tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86999633289550745122024-03-13T03:46:03.176-07:00The Continuing Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-3626827011480083842012-11-29T10:50:00.002-08:002012-11-29T10:50:40.368-08:00Truly Grateful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Thanksgiving was one of my favorites! The food wasn't any different, I still ate turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie.<div>
It was celebrated at the same kitchen table it has always been. It wasn't the decorations or the music. </div>
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What was different about this Thanksgiving was my perspective. I was truly thankful like I've never been before! It was the first time in 5 years that my family has been all together on this holiday. My parents surprised me with a flight home for the weekend. I don't think I've ever been so overwhelmingly blessed in my life! Ever had one of those moments you wish you could just freeze and put in a jar to look at later? That is the only way I can express my time. Precious memories that will last for the rest of my life. </div>
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<br />Below is a poem I was reading this morning. It is a beautiful picture of family.<div>
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An' eatin' an' laughin' with folks of your choice;<br />
An' kissin' the girls an' declarin' that they<br />
Are growin' more beautiful day after day;<br />
Chattin' an' braggin' a bit with the men,<br />
Buildin' the old family circle again;<br />
Livin' the wholesome an' old-fashioned cheer,<br />
Just for awhile at the end of the year.<br />
Greetings fly fast as we crowd through the door<br />
And under the old roof we gather once more<br />
Just as we did when the youngsters were small;<br />
Mother's a little bit grayer, that's all.<br />
Father's a little bit older, but still<br />
Ready to romp an' to laugh with a will.<br />
Here we are back at the table again<br />
Tellin' our stories as women an' men.<br />
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Bowed are our heads for a moment in prayer;<br />
Oh, but we're grateful an' glad to be there.<br />
Home from the east land an' home from the west,<br />
Home with the folks that are dearest an' best.<br />
Out of the sham of the cities afar<br />
We've come for a time to be just what we are.<br />
Here we can talk of ourselves an' be frank,<br />
Forgettin' position an' station an' rank.<br />
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Give me the end of the year an' its fun<br />
When most of the plannin' an' toilin' is done;<br />
Bring all the wanderers home to the nest,<br />
Let me sit down with the ones I love best,<br />
Hear the old voices still ringin' with song,<br />
See the old faces unblemished by wrong,<br />
See the old table with all of its chairs<br />
An' I'll put soul in my Thanksgivin' prayers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-8719893809178817792012-09-22T11:28:00.002-07:002012-09-22T11:29:10.445-07:00Oh gnome you didn't!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-85597977278012427452011-03-14T17:29:00.000-07:002011-03-14T17:29:12.837-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YkoRi84zNSk/TX6ymT_1wdI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/PmV1u0Zo3Ug/s1600/superkid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YkoRi84zNSk/TX6ymT_1wdI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/PmV1u0Zo3Ug/s400/superkid.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">When I look at this it makes me want to laugh, the joy on this kids face is the best! I see excitement, anticipation, freedom and bliss. You might not see that…you might just see the fact that this kid probably has an irresponsible parent throwing him 6 feet in the air. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">That’s ok too. You’re still loved. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> This picture reminds me of a old hymn. Think that’s kind of weird? Let me disambiguate that for you! </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <i><u> </u></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><i><u>I'll Fly Away</u></i></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Some glad morning when this life is o'er,<br />
I'll fly away.<br />
To a home on God's celestial shore,<br />
I'll fly away.<br />
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I'll fly away, O Glory, I'll fly away.<br />
When I die, Hallelujah, bye and bye,<br />
I'll fly away.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
When the shadows of this life have flown,<br />
I'll fly away.<br />
Like a bird thrown, driven by the storm,<br />
I'll fly away.</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Just a few more weary days and then,<br />
I'll fly away.<br />
To a land where joy shall never end,<br />
I'll fly away</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">When I hear this song it brings me back to “excitement, anticipation, freedom and bliss.” That is what we should have as we look forward to the coming of our King. I’ve been thinking on eternity and it is a wonderful thing to ponder. A place where joys shall never end. My mind can't even start to comprehend unending joy! The thought that one day I get to be in the presence of MY Jesus. Oh man, I feel like the kid in the picture! It brings freedom to my heart! It brings me to a place of no worries, no cares…only desiring the company of my Redeemer.<span> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div>Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-76571731211725189982010-11-15T17:58:00.000-08:002010-11-15T18:17:53.152-08:00You'll Come<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TOHpwqSVWVI/AAAAAAAAAEA/JaCLm-w70Jw/s1600/worship+gradient+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TOHpwqSVWVI/AAAAAAAAAEA/JaCLm-w70Jw/s320/worship+gradient+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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This is my new favorite worship song!! I heard it in worship last week, started working on learning to play it and then one of my teachers played it in class today! It is so beautifully written. <br />
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Here are the lyrics and the youtube link....check it out.<br />
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<u><i>You'll Come - Hillsong</i></u><br />
<i>(Hosea 6) </i><br />
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<i>I have decided<br />
I have resolved<br />
To wait upon You Lord<br />
My rock and Redeemer<br />
Shield and reward<br />
I'll wait upon You Lord<br />
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As surely as the sun will rise</i> <i><br />
You'll come to us<br />
Certain as the dawn appears<br />
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You'll come</i> <i><br />
Let Your glory fall as You respond to us<br />
Spirit rain<br />
Flood into our thirsty hearts again<br />
You'll come<br />
You'll come<br />
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We are not shaken</i> <i><br />
We are not moved<br />
We wait upon You Lord<br />
Mighty deliverer<br />
Triumph and truth<br />
We wait upon You Lord<br />
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</i><i> Chains be broken</i> <i><br />
Lives be healed<br />
Eyes be opened<br />
