Touch My Heart Moments!

Over the past month, I must say, kids have been just so sweet! Yes, I just said that!

Kati, Maci, and Abbi are my little second cousins and I've been trying to get them to come to church with me as much as possible! I have not been a kids person...ever but they are growing on me and definitely helping me get use to it I guess lol :D

The night of my graduation, I was at my grandparent's getting ready and my cousin and her little girls were going to ride with them to my graduation. It ended up the girls wanted to ride with me, and I have to admit these girls, hyper and all, have grown on me! If at all possible, I'd bring them home with me! But for some reason all three wanted to put up their hair Right before we left and Anni, my cousin-their mom, only had enough stuff for two and she was going to have look for the other on the way there. Well Maci got all up set and stuff, then I realized, I had an extra holder in my console...With tears gushing down her face, I had it to her and she instantly smiles!

While on the way to graduation, Maci sees a young girl, maybe 19 or 20 driving down the road beside us and Maci goes "Look Kati, that's girl is really pretty!" And Abbi, the youngest, goes, "Not at pretty as Shelby!" How can you not smile at that?!

Kati is very quite, she is more shy than Maci and Abbi. But her easy going and mom like personality toward the girls helps me! :) She's like a tiny friend lol Once the little girls go to sleep we stay up together most of the time talking. She talks like I know all of her friends :) And I think she feel in love with my bed, it takes her like 5 mins to fall asleep every time!

I guess I've realized, kid might not be so bad after all :)










That doesn't mean I want any though!!

Vertical Hope Corps!!!

Last week was Vertical Hope Corps!!! Our youth group stayed at our church from Wednesday until Saturday praying, working, and having fun together! We started Wednesday morning, along with every other morning, with prayer. Most of the time in youth prayer, it's very quite and uncomfortable. In these prayers it was loud and powerful!!! There wasn't one person who wasn't praying strong! Even after not getting any sleep we still got up got ready and were in prayer!

After prayer was work time, they guys were redoing the baptistery rooms! They took down the old wall paper, that was well needed! And they started painting it.  They worked really hard, they did work in 4 days they usually would talk a week or longer!

The girls decorated a Sunday school room and hung up Acts 2:38 in every Sunday school room!! So most of that time was spend cutting and hanging up letters!! That took a while!!! I even woke myself up at one point Friday night, I believe, still going through the motions of hanging up letters!!

After work and lunch, we went on outreach! This was always really good, first we practiced for our major outreach for Saturday, A puppet show!

At first this was not looking good for me, I'm NOT the excited outgoing person I was expected to be!!! But it turned out great!!! After practice, Wednesday, we went to the Magnolia House, which is a retirement home. Every Wednesday I believe, our pastor goes there and does a service for the elders. Usually, we go on Sunday afternoons to help him and sing to them but we went there the first day along with an apartment complex near there, we put out flyer.

Thursday, we went downtown and passed out water bottles with church cards on them to people on the street...we had a good turn out!! We even had a construction crew like wipe us out! I told one of the men taking a break on the bench and we ran around telling the rest of the crew for us!

Friday, we did a flash mob. I personally had never heard of this, so for those who don't know. It's a group that goes into a public place and in this case has a message for everyone to see and them leaves. Our message was "GOD <3 YOU"

This was really cool, we all walked from the van, to and throughout the mall in a line! We had a good time while doing it! Saturday was our biggest day of outreach! We did out puppet show at an apartment complexes we usually do a bus route outreach there Sunday morning. There were many kids there!! Even adults and youth were there participating! It was a really good turn out!!!

After outreach we headed back to work until supper, we had a different family each night bring food.  Each night, the food was great!!! After supper, Wednesday, we had to HURRY and get ready for church, we had to be in the statuary at 6:20 for ensemble practice, which might I add, we didn't make it! :) The girls had a few set backs and we were all scattered as well but! Never the less we made it to service and the youth ensemble sang and service was well!

After service was free time, the girls had to move rooms because of air problems. The rest of the nights, we were suppose to have free time after supper, but it didn't quite ever make that! We were always trying to catch up with our work and finish as quick as possible! We didn't finish until 4:45 Saturday morning!!! So I'm not sure what would have happened if we hadn't done that!

Behind all that was going on, we were always laughing!

Between listening to music, getting our blessings! Or running around taking pictures, falling down steps, dancing to "Jesus, You're My Super Hero"

Worrying about the Tormado, loosing 57 "E" and having to cut them all out again...if they were even there from the beginning! :) Having a contaminated Sunday school room because of the disappearing letters! And how can I forget, Coffee, Coffee, Coffee! I have never drank so much coffee in my life!!!

Through all of our time together there was many things we shared, we have a million inside jokes, we laughed and laughed and laughed....sometimes for no reason! I think we become closer together and unified a lot this week! There seems to be a big bond between us now!! And I doubt we will EVER forget this!!! And I do believe it was voted that we will be having this again and again! :)

This week was definitely EPIC and want to tell every one who was supporting us and pray and fasting for us THANK YA!!! :D

Gotta Catch Ya'll Up!!!

WOW! A lot as happen!!!! My last post was on April 26, almost a month ago! It feels like it's been years because SO much has happened!!!

In my most recent post, I talkeded about how I was so sick of school and English class and Physics probably lol And now I'm proud to say Friday, May 13th I GRADUATED!!! WHOOOOO!!!! I'm totally excited!!! I keep thinking "ohhhh I know I'm going to hate going back to school the 15th"...then I think...WAIT A MIN!!! :D It hasn't hit me yet I guess! But when I realize, if not physically, mentally I'm bouncing around!!!!!

 Also before I was talking about turning 18, well Here it is :) I can't believe that either, everything still feels the same....well, almost everything anyways!! Me and one of my greatest friends, Brooke, had our party together. Yes, at 18, and she's 16! But it was really good! I had a blast :) Even through the delirious night of decorating! :)

And then on Cinco de Mayo, :) what a wonderful picnic, softball, and watching the stars! Just Sayin' :D

Talking about being delirious, in my next post, I'll show you delirious! Vertical Hope Corps! Work, Work, Work, Fun, Fun, Fun!!! I know you've never heard those words in the same sentences but...You haven't been with Vertical Youth!!! We can pull fun and laughter out of anything!!!!!!

And during all, most of this, I've been living with my grandparents due to Mississippi River flooding. So you can only imagine how busy things have been! Plus fundraisers for PEAK, work, preparing for the summer fun and of course time with my family and friends!!!! Over the next post I'll be telling about the things that have been and will be going on! But a quick catch up first! ;)