i need some serious medication.
i just fell off my bike AGAIN!!
guess who won't be biking tomorrow!?!
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
excellent
wanna hear something excellent?
I FIXED MY COMPUTER!! whoo who!! all by myself! :) now i can check my email and blog on MY computer and not have to use alli or rachel's. to celebrate i'm adding some extra pictures to the few i have from the rest of the weekend at gospel choir.
this first picture is from last spring. that's me, whitney, kristi and rachel trying to all jump at the same time. whitney looks amazing!!
this is my very FAVORITE picture from spring break. it's my momma... roller skating. you go mom! :)
and then these are from the concert saturday night... i didn't get any taken "of" the choir so hopefully someone will email me or facebook me some good ones of the choir. i'll of course share them with you laters. the concert was amazing by the way.
i've really been struggling with my attitude towards the choir and haven't been able to really worship with them in a while. in my devotions that morning God showed me these verses in a passage where Jesus was talking about the pharisees...
"These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men. They have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."
and i stopped and thought about my attitude. i don't want my worship to be in vain, and if i'm just singing with my mouth and lips because it's tradition, and not getting my heart involved then my worship is in vain. i shared this passage with the choir during our prayer time before the concert encouraging them not to let their worship be in vain... and you know what? it WASN'T in vain!! God really moved in my heart and it was one of THE best worship experiences i've ever had!! sunday night then too! :)
my good buddy sarah johnson came to the concert. she's studying "abroad" in chicago this semester. and boy oh boy does i misseth her!!
linzers and i after we sung our hearts out!
this is emily foxworthy. she's awesome. and it's really kewl... her grandma and my grandma were and are best friends. crazy, huh?
this is my incredible r.a. chelsey mckay!! i can't wait to get to know her better this summer! she's in the olivetians traveling group. :)
and here we have the choir sunday night at kankakee first church of the nazarene. amy slonecker and i stood in the back row, to the left... behind courtney on the end in green.
and thus ends my blog for this morning. see you on the flip flop! :)
I FIXED MY COMPUTER!! whoo who!! all by myself! :) now i can check my email and blog on MY computer and not have to use alli or rachel's. to celebrate i'm adding some extra pictures to the few i have from the rest of the weekend at gospel choir.
this first picture is from last spring. that's me, whitney, kristi and rachel trying to all jump at the same time. whitney looks amazing!!
this is my very FAVORITE picture from spring break. it's my momma... roller skating. you go mom! :)
and then these are from the concert saturday night... i didn't get any taken "of" the choir so hopefully someone will email me or facebook me some good ones of the choir. i'll of course share them with you laters. the concert was amazing by the way.i've really been struggling with my attitude towards the choir and haven't been able to really worship with them in a while. in my devotions that morning God showed me these verses in a passage where Jesus was talking about the pharisees...
"These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men. They have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."
and i stopped and thought about my attitude. i don't want my worship to be in vain, and if i'm just singing with my mouth and lips because it's tradition, and not getting my heart involved then my worship is in vain. i shared this passage with the choir during our prayer time before the concert encouraging them not to let their worship be in vain... and you know what? it WASN'T in vain!! God really moved in my heart and it was one of THE best worship experiences i've ever had!! sunday night then too! :)
my good buddy sarah johnson came to the concert. she's studying "abroad" in chicago this semester. and boy oh boy does i misseth her!!
linzers and i after we sung our hearts out!
this is emily foxworthy. she's awesome. and it's really kewl... her grandma and my grandma were and are best friends. crazy, huh?
this is my incredible r.a. chelsey mckay!! i can't wait to get to know her better this summer! she's in the olivetians traveling group. :)
and here we have the choir sunday night at kankakee first church of the nazarene. amy slonecker and i stood in the back row, to the left... behind courtney on the end in green.and thus ends my blog for this morning. see you on the flip flop! :)
Monday, March 27, 2006
figuring it all out... :)
so this weekend was a blast singing and being with the choir. i have a few more pictures to share with you but i'm not in my room right now so i can't post them at the moment. i also super cleaned and did my laundry and PUT IT ALL AWAY!!! this weekend. praise the Lord. cleanness is soooo wonderful!!! (yes mommers, i just said "cleanness is wonderful" ha!)