Christ is revealed </i>Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-76090511076189133912010-11-04T16:52:00.000-07:002010-11-04T16:52:14.188-07:00500 views!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TNH2p8OEXdI/AAAAAAAAAD0/rTamY_2FFm8/s1600/Thumbs-Up-Success-Club_bigger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div>There have been over 500 hits on this blog! Thank ya'll so much for reading. It means a lot that these words aren't just flying out into cyberspace! Now, all you bloggers out there might not think that 500 views is much to be excited about...BUT IT IS FOR ME!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! And for whoever that 500th viewer was...I have two words for you. Brownie. Points. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">As the months went on I pushed the pain aside and got it tucked away so it wasn’t in my face every day. I had tried to fully express my heart to the Lord. I had cried out to Him in the hard days and had made the decision to just move on. But, still, if I thought on the losses and the changes that had come into my life, the pain returned and the sadness resurfaced all over again. The pain I had tucked away in the back of my heart was affecting the abundant joy I had always had in the Lord. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">But the Lord is bringing me joy again! It is incredible to experience true joy from the Lord. True joy not only my relationship with God, but my relationship with brothers and sisters in Christ! God is breaking down the walls I’ve built up to protect my heart and helping me build new, meaningful, loving relationships. He is taking my sorrow and turning it to gladness.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">“<i>Then maidens will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.</i>” Jeremiah 31:13</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">We would cast all our problems to the wind. Good friends and music was all we needed to become who we wanted to be. When a smile changed a disposition and a hug was all that mattered. A flash of lightening took your breath away from the beauty of the authority it spoke. We laughed more then we breathed, we loved more then we ever thought we could.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Summer spoke to us as it dissolved the walls that we built up against each other. The walls fell down and we ran, as fast as we could together. There was a fire in us, and we trusted. We trusted the person running next to us wouldn’t cause us to fall. If we did fall, that friend wouldn’t push us down again, but they would help us up. Summer said, “trust.” Summer said, “Abide in the moment.” Summer told us to hold each others heart strings. Summer said, “These are the best days of your life!” And we believed. All those incredible memories spilled from our minds, and rushed through our veins.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Those were the days before the heartache set in. The days before, you had to drown your thoughts on the shoreline just to try to remember what life was really about because nothing made sense anymore. When Summer came it felt like a dream. It swept you off you’re feet. But a wisp of joy turned into sorrows, a happy thought turned to ruins.</span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">When I look at that dream, the dream of Summer, it wasn’t what it appeared to be. Summer said one thing and did another. Summer lied, and never said it was sorry. Summer left me to a cold world full of ugly truths; it left me lying on the floor with my bleeding heart. And right when I needed Summer the most, when I needed its warmth, its love, when I thought Summer would be on my side, holding my hand, saying the cold would melt away and color will come back… When I needed that, Summer spit on me and told me I was worthless.</span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">All the sweet words it whispered in my ear, saying how, “it could be like this forever,” those weren’t true. Had all the joy been false? Was everything we thought we knew not really what was said?</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">But I realized something, dreams have to end. You can’t stay asleep forever. If you live in a dream, you're not really living at all. Summer was like a deep slumber. Sometimes when we're in a deep sleep somebody has to shake us awake so that we can be a real, living, breathing person.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">If we could go back to that Summer we knew, would we act the same knowing what we know now? In truth, we needed Summer. We needed the Good. Even more so, we needed the bad. Because unless we experience the bad, I don’t think we would even remember how good, Good really was. Unless the ugly, nasty, faulty part of that dream came out into the fresh air, that ugly part would have never choked on the clean, clear, simple goodness that we took for granted. And we would have never known it was hiding anything. We wouldn’t have seen under the skin, under the outer layer that was deceiving us.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">I’ve forgiven Summer for the lies it spoke, even though Summer isn’t really sorry.</span></span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">I’ve come to a place were I’ve accepted it was a dream. A dream that hurt and left scars that will never fully heal…</span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Would I go back and change summer? Would I have done something different?</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">No. I wouldn’t. I wouldn’t change one moment, one I love you. I cherish those times and still miss them. I still miss the way things used to be…those glorious nights when we lived in our dreams. Nothing will ever be the way it used to, and the reason is because we did trust and it made us trip. But tripping up at times means growing and growing means becoming one step closer to who we were created to be.”</span></span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">I haven’t shared this with many people. It’s something I’ve held onto…as I feel…in some bitterness still. As I read it now, there is a part where it says” I’ve forgiven”. But at the point that I wrote this I hadn’t forgiven. I wanted to. I wanted to forgive as I have been forgiven…but it never truly came to pass in my heart…until now. </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">And I don’t miss “the way things used to be” and I don’t desire to “go back.” God has brought me to a new land, where there are sweeter things to taste and more of His goodness to drink in! I am being given an abounding-God-sized-heavenly- joy that only comes from being right where He wants me to be.</div><div></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">I am letting it all go…because I want the JOY of the Lord instead!</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">(If you just read this whole post… I love you. Sorry it was so long.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TNHzaSS3-EI/AAAAAAAAADw/0Hp6R0AVPu0/s1600/happy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TNHzaSS3-EI/AAAAAAAAADw/0Hp6R0AVPu0/s320/happy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">WOW, haven’t blogged in quite a while! Sorry!</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">I’ll share with ya’ll a little about what’s been going down. Classes got back into full swing after wilderness.<span> </span>I tried to write a blog post about it but there was so much that happened I couldn’t even articulate it!. Maybe I’ll give a swing at some point. </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TMZRHn6ve-I/AAAAAAAAADk/su_2464ktfM/s1600/196814_4f2e690951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TMZRHn6ve-I/AAAAAAAAADk/su_2464ktfM/s200/196814_4f2e690951.jpg" width="150" /></a></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Twice a week we have days when we do outreaches and service projects. On Wednesday our group (everyone who was in my wilderness family) was assigned landscaping. We served right around the corner from the school. In groups of three or four some of us cleaned windows and some picked up trash. I was with my gals, Molly and Alysha.