typical high schoolers.

Hey.
Just thought I'd let everyone know that...
I'm back where I started & in this case, I'm more than okay with it.
Yes,
I'm back to going to prom with...

                                                     this guy!

Anny.

I haven't wrote about her much, but she's been around for quite some time now.

                                                                 bloggies, meet Anny.

The world refers to her as Abby Altrath 

but to me, she's Anny my Simeon.

Simeon, like from the bible. She goes and fights battles with me.

Anny is the one who invited me to Sba camp.
She's the one who came to the rescue. 

The one who saw that I could be more than that teenager that I was.

We wrote bible verses/quotes to each other every day for a semester. To keep each other accountable.

Ever since Summer, the longest we've been apart has been maybe 2 -3 days.

She's weird okay.
no, i'm talking straight up, unlike anyone I've ever met.

We order Chinese food & sit on top of her car in the middle of parking lots and eat.

I make her play the guitar/piano and sing to me. She has crazy talent, that I wish she could see.

                                                  We tend to end up in grocery stores.

                                                         We always make breakfast.

This happens a lot. We don't agree on much. She finds the need to aggravate me by commenting on my every move.SO I nail her.

                                        We go to random churches & concerts.

                                                   Actually... we do a lot of random things.

                                                  She takes me out to eat (: til we run out of money.

                       We suck at following directions so we always end up in the middle of nowhere.

I like that she's different.
I like that she isn't afraid to be her.
I see Jesus in her and there hasn't been a time where
I've needed her and she wasn't there.

                          She's the type of person that helps you see the beauty of the world.

We both say the word "best friend" is overrated because no ones ever stuck
around either of us to prove otherwise.
So I'm not labeling her as anything. I don't need to.
She knows exactly who she is in my life.

The person that texts me at night and says "no bad dreams! okay?"
The person that says " I believe in the Lovely."
The person that sings like an Angel.
& makes my laugh because she says things like "my armhole"

That's the person I hope she always is.
The person that I hope someday can meet my children.

Thank you Anny.
For all the adventures we've been on these past 9 months.
They've been unbelievably amazing.

Work Crew.

Dear Nathallie , 

    We hope that you are excited about being on the SharpTop Cove work crew!
 We are looking forward to having you here and allowing God to work through all of us as we serve Him together.  

           The dates for your session at SharpTop Cove are June 16 - July 15, 2012 .
 You have a great ministry opportunity ahead of you. As you know, many campers look up to the Work Crew. Therefore, your work attitude and overall testimony can influence many lives and in some cases affect people's response to Jesus Christ and to others.
          Please be in prayer for all that is going on at SharpTop Cove in preparation for the summer, the guests that will be coming, and your teammates on Work Crew, Summer Staff, and Assigned Staff.  We are truly excited about what God has planned…and that you are a part of that plan.  See you at SharpTop Cove .

.As soon as June 16 rolls around.. I'll pack my bags and peace out for a month to a life changing experience. What better reason to leave, than to serve the Lord.
I hope he uses me in every single way possible, he's let me know more than once that I'm his instrument
I'm commanded to go make disciples of all nations, not just believers.

He turned my heart of stone into flesh and even though a rebellious streak still manages to show, he broke those chains..he changed my life, that's for sure.
Now I'm ready for more, I want my life to be completely turned over by the cross.
I really think this is the next step.



When I return...I'll be 17 and hopefully with my head on straight, refreshed, high off Jesus, and ready to take on my senior year.Sooooo Excited!  
I'm letting him chisel me into the original masterpiece he created me as. 

Probably the best thing that's happen to me in a while.
God is good. 

say it loud, say it proud.

7 more things you may or may not know about me..
As I wait for Damian to go play Soccer...


1. I wouldn't ever let you know but every time I walk in the movie theater my heart starts to race. I figured out that I fear dark rooms with crowded people. Perhaps because it reminds me of guns, or because it's loud and remind me of wrecks. Of course, I'm not absolutely petrified, but up until the movie starts there's crazy scenarios running through my head of what could go wrong in there

2. The National Anthem makes me want to pray..

3. I check the mail at least twice everyday. Even on Sundays, just because I enjoy the walk to my mailbox.

4. I have a favorite tree.

5.  My favorite number is 5,628 .. because I was a crazy 10 year old when I decided.

6. I make pancakes almost every Saturday morning.

7.  I  make sure to make it more than clear that I have a crush on my teacher, just because I love his reaction and facial expressions to my comments.

How to lose a prom date in 3 days.

Let me start by saying that one time I swallowed my eye contact; my left contact to be exact. Oh! & it was my very last pair. It decided to take a trip out of my eyeball and land on the floor, I had no solution handy so I just put it in my mouth to clean it. Say "I" if you have the God given ability to know when you're going to hiccup [if you said I, you my dear, are a liar]. That's exactly what happen, I hiccuped and my contact shot to the back roof of my mouth and before I could attempt to cough it up, it was a goner. Yes, I'm about to do a crazy analogy with losing a prom date and swallowing a contact.The series of unfortunate events that caused me to swallow my contact can be compared to the series of unfortunate events that caused me to lose my prom date.
1) I didn't plan either.
2) By no means were my responsive actions to these events with the intentions of swallowing my contact/losing my date.
3) I am fully aware that I could have done some things differently.
4) It wasn't the contact/ex-dates fault, at all.
5) I can't bring either back
6) Neither killed me.

What happens when you dislike school so you look forward to weekends. Then, your weekends turn out just as crappy?
I can't give you much advice on how to get a prom date, but I sure as heck can tell you how to lose one... & in 3 days...
I deserve a round of applause for having such bad luck.
I'm pretty down about it all but, you know, life happens.