registration is today and this whole next week and lately (well, all year... no, actually for as long as i can remember) i've been really praying and seeking direction about my life. i'm a social work major, and i love it... but i have room for something else. i want to study abroad next year in the spring and there are two places that i am trying to decide between going to. one would be latin america. if i went there, then i could add spanish as a double major because i would have enough credits to do so. or i'm thinking about the middle east. not only would i have an opprotunity to learn arabic (although not sure how much i would be able to learn), i would learn about the history of my faith as a christian, and about muslims and jews and their beliefs. then i would possibly have an international buisness/ missions/ something minor to go with social work. i really want to be a missionary. there is this desire deep within me that just wants to go... and i feel like God has called me into the mission field, but that he's also using me as a missionary right here in bourbonnais. it's really scary to think about... but i am going to be praying and seeking his face and you know what? if God wants me to be in latin america then i believe my passion for spanish will return and he will make it clear that he wants me to go. and if God wants me to go to the middle east, then he will continue to call me and pull me in that direction. that decision is really scary for me... it's dangerous to go there... and i won't go unless God calls me, but i know that if i seek him now that he WILL clearly lead me and not forsake me no matter what i decide.
here are some pictures of the middle east and then of latin america. i ask you, my blogging family, to lift me up in prayer as you have time or remember. pray that God would reveal to me his plan for my life... not the whole plan, but that he would guide me in my decisions about education, classes and studying abroad. and pray that i wouldn't get off course or distract myself with the excitement of going somewhere new, but that i would focus on being a social worker and desiring to find where God can best use me as an agent of his love and life.
there are several choruses i'd like to leave you with that i keep singing over and over and over again. i love you. be blessed! :)
tell me why
i don't understand
tell me why
or show my your hand
tell me why because i can't see my way through
what now, should i do?
i will go where you want me to go
i will do what you want me to do
yes, i will go! where you want me to go
i will be who you want me to be
anything for you...
every step i take
every move i make
you are by my side
and i will be strong
my strength is in you!
you lived!
you died!
and you rose again on high!
and you opened the way
for the world to live again
hallelujah!
for all you've done!
registration is today and this whole next week and lately (well, all year... no, actually for as long as i can remember) i've been really praying and seeking direction about my life. i'm a social work major, and i love it... but i have room for something else. i want to study abroad next year in the spring and there are two places that i am trying to decide between going to. one would be latin america. if i went there, then i could add spanish as a double major because i would have enough credits to do so. or i'm thinking about the middle east. not only would i have an opprotunity to learn arabic (although not sure how much i would be able to learn), i would learn about the history of my faith as a christian, and about muslims and jews and their beliefs. then i would possibly have an international buisness/ missions/ something minor to go with social work. i really want to be a missionary. there is this desire deep within me that just wants to go... and i feel like God has called me into the mission field, but that he's also using me as a missionary right here in bourbonnais. it's really scary to think about... but i am going to be praying and seeking his face and you know what? if God wants me to be in latin america then i believe my passion for spanish will return and he will make it clear that he wants me to go. and if God wants me to go to the middle east, then he will continue to call me and pull me in that direction. that decision is really scary for me... it's dangerous to go there... and i won't go unless God calls me, but i know that if i seek him now that he WILL clearly lead me and not forsake me no matter what i decide.
here are some pictures of the middle east and then of latin america. i ask you, my blogging family, to lift me up in prayer as you have time or remember. pray that God would reveal to me his plan for my life... not the whole plan, but that he would guide me in my decisions about education, classes and studying abroad. and pray that i wouldn't get off course or distract myself with the excitement of going somewhere new, but that i would focus on being a social worker and desiring to find where God can best use me as an agent of his love and life.
there are several choruses i'd like to leave you with that i keep singing over and over and over again. i love you. be blessed! :)
tell me why
i don't understand
tell me why
or show my your hand
tell me why because i can't see my way through
what now, should i do?
i will go where you want me to go
i will do what you want me to do
yes, i will go! where you want me to go
i will be who you want me to be
anything for you...
every step i take
every move i make
you are by my side
and i will be strong
my strength is in you!
you lived!
you died!
and you rose again on high!
and you opened the way
for the world to live again
hallelujah!
for all you've done!
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Jake Randall's CD Release!!
so tonight was jake randall's cd release party. he concerted it up and the gospel choir chimed in for a few bars. it was really fun. here's some shots from the night.
we start off with linz and i looking hot as always... ha ha!...
and then we had beth take a picture so i didn't cut off my head. ;)
we start off with linz and i looking hot as always... ha ha!...
and then we had beth take a picture so i didn't cut off my head. ;)
here's jake singing his heart out. it all sounded really good. and he had a great turnout.
here's my half of the choir.
and here's linz's half.
