Passport? Check.

Trinidad. February. 2010.

I've been blessed with the opportunity to go overseas and share God's promise and truth with high school kids at a camp in Trinidad. I'm ecstatic! I've never been more excited to be asked to go on a trip :) A team from my college is going out in the middle of February for an eleven day trip.

In February, there is a huge nationwide celebration in Trinidad called Carnival. It's pretty much like a Mardi Gras festival, only exponentially bigger. The camp I'm going to be working with is like an escape for the kids in Trinidad. They get away from the massive party scene and get to experience an entirely different kind of setting. The team from NCC will be leading worship, but my focus will mainly be on the kids and connecting with them. I'm so excited to interact with the high schoolers! I'm intrigued with different cultures, what everyday life is like for them, and how it is so different or similar to my own.

I'm excited for the trip, but actually right now I would really love some prayer for those kids who will be at the camp. Pray for their hearts to soften, and for them to hear what God has in store for their lives. Prayer for the team and the preparation for the trip would also be amazing.

I'm too excited for words right now :) more later.

shut your eyes and think of somewhere...

spice up your life! i've discovered a cure to monotony. by george i've got it!

did you ever realize how much more fun life is with different dialects and accents? well. it really is. every bright idea comes in the form of a british accent. every insult is funnier with a hint of ghetto fabulous. and every wednesday is exponentially happier with speech impediments.

so my room mates and i have been adding a little bit of culture in our room. it's a true melting pot. here's what we've come up with:

yo' mama monday: shoot gurrrrl. ghetto fab. kool aid hurr dye....uhh thats nasty.

tennessee tuesday: bring ur sweet tea and fried chicken y'all. southern dialect all the way.

withsping wednthday: every speech impediment you could possibly imagine. sounds pretty special.

UK thursday: a british kind of day. a little cockney thrown in there, East London. harry potter is a good way to develop this kind of tongue.

freedom friday: pick whatever you want. australian, irish, stuttering, mute. it's up to you. i personally enjoy being a ghetto brit. good fun.

weekends are break time. it's hard being so worldly! if you want to try to mix it up...give the dialects a shot. its good stuff. youtube also has some wonderful tutorials. so go crazy folks.



i'll end with a random top ten:
top ten reasons i wish i was at disney world right now
10. i wouldnt be here in the cold
9. themed restaurants
8. i could wear my lilo and stitch shirt and fit in
7. i would like to ask belle about her relationship with the beast made human. weird transition i'd assume.
6. funnel cake
5. disney world has underground trashcans
4. 3D shows everywhere
3. rollercoasters
2. i feel like a kid again in disney world
1. i need a mouseketeer hat. need.


with love <3

bomb in a birdcage

Have you ever had

one of those days

when everything

should be perfect

but nothing is
okay?

Just because I'm surviving, doesn't mean it's okay.

I want to start something new. Revolutionary. Step out of the ordinary. I've been living a day to day, monotonous, repetitious life. School. Volleyball. Homework. Sleep. Rinse. Repeat.

Any ideas on how to spice up someone's normal, average life? I feel boring and I am not a boring girl. Time to get crazy! I'll inform you of any progress that may take place.

p.s. highlight of my day? noticing a man at church's pant leg was tucked into the back of one of his shoes.

I’m a Judge Judy

When you come through my Scooter’s drive thru, I judge you based on the coffee or drink you order. For example:

Large Carmelicious, Skinny, Sugar-free, but with whipped cream
     This obviously means you’re trying to be healthy about going through the drive thru at a coffeehouse, so you get it sugar free and with skim milk…but you ruin it with adding whipped cream, because it’s actually worse than if you left it regular with no whipped cream. So you are a bad dieter.

Brewed coffee with a ton of cream and 10 splenda packets
     Ok really? Just get a latte. This is a poor man’s latte because you are just adding stuff to coffee and the creamer is bad for you. Get a latte with steamed milk and espresso. It’s better. Stop being cheap.

Small mocha smoothie, skinny…and a muffin.
     The small mocha smoothie means you don’t want a lot of smoothie because they are not too good for you. Well guess what? The muffin is worse for you than anything else here. It’s got enough calories for an entire meal. Get a large mocha smoothie that’s skinny and skip the muffin. You’ll be better off. And skip the whipped cream.

I could go on…but you don’t want to be bored I’m sure. Just wanting you to know that every time you go through a drive thru, you’re probably being judged…so watch what you order :)

Saturday night :)

Well, I've been productive today. Or not productive. Depends on what you would consider productive. If you see movie watching, eating, more movie watching, and then more eating productive...then I get an A+ for the day.

But for my own sanity and wellbeing, I'm pretty sure my day of vegging out was mentally productive. Sometimes a person just needs a day of nothing in order to cope with busyness of the previous week…or weeks :) I would say I was successful today.

I was convincing a friend to buy a Snuggie today, and I have for you my top ten reasons to buy a Snuggie:

10. No hand restrictions
9. You can be warm and still play board games, text, read, surf the internet, or hit people
8. Economic, $14.99 at Target for a multifaceted blanket
7. Everybody’s getting one
6. The commercial is superb and deserves to make money…did you see them drinking hot chocolate?
5. It is able to be worn as a robe if you put it on backwards
4. The robe could double as a long fuzzy trench coat when worn in public
3. Great for wearing at family events
2. If you get an animal print, you can hide easily in the jungle, or have a Halloween costume
1. Washable, in case of any accidents that may occur

These aren’t in any particular order, but it definitely justifies my spending $15 on a blanket. And hopefully it convinces you to purchase one as well.

false alarm!

Well, this is my blog. That's not false. The false is about the hair. Katie's fuzz is falling out, so it's time for a shave! Only another month of bald, and I can see these locks grow. No big deal...I realize that it's four weeks. I can stick that out, cake. I was excited to grow it out, but I know that I am doing this for Katie and not for anyone else, so I'll definitely stick this one out :) I look good bald anyway.