Well, I know it's been a while since I have written anything. A lot has gone on.

First off, my foot is healing pretty well. I am wearing an air cast and TWO shoes instead of one :o) That's pretty cool. Pretty soon I will be running and dancing and hiking all over the place!

Second, my friends Heidi and Jake came up two weekends ago from the cities. That was cool because they are awesome and I haven't seen them in a while.

Third, I started a new job where I work from 10pm-9am Sun-Thurs. It's kinda hard being at work by that time, but it's also been good because I don't really have anything there to distract me so I go to bed at 1030-1100 at night. It's been sweet catching up on sleep. This past week though was tough. The friken' World Series was on and I went to my friends, Josh Dan and Bert, house and watched the game for a while and then had to leave around 930 to get back to my job, listen to it on ESPN the radio, getting to my job and turn on the TV to finish watching the game. I did this 3 of the 4 games. It was tough, but the guys are great and hopefully there will be more sporting events to watch with them.

fourth, I went to Youth Convention as a leader wit hmy church this past weekend. It was good. God is working in our kids and the group was good. Two of the nine kids that went seperated themselves from the group, but for the most part everyone got along. They related to the speaker, Herbert Cooper from OK and a few responded to a call to ministry and a few also responded to a call to re-dedicate their lives again to Christ. There is nothing more satisfying then seeing teens being challenged and getting what God is saying. Actually, any time we see someone respond to God we need to rejoice with the Angels because that means that the vail that God Lifted from ones face has been accepted and they are choosing to deny their strength and allowing God to move thorugh them. How beautiful is that?

now that the catching up is done....

Through working at night and staying far away from everyone has become difficult. I work in the afternoons and evenings and do nothing during the day time. So I find myself filling it with hanging out with people and "doing things" to pass the time. I have forgotten to really take the oppertunity to rest. God has given me this time and I am letting is slip by me. I was talking with a friends yesterday and I realized that I was just complaining about everything. It seems that nothing is going "right" and everything that I was talking about was bad. She "hit me upside the head" with some tough love. Sure if I keep on focusing on the negative that will be the only thing I see. It's intersting how I get so side-tracked when I am seeking out God and what he wants for me and then I some how take my eyes off him and start to focus on the situation and what "needs" to be done. I have the "if I don't do something about it, then it won't get done" mentality. When did I learn this? and Oh, how I wish that I could un-learn it. So, it's been a journey. Im not embracing the process so much right now, but at least I acknowledge what I am facing right now and now it is something to start praying to do something about it. Romans 7 is what's going on right now.
Now it's another day of work and another day to give thanks to our God and King because his love endures forever. Peace.

Some pics from Youth Convention... and Heidi

I sat at the foot of a really fun tree and these were some things that I saw while I sat there.


Addison, Emily and I went for a walk and these were two statues next to each other.

Addison and Emily- They are great!

Me,Terra, Melissa

Heidi and I

Sam, Joel, Danielle, Reed, and PN

We found this random "Four-square" sculpture in Rochester

"Ohio (Come Back To Texas)"
Bowling for Soup

She said she needed a break
a little time to think
but then she went to Cleveland
with some guy named Leelan
that she met at the bank

There's nothing wrong with Ohio
except the snow and the rain
I really like Drew Carey
and I'd love to see the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame

So when your done doing whatever
and when your thru doing whoever
you know Denton County will be right here waiting for you....

Come back to Texas
Its just not the same since you went away
Before you lose your accent
and forget all about the Lonestar State
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
and I've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sux north of here anyway

I think I made a mistake
Its not that easy to take
She went to make a deposit
then she cleaned out her closet
Guess I'll sit here and wait

For her to come back home (I'd wish you come back home)
it shouldn't take very long (so long so long)
i bet she misses the sunrise
and misses the fruit flies but i could be wrong

Troy Aikmen wants you back
Willie Nelson wants you back
NASA wants you back
and the Bush twins want you back
and Pantera wants you back
and Blue Bell wants you back

I got a premonition
I'm taking a petition
and the whole state's gonna sign
Come back to Texas
Its just not the same since you went away
Before you lose your accent
and forget all about the Lone Star State
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
and I've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sux north of here anyway

