New Blog

ok, I'm deleting this blog (eventually) and moving to thedaysofharvest.wordpress.com
so, if you feel like reading it you'll have to ask me for the password to read any of my posts..which I plan on writing things way more personal so not everyone can read it, even though I'm not even sure how many of you actually read this.. but ya know.
so yeah, itll be
way more personal (think like a diary)
private
and probably hardly read
so ask me for the password and you can be in my elite band of scalliwags ..dun dun dun!
oh, and it'll probably be funnier. (BO-NUS) so comment or email me or somethin cool like dat. and  I'll respond..

Jovi Katlyn

I have another niece! Been an aunt 5 times... Layla Tana Jovi Frankie & Slevin. I love them all soooo much. She is so cute... saw her at the hospital yesterday and I've been watching the girls since Sunday night.. it's been fun. :) Here's a link for a picture of her:
http://instagram.com/p/SeH9hRyAVA/?intent=comment
...hope that works.....
anyways, thats the latest and greatest. Have an awesome week!

boring.

wellp.. not much new...Janelle's coming home in 20 days! (right?) sooo excited!!! :D We have many plans for when she comes home... Bethany should be having her baby soon.. hopefully. Her doctor's thought about inducing her tomorrow (mon) but they apparently, decided not to, but she will have a dr's appt. tomorrow anyway, so we'll see if she'll go into labor then or not..I hope so...:] I'm ready for another niece. :] Yeah.. my life's been fairly boring of late, so I don't have much else to say... we've been practicing for the annual sunday school christmas program, so next sun is dress rehearsal at the fellowship hall and then I think that next weekend is all of the programs.. yaaay..It is really fun, though. We do 3 performances; 1 for Timber Ridge, 1 for another home for the handicapped, and then 1 for the sunday school. It's fun to talk to the kids and make them laugh along with the residents at the homes for the handicapped. :) So yeah, thats the latest and the greatest! Hope you have a great week!


(I've noticed how terrible my grammar is on here... but I really don't feel like fixing it, unless it really really really REALLY bugs you. then you'll have to tell me. then I'll fix it.)

Indy Outreach!

Got back at 3 today from Indy! It was a blast! Met a lot of new people, and just had fun. We got there a little late, but snuck in for lunch, ate, then we were off for our project. We went to a lady's house who had twins 2 weeks ago and she has 3 other boys, and just needed help catching up with housework and such. So we cleaned, and half of our group went and made her meals and then we all went shopping for them for their christmas presents. So it was fun :) we got back like an hour late for supper, and ate fast and went to the bible study/message in the sanctuary. The guy (terrible, I forgot his name... from Bluffton..) had the sermon on how Jesus, when he gave the disciples the wineglass, it was like He was proposing to them, which was crazy, but then that started the engagement. The engagement we are all in until Christ comes back for us, then the marriage and wedding feast will be held! So whenever we have communion its us remembering when He proposed... when He asked if we would love him, be His, and He ours...he was offering his life so that we could be together. But then he had to leave. He had to die to pay the dowry for us, so that He could pay for our freedom so that we could live with him. His death was the dowry. But now we're in the engagement process, and like normal engagements, you can't be with your fiance all the time. Jesus isn't human for us to be with now, but it's because he's preparing our house so that we will go and live with him. It's all so amazing. You just can't help but sing his praise... and that's exactly what we did. After the message, we went out to a (very very very cold) bonfire and sang. It was marvelous. Then people would tell about the projects they each did.. some went to Christ's pregnancy center CPC and painted their waiting room, I believe.. some went to a mission and took out their old bed bugged mattress bunk beds and replaced them with all steel army bunk beds (up 3 flights of stairs and quite heavy) and had to clean out 3 storage rooms of old moldy stinky spidery couches...yum. Then another group went to 'grandmas' and helped her put on a back bedroom to her trailer (she has her, her daughter & her husband & baby boy & a son? living in a trailer) then another group went a did a carnival day type thing at the church for whatever families wanted to come and have their kids play, aaand oh! the last group who got back quite late went to the jail. They said it was a completely awesome experience (I won't be able to give it justice, at all) but they said the jailers were so on fire and they all SO deeply appreciated them coming.. it was amazing hearing their stories. And I think that's it... I may be missing a project or 2...but yeah.. sooo after that we tried to stay warm and such and went to the homes we were staying in! I stayed at the Mustard's (isnt that the coolest last name ever??) and we talked... ate food... went to bed, cuz church was in the morning! Made it there, went to first service (on proverbs 28 & the beautitudes) and it was good :) then we ate lunch (which was DELICIOUS! we had CHILI!!  like actual CHILI!) it was soooo good. I dont think peoria has ever had chili.....ever.....but yeah.. delish. but then we had to leave after lunch because some of us had to get home for family things.. and yeah :) thats about it! Have a good week!!

