Friday, June 19, 2009

"Swing low, sweet chariot...


...Comin' for to carry me home"


That song has a nice tune (:


Anyways, this past week has been a blast! In most ways at least. I think the only bad part was waking up at atleast seven every morning. Mornings are...yuck, at least the waking up part, other than that they're fine :D


VBS (Vacation Bible School) was going on at my church. Why did I sign up for Recreation when you have to be outside from 9-12? Cause it's flipping awesome! That's why. It was very hot, but so worth it. I signed up for 3rd grade recreation, so technically I wasn't outside every single minute but for the most part I was. I would go up stairs, get a group of about thirty kids and go down outside and hang out with them. So yeah, I was outside for the most part (:


The kids are SO cute! I know there was like, a TON of kids there, but it was cool to hang with them outside and just randomly start talking to a kid, they're easy to talk to, just go up and say "Having fun?" and then they take over haha. Some of them were......well, I can't say, haha. For the most part though they were all well behaved.


The day would start out where we could take the kids to the Playhouse Theater and they would sing, do the pledges, and some other stuff. Then we would take them to the big assembly room for that grade and they would be split up to go to either Bible Lesson, Crafts or Recreation. Then I would go with the kids as already said and just hang.


It's really cool to see what they have to say and how they act, they're so innocent and just want to have fun. I enjoyed it greatly! Next week is looking pretty....un-busy compared to this week but I am so glad that I can sleep in tomorrow. Maybe until like, ten? Awesome!


Besides this week, summer has been pretty good! I have hung out with friends, been to the beach quite a lot, well, like, maybe ten times from when summer started, or almost that much, I don't know exactly. Anna has been gone for like, a week or two now, it's pretty sad. The house is SO quiet, sort of. I mean, it's still loud but not in the way Anna can only make it :) Jessica just left today, that's another bummer :/ But she's only gone for a month, unlike Anna who's gone until AUGUST D: I think I might die.


I hit Jessica's car mirror. Her right one. With my bike. It broke, and she didn't notice until on her way to the airport. I was going to tell her, but then I thought it might be better not to worry her about that before she left, and then I could buy her a new one, but oh well.


I need a job, at Chick-Fil-A at the Town's Center. That would be the best thing ever!


Well I have a dog sitting job this week until tomorrow, so I have to go check up on him and put him away for the night. Tomorrow, sleep in, chores, and Towns Center/Star Trek, awesome!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

When Life Gives You Lemons...

Make Lemonade, of course!
Y'all have probably heard that saying, or some other form of that saying sometime in your young years. Well, it's sort of true.
Lately, I've been realizing that life is changing a lot, and there are descisions that my friends, family and I need to make that will really start changing life and making it a whole new world (Haha, I like that song :P). We are going to have to choose between different paths for school, relationships, and what goals we put first in our life.
I've seen people who have decided what they are going to do in life, and then a few years later just totally leave that behind and pick something else.
It's actually very scary to me because this isn't some game we are playing, it's our lives, that hopefully we will be living for 70 years and more. That's a /long/ time!
Summer, thankfully, has given me and probably others time to think. Think about what road they are going to take, the easy one that probably doesn't lead to the best destination or the thin rocky path that leads to paradise.
I know this might sound crazy, but I'm for real. I hope that as I am older, my priorities stay in focus with Jesus, and that I follow the path he wants me to take because right now, and forever, he is the most important thing EVER. And I just pray that I don't give him up for some selfish earthly desire, whether it be school or friends.
I guess I'm just saying this because I've seen it done. People say that God has called them to this certain field and then just a little later they are doing something totally different and it's like, did God really call them to the other thing, or are they just ignoring Him? Hm...
Just something I don't want to happen to me I reckon.
When life seems to throw stuff at you, cling to God and make the best of the situation.


Bertha