<span> </span>One of the Impact interns named Nick was leading our group. We walked along the sidewalks we picked up cigarette butts, bits of paper, trash and old cups. After a little while we met a man riding his bike. His name was Rick. We talked to him a bit and then asked if there was anything he needed prayer for. He said no, but that we should go and talk to his two homeless friends around the corner.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> Nick asked us if we wanted to go and talk to them and we were totally up for that!<span> </span></span></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Their names are J.R. & Joey. We went and talked to them and prayed for them.<span> </span>I didn’t get a chance to personally talk to J.R. because Nick was speaking to him but us girls got to talk to Joey a bunch. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Joey shared with us how he became homeless.<span> </span>He shared that he drinks and doesn’t know why and that he fears death. Molly really blessed me by her boldness for the Lord.<span> </span>She just kept sharing with him in such a loving manner and encouraged him to draw close to God.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TMZSUurzqII/AAAAAAAAADo/DOhvQcDruV4/s1600/cakecandle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TMZSUurzqII/AAAAAAAAADo/DOhvQcDruV4/s320/cakecandle.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">We found out that the next day was Joey’s birthday, so we planned to surprise him with cake and a card. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>After class on Thursday me, Molly and Alysha got two dudes (Dez and Eric) to go with us and headed out to find J.R. and Joey.<span> </span>We walked around for a while until we saw Rick.<span> </span>We thought he might know where Joey was. He told us that they went to the library and wouldn’t be back for a while. We left the cake and card at the spot where they normally sit. Hopefully Joey saw it. <span> </span></span></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">While we were talking to Rick, Eric started sharing the Gospel.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> It was super sweet to just see this brother’s love for the Lord pouring out in his speech. We prayed with Rick and he received the Lord. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>I pray he actually knew and meant what he was praying.<span> </span>Hopefully we will be able to check up on him and see how he is doing this week.<span> </span> </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">These brothers and sisters have been such an amazing blessing to watch and learn from. Their confidence in the Lord and love for the lost is truly inspiring! If I had a scripture to describe this week it would be this…</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. “ <span> </span>Isaiah 61:1</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">We’re gonna PROCLAIM IT! What whaaattt!!! <span style="color: black;"><span> </span><span> </span>Well, I’ll leave it at that.<span> </span>I hope this encouraged you, if I talk to those guys again, I’ll definitely write about it! </span></span></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";"><span> </span>Thank you all so much for all your love, prayers and support!</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">XOXO</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="msonospacing0" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";"> </span></span></div>Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-74787425845059526612010-10-25T17:59:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:59:27.856-07:00The Fox The Crow And The Cookie<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TMYmkOioZTI/AAAAAAAAADc/zLdt1i45gCA/s1600/036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TMYmkOioZTI/AAAAAAAAADc/zLdt1i45gCA/s320/036.jpg" width="220" /></a>I love songs that tell stories! Mewithoutyou is kind of an unusual band and not everyone likes them...but whatever. These are the lyrics to their song called " The Fox The Crow And The Cookie". You could watch the music video on youtube...it is pretty sweet!<br />
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I really love this song because when I hear it I feel like I am in the scene watching it all play out. The crow watching for his chance...the fox already in flight. Much of the album is based on fables and when I found that out I researched fables ( yeah, I'm a nerd) and discovered I loved Aesop's! If you have never read them before...you should. They are grand! Anywho... here is the song. :) <br />
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<i>Through mostly vacant streets, a baker from the outskirts of his town<br />
Earned his living peddling sweets from the ragged cart he dragged around.<br />
The clever fox crept close behind, kept an ever-watchful eye<br />
For a chance to steal a ginger spice cake or a boysenberry pie.<br />
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Looking down was the hungry crow, "When the time is right, I'll strike</i> <i><br />
And condescend to the earth below and take whichever treat I'd like."<br />
The moment the baker turned around to shoo the fox off from his cart,<br />
The crow swooped down and snatched a shortbread cookie and a German chocolate tart.<br />
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Using most unfriendly words that the village children had not yet heard,</i> <i><br />
the baker shouted threats by canzonette to curse the crafty bird.<br />
"You rotten wooden mixing spoon! Why you midnight winged racoon!<br />
You better bring those pastries back, you no-good burned-black macaroon!"<br />
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The fox approached the tree where the bird was perched, delighted in his nest.</i> <i><br />
"Brother Crow, don't you remember me? It's your old friend Fox with a humble request.<br />
If you could share just a modest piece, seeing as I distracted that awful man."<br />
This failed to persuade the crow in the least, so the fox rethought his plan.<br />
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"Then if your lovely song would grace my ears, or to even hear you speak,</i> <i><br />
Would ease my pains and fears." The crow looked down with a candy in his beak.<br />
"Your poems of wisdom, my good crow, what a paradise they bring!"<br />
This flattery pleased the proud bird, so he opened his mouth and began to sing:<br />
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"Your subtle acclamation's true! Best to give praise where praise is due.</i> <i><br />
Every rook and jay in the Corvidae's been raving about me too.<br />
They admire me, one and all. Must be the passion in my caw!<br />
My slender bill known through the escadrille, my fierce commanding claw!"<br />
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I got a walnut brownie brain, and molasses in my veins,</i> <i><br />
Crushed graham cracker crust, my powdered sugared funnel cake cocaine.<br />
Let the crescent cookie rise. These carob colored almond eyes<br />
Will rest to see my cashewed princess in the swirling marble sky.<br />
Will rest upon the knee, where all the visions cease to be<br />
A root beer float in our banana boat across the tapioca sea.<br />
When letting all attachments go, is the only prayer we know,<br />
