Mexico

well here i was thinking i would have so many things to write about mexico. and i can't even process this whole experience. when people ask me how it was all i can say was amazing! it was such a great experience that it just blows my mind. I don't know what words to use to describe it. One of the things that God taught me on this trip that i spoke about Sunday, was the power of patience and listning. Im so busy all the time and god really spoke to me when I listened to him and took time out of my day for him. I never thought that God talked to me but i know now that i was just not listning to him and making him important. Another thing that happened on this trip that was really fun was going to adult evangalism. This one night we went to a new neighborhood and about a dozen people gave their lives to God. That was truely amazing. Church on Wednesday night was sooo powerful. Even though we were worshiping in Spanish, it still touched my heart. I loved all the songs. God blessed all of us, i know it. I have become so much closer with him. But what do i do next? Amanda Bendel told us a few things that she recommended we do after the missions trip. One thing that im definatly going to do is continue my prayer journal. Other than that im sorta unsure. Anyone got any ideas???

band trip!

heyy guys, man i had soo much fun on the band trip. Here's how it went:
MONDAY
i woke up at 5:45, yeah im an early bird... showered and dressed and went to school. We packed up the bus and left for red Deer at about 7:30 ish. and yeahh so the bus ride there was fun. i mostly watched movies and listened to my iPod. I sat with Vicky (who plays trombone) and behind me were two grade 9 boys who were trying to flirt witgh me. they kept winking at me and then they would play with my hair and then they would slap their ties on my head.. not fun..... oh well. so the first thing we did was drive to an elementry school and perform there. it was sooo funny cause all the kids were pluging their ears...haha it was soooo loud. then we went to the hotel and checked in and stuff. For dinner I had chinese food at the mall and then we shopped for a bit which was sorta boring. The highlight was that some of the dumb grade 9 boys got escorted out of the mall by the security gaurds for shooting us with nerf guns..ahahahah... that was awesome. then we went back to the hotel and swam for a bit and then afterwards the party started. katelynn, Kayla and Caitlin and me were all in a room together. We all bought 10 dollers worth the junk food and ma was there a lot. There was red bull, starbucks frappacinos, chocolate, everything! then some of the guys came into our room and we listned to music and watched them dance really badly..haha yeah. then Kayla and I stayed up packing and ironing our shirts till 2:00 am..lol then we had to wake up at 6:15...uggg

TUESDAY:

Well waking up wasn't too bad. I was the first one up and i just hopped out of bed and started washing my face and brushing our teeth. Then the other girls got up and we got some of the guys and we all walked down for some breakfast. It was kinda gross.. a crappy cup of coffee and a frozen cinomen bun... yay... oh well it wasn't too bad. at least it was food. anyways, then we all went back upstairs and the guys came into our room to hang out for a bit and then the teacher came and shes like you guys have to get ready!!!! and we were all still in our Pjs and so the guys went out.. lol all except for Mark and he was hiding in the window sill but then Mrs. Mortenson (teacher) looked for him and we heard him scream and run cus his leg got stuck in the window sill..hahaha yeah then we left and drove to the college and played fairly well. We had an adjudication and then sight reading. After that we listned to two bands and it was off on the road again. we had A and W for lunch and drove some more and like 2 hrs later we had dinner at Boston Pizza. I wasn't hungry at all so me and Adam shared some hot wings. Haha all the guys kept taking the sugar packets and eating them. Then we drove. I slept the whole way pretty much and yeahh.. then i got home and went straight to bed.

It was sooo much fun but soo exhausting. anyways, i got to go. love you all and I miss you. 2 DAYS!!!! (to mexico if ur wondering...) heeheeeeeee

What is Faith?

FAITH--->seeking and knowing Jesus
FAITH-->complete confidence in a person or plan
FAITH-->believing iin something that we can't see our touch

Faith was the topic of discussion last night at youth. It was very interesting. Faith is something most Christians struggle with. It's so hard to trust God with everything, your life, your family, your friends, your future....
We all know that God loves us and he wants the best for us, so why is it so hard to give everything over to him?
because we like to control our life. most of us think that we don't need help from God, we can control our life. But really, we need God to control our lives. Without him we are hopeless. we need God to be our provider, we don't need to worry about anything. Faith is hard to have... but when you do, its amazing. One interesting thing said last night was a quote from the screwtape letters by C. S. Lewis (who is an amazing author by the way). it said that if a person who didn't have any faith when they are in a situation but still did the right thing (what God wants), that is what frusterates the demons the most. Anyways, i just thought that was cool.

missions

well i think that last nights meeting was one of the most fun ones ever. the food was amazing!!! thanks sooo much lynn. and yeah the foot washing was really interesting and tickly too..lol but it made me feel very greedy and bad because i felt like someone was being a servant to me, id rather be the servant. i know God is going to use all of us in Mexico and it is going to be an experience that we will never forget. We willbe His servants. Last night's meeting made it all seem real to me. not like well mexico is coming and well yeah... its like WHOOOHOOO ITS MEXICO!!! lol im pumped for it and its going to be an awesome time, especially in terms of bonding with eachother. I think that its going to really be like we are all brother and sisters in Christ. I've got sooo much packing and whatnot to do and plus on Monday and Tuesday I'll be in Red Deer, AB (srry its Alboyta for me and steph..grr Steph and I) for a band trip. woot!! and that means late nights, and movies and food!!! hahah are plan is to bring popcorn and go to the front desk and ask them to pop it all for us.. yuppers.. well i got to go study some more. reallly nervous for my test but not toobad. i know God is gunna help me get through this and im just thinking of how good its gunna feel when its all over and done with. Anyways, i better go. Love you all!!!

another embarassing story...

well on friday, i was opening my locker in the gym. my lockers one of the little ones on the bottom row. i bent over and swung my locker open and i like totally banged my nose realllllly hard on the edge. it really hurt! luckily nobody was there but i have a red bruise on my nose...lol yes that is my story...

hahahaaahahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

<--- steamy Jack sparrow..haha steph that was for you!!!!!!!!!!

guess wat? the funniest thing just happened! there was a police man in my house, yes i know it doesn't sound that funny right now but just listen to my story. Well my mom walked in the house and our alarm went off. she forgot to key in the code to shut it off so the people at securtek tried to phone her to see if everything was okay...cept my mommy was on the phone. so they sent a police man over. so heres grace, standing by my back door with the baby and a police man walks into my house! and i was like uhhhhhh.. my mom says oh im sorry i was on the phone! and yeah so he asked her if everthing was okay and she was like yeah. then he said have a nice day and walked out! so yeah... the he came back again because i dropped my cell phone getting out of tanners car and he picked it up and gave it to me...lol so yeah... my family is super cool...