I LOVE THE CELLO. that's all there is to it. i love it when allison plays the cello. i love it when melissa (my favorite girl ever!) plays the cello, and i love it when this amazing girl amanda plays the cello. it adds SO much to the worship experience i think. i wish i could play it. such a beautiful instrument!! keep up the playing ladies!!
here's a shot of the stage.
this is lindsey. she has THE most amazing voice i've ever heard. i love it when she sings with jake. and that's nick in the background. he's awesome.
another shot of mr. jakey. ;)
so i've decided that i make really REALLY weird and funny faces when i sing. AND i almost lit myself on fire. check out my skirt in proximity with those candles. yeah, it was close. rach said she would have taken my skirt off me if it caught on fire. can you imagine that!?! AH!! :)
and this is my rachel. she drove me home. i love her.
hope you liked the pictures!! our gospel choir concert is tomorrow night so be sure there are way more pics to come. oh, and the klines are coming tomorrow night so you bet your buttons there'll be more!! have a great night... see you laters!!
*those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength!*
Thursday, March 23, 2006
the week past
yeah... so i've gotten out of the blogging habit this week. i've had a kinda rough week i think, and i don't really know why... not a lot of homework, i only worked tonight... i think i've just felt rather stagnant. like i'm not moving forward at all. weird.
this week was kewl in that i'm planning for co-leading the Sister 2 Sister mentorship program here on campus next semester.. it's for freshman and we hook up freshman girls with upperclassmen female mentors to help them out around campus, get to know them, and develop relationships spiritually. it's a really exciting program. well this week we put into action a plan to get the women of this campus who are faculty and staff involved in sponsoring the mentors... they'd pray for a small group of upperclassmen and then meet once a month and just hang out. i'm sending out letters to all the women tomorrow and we have a meeting with them in two weeks on tuesday the 4th. i'm super excited about this new aspect of the ministry. i'm praying God will make it happen and that it will be awesome for not just the mentors but the sponsors as well.
but yeah... so it's been a good week, i've just felt kinda down. paul johnson's little girl brooke needs some prayer if you think about it and prof olney's sister took a turn for the worst this week... so hold them up if you have a chance.
gospel choir concerts this weekend.. and lindsey's parents are coming!!! yay keith and jana!! :) hope the weekend rocks. i'm sure i'll get some pics to share later. welpers, i love you. peace out.
molly taylor just emailed me this quote...
"Never let anything so fill you with sorrow that you forget the JOY of Christ risen!"
amen. :) he is RISEN!!! praise Him!
this week was kewl in that i'm planning for co-leading the Sister 2 Sister mentorship program here on campus next semester.. it's for freshman and we hook up freshman girls with upperclassmen female mentors to help them out around campus, get to know them, and develop relationships spiritually. it's a really exciting program. well this week we put into action a plan to get the women of this campus who are faculty and staff involved in sponsoring the mentors... they'd pray for a small group of upperclassmen and then meet once a month and just hang out. i'm sending out letters to all the women tomorrow and we have a meeting with them in two weeks on tuesday the 4th. i'm super excited about this new aspect of the ministry. i'm praying God will make it happen and that it will be awesome for not just the mentors but the sponsors as well.
but yeah... so it's been a good week, i've just felt kinda down. paul johnson's little girl brooke needs some prayer if you think about it and prof olney's sister took a turn for the worst this week... so hold them up if you have a chance.
gospel choir concerts this weekend.. and lindsey's parents are coming!!! yay keith and jana!! :) hope the weekend rocks. i'm sure i'll get some pics to share later. welpers, i love you. peace out.
molly taylor just emailed me this quote...
"Never let anything so fill you with sorrow that you forget the JOY of Christ risen!"
amen. :) he is RISEN!!! praise Him!
Monday, March 20, 2006
many pictures :)
so first of all i would like you to know that i'm still alive and haven't completley disappeared off of the face of this green earth. well, perhaps we should call it brown... it's missing the green which was rather disappointing on this first day of spring. but ah, well, you'll have that. so i have a lot a lot of pictures to share because this bloggy hasn't been working right. so i have a lot more pictures to go along with these... but it's slower than moses, so this is what you get for now. hope you likes!! have a great night! :)
SPRING BREAK
i started off my break with a visit to my cousin annie. it was a blast... we ate rice chow for dinner and then went to a heavy metal show. this band was amazing... they're called "Take Sides" and they're ska and metal combined. i am a massive ska fan and i LOVED the trumpet and saxophone. i wish i could be in a ska band!! :)
one night mom and me and caleb went roller skating for fun. it was a blast. caleb even requested a toby mac song and they played it... last song of the night. that was sweet!
friday morning jobo took me out for breakfast at i-hop. it was so yummy. and we had a great time chatting it up. i can't wait for him to be at olivet with me next year. i miss him so much all the time!!! i love my brother!!
on the last weekend of break, our family journeyed with the quizzers to indianapolis. nicole and i had a blast. we went to barnes and noble, starbucks, and explored indianapolis. here's some of my favorite shots of the two of us...
me and jessica sportin' the shades at target.
