Hurrah!

Nearly 1 month later....

See....I CAN learn! haha

Also, here are some new pics...

It may not look like much...but in real life when u see it face to face...then hey u know that its really there!! haha

Stupid?!

So I took the test once...and then took it again and first I was 83% stupid...then changed one answer and I turned this...look at my families blog and see theirs!!!

Update on Cancer situation

I not only shaved my head for Marcus, but I also shaved it for a great friend who lost all of her hair just 2 weeks ago. She lives in SC and I am going to visit her when I return from the tour.

Marcus is in good spirits, but will not return this next semester because his chemo goes until the end of October. Candice is my other friend whi I shaved my head for, and I have no idea why her name wasn't published either! She is in remission, but is still undergoing chemo to make sue it's all gone. We both work at Sonic and they can't wait until she returns to work with us! (I just started so I haven't worked with her yet to see if she's a good manager or not hehe...)

If you could please pray for Candice, she hopes to return this August!!! Yay!!!

My First SWU Choir tour.

Well Hello to all. It has been a bit since I wrote anything substantial! haha. Well here goes... I am currently in a host home on the 2007 Spring Tour. We have had 11 concerts already by the end of day 3! Whew! Things started out ok. I lipsinked the first 2 concerts cause I couldn't sing!

Here is where we have been so far:
Shady Grove Wesleyan- Sunday AM service
Wesleyan Arms retirement Center- Sunday afternoon
First Wesleyan Church- High Point, NC Sunday evening

Hayworth Christian academy- Monday morning 8:45 ugh!!!
Wesleyan academy- Monday morning 10:30 (lunch in the exact dining commons my mom ate in!)
Green Street Baptist academy- Monday Afternoon
Rushwood Park Wesleyan Church- Monday evening (Wes and Chris were there!! Yay!! And Gabe!!!! I love lil Gabe!!!) (She has pics mom!!!)

Gaston Day School- Tuesday AM
Holy Angels-Tuesday afternoon 1pm and 1:30 pm
Gastonia Wesleyan-This evening (Pastor Tim and Mary Smith Our EXALT! 2005 Mom!!)

Here is where we are going:
CONCORD MILLS!!!! DAY OFF!!!!
Kannapolis Wesleyan- Wednesday evening

I only know about thursday night. We will be at Brevard Wesleyan home to many of the choir members.


Ok. We are all sick! If everyone could pray for the rest of the tour! WE have seen many spectacular buildings. We have sung in some awesome auditoriums. But, tonight was the best, not because of the place we were in, but because of the brokenness this afternoons activities brought, the unity we pulled from the experience. Holy Angels is a ministry that started 51 years ago. They started as a convent of nuns who stook in mentally and physically handicap people and give them a place to stay. The first child is still there but now is in her 50's and works there! We were all so touch ed and broken for different reasons. There were some who were humbled. There were some who were broken, and those that felt such compassion. Some of us have had different experiences with those with special needs and found it a great joy to be able to connect with the children, teens and adults there. One of the favorite residents, Monty, died this morning. We came at a time where they all needed healing. He was 21 (if I remember correctly) and had down syndrome. He always had a smile on his face they said. He brought joy and life to the place! We had sung our two concerts for them and then Monty's best friend came in. She wanted us to sing one more song. We agreed to sing "Beside The Still Waters" a paraphrase of Psalm 23 before we knew the magnitude of what this last song was. We sang it for them, and even though 75% of the people there didn't know what it meant, the caretakers did. They were in tears, and in worship with us. It was a great experience. Before we got to the Holy Angels homes, I was thinking about how much I didn't see what we were doing on the tour. I didn't feel God as much as I expected. I came from higher expectations listening to IWU chorale and being on the EXALT! 2005 team. But God revealed Himself in a way that was beyond what any of us expected. It was awesome. Well, I have to be up at 7:15 and am battling a cold and a sore throat, and a bunch of other junk! So please keep us in your prayers as we finish this tour out and I'll post when I return.

Before and During pics...here ya go...as promised...

Well Yes...it happened...

I finally buzzed myhead...much to my fathers approval. BUT I only did it for a good reason. there is a friend here who has been admitted to a Pittsburg Hospital and is not doing all that good...he has cancer. So his roommates decided to shave their heads. With me hanging out with them and being right there when they decided it, I decided to shave my head that night. It was a freeing experience! I do have before and after pics...but right now I only have after pics...the before ones will come.

So since the whole reaosn we did this was for Marcus, if everyone could keep Marcus in their prayers...We would and I'm sure he would greatly appreciate it!! Thank you all and enjoy this new picture of my new and never to happen again look....haha.

College life... back at it!

Back at SWU! Yes only returned Sunday night the 14th. Registration is at 8:30 am. Here are some pics of college life as we just return for our second semester of our college career...

Three hours here and already have the trash can full... we amaze ourselves...
Joe and Halo 2... best of friends... finally you joined the Third Floor Officially Joe!
Our wonderful RA... look how gorgeous he is... Kevin yer awesome!
My drop zone...our bunk bed...
Ladies, yes this is my roomie Josh... sorry to inform you, but he is taken.

So thats it right now... registration is in 3 hours... should probably get to bed. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas... as you kept Christ the center of your life. ( I had to show off my new digital camera from Christmas...one of the best gifts!) But let us not forget the greatest gift of all even out of the holiday season, Jesus Christ.

BACK AT HOME!!!

Well after a long flight home and a long time waiting to get home... I am finally home. Classes ended on the 14th of December, but the choir students couldn't leave until Sunday the 17th because we had graduation stuff until 4pm on the 16th. That was a good time. (pics from that will come when I get back to the college...) That night I went to "The Astro" with 2 of my best friends! We had a rockin time! We saw Santa Clause 3! I give it 3 stars... it wasn't bad, but I wouldn't see it twice in theaters!

Then Sunday I had the awesome privilage to run sound for the combined services of First Wesleyan Church and the Alive contemperary service on campus. The children had their musicals. The 5 year olds and under are called the "JoyBells" and they sang two great songs! Then the 1st graders-6th graders had a wonderful play called "Hotel Bethlehem." The children were wonderful and did an awesome job. It was alot of work to put everything up and work it the right way for the play, but it ran great without any technical difficulties!

Sunday night I went with my 2 best friends again to a church in Pendleton SC for their Christmas cantata. It was ok...but the food afterwards was wonderful! I had a fun time with the two of them! Then I left SWU at 10:30ish for a friends house on the border on NC and SC and had a great time... we just sat around Monday and left for Charlotte around 4 and had ourselves an adventure. It was great to spend time with him and get to know each other a lil better.

When I got to the airport, the flight dude told me, well you might miss your connecting flight in NYC @ JFK, so we'll talk to you later...get to the gate and more info will come. Varied reports came in throughout the evening and finally our plane left at 9:05 from Charlotte, NC after a 1 hour and 5 mins delay and our connecting flight was leaving the sametime we arrived, but Charlotte talked to JFK and then they held the plane for my connecting flight to Syracuse! I finally made it home at 3am on Tuesday morning! Whew!

Tonight we had our IMPACT Christmas Party. there were 21 teens and 3 adults and 1 baby in attendance! It was wonderful! we had a great time of food and fellowship! I really enjoyed seeing seeds planted in the last year, the seeds that I planted before I left, come to fruit! It was great having those that were here, here! When I left we were running 10-15! It is wondeful!

Pics are coming!!!