. it was hilarious. dino-core is famous and well loved... well, that is, by everyone except tim. ;)

singing our hearts out... wow. God is just so good!! :)

ha ha. i LOVE tyler. um... he's TOTALLY making fun of me right here.

ha ha. they look like twins. that's tim and jake looking dazed and confused. :)

yes, brenda and i are holding hands... but what's missing is the rest of the picture... see by my right hand there's a little cardboard ponytail... well these were cardboard cutouts holding hands so we thought we'd join in and get a picture... but anthony kinda zoomed in on us. it's ok though, i forgot to tell him. :) ha ha.

more to come!! be amazed by God's love for you today. I LOVE YOU!!! AND GOD DOES TOO!!! :)

here is where she lies

so i'm at home... been working at lazeza and learning arabic, painting for dad, and scrapbooking with mom. it's been good. and i have a whole bunch of pictures i really wanna put up here... of the end of school, of people, of being home... but these computers in our house just don't upload nicely. so i'll prolly have to wait until next sunday or monday when i'm back at olivet. so... there will prolly be no post until then. take care. keep trusting Jesus, and i'll talk at you on this here bloggy thing some other time. masalama!! :) (goodbye in arabic)

Before Tomorrow!

meet my fellows...
tim eddy . jake smith . jordan bumgarner . me . josh koch . joe mullikin . tyler hull
and prep week is in 2 weeks!!! whoo who!!

the packing has begun

and that's all i have to say about that. :)

before tomorrow

so someday soon i'll get a real picture of the band up here for a look see... but i'm a facebook stalker and wanted to let you meet before tomorrow. :)joe.
tim.
josh.
kara.
jake.
jordan.
tyler.
dino-core.

it's almost ending!!! praise Jesus!!! then i can SLEEP!!! :)

i took final number one today.
can i just say that i can not WAIT for classes... and this week... to be over.
i think that you can judge my insides by what my desk looks like, and believe it or not... it's a MESS!!!! i am super stressed and haven't slept alot, but it's almost over and then i'll be home in my momma's arms making scrapbooks for jonathinny binny, working at lazeza, and getting stoked to venture out into the unknown of camps with my boys. and they are awesome.
update: joe's working!! his elbow is not completley better... he may have to have physical therapy, but he can play the guitar and he's slowly regaining feeling. he's feeling good about it.
anthony, our sound guy, got moved to zion's wake (matt lyle's band) and we got a new guy, tyler hull. he's super awesome. he also plays bass and is crazy and is gonna be a lot of fun. anthony is missed, but it's all working out ok.
and that's about it. pray for me. i need some extra strength if i'm gonna make it outta here in one piece!! i love you! :)