I've decided I want the iphone 4 for graduation in May. I've never had the internet on my phone and have always had the older kinds where all you can do is call and text. Hopefully by May the price will go down some.
Yesterday, Sunday, I taught high school sunday school in the morning, helped in the 2 year old class during the 2nd service, went to lunch with some people, then came back to the church right after for a meeting, went home and took an hour nap, and came back up to the church to help with youth group. Whew! Long day!
One 2 year old went around with a basket and went to each kid, snatching one of their toys and putting it in her basket. It was funny to see that some just sat there and cried, doing nothing about it, and others yelled and tried to hold on for dear life or tackle her as she walked away. When I came over and told the girl to stop taking everybody's toys, that there are tons of other toys in the room, she pitched a fit and cried and balled up on the floor as if I had just taken her toy away. I just let her lay there for a min and then she got up and went on her way.
The meeting was for planning for a new Sunday night service at my church that will start in January. It's exciting to be on the planning part of it. I might be one of the alternate singers as well. The serivce will be geared towards young adults.
I've gotten some homework done today, but I just have the itch to read a book and write in my journal instead of do homework. BAH! But homework must be done first!!!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Kenya
Tonight I went to a dinner for Kenya stuff, and after most people left it was just a handfull of us that had been to Kenya that were cleaning up and talking and stuff. Since we've all been to this life-changing thing, I feel like we are all close. Sadly we don't get together but a few times a year, but I know that most of them would do anything for me and vice versa. It's how church should be. That community that seems to be lacking sometimes. It's good to know that most of them are there for me.
Humphrey Kanga is in the picture below with me.... he lives in Kenya and is here in America for 3 months. He helps with all the kids we sponsor.
Humphrey Kanga is in the picture below with me.... he lives in Kenya and is here in America for 3 months. He helps with all the kids we sponsor.
What would make a great day for me
I think when people answer this is says a lot about themselves. What they like to do, if they're more introverted or extroverted, what energizes them or rejuvinates them, what they consider relaxing. Here's mine.
A GREAT day would look like.....
-Starbucks. Preferably with a friend to talk to for an hour or two along with that.
-Reading a book
-Writing in my journal or some other type of writing
-Watching Gilmore Girls, Make It Or Break It, or Friends
-Doing something with a friend (or more than one friend)
-Playing a fun computer game (such as Nancy Drew!!)
-Taking a nap without an alarm to wake me up (if I'm tired)
-E-mail and facebook
-Taking pictures and posting them
-Playing games with people (Mad Gab, Pictionary Man, Uno, Apples to Apples, Telephone Pictionary, etc)
-Eating good food
-Go to a big bookstore and look around for a long time
So yeah, a lot of mine are things I'd do by myself. That's how I refuel! But I could still do some of those with a friend.
A GREAT day would look like.....
-Starbucks. Preferably with a friend to talk to for an hour or two along with that.
-Reading a book
-Writing in my journal or some other type of writing
-Watching Gilmore Girls, Make It Or Break It, or Friends
-Doing something with a friend (or more than one friend)
-Playing a fun computer game (such as Nancy Drew!!)
-Taking a nap without an alarm to wake me up (if I'm tired)
-E-mail and facebook
-Taking pictures and posting them
-Playing games with people (Mad Gab, Pictionary Man, Uno, Apples to Apples, Telephone Pictionary, etc)
-Eating good food
-Go to a big bookstore and look around for a long time
So yeah, a lot of mine are things I'd do by myself. That's how I refuel! But I could still do some of those with a friend.
Songs that remind me of things
Songs that remind me of things.....
"Kiss From A Rose" by Seal - PE in elementary school. They always played that song when we were warming up / stretching.
"Macarena" - elementary school
"Together Again" by Janet Jackson - Sara Volkodav and the 5th grade talent show
"Butterfly Kisses" by Tim McGraw - 5th grade, the last week of school. One of the dads of two girls in our grade came and sang it to them at school.