May it be so, may it be so, may it be so, oh.</i>Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-89468369651465668002010-10-08T18:26:00.000-07:002010-10-08T18:26:58.085-07:00Why?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TK_DySdEbZI/AAAAAAAAADY/MgoWGh1Ksds/s1600/yelling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TK_DySdEbZI/AAAAAAAAADY/MgoWGh1Ksds/s320/yelling.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">WHY IS IT THAT WHEN PEOPLE TYPE IN CAPS IT FEELS LIKE THEY ARE YELLING AT YOU? I don't get it.</span></b></span></div>Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-81820944821787840132010-10-06T19:35:00.000-07:002010-10-06T19:43:09.368-07:00The Wonderful Artist!<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TK0w06dNp8I/AAAAAAAAADU/bHVOeKm0yGw/s1600/31913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TK0w06dNp8I/AAAAAAAAADU/bHVOeKm0yGw/s1600/31913.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="MsoNoSpacing">'It was a bright and sunny morning in the pleasant time of summer, <br />
when one of those black monks emerged from the abbey portal, and <br />
bent his steps towards the house of the fair sisters. Heaven above <br />
was blue, and earth beneath was green; the river glistened like a <br />
path of diamonds in the sun; the birds poured forth their songs from <br />
the shady trees; the lark soared high above the waving corn; and the <br />
deep buzz of insects filled the air. Everything looked gay and <br />
smiling; but the holy man walked gloomily on, with his eyes bent <br />
upon the ground.”</div></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I took this from a page out of <u>Nicholas Nickleby</u> by Charles Dickens, one of my favorite authors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TK0wtPJPFSI/AAAAAAAAADQ/c2mg2pLErJM/s1600/4845460173_ecee0559af_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TK0wtPJPFSI/AAAAAAAAADQ/c2mg2pLErJM/s200/4845460173_ecee0559af_m.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think it’s such a vivid picture of creation and man. I’m not sure it was meant to be written that way but that’s how I see it. God’s wonderful creation spilling forth to display His splendor and yet… we walk with our heads down. What would happen if we looked up? What if we just spent time breathing in creation, marveling at the glory of God through <b><i>His</i></b> artwork? </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My siblings are into art. Becca is into painting eclectic and vintage looking things, Josh is into sketching whatever he finds interesting and Paul is into…capturing the “moments” with cartooning. *coughcough* </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I, on the other hand, rarely have the patience to sit down, keep my hand steady and endure the painful process of drawing, erasing, drawing, tilting you’re head, checking the picture, checking the color, checking the line, drawing, tilting, lining and so on and so forth. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TK0v8YnaiHI/AAAAAAAAADE/pRSJdkAwVhs/s1600/vintagecamera-679679.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TK0v8YnaiHI/AAAAAAAAADE/pRSJdkAwVhs/s200/vintagecamera-679679.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That, my friends, is why a camera is a beautiful thing! *SNAP* moment captured. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh look…someone is about to eat 3 hotdogs in one bite! *Snap*moment captured. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Oh my, that dude is about to do a dubble back flip! * SNAP*moment captured. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hey! That guy is gonna ninja kick through the dry wall! * SNAP* (Picture of random person’s tee shirt blocking shot…. You give some you take some.) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The last time I tried to draw a picture, or make a… err…umm… “Piece of art” was a fail. We had just watched the new <i>“Alice in Wonderland” and</i> I felt “inspired”. I grabbed some paper, my brother’s colored sketching pencils and I drew! I drew clocks, swivels, swirls, circles, eyes and music notes. Lines of color streaming across the page, trees growing from abstract looking grass. All the while hoping it would look interesting, that it would have depth and it would strike thought! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I asked my brother his view on the subject to which he replied, with confusion, “What is it?” Then Becca had a look at it…and I won’t tell you what she said, but it made me want to never see that picture again. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TK0wZvj5FBI/AAAAAAAAADM/QJwF7BqZnYM/s1600/art_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TK0wZvj5FBI/AAAAAAAAADM/QJwF7BqZnYM/s200/art_2.jpg" width="200" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small;">The conclusion was, I am not an artist. No matter how hard I try, how inspired I’m feeling. It’s just not my gifting. I have the artistic capabilities of a small child…<b>But God is a wonderful Artist! </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNoSpacing">The first week of classes has been intense! The Lord has some incredibly passionate people who love and want serve Him.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">This week is called “<i>Rock The House</i>” week and its theme is loyalty.<span> </span>The teachings have been focused on our loyalty to God. <span> </span>The continuous challenge presented has been if we care about ourselves or if we care about the things of the Lord. <span> </span>Our teachers have been breaking down what Loyalty is and in each class challenging us to run after it. <span> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">George Clerie <span> </span>(<i>Director of The Rock University</i>) rocked my world… as usual.<span> </span>On Wednesday he was speaking about how Jesus lived. <span> </span>He didn’t live in a nice house.<span> </span>He didn’t have a bed.<span> </span>He didn’t live “the American dream”.<span> </span>He lived life out of the ordinary. We’re always saying, “ I wanna live like Jesus.” George has challenged us to consider if we are really believing if Jesus is worth risking it all? And, do our choices and our lives reflect what we say we believe.<span> </span>Are we willing to give over all our comforts, all our wants and all our “stuff” to preach the Gospel and reach the nations for Jesus? </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">“When Jesus Christ calls us to follow Him… He isn’t calling us to a reasonable life of service… but to a radical life of sacrifice.” <span> </span>~ Pastor George Clerie</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">That really spoke to me. That is something I desire.<span> </span>I desire to live a life of sacrifice for the One Who gave it all to secure my eternal life with Him. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Sarah Macintosh was leading us in the song “More Than Enough”.<span> </span>It says, “ All of You is more than enough for me”.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Jesus gave me His ALL.<span> </span>Why <b><i>shouldn’t</i></b> I give all I have back to Him? </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TKakHIULtnI/AAAAAAAAAC4/WNx7LaG-UwI/s1600/eyes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TKakHIULtnI/AAAAAAAAAC4/WNx7LaG-UwI/s320/eyes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Mark Schnieder ( <i>one of the founders of S.E.N.D Ministries</i>) taught very passionately about the eyes of God from Revelation 19:11 and 1 Chronicles 28:9. He talked about the wickedness of man and how Gods eyes see our wickedness and still He has mercy and grace…. and wants for all of us to follow Him. <span> </span>Mark spoke of the struggle to say no to self, and he boiled it down real simple like:<span> </span>“Fix your eyes on the one who has His eyes fixed on you.”