mini update

Not too terrible much new... went to the eye dr and the ortho today... ortho I got my retainer tightened and eye dr I'm gettin some new glasses! Hopefully they'll come next week! They're kinda hipster/retro.... and I really like em... a lot. I can't wait to get them...We'll see how much I actually wear them in public though... ever since contacts, I won't be going back to glasses easily... aaand um... not much else going on....still workin on schoolwork and everythan else.... here's a picture of jellyfish. yaaay.

read read read

So, just got the book Jesus Calling at tonight's vendor night, and if you haven't bought it yet, BUY IT! its a phenomenal book!! It's a day by day devotional and it's super! So, go to your local christian bookshop (maybe even a regular bookshop) and get it! k? got that? oh, and I guess read it too..

im baaack

back from vacation, back to reality
Had fun in Gulf Shores... nice n hot :) got burned, but I think I'm already starting to peel... I'm very itchy. My birthday was pretty lame.. drove home, got home went to Nelson's for zac&ruths shower (that was the hilight) ...yup, then went to bed to get up early cuz we served lunch! yup.. excitinngg :P so yeah, thats a very brief update! not much else is new... just going through life like everyone else. Trying to serve God the best I can.

Kokomo

Getting hyped for getting ready to head to gulf shores next weekend! I LOVE fall, but I wasn't exactly ready to give up summer so soon... hopefully I'll get my last fling in, then enjoy my hoodie and jeans weather with my coffee and blankets <3 i love fall sooo much :) The reason I'm going to gulf shores, is partially for my birthday which is the 6th! yay! :P and to babysit nieces and their friends and stuff...I just miss the beach. Ever since this spring in Mexico, I realize how much I love hot weather, but I do still love fall and leaves and snuggling. :] anywwaayy... God is SO good. You know that, right? SO AMAZING! He knows everything about you and loves you for being YOU! He takes delight in you just being yourself. Like a parent enjoying just watching their child is how he views you. Sure, He doesn't like it when we sin, but you don't have to be doing work for Him for Him to love you. He loves you aaaaall the time. so much, ok?

tis so sweet to trust in Jesus!

I feel like I'm soaring with Jesus... have been for the past 4 weeks. It's AMAZING to say the least!! I feel so close with Jesus right now... I feel as if we connect completely at one point, then throughout the day we tend to drift and there's times He shows me something and I learn and I love Him even more.. then when it reaches night we're just as close as we were... it's so lovely! I wish it could stay this way forever...it seems it never does. and I'm dreading the day it weans. but for now I'll enjoy the sweet closeness....:) God has been teaching me what it's like to fully trust, and not doubt Him, and know that he knows EVERY thought and EVERY detail about you! He loves you SOOOOO much!!!! Like, you have no idea how much He loves you!! And he desires such a CLOSE  relationship with you!! sigh.... and the more you're with Him the more you crave Him.. the more you want to go deeper... the more you want to do ANYTHING for Him. even die. that's intense love. and it's so beautiful

I'm in love...

He is amazing. He loves me way more than any man could. He rejoices over me, sings over me, watches over me, and never ever leaves me. I am forever in His care. I'm never totally faithful though. Sometimes I play the whore and reject Him, even after all He's done. Once I'm at my lowest point is when He comes back to rescue me and love me. He never stops loving me. I am His bride. Not even death can separate us. We are bound together with blood. His dowry was His death. He payed my Father by dying for me. He truly loves me. His name is Jesus. We are to be wed once He comes back for me. I don't know when that is, all I know is that it will be the perfect time. We will marry and He will lift the veil from my eyes and I will be able to see everything clearly. It's all so amazing.. I can't wait!

hey......long time no see...