"Born to Fly" by Sara Evans - my 8th grade chorus teacher sang that at the talent show
"There You'll Be" by Faith Hill - 8th grade chorus. The 8th graders sang it at the end of 8th grade as a goodbye.
"Sanctuary" by ??? mandy people! - two things: 1)Kenya 2007 because my friend Kesley and I sang it a lot. 2) 8th grade mission trip
"Give Us Clean Hands" by Chris Tomlin- FCA 9th grade year (2003/2004)
"Friends" by Michael W.Smith - I sang it for some youth leaders that moved in 2003, end of my 9th grade year so I think of them and that time
"Shackles" by Mary Mary - 9th grade youth praise band "Crazy Christians"
"What Do You Believe" by Grits - Fun In The Son 2004, my high school youth group summer trip
"Undignified" by David Crowder and "Sing Like the Saved" by David Crowder, "Here Is Our King" by David Crowder - Fun In the Son 2005
"Come and Listen" by David Crowder, "If We Are The Body" by Casting Crowns, "Beloved" by Tenth Avenue North, "My Glorious" by Delirious, "O Praise Him" by David Crowder - senior year of youth group (2005-2006)
All Casting Crowns, David Crowder, and Grits songs- high school youth group
"I Will Praise You In The Storm" by Casting Crowns - Xtreme 2005, a winter youth trip to Gattlinburg TN
"Micah 6:8" by Charlie Hall, "Hosanna" by Paul Baloche, "I Will Boast" by Paul Baloche, "The Wonderful Cross" by Phillips, Craig and Dean - praise team at Mars Hill Church 2006-2007
"I'm Not Gonna Cry" by Corey Smith - high school graduation
All Phantom of the Opera songs - high school chorus
All songs by John McLaughlin, "Wind it Up" by Gwen Stefani - my friend Mary Balint
"Carry On My Wayward Son" by Kansas, Moulon Rouge songs - Guitar hero and Sarah Johnson, one of my friends who likes that song
"Who Am I?" by Casting Crowns - my friend Kesley Posey
All Mandisa songs - my cousins, aunt, and uncle out in Washington
"Happy Song" by Chris Tomlin - Megan Strange and Mer Dunk and playing it at church
"Crank Dat Soulja Boy" by Soulja Boy - Kenya 2007
"Lead Me To the Cross" by Hillsong, "Desert Song" by Hillsong, "Life Light Up" by Christy Knockles, "Mighty to Save" by Hillsong - Echo (young adults worship service at Northmetro Church) and Caroline Ware Fidell
"Lip Gloss" by Lil Mamma, "One Day Closer To You" by Carolyn Dawn Johnson - my roomate Leslie Johnson Vogel
"1234" by Plain White T's, "Every Time I Breathe" by Big Daddy Weave, "Here I Am" by Downhere - Kenya 2009
"My Paper Heart" by Francesca Batestelli, Haw Nelson songs - TCTC 2010, I was the chaperone for a youth group trip to TN
"Revelation Song" - my friend Jason Allen
"Hoedown Throwdown" by Miley Cyrus - my friend Cameron Whitfield
"Kiss From A Rose" by Seal - PE in elementary school. They always played that song when we were warming up / stretching.
"Macarena" - elementary school
"Together Again" by Janet Jackson - Sara Volkodav and the 5th grade talent show
"Butterfly Kisses" by Tim McGraw - 5th grade, the last week of school. One of the dads of two girls in our grade came and sang it to them at school.
"Born to Fly" by Sara Evans - my 8th grade chorus teacher sang that at the talent show
"There You'll Be" by Faith Hill - 8th grade chorus. The 8th graders sang it at the end of 8th grade as a goodbye.