<span> </span>He concluded by sharing, “God is calling us to be a generation to carry His fire to the ends of the earth.”</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span> </span>There have also been some sweet moments and I’ll share a few with you…</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">On Tuesday, right before the end of classes for the day, the teacher asked us to turn to the person next to us and pray for them. <span> </span>Myself and two women named Claudette and Sarah came together and started praying.<span> </span>Sarah prayed and started by saying “ Lord, I thank you for Sarah and Claudette”. Claudette started crying and she said “ Lord, thank you for bringing me two Sarahs! It is truly a miracle!” It was the sweetest thing.<span> </span><span> </span>After we prayed she told us that the Lord was using Sarahs all around to pray and speak to her. <span> </span>I’m glad I could be part of the “ Sarahs.”</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">I met another lady named Melissa who sat next to me on the very first day of class. The Lord has called her to go to Haiti and start an orphanage. <span> </span>That was super encouraging to me that she has such a heart for kids, for the lost, lonely and hurting kid’s of a place so destroyed and abandoned. <span> </span>I will definitely keep her in my prayers as she embarks on this grand adventure with the Lord. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">I have also heard amazing testimonies of how the Lord has spoken and lead His followers into His promises. It’s been an amazing week! </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--><div class="MsoNoSpacing"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">So there’s this band and they’re kinda the best.<span> </span>Here is the link: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/frontlineministries760">http://www.myspace.com/frontlineministries760</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span> </span>I first heard them here in California during the Festival of Life in Coachella Valley in April. They played at the mini festivals within the community. <span> </span>They have this song called “God’s People Rock the House.” Seriously go listen to it…and to all the rest of their songs. <span> </span>It will bring you great joy!</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Anywho, I went to The Rock Church here in San Diego on Sunday night and it was a marvelous service! They have 5 services on Sundays and one them starts at <span> </span>7 pm, <span> </span>mostly for 18-25 year olds. It was one of the most high energy, enthusiastic, spirit-filled services I’ve ever experienced! </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">We started out the night with an awesome worship session.<span> </span>They had a special guest singing…I wish I could remember her name but I can’t.<span> </span>She shared about her suffering and how the Lord brought her through it, healed her, and how much she loves Him. It was so encouraging!</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Then they had a “Rock Hero”. It’s where people within the church nominate someone who they think has shown dedication and sacrifice in serving or evangelism. <span> </span>The “Hero” speaks a little bit about where their heart is for ministry. This blessed my heart because the bible says to “build one another up” and what better way to do it then by rejoicing in their love for Christ! </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">After that Miles McPherson came out and had everyone do the wave. Yeah, it was amazing. Then he asked if it was anyone’s first time coming.<span> </span>What was so neat was that there were thousands of people there and Miles still talked to us like we were a small group sitting in a bible study. <span> </span>Two girls in the front shouted out that they were from England, and Miles went down to the front with a microphone so that we could all hear their accents. <span> </span>Then someone from the back shouted out that they were from France. Soooo….Miles ran all the way to the back of the auditorium with a microphone and had her say stuff in French. <span> </span>Haha!</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">There were many other things that happened but I’ll just cut to the point.<span> </span>The teaching was amazing. The worship was amazing.<span> </span>The energy was amazing. <span> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">So many people worshiping and praising God all together was a beautiful thing. When Miles was teaching it was just like he was talking to you, just having a conversation. <span> </span>At the end he gave a alter call and at least 50 people came forward to receive Jesus as their Savior.<span> </span>It was incredible! The whole service was real and relevant. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Speaking of relevant, this is the reason I wrote about that band at the beginning… because on Sunday, GOD’S PEOPLE WAZ ROCKIN’ THE HOUSE! Yeah, I’m cheesy…I know. </div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]-->Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-91290791784517464302010-09-26T22:40:00.000-07:002010-10-01T17:11:00.688-07:00Well, it finally hit me. IMA GROWN UP!<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">My dad left me on Friday night. It was a sad ordeal, I cried…a lot. The realization that I'm on my own set in.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">I dropped him off at Long Beach Airport and had an hour and a half drive home. Plenty of time for my eyes to swell to the size of golf balls. And they did, my poor left eye was so swollen it took two days to go down! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">The home sickness was setting in, the separation from my loved ones. I put on my Tenth Avenue North CD and as I listened to each song The Lord reminded me of His faithfulness, what I’ve prayed for and how He is answering those prayers. In every situation in my life the Lord keeps reiterating </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">He wants to be my great Comfor<span style="background-color: white;">ter</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"> in such a way that I would come to Him before going anywhere else.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ_vDQEflMI/AAAAAAAAACg/WVWdqBThcto/s1600/baby-food.jpg"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa"; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</span></a><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TKCrCeaSDVI/AAAAAAAAACk/kGJpfAMRLQo/s1600/baby-food.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TKCrCeaSDVI/AAAAAAAAACk/kGJpfAMRLQo/s320/baby-food.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"> Now, every time I think of the word “comforter” I think of a blanket. Remember when you were a kid and you had that blankie(<i>or perhaps it was a stuffed anima</i>l)? It probably has a few scars and a stain or two still on it ( <i>mostly that nasty Gerber organic “Pea and Cheese Mix” that mom forced you to eat, You knew Blankie had your back!</i>). Even so, it was YOURS and you loved it. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">Ahhh… man oh man, how wonderful that blanket felt after a hard day of making mud pies in the backyard. You’d crawl into bed, wrap yourself in the big ol’ fluffin’ puff and doze off to dream land. It just felt nice.