It's amazing how much can happen in one evening. Or one month for that matter. 

Sorry it's been so long. I guess I'll bring you up to speed on the things that have happened in the past two months. Uvalde was awesome! Through VBS we had 10 children accept Jesus as their savior. It was incredible.

On July 26th I got to fly up to NE to see my old friends, and my oldest brother and his fam. It was really fun. I stayed up there for 2 weeks and got to see a bunch of people I hadn't talked to in a long time. I was nice to go back to the place I practically grew up. I know that I'm where God want's be to be at this point in my life, but I can't help but miss living up there. After getting back from NE on the 9th not too much happened in Aug. Besides my b-day, and school starting (on the same day). I got a cool new 4GB Sansa Fuse MP3 player. (I sound so technical but that's pretty much all I know about it...lol)

OH big news I forgot to tell you about. After we got back from Uvalde (the very night actually) my bro and his wife showed up (met us at the church when we arrived) to tell us that they're going to have a baby!!! It's due in March, we still don't know boy or girl, but I think we will in a couple of weeks. It's so exciting I'm going to have a 3rd niece or nephew and nearby! I left my other two nephews in NE.

So after school started at the end of Aug. Not a whole lot has happened until recently. Not only have we officially started an AWANA program (which is an awesome Bible program for kids K-6th grade), but we also were contacted by a potential youth leader named, and I'm serious, Jon Adams. lol. And after my pastor talked to him, he brought him to the youth search committee (which I happen to be on) and we interviewed him, and everyone liked him, so today he came in view of a call, and the church unanimously voted him as our youth minister. He won't take complete control of the group now that we have a youth council, but he will come in alongside that program and become a mentor and friend to the youth in the church, which has doubled in the past 2 months. Instead of just being 4 youth, counting the 2 pastors kids, one other jr. higher, and me. We've now doubled that. Sometimes more than doubled. It's amazing how God works. He starts growth in a youth group that doesn't really have anything going, gives us resources to start a new Wed. night Bible study, and then after all of that is in place he brings to us someone to lead it. It's awesome! God is really moving in our church.

Then tonight after all of the excitement of getting a new youth pastor, a very unfortunate thing happened. Our pastor's wife got a call that her 24 y/o cousin who had just come for a  visit from S.C. was hit by a car while walking in front of the grocery store tonight, and didn't make it to the hospital. Please be keeping my Pastor's family in your prayers. They are a VERY close family and this is the second loss in the past couple of months. I can't even begin to imagine what they must be going through.

Romans 12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Tonight I will rejoice over the fact that our church is growing, and I will weep and pray for a friend's loss.

Well, I suppose I should sign off for the night. God bless you.

S4C

Well, VBS started Sunday. It's been going really well so far, though my week has been completely thrown off by it! lol. Today feels like Wednesday instead of Tuesday. Tonight was our evangelism night and in total we had 12 kids pray and ask God into their hearts. 8 of them were in my group! (that's more than half of my group, I had 14 kids tonight) We did something a little different this year and I think it worked out really well. We combined the 2nd-3rd grade class (my class) with the 4th-5th grade class and my pastor talked to them about salvation. It was really cool to see how he presented it to them. It was really a hands on full participation thing. In a way I see how God used me in that, through my asking the pastor to talk to my group as well this year. Normally he just talks to the 4th and 5th graders. It was really awesome! We have 2 more days to go and then on Friday my youth group will be headed to Youth Evangelism Conference in Dallas. We'll get back from there on Saturday where we will then have 1 week before we head out on our mission trip to Uvalde. We'll be leading a 3 day VBS, help work on the church they're building, and possibly do some door-to-door evangelism. We'll be there from the 5th-9th of July. THEN...2 weeks after that I'm headed to Nebraska!!! EXCITEMENT!!! WOOHOO!!! OK I'm through now. lol. Needless to say my summer is already packed full. Lots of fun! So far things have been going great. God is so good, isn't He?

Well anyway, I should go for now. I'll talk to y'all later. God bless.

S4C

Hey All,
Sorry I haven't been blogging a lot lately. No excuse for it accept laziness. Again sorry.

Things here have been good. I've been staying busy trying to keep up with school, church and other miscellaneous activities. Yesterday was my church's 10 year anniversary, and thanks to a slide show I have now been dubbed the "Movie Star." The song was the theme to Gilligan's Island and when the lyrics were listing off the cast a picture of me from Christmas was shown right when they said "A movie star." lol. The rest of the day that's what I was called. I'm going to attempt to scan the picture and put it on here so that you can see what they meant. We'll see if I can figure out how in the world to use the scanner. lol. It's new and I haven't used that feature yet. I've gotten my hair cut since that picture was taken but it's pretty much the same length now just not layered.

Today I baby sat again, I've been baby sitting this little boy every Monday for about 8 months now. Wow, it doesn't seem like it's been that long! How time flies.It's not fair! This will be my last summer as a high school student. A scary fact to think about. I'm not planning on going to college right away...I don't have the money for it. I do hope however to go somewhere within 2 or 3 years from now. To get a full time job after I graduate and save and scrimp every penny I make so that I will be able to at least pay for one semester. No use worrying about that now though. "Borrowing trouble" as it's called. It's just not worth the stress. Besides, I still have no idea where I'm going to go. There are some possibilities to be sure, but I just don't know exactly where God wants me to go. The one I've looked into the most is a long ways away and my mom and dad aren't too happy with that possibility, though they say that they'll be open to it if that's where I feel the Lord is leading me. The future is still unknown, just like it always seems to be.

V.B.S. plans are going good. I haven't done a whole lot of preparation yet, but that's one of the things on my agenda for tomorrow, to work on at least the first day. Along with get plenty of sleep. The past few nights I haven't been going to bed early. hmmph...when do I ever go to bed early?! But it's not just the going to bed early, it's the early mornings that follow that get me. lol. My own fault I know.

So anyway, that's some of what I've been up to lately. I'll write more later. God bless.

S4C

I've been tagged for this meme by http://www.xanga.com/Hillsfam 

Here are the rules:

(1) Link to the person that tagged you.
(2) Post the rules on your blog.
(3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
(4) Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
(5) Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

Here goes...

1. I love music. Christian music to be exact. In the mornings when I get up, especially if its early, I like to turn on  my radio to the local Christian station and sing along with the songs I know, sometimes even the ones I don't. I love to sing praise songs and if its got a nice beat I can even be caught dancing (badly I might add) to the song. I have found that if I go without listening to music my day goes downhill and I end up crabby. I just love to sing uplifting songs that remind me of Gods love. I like all different styles with the exception of a few. I draw the line at heavy metal and death rock..and all other styles of music that make you wonder what in the world they're screaming at you.

2. I love to listen to the things that little children come up with. Things like their make believe pet dragon being so hungry that he ate the whole world, or talking about dropping a piano on Popeye before he can eat his spinach. (don't ask) My favorite thing about children is their innocents, their forgiveness, and