Well, Thanks Sister for the song. I appriciate it.
I didn't leave Texas for a boy.
I have never been to a rodeo that I enjoyed (but Im sure I would now if I went to one).
Slow dancing is fun (with the right person).
And it's true: Mexican food does suck up here compared to down there. We have no Chuy's up here :o(

But, I do miss the Lones Star state. I don't think anyone could forget it- it's too stinkin' huge! people forget about Alaska, it's a pretty quite state.
I miss seeing the gi-normous Texas Flags flying EVERYWHERE!!!
But when God is doing something in your life, and sure times are hard, I don't want to run away anymore. I know I am here for a reason. And I am praying that I will continually allow God to Change me into his image.
I love you Mom and Sister, but you will just have to deal with the one week visits. If only you could be here and understand. The people are great and there are so many different oppertunities up here. Mom: you did the same thing when you were my age, so I know you understand. I wish I would enjoy being down there permanently, but because of you, Mom, I have a heart that roams and desires to travel.
I Love Y'all. And don't worry, I never had an accent in the first place...well, maybe a little one. My friends say that when I talk to my mom I will have a little twang ;o)

Glorietta

Overnight You take away the weeping,
wake me from my sleeping and I greet the morning light.
Overwhelmed I turn my face to see you,
Once again I'm free to live my Glorietta life.
The sun rises on me in the morning without regard to emotion
If I cry myself to sleep,
is it swollen eyes that cause me not to see?
What if I cried myself asleep tonight, separate from You?
You still beckon in the morning, every morning.
I won't be separate from you.
~Morning September

As I was listening to this song, the last line really hit me:
"I won't be separate from you"
There is nothing that we can do to be separate from God. How awesome is that? Sure we can pull ourselves from Him and He can seem distant, but even still, He is there.
Jesus took sin upon himself and felt,saw, experienced everything we have, therefore he is able to relate with us in any situation.
When Jesus died on the cross, God turned his face away because he couldn't look at the sin that Jesus had taken on. Jesus was willing to take on all the sin ever committed (past, present, future), and die because He wanted us to be with Him. That's how much He loves us and would do anything for us, me. When Jesus died He knew that He was greater than death, and How much more powerful God was than the enemy. So Jesus trusted the Father when He asked if the cup would pass from Him, "But not my will be done but yours be done".
He had so much confidence in God. That was the only way it could be done.

I know this is stuff that we already know. But for myself, I get so used to hearing the same thing over and over, that I become calloused. I don't want to become calloused. I wish to always be sensitive and be open to what God is wanting to tell me. I have a hard time reading the same scripture over and over because I feel like I won't get anything out of it. But that's what so cool about the Holy Spirit, and how he can show you something new in the same scripture that you have heard all your christian life. This is something that I am continually reminding myself and struggle with.
If I cannot be separate for God, then He is around me always. Which means that He is willing to show us something new any time we ask. I just need to learn to be paitent and wait for him to reveal it.

A nice bruise

So the good news is that it isn't broken. So the first pic was about 10 min after it happened. I was trying to intercept a frisbee. I stepped on my friend, Tyler's, foot and then I heard a *pop*. I stopped, dropped and literally rolled into a ball. I didn't want to look at my ankle because I was afraid that I really did hurt it- you know the whole "if I can't see you, you arent' there" thing. BUt when I looked, I started to cry because I didn't have insurance to cover a hospital visit. So I sucked it up, had some IBuprophen, elevated it and didn't walk on it. BUt 24 hours later I started to walk on it. Saturday night, Sunday and Monday I was walking on my hurt foot. Monday I went to a free clinic and was able to get a free boot and crutches. The diagnosis was a severe sprained ankle which means I tore some ligaments off the bone, hence the bleeding and brusing. The other pics were taken this evening after a few hours of not being elevated rightly. So it's a little more swollen then normal. Well, now the bruising well start to go away. I think it looks worse than it already is. So that's me in a nutshell. Enjoy and pray for a speedy recovery. Peace.