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"> You and Blankie would do everything together. You were <b>BFFL’S</b>! You’d cruise with Blankie to the jungle gym, the zoo, to Mickey D’s, to the grocery store…you might have lost Blankie a few times while in the store. Your whole world turned upside in seconds, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"> Dad searched frantically only to discover he was holding it in his hand. In the end you found him again and life got back to normal. When you were hurt you’d grab Blankie. It was Blankie that helped you through the scraped knee or oozing pustules ( <i>ok, that was gross… sorry</i>).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">That’s how it should be with Jesus!! We should just let him wrap us up and hold on tight. Be our comfort when we’re hurting. Be our assurance when we’re fearful (<i>or tearful in my case</i>). How great would it be if when our hearts were weary that it was as easy as grabbin’ that old bag of rags. Well, it IS that easy! (<i>Only Jesus isn’t a bag of rags</i>) I’m learning to take it back to the basics with Jesus. You should too. Just let Him be your Blankie. That’s what I’m doing!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">I’ll leave you with a few verse from a worship song called “ The Lord Is”</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">“ The depths of your grace who can measure?</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">You fully supply all I need</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">You restore my weary soul</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">Again and again</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">And lead me in your righteousness and peace</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">You’re with me through every dark valley</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">There’s nothing that I have to fear</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">You are there to comfort me</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">Again and again</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";">Protecting me, assuring me you’re near…”</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Estrangelo Edessa";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9bWHhgA6I/AAAAAAAAACA/FSEu0dzppoI/s1600/IMG_1703.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9bWHhgA6I/AAAAAAAAACA/FSEu0dzppoI/s320/IMG_1703.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Day 4:</b><span> </span>Gallup, New Mexico to San Diego</div><div class="MsoNormal"> <b> </b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Gettin’ our Kicks:</b> <span> </span>Before we left New Mexico we drove down part of Historic Rt.66! I loved all the old buildings. There were also a lot of Native American jewelry places.<span> </span>We never ended up stopping…but we thought about it. There was this fountain which I was slightly obsessed with. The water jumped around and made different patterns. I could have watched it ALL day :)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9cFmPj5ZI/AAAAAAAAACE/xFBlfFTBEPY/s1600/IMG_1729.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9cFmPj5ZI/AAAAAAAAACE/xFBlfFTBEPY/s200/IMG_1729.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Walnut Canyon:</b> REALLY REALLY REALLY beautiful place! Native American Indians used to live on the side of the canyon. They had rather small square stone homes and they had to climb down the side just to get water…Then they had to carry it back up! They were NUTS! Hmmm, maybe that’s why they named it “wal-nut” canyon! GET IT?!?! Hahahaha, I think it’s funny…</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9cpI0303I/AAAAAAAAACM/5gjlyFGEL5w/s1600/IMG_1779.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9cpI0303I/AAAAAAAAACM/5gjlyFGEL5w/s320/IMG_1779.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><b>Montezuma Castle:</b> <span> </span>Located in Arizona, it wasn’t just a “normal” castle. This is a ruin that was built into the side of a cliff by the Singuna people. It’s one of the best preserved cliff dwellings in North America it’s over 500 years old.<span> </span>At the park they said that one day, the people just picked up and left. No explanation, nothing. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9czX9SceI/AAAAAAAAACQ/9686oUexZ1g/s1600/IMG_1807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Verrrooommm: </b><span> </span>Sand storm. I saw one… in Arizona. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Squish</b>: The number of dead bugs on my car is ridiculous. <span> </span>And I killed so many butterflies I lost count<span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span></span></span>.<span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9dE0Qt3yI/AAAAAAAAACU/DZby6o4s3zU/s1600/IMG_1815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9dE0Qt3yI/AAAAAAAAACU/DZby6o4s3zU/s320/IMG_1815.JPG" width="320" /> </a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9dE0Qt3yI/AAAAAAAAACU/DZby6o4s3zU/s1600/IMG_1815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> </a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Left Arm “Driver’s Tan”:</b> <span> </span>Thanks to the rotation of the earth, I now have a very tan left arm and a not so tan right arm. Thanks a lot sun shine… You’re the best!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>BORDER PATROL:</b> Once we started getting close to Mexico we hit border patrol checkpoints. The first station was by far the most entertaining. These guys weren’t in official uniforms. Wearing traffic vests they stopped us, looked in the back seat at large pile of suit cases, trash and maps, then asked us if we had any fruit. WHAT?! (They were trying to steal MY fruit! I felt offended.) <span> </span>Then they asked if we had any animals.<span> </span>(Now they want my pet?!)<span> </span><span> </span>What would they have done if I had a dog? Take him away with the fruit, oh.. the heart ache. Then they wanted to know if we had plants.<span> </span>(They can take those.)<span> </span>Long story short…(or not so short) …we didn’t have any of those things.<span> </span>So they let us on our way.<span> </span>Yes yes, they are doing their job…but oh what a strange job that is.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">As we ended our trip in San Diego, there was great relief that the Lord had kept us safe along the way. No car problems...no tickets.<span> </span>We were thankful, as well, for quite a few extra hours of sleep as our bodies adjusted to time changes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal">We had traveled through The Great State of Virginia… down the <span> </span>foot hills of the Appalachians into Tennessee with tall trees and lots of green… across the great Mississippi River… through Arkansas, dusty <span> </span>Texas, <span> </span>versatile New Mexico, blazed through 104 degree Arizona heat and mapped our way safely through sand dunes, mountains and speeding highways of California. <span> </span>Overall, it was a wonderful trip with lots of interesting things to see along the way.<span> </span>Mostly I will remember this trip as a sweet time with my dad that the Lord really blessed.<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9eKCQDoTI/AAAAAAAAACc/haB52-ZtRRg/s1600/IMG_1826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJ9eKCQDoTI/AAAAAAAAACc/haB52-ZtRRg/s320/IMG_1826.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-68717713501909443452010-09-24T07:28:00.000-07:002010-09-24T07:28:52.621-07:00Day 3<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Day 3: Oklahoma City to Gallup, New Mexico</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oh the traffic! When we rolled into the hotel just outside of Oklahoma City we asked the dude behind the desk ( who was very nice by the way, gave me a free water bottle) about going into the city in the morning. He told us that rush hour was at 7am and that it would take us forever once we got closer. