Tuesday, April 25, 2006

gospel choir tour!! :)

so this weekend was AMAZING!!! i went with the gospel choir to detroit, michigan where we hung out and sang at the church of the nazarene there. they were having some sort of a youth rally and warren rogers went with us. it was a blast. these are the many MANY pictures that we took this weekend!!! i hope you likes!! and thanks for praying for me! :)

our first servicee.. the choir above and the "makeshift" praise team below. ha! :)

miss amy slonecker and i hanging out on the bus!!
zeke was telling everyone how he wasn't in any pictures last year, so one of my first pics was of him... and this is alexis and courtney. aren't they just beautiful? :)
dude... bus rides in the night... with the cohen's and neal and rich are HILARIOUS!!!! i laughed so hard i almost wet myself!! :)
ha!! i spoiled the lovely picture of whitney and melissa!! :)
courtney and linzers were seatmates for the night!
awe... so beautiful!! whitney, amy and melissa!!
the amazing backseaters that crack me vertical!!! you've got biannca, neal, robin, rhonda cohen, rich, eric cohen, danielle, and tammy. they are awesome!!! :)
not sure what's going on with the light.. we were all really disappointed, this woulda been a great one. but it's kinda funny. courtney's face is just messed up!! :)
late night rendezvous with my girls... anne above and amy below. (she's hopping her bunny... HA!)

late night tatoo parlor open for buisness... come one, come all... and let amy surprise you with a tatoo that says... "Christ is Risen" ha... who does that anyhow?? you're funny bunches! :)


on saturday we all went to kim kostoroff's house for a barbeque that turned out to the the most amazing lunch ever with wraps and fresh fruit and cookies and chips and soda... it was the works!!!

here we have o-e (holly) and tiffany looking precious and beautiful as always!! :)
me and linz and ann!! :) i just love ann... and i love her smiles!! they melt my soul. :)
a group picture with kim's mommy.
a random group shot... where no one's looking and it just makes me smile... check out whitney and holly's faces!! i LOVE it!! :)

after lunch the five of us (genesis, lindsey, ann, amy and me) snuck off to go to a park. i have never had so much fun with a camera, a swingset and a slide!!! it's rocked my socks. sorry there's so many pictures to load, but i'm not really cuz they are all amazing and totally worth the wait!!! :)

walking there... kewl take huh?
so amy decides she wants to climb this thing whatever it was, but she needed help... so here i am to save her day... a little boost...
a little leverage...
some shoulder action...
and in return she crushes my head!!
ha ha!!! that's nasty... i'm actually touching your dirty foot!!
oh ha ha you're such a monkey amy!! and i can't really breathe!!! :)
THEY HAD A CURLY SLIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

we set my camera up on timer setting and took some shots of all of us piled on the slide... the one above is me getting it set up and ready... the rest are just awesome. :)




lindsey kline makes me laugh so hard!! i just love her!!! :)
although, that amy girl cracks me up too... this is pretty much the funniest picture ever!! :)
dude.. YES!!! check these two out... the one below is my FAVORITE ever!!! :)

awe, i love genesis peterkort!! :)

AND A SWINGSET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

anne's feet... you're right, amy, it is a good shot!! :)
the butterfly...





ha ha ha ha!! what great fun that was!!!
i love this one of linz!! it looks like she's hugging her shadow... or at least trying to! :) they piled on me... i thought my rib cage would break... but, oh, how fun!!!
dude.. this girl climbs EVERYTHING!!!! :) ha ha!!
um... for a second there nobody thought you'd be able to get down... and remain alive and fully functioining. but you did. so glad.
i love this one... althhough, i couldn't quite make it to the top... i wish i'd had my tennis shoes. they are amazing. can't really climb things in clogs!!
we all discussed how beautiful michigan is. i really love it there. check out these gorgeous flowers!!!
if i don't live overseas or in indianapolis someday i think i might move to michigan. it's just lovely.
after our adventures in the park we rejoined the group and sat in the sun in a big circle talking about church. how funny!!!
yes, that is eric. and yes, that is a sock. and yes, he is preaching INTO THE SOCK!!! oh my goodness gracious!! i laughed sooo hard.

after all that... we went back to the hotel, took showers and got ready in like 20 minutes (all 3 of us... record time, booh-ya basby!) and then headed back to the church for dinner and the evening service.our table at dinner was pretty fun. and dinner was pretty good. ha ha... anne smelling the lovely FAKE roses. :)


THE CUP GAME!!! i finally know how to play!! and it was sooo much fun!!! :)
and here are all the lovely ladies that make proclamation gospel choir what it is! this is early sunday morning on our way to church. i was SLEEPY!!! :)
our last service.
what a bunch of stud muffins!!! oh... that reminds me of a joke!! "so there's these two muffins in an oven. the one muffin looks at the other muffin and says, 'man it's hot in here' and the other muffin exlaims 'AH!!! A TALKING MUFFIN!!!'" ha ha!! that right there goes out to lindsey kline. anyways... the guys above are kj, zeke, rich and eric
jessica, robin, grant, lydia, courtney and janice looking stunning!! MY NEW RA!!! yay!!! i love melissa hurd!! :)
zeke... you're goofier than i'll get out!! :)
our lunch table... beth, melanie, genesis, jessica, amy, me, melissa, and linzers
i lOVE this picture of me and amy and linz!!! aren't we just gorgeous!?!
and this is the one and only eric sebastian cohen all the way from mississippi ladies and gents!! (not really) oh my goodness, he is FUNNY!!! :)

and the final picture i shall leave you with is of the entire gospel choir minus latoyia. i love proclamation!!! :)

Thursday, April 20, 2006

will you please pray for me???

so sunday i'll probably post some pics from gospel choir tour... until then, can you pray for me??? i am sooo stressed out and my head/stomach hurts and i just want to cry. there's sooo much going on. tests, papers, and so many concerns: band stuff, friends, my family. i'm in need of your help and prayers. thanks a bunch. i love you and i'm sure i'll have an amazing post for you sometime sunday or monday. take care!!


Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.
-1 Peter 5:7

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
-Philippians 4:6-7

rap

this is my really good buddy james hall dean jr. (it's really james dean hall jr.) and he wrote me up a rap. he's awesome. i love him. keep praying for joe!!

Yo heres a little rap for a friend named Kara Joy
she is a girl so she aint no boy
she loves Jesus much
and she aint yours to touch
unless you marry her yo
if you hear what im sayin
kara joy aint playin
she comes from a family called Burkey
that family name rhymes with Turkey
i know i suck at rapping but its alright
cuz if you got a problem with it we might havta fight

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

PLEASE PRAY FOR JOE!!!!!!!!!!!

meet joe mullikin. :)dude, so yesterday was horrible for joe... he's in my band playing guitar and singing. he fell off his bike last night and maybe broke, maybe shattered but something his elbow. he was in the emergency room last night and this morning and goes back tomorrow for 2 mri's, one at 8:15 and the other at 1 where they'll determine what exactly happened to the elbow. pray for joe!! and pray that it's only a break!! if the elbow's ligaments are torn or severed or whatever else he could possibly not be able to play the guitar for 6 months and probably not be able to travel with us this summer. pray for him today if you think about it. he hurts a lot and we all really want him to be ok and pain free and travel material for the summer. pray that we would all trust God on this one and just surround joe with love. thanks much.

"All our falls are useful if they strip us of a disastrous confidence in ourselves, while they do not take away a humble and saving trust in God."
-From the Book "The Unquenchable Worshipper" by Matt Redman

Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
-Psalm 30:5