"Sanctuary" by ??? mandy people! - two things: 1)Kenya 2007 because my friend Kesley and I sang it a lot. 2) 8th grade mission trip
"Give Us Clean Hands" by Chris Tomlin- FCA 9th grade year (2003/2004)
"Friends" by Michael W.Smith - I sang it for some youth leaders that moved in 2003, end of my 9th grade year so I think of them and that time
"Shackles" by Mary Mary - 9th grade youth praise band "Crazy Christians"
"What Do You Believe" by Grits - Fun In The Son 2004, my high school youth group summer trip
"Undignified" by David Crowder and "Sing Like the Saved" by David Crowder, "Here Is Our King" by David Crowder - Fun In the Son 2005
"Come and Listen" by David Crowder, "If We Are The Body" by Casting Crowns, "Beloved" by Tenth Avenue North, "My Glorious" by Delirious, "O Praise Him" by David Crowder - senior year of youth group (2005-2006)
All Casting Crowns, David Crowder, and Grits songs- high school youth group
"I Will Praise You In The Storm" by Casting Crowns - Xtreme 2005, a winter youth trip to Gattlinburg TN
"Micah 6:8" by Charlie Hall, "Hosanna" by Paul Baloche, "I Will Boast" by Paul Baloche, "The Wonderful Cross" by Phillips, Craig and Dean - praise team at Mars Hill Church 2006-2007
"I'm Not Gonna Cry" by Corey Smith - high school graduation
All Phantom of the Opera songs - high school chorus
All songs by John McLaughlin, "Wind it Up" by Gwen Stefani - my friend Mary Balint
"Carry On My Wayward Son" by Kansas, Moulon Rouge songs - Guitar hero and Sarah Johnson, one of my friends who likes that song
"Who Am I?" by Casting Crowns - my friend Kesley Posey
All Mandisa songs - my cousins, aunt, and uncle out in Washington
"Happy Song" by Chris Tomlin - Megan Strange and Mer Dunk and playing it at church
"Crank Dat Soulja Boy" by Soulja Boy - Kenya 2007
"Lead Me To the Cross" by Hillsong, "Desert Song" by Hillsong, "Life Light Up" by Christy Knockles, "Mighty to Save" by Hillsong - Echo (young adults worship service at Northmetro Church) and Caroline Ware Fidell
"Lip Gloss" by Lil Mamma, "One Day Closer To You" by Carolyn Dawn Johnson - my roomate Leslie Johnson Vogel
"1234" by Plain White T's, "Every Time I Breathe" by Big Daddy Weave, "Here I Am" by Downhere - Kenya 2009
"My Paper Heart" by Francesca Batestelli, Haw Nelson songs - TCTC 2010, I was the chaperone for a youth group trip to TN
"Revelation Song" - my friend Jason Allen
"Hoedown Throwdown" by Miley Cyrus - my friend Cameron Whitfield
Friday, August 27, 2010
Running this race called life
Today I went to the Scholastic Book warehouse because they were doing a sale where books were 50-80% off!! And because I was an "educator" I got $10 off. I got some super great books!!!! LOVE IT!!! I tried hard to not let my interests / tastes in books get in the way - I got some books for boys, some that were for spanish speakers, some that were for african-americans, some that were science or history based, etc.
I also went to Office Depot and got 35 red folders and 35 green folders because each folder was one penny! So I spent 65 cents on two folders for each of the kids I'll have in my class someday! That way they can all have one. They could only do 10 folders per transaction, so I had to stand there a do a lot, but that's ok. I also got some rulers for a penny each, but those could only have 3 per transaction, so I got less of those.
I'm really excited to be a teacher!! It's encouraging to hear of teachers who still love their jobs, even years or decades later. When I had a roomate, she taught 2nd grade and she was sick one day and had to call in for a sub. She said ,"Oh, I miss my kids!" and that was encouraging to hear. I haven't had a part time job yet where I've looked forward to going to work, unless I was excited to see someone I worked with. I know I have some ideas of what teaching will be that will be wrong when I get into it. That all the kids will like me, or that all of them will learn a ton and life will be grand. But I do hope that for the most part I'll love my job.