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Now, maybe I’m crazy or maybe I’ve just been living outside of DC too long but, the “rush hour traffic” here was like driving to church on Sunday morning! There was ( from what I could see) one exit ramp full of cars, which was moving, and one lane coming from a different direction moving about 10mph under the speed limit( the speed limit it 65mph, so they were still going at a good rate). People here DO NOT KNOW what traffic is! I wonder what would happen to them if they came to NOVA and experienced at little I-95? Hmmm</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Indian Nation:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Off of I-40, starting in Oklahoma there have been signs. When the Indians were forced onto reservations here, they named the land after their tribe. We’ve seen Chockata Nation, Creek Nation and so on and so forth. It’s been really neat and it makes me want to research the tribes and find out their individual stories.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJy0-cmT_PI/AAAAAAAAABM/qR4LgazZxmk/s1600/IMG_1609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJy0-cmT_PI/AAAAAAAAABM/qR4LgazZxmk/s320/IMG_1609.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Giant Duck</span></b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">: Stopped off in Amarillo, TX for lunch and saw this giant yellow duck. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Devil’s Rope Museum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">: My mom has been obsessed with this place since I was in middle school. I did a research paper and presentation when I was like in 7<sup>th</sup> grade on barbed wire, we found info from this places website. Anywho, I texted her when we drove by it and she called us and said that we HAD to go…and this is what the conversation sounded like </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mom,” It’s the largest barbed wire museum in the US!”</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">To which my father replied, “That’s because it’s probably the only one!”</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The museum was in the middle of nowhere and we didn’t end up stopping. Needless to say my mom was very disappointed and reminded us of how barbed wire changed farming, the military and the world at large. Oh, well, maybe on our next trip!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Boots are Made for Walking… and that’s just what they’ll do. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">On my GPS instead of a car I have little boots. Every time I look at the screen, I start sing that song by Nancy Sinatra.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Great Search for the Rio Grande</span></b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> (Another piece of geography I half got to see.) We rolled into Albuquerque, and we were hopeful to get to a waterfront to get some pictures. Mission Failed. Can you believe that we couldn’t find the river!! </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Driving Fast:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> This is the fastest speed limit I’ve ever seen posted, and the weirdest</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If I Owned Land</span></b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">: When we were driving through New Mexico, the land there had green mountains and dry, vast stretches of land. So I started talking about what I would do if I owned land and I came to two conclusions: </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If I owned land in New Mexico I would breed Kangaroos. Yes, it would be incredible. Then, after I had hundreds of them I would start releasing them into the New Mexico country side. Soon the whole south western United States would be overrun by Kangaroos! </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If I owned land on a mountain I would build a castle. A real, legit twelfth</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">century castle on the side of the mountain in the middle of nowhere, just to trip people out. It would be the funniest thing ever. Think about it…you’re driving down this really long boring road, there is nothing around and then…BAM! A castle. And by the time your mind realizes what you just saw…( a castle)… you think you’re losing your mind because you are back driving on the same boring road. Ah…so good.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">One more day of travel for us, “are you ready boots? Start walkin’!” </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJy1nRDuNxI/AAAAAAAAABU/0qXmpHcycjY/s1600/IMG_1688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJy1nRDuNxI/AAAAAAAAABU/0qXmpHcycjY/s320/IMG_1688.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div>Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-50079083441357909882010-09-22T22:39:00.000-07:002010-09-22T22:39:09.444-07:00Day 2<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:RelyOnVML/> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";">Day 2 – Nashville to Oklahoma City</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJrnI__NiOI/AAAAAAAAABE/d4X6epgmuOg/s1600/Dot_imageVIEW.asp.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJrnI__NiOI/AAAAAAAAABE/d4X6epgmuOg/s320/Dot_imageVIEW.asp.gif" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";">We started in Nashville, eating at the ever grand Cracker Barrel for breakfast.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";"> We walked in and the woman at the front of the store said something to us. Between the accent and the radio playing in the back ground we couldn’t understand what she said. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";">Assuming she said “ Good morning, welcome to Cracker Barrel” we stood and waited to be seated. No one came because she had told us to seat ourselves (which she repeated). So we seated ourselves and ate breakfast and went on our way. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Pandora Jewelry:</span> </b><span> </span><span> </span><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";">The stupidest name for a jewelry store I’ve heard. Like Pandora, really? Do they even know who Pandora was?</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Pringle Park Stadium</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">:</span> <span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";">This place had two giant Pringle Man faces on the front of the stadium. It was awesome!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";"><b>Toad Suck: </b>Somewhere in the haze between Tennessee and Arkansas we drove past a park named “Toad Suck Park.” <span> </span>What were they thinking?! It’s almost like the dude building it asked his three year old,<span> </span>“ Son, what should we name the park?” and the kid said something like, “Road Duck. “ <span> </span>But, because the kid had a little slur going on, where his R’s sound like T’s and his D’s sound like S’s, the dad thought he said “Toad Suck.”<span> </span>….Gotta love America!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">The Stage Coach</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">:</span> <span> </span><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";">I only saw the back of it, but dad saw the whole thing. There was a truck with a legit life size stage coach on the back.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJrl1C8FhWI/AAAAAAAAAA0/nk-A7Ayk1VA/s1600/IMG_1451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJrl1C8FhWI/AAAAAAAAAA0/nk-A7Ayk1VA/s320/IMG_1451.