Monday, June 28, 2010
Practicing Prayer Request
Hey everybody, Krista, Anna, and I got our music for the WSU orchestra. It is pretty hard so I would like to ask you all to pray for me to be able to practice. With being gone to camp for two weeks and then just a lazy summer, it is kinda hard to get back into a regular practicing schedule. Krista is in the 1st violin section this year so her music is extremely hard. Anna is just hard enough to be a challenge. Mine is the same as Anna's. We all could use prayer to use our time wisely to practice. Thanks so much.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Surprise Surprise!!!
Well, it finally happened and I can finally tell you about it. James finally came for Krista on Saturday June 19, 2010. It was sooooo much fun keeping his coming a secret from her. Anna, Jake, Amyann, Mom, Dad, and I were the only ones that knew about it in our family.
On Saturday, Mrs. Gerlach called Mom and asked her if we girls would be willing to play some background music with James and Amanda for two hours at a nursing home in Eldorado.
Krista was ecstatic (she just wanted to see James), but Anna and I had to play the part. We kinda fussed about it and tried to make it sound like we didn't want to do it, but in the end we gave in. Well, I 1:00 p.m. James calls Mom on her silent cell phone which triggered the signal to the rest of us. Mom told Krista to look up the address on the computer while Dad and I started loading up instruments. Dad and I really were out there to wave James inside and get some pictures. Mom had blocked all of the places where Krista was going to look up the address so she was getting kinda frustrated. Just when she said "I can't get this at all," James walks up behind her in a suit and a bunch of yellow roses and says "Can I help you Krista?"
Wow, Wow, Wow!!! Krista was speechless for the first time in her life. The pics show how the rest of the evening went. James' family came for the evening and we talked and played Rook. It was an amazing day and I was soooo drained after it, but it was so worth it to see God's hand bring these two together. Hope you all enjoy the pics. (I sure enjoyed taking them.)
On Saturday, Mrs. Gerlach called Mom and asked her if we girls would be willing to play some background music with James and Amanda for two hours at a nursing home in Eldorado.
Krista was ecstatic (she just wanted to see James), but Anna and I had to play the part. We kinda fussed about it and tried to make it sound like we didn't want to do it, but in the end we gave in. Well, I 1:00 p.m. James calls Mom on her silent cell phone which triggered the signal to the rest of us. Mom told Krista to look up the address on the computer while Dad and I started loading up instruments. Dad and I really were out there to wave James inside and get some pictures. Mom had blocked all of the places where Krista was going to look up the address so she was getting kinda frustrated. Just when she said "I can't get this at all," James walks up behind her in a suit and a bunch of yellow roses and says "Can I help you Krista?"
Wow, Wow, Wow!!! Krista was speechless for the first time in her life. The pics show how the rest of the evening went. James' family came for the evening and we talked and played Rook. It was an amazing day and I was soooo drained after it, but it was so worth it to see God's hand bring these two together. Hope you all enjoy the pics. (I sure enjoyed taking them.)
Don't they look adorable together? I love taking pics of happy people don't you?Thursday, June 17, 2010
Some pics of CYIA
Here are a couple of pics from my camera. Believe it or not, I could not even find enough time to take photos of people and things. Anna took most of the good ones of friends so you can go there for some more pics. This first pic is of our dorm making 'the hippo face'. From "The Hippo Song."
This is a pic of all of the kids in my five-day-club. They were all really cute and attentive.
Michelle Weddle was on my team (far left) along with David McAdam. Katie Weddle is her sister (middle) and Rebekah Weddle is their cousin (far right). It was fun rekindling an old friendship. Michelle will be helping out in two clubs this summer in Albany I think. So you could all pray for her clubs there.Home Again
Hey there blog readers. I am so blessed to know the one true God. It is amazing to me that God can teach me so much through imperfect people. The last two weeks at CYIA was a blessing that cannot be explained with words. (wasn't that poetic sounding:)
The first week taught me diligence and the importance of prayer. The second week taught me that prayer can be answered with a yes, no, or later. I was able to see first hand the works of God through answered prayer. It was amazing.
There were over sixty children who came to know Christ during the five day clubs. There was a boy there that I met from Puerto Rico. He is not Puerto Rican, but his parents have been missionaries over there for the last 10+ years. Anyway, Sam (that's his name) is bilingual. And it just happened that some of the kids he taught could not speak English. The punch line is--Sam was able to lead 4 children to the Lord using his Spanish. Praise the Lord. His team was the only one that experienced language barriers. And for him, it wasn't a language barrier, because he grew up in Puerto Rico.
This is just one of the many incidents that happened at camp. Hopefully if God wills, I will be going next year. I would encourage any person to go, because it is a life changing experience. It will draw you closer to the Lord and what a wonderful thing that is. Thank you all for your prayers and support, they were greatly appreciated. And thank you to all of the girls from GBC who went along with Anna and I and supported us with prayer and encouragement. Thanks again to you all!
The first week taught me diligence and the importance of prayer. The second week taught me that prayer can be answered with a yes, no, or later. I was able to see first hand the works of God through answered prayer. It was amazing.
There were over sixty children who came to know Christ during the five day clubs. There was a boy there that I met from Puerto Rico. He is not Puerto Rican, but his parents have been missionaries over there for the last 10+ years. Anyway, Sam (that's his name) is bilingual. And it just happened that some of the kids he taught could not speak English. The punch line is--Sam was able to lead 4 children to the Lord using his Spanish. Praise the Lord. His team was the only one that experienced language barriers. And for him, it wasn't a language barrier, because he grew up in Puerto Rico.
This is just one of the many incidents that happened at camp. Hopefully if God wills, I will be going next year. I would encourage any person to go, because it is a life changing experience. It will draw you closer to the Lord and what a wonderful thing that is. Thank you all for your prayers and support, they were greatly appreciated. And thank you to all of the girls from GBC who went along with Anna and I and supported us with prayer and encouragement. Thanks again to you all!
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