A funny thing happened yesterday. I was standing at the crosswalk waiting to cross the street to go to class, and it was raining. I had my umberella thankfully. The sun was also out so it was pretty bright. A random guy next to me said, "Isn't it bad luck when the sun is out and it's raining?" Huh?? Never heard that one before. I said, "I don't think so. It means there's more of a chance of rainbows." I said. He nodded. And I thought, that's how I always want to look at things in life. When something isn't exactly going that great, I don't want to see it negatively, I want to see it positively. Easier said than done, but I'm working on it.
Today as I was e-mailing a friend we were talking about sinning and how sometimes no matter how much we try, we still do, or no matter how bad we know it is, we do it anyways. What a frustrating thing! Paul in the bible even says the same thing, that we do what we don't want to do, and don't do what we want to do. I wrote to her and said, "I guess if we didn't ever sin and were able to stop on our own, we'd think we didn't need Jesus to save us. We'd think we didn't need His grace to get into heaven since we could stop being bad ourselves and get into heaven ourselves." I hadn't really thought of it that way before. It's something I've been thinking about a lot lately, and that kind of made sense. We ALL sin and fall short of His glory. But if we didn't all sin, Jesus coming to die for us would have been pointless. Not that it's ok to sin, or we shouldn't care.
Lastly I will say - it baffles me that there are people who love to exercize!!! Hahah! I do not enjoy it!! Since moving back home with my parents I've been walking on the treadmill lately (MAN I hate going up a size in jeans!! Trying to get that back down!!) and I dont' like it. I listen to music or read (because I walk not run), and I just hate the whole process. I have the wii fit plus and although some of the games are fun, it doesn't burn many caleries. It's more of a fun thing than a workout thing. But, whatever, it must be done.
I also went to Office Depot and got 35 red folders and 35 green folders because each folder was one penny! So I spent 65 cents on two folders for each of the kids I'll have in my class someday! That way they can all have one. They could only do 10 folders per transaction, so I had to stand there a do a lot, but that's ok. I also got some rulers for a penny each, but those could only have 3 per transaction, so I got less of those.
I'm really excited to be a teacher!! It's encouraging to hear of teachers who still love their jobs, even years or decades later. When I had a roomate, she taught 2nd grade and she was sick one day and had to call in for a sub. She said ,"Oh, I miss my kids!" and that was encouraging to hear. I haven't had a part time job yet where I've looked forward to going to work, unless I was excited to see someone I worked with. I know I have some ideas of what teaching will be that will be wrong when I get into it. That all the kids will like me, or that all of them will learn a ton and life will be grand. But I do hope that for the most part I'll love my job.
A funny thing happened yesterday. I was standing at the crosswalk waiting to cross the street to go to class, and it was raining. I had my umberella thankfully. The sun was also out so it was pretty bright. A random guy next to me said, "Isn't it bad luck when the sun is out and it's raining?" Huh?? Never heard that one before. I said, "I don't think so. It means there's more of a chance of rainbows." I said. He nodded. And I thought, that's how I always want to look at things in life. When something isn't exactly going that great, I don't want to see it negatively, I want to see it positively. Easier said than done, but I'm working on it.
Today as I was e-mailing a friend we were talking about sinning and how sometimes no matter how much we try, we still do, or no matter how bad we know it is, we do it anyways. What a frustrating thing! Paul in the bible even says the same thing, that we do what we don't want to do, and don't do what we want to do. I wrote to her and said, "I guess if we didn't ever sin and were able to stop on our own, we'd think we didn't need Jesus to save us. We'd think we didn't need His grace to get into heaven since we could stop being bad ourselves and get into heaven ourselves." I hadn't really thought of it that way before. It's something I've been thinking about a lot lately, and that kind of made sense. We ALL sin and fall short of His glory. But if we didn't all sin, Jesus coming to die for us would have been pointless. Not that it's ok to sin, or we shouldn't care.