SPRING BREAK
i started off my break with a visit to my cousin annie. it was a blast... we ate rice chow for dinner and then went to a heavy metal show. this band was amazing... they're called "Take Sides" and they're ska and metal combined. i am a massive ska fan and i LOVED the trumpet and saxophone. i wish i could be in a ska band!! :)
here's annie and me in her car!
sunday nght was awesome. i was home and i got to help jonathan lead worship at youth group... and the coolest thing ever was that caleb was playing drums for the first time at church that night. so it was all three of us!! never has that happened before! it was awesome. i love my brothers!!!
after church i went to maggie's house and we hung out for a while. it was so good to see her and catch up... it's been way too long. i only wish we could have had more time! but someday soon we shall see each other again! :)
tuesday night mom planned an awesome surprise for us... she invited the jacob's over for dinner. it was so much fun hanging out with them!! sorry mom for all the anticipation crud we put you through. it really was an awesome time. i'll never forget it!!! and she made my favorite soup... chicken broccoli cheese!! yum!!!
one night mom and me and caleb went roller skating for fun. it was a blast. caleb even requested a toby mac song and they played it... last song of the night. that was sweet!
friday morning jobo took me out for breakfast at i-hop. it was so yummy. and we had a great time chatting it up. i can't wait for him to be at olivet with me next year. i miss him so much all the time!!! i love my brother!!
on the last weekend of break, our family journeyed with the quizzers to indianapolis. nicole and i had a blast. we went to barnes and noble, starbucks, and explored indianapolis. here's some of my favorite shots of the two of us...
this book was DISGUSTING!!! if you ever get a chance to read it... DON'T!!!
now this one wasnt' too shabby. "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!" Ha ha!
this is of nicole and i on saturday morning... we went to circle center mall to be goofy and try on dresses and whatnot, but it was closed. so we took this picture, walked around for forever, and then went and got starbucks across the street. it was nummy lucious!!
our quiz team won indi!!! this is a photo of the seniors at the invitational. i missed our team photo time. whoops!!
after indi, nicole and jonathan caleb and i were gonna go to a newsboys concert in ft.wayne, but it was sold out... so we hung out, ate chinese and then hooked back up with the quizzers in decater by the side of the road. this is the boys in the back seat shooting themselves with the camera. they'r goofy!!
on sunday, my birthday, i woke up really sick... a fever of 102.2. this is nicole dancing around the living room with a broom to the spooky song caleb "wrote expecially for me on my birthday" ha!! check out her face!!! dude... now, that's intense!!!
THE WEEKEND PAST
so this weekend was really awesome. it started out on friday when carolyn and rachel took me to my very first rebecca st. james concert. it was soo amazing! i LOVE rebecca st. james. someday i'm going to meet her. :)
barlow girl and jadon lavik opened for rebeccas st. james. they were awesome!! i am especially inspired by the drummer of barlow girl. wow... she is intense!! :) in these pics barlow girl is above and jadon lavik is below.
so here i am with carolyn and rachel at the concert. sweet pic, huh?
then, saturday morning... we all got up super early and went malling... me, allison, rachel, jessica (allison's beautiful married sister who is such a woman because she bough a house and they almost have a refrigerator!!!), rhonda and ashley. it was great fun.
me and jessica sportin' the shades at target.
crazy seesters!!! :)
aren't we beautiful??? allison.rhonda.ashley.me/jessica.rachel :)
then, saturday i went to michigan with jordan. we met up with jake and jordan played a worship service with him for celebrate life up there. it was really kewl... and the coolest part was that nicole met us up there for the service. it was sooo good to hang out with the sister. :)
this is alli's little brother david. he's awesome. i just love him.
WILLOWCREEK
on sunday we went to willowcreek. it was SOO amazing. it was really fun to be there with david and oye... esp. david, he was so excited. as jordan put it, "he's geeking out over there!" ha! it was amazing!
riding in the van
i'm so glad oye and heidi came!
at willowcreek!
jordan is a pirate and keith has a mullet
all of us... david, oye, jordan, keith, allison, me, rachel, heidi
heidi wanted obe swung by the big kids. ha ha. she's funny!
great picture right there!
our wonderful gut driver david.
TODAY
these are from our goofiness tonight. ha ha. allison's almost as afraid of lightbulbs as i am of birds!!! and she has a wicked sweet fro if i do say so myself!!! and rachel is an amazing lazarus... sound effects and all!!! i just love my roommates!!! (AND WE MISS AMANDA MORE THAN THE OCEAN!!!)
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