well hi there.. this is pretty pathetic that I haven't been on here in so long. but I'M ON! *applause* I want to say not much new, but there's plenty new, I just have no idea where to start. Uhm. hm.. I guess I could go with Mexico...
it was a BLAST!! Loved the kids, loved the weather, loved the people there.. completely awesome. I would love to go back and live there <3 so lovely. It's almost like Israel with the deserts and mountains... but really not that much. I did end up getting fairly sick while we were there....throwing up and the like.. pretty sure I hurled on a tarantula. yum. but I still had so much fun. One little girl there, Millie, always stayed by herself or with the people who lived there & never went to us kids. So a different toddler who was there would kinda play with me, so Millie, her, and another child would kindof all toddle together, so I would just sit in the middle and help them if they needed help and just interacted when they got close. Not to force myself to them, but willing to play if they wanted. (I knew if it were my nieces it would've been the same way. you gotta take it slow) So then Millie and I kinda started playing this "game". It started out with just high fiving each other... then whenever she would highfive me I would do a note. Then she'd do it again; another note. Eventually it made "Jesus loves me" or "twinkle twinkle little star". So then she and I would always start to play together doing these weird clapping games. Then we found a broken highchair that basically became a booster seat, and she decided she wanted to jump from it. So first I said...one....twooo... threeee... JUMP! and she'd jump and we'd laugh, then she'd climb back up and we'd do it over and over again. Then I switched it to.. uunoo... doos.....treeeeess...SALTA! and we'd jump and laugh & I'd grab her into my lap and hug her and tickle her and kiss her head.. then she would just rest her head on my chest and we'd just sit there.... I wanted to take her home soooo bad. She was so sweet, so cute, so loving... you just couldn't rush her. She first came to the orphanage when she was a few months old and about  6 pounds. so tiny and malnourished. somebody dropped her off at the door, so they took her in and fed her and she's still small for her age, but still so much better. so they named her Milagro.. or Millie... which is miracle. Anyway, she was the highlight of my trip. :)
theenn... what else has happened in my life... Bethany's due in november so that means another niece! (even though Layla is praying for a boy & everyone just thinks it'll be a boy... we shall see!)  and.. what else... Dan & Dalia are moving away :( to Ohio. they want to own a farm in Canada since it's cheaper... they've always had big dreams. Let's see where they end up in life...but I will for sure miss Slevin and Frankie like crazy!! sigh... hm...my birthday's coming up in october!! crazy... I'll be 17. thats so crazy. I still feel like I'm 12 or something half the time...17 doesn't seem right. But I may be in Gulf Shores for my birthday!! Bethany & her friends go down there every year for a vacation with the kids, so I'd be a babysitter.. still gulf shores! Let's hope hurricane Isaac doesnt destroy it COMPLETELY.
So yeah... been learning lots from God, always. And He will always be my true love.  :) ciao

WARNING: MUSHY GUSHY GIRL STUFF AHEAD

....ok... I'll admit it.


......I'm jealous of Joanna.

THERE! I SAID IT!... I guess it's only natural after seeing my sister becoming inseparable from her fiancee for the past several weeks, that the jealousy would start to set in. (worst grammatical sentence ever... but you get my point.) I guess I'm inspired... and waiting. I know im 16. I know I've got like at least 8 years. I know I should focus on deepening my relationship with God. I know I should stop whining.... but I'll blame it on being a girl and noticing every little thing a guy does and trying to ignore it but thinking of the very possibility he might like me then pretty much planning out my entire life with this guy that has looked at me 2 times and we'll probably never meet again. Pretty pathetic.
Slowly the feelings start to leave and I'm ok, and I get freaked out when I think about living with my husband, without parents, making my own money, and trying to live. Yeaaah, not happening... at least not yet....and hopefully not for awhile....
Let's just say its a struggle. and it's one every girl goes through. Some try to do it themselves and end up having their heart shredded to pieces and just having another guy added to their ever growing lists of boyfriends. it's so pathetic. Ive read before that dating is just preparing you for divorce because you date however many guys and end up breaking up anyway, and people put such a spotlight on dating that it's practically like a bunch of little marriages.
Anyway.. I guess I've written enough now.... I just was reminded that a guy from an AC church read a girls entire blog before asking to marry her... crazy, but I'm ok if my guy  does do that...so far I haven't written anything TOO embarrassing....