Lastly I will say - it baffles me that there are people who love to exercize!!! Hahah! I do not enjoy it!! Since moving back home with my parents I've been walking on the treadmill lately (MAN I hate going up a size in jeans!! Trying to get that back down!!) and I dont' like it. I listen to music or read (because I walk not run), and I just hate the whole process. I have the wii fit plus and although some of the games are fun, it doesn't burn many caleries. It's more of a fun thing than a workout thing. But, whatever, it must be done.
Here's a picture of me holding our "science badge" our teacher gave us. She said kids love it and get so excited about it, even though it's such a simple / cheap thing!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Classes, Facebook, and God
Classes have started! I am in my (second) senior year! I will gradute in May with 5 years of college under my belt. I'm in a program called TOSS (teaching of specific subjects) where I have 4 classes on how to teach math, language arts, science, and math for the first 10 weeks. Also in those 10 weeks we go to the school 1 day a week (or two if there's a week off for the school). Our first day will be next Friday. The last 5/6 weeks we go full time into the elementary classroom. We have a lot of work / assignments for the field experience, so it's really like having 5 classes. It hasn't been too stressful yet, but just a little.
Today I deactivated my facebook. I don't know how long I'll keep it down, no goal really, but I'm aiming for a month or two. Reasons: 1) I'm on it too much. 2)People wthout facebook still get boyfriends, husbands, friends, jobs, etc. so I am not detatched from the world by being off of it. 3) I need to focus on homework right now. 4) Even when I finish homework and have free time, I'd like to read more and exercize more and do something more useful. Even if I was on facebook an hour a day, that's 7 hours in a week. A whole afternoon! 5) There are a few others that are personal.
I've been going to a new bible study for the past two months or so for young adults with another church. It's been great!! It's really what I've been looking for - a good amount of people, reading the bible, small groups, making new friends, etc. The people whose house we go to are so nice too.
Tonight as I walked on the treadmill, listening to my ipod, a song came on that I sang once in church several years ago. I love the song. It's "Everything to Me" by Avalon. One part says, "I want to live for Jesus so that someone else might see that He is everything to me, more than a story, more than words on a page of hisotry, he's the air that I breathe, the water I thirst for and the ground beneath my feet. He's everything to me." Do I live for Jesus in that way? In a way that others see it? Do I make Him my everything? What am I doing to live in a way that gives God glory? And if it's not much, what can I add or do in my life that will? So, that's my thought for the week. Something to work on.
Today I deactivated my facebook. I don't know how long I'll keep it down, no goal really, but I'm aiming for a month or two. Reasons: 1) I'm on it too much. 2)People wthout facebook still get boyfriends, husbands, friends, jobs, etc. so I am not detatched from the world by being off of it. 3) I need to focus on homework right now. 4) Even when I finish homework and have free time, I'd like to read more and exercize more and do something more useful. Even if I was on facebook an hour a day, that's 7 hours in a week. A whole afternoon! 5) There are a few others that are personal.
I've been going to a new bible study for the past two months or so for young adults with another church. It's been great!! It's really what I've been looking for - a good amount of people, reading the bible, small groups, making new friends, etc. The people whose house we go to are so nice too.
Tonight as I walked on the treadmill, listening to my ipod, a song came on that I sang once in church several years ago. I love the song. It's "Everything to Me" by Avalon. One part says, "I want to live for Jesus so that someone else might see that He is everything to me, more than a story, more than words on a page of hisotry, he's the air that I breathe, the water I thirst for and the ground beneath my feet. He's everything to me." Do I live for Jesus in that way? In a way that others see it? Do I make Him my everything? What am I doing to live in a way that gives God glory? And if it's not much, what can I add or do in my life that will? So, that's my thought for the week. Something to work on.
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