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Memphis:</span></b> <span> </span><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";">Later on in day one we stopped in downtown Memphis so we could take pictures of the Mississippi river. The city was really neat! We saw the studio where Elvis recorded his music.<span> </span>I loved all the buildings there… old cities are my favorite :). <span> </span>And, there were quite a few trolleys that came through the city.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Road Killed Armadillo</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: </span><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";">We saw one. <span> </span>Fact.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Fort Smith</span></b><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">:</span><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";"> <span> </span>If you know anything about my family, you would know that we ALL LOVE HISTORY.<span> </span>So, getting a </span><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">chance</span><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";"> to see a fort, much less a fort that is so rich in history was legit.<span> </span>I’d heard about Fort Smith before, but I never knew it was so important during the 1800’s. Are you ready for a History lesson? Because here it comes….</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJrl9F0J2NI/AAAAAAAAAA8/4Rfw_0OSwa8/s1600/IMG_1525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJrl9F0J2NI/AAAAAAAAAA8/4Rfw_0OSwa8/s320/IMG_1525.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Fort Smith was built in 1817.<span> </span>It was home to Judge Parker and the very first U.S. Marshals. They kept the peace after the Indian tribes (Who were forced from their lands and travelled the “Trail of Tears”) settled in Oklahoma.<span> </span>The fort housed notorious bad guys (and gals) and was the iron fist of justice in the prairie lands of Oklahoma and Texas.<span> </span>People came west and settled around the fort for 60 years.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><br />
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</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Microsoft PhagsPa","sans-serif";">Being out here in the West makes you realize the bravery and courage of the men and women who left their homes and trekked over thousands of miles of hills, rivers, desserts, mountains and fields in rickety wagons in search of a better life.<span> </span>Imagine those very first pioneers!<span> </span>There was absolutely NOTHING out here…except hope and opportunity. <span> </span>How could they tell where they were going? How did they get supplies?<span> </span>They really were crazy and really driven….. I’m glad they helped settle the West, making Manifest Destiny a reality for generations (like mine) to come.<span> </span>They were so hard core!</span></div>Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-64648010312852654642010-09-19T19:53:00.000-07:002010-09-19T19:53:42.642-07:00Day One On The Road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:RelyOnVML/> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">Here it is… my blog post of our cross country traveling! <span> </span>I am hopeful that I will be able to update often so that friends and family can know what is going down. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJbJJGnj6-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/lSY5UokAWVw/s1600/IMG_1377.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJbJJGnj6-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/lSY5UokAWVw/s320/IMG_1377.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Today I left home and it was really hard. <span> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span> </span>I’m really excited, but I am also very sad to be leaving my family.<span> </span>I am trusting the Lord is going to settle my heart and help me to overcome the homesickness I know is just around the corner.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">We ( me and my dad) left early after having a wonderful breakfast (made by mother dearest :)) and started on our way through Virginia and most of Tennessee . We will be driving a little under 700 miles a day for the next four days. Our plan is to arrive in San Diego on Tuesday.<span> </span><span> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">On the road we have encountered some interesting things, and I am here to share them with you. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Evil Purple Truck</b>: Evil purple truck followed us for so many miles! It cut me off sevel times and caused traffic to stop on numerous occasions. Every time I thought I lost him, there he was in my rear view….staring at me.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Possessed Change Drawer</b>: <span> </span>In the car there is this little drawer, it pops open every time we go over a bump. Slightly creepy.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNoSpacing"> <b>Safari Hat Man: </b>When we were driving through Knoxville, TN we drove past a man in an old school safari hat ( like the one in the picture). Yes, a safari hat. He was in a red convertible with a normal looking woman. But he was still wearing a safari hat. <span> </span>I wish I was related to that man so I could try on his awesome hat but alas…I am not. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJbK4-p32cI/AAAAAAAAAAc/Dw70vKJei-E/s1600/IMG_1394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zidXbHpMBnQ/TJbK4-p32cI/AAAAAAAAAAc/Dw70vKJei-E/s320/IMG_1394.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>That Hair Place:</b> We went to the store to get some water bottles and I saw one of the best named hair salons in town. It is genius I tell you...GENIUS!! Just think about how much fun you could have with this.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">" What are you doing today?" "Oh, just going to get my hair cut at That Hair Place." " Which one?" "That Hair Place off of 8th" " What's the name of it?" " You know... That hair place." " But whats its name!?"</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Hahaha, oh the possibilities!! </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">We also had a discussion on the eternal struggle between Pirates and Ninjas. It was extremely interesting because Dad is a ninja sympathizer and I lean more towards Piracy…yeah. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">On our trip we’ve been playing a nonstop game of Mad-Gab. The names of towns and streets are sometimes so strange and foreign like Buckshort, Algood, Cookeville, Chillhowie and Abingdon.<span> </span>Trying to sound it out, eventually figuring our what the place is called after sounding like an idiot. But its okay, we sound like idiots together. <span> </span>Dad has also gotten very into the flicking game, the “see a license plate from another state and you get to flick the person sitting next to you. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">We have been past some places with really cool names like Palestine, Sparta, Paris, London, Lebanon and Damascas. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Overall the first day of travel was good.<span> </span>The Lord has definitely been blessing us on our way. Thank you so much for all your prayers.</div>Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699963328955074512.post-86316392289919799282010-09-19T19:16:00.000-07:002010-09-19T19:16:27.426-07:00The Very First PostThis would be the place where I would put my very first post. I'd talk about why I made the blog, how it makes me feel and all that jazz. But I dont have time to write all that right now so...that will be coming later.Sarah-Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797588977086455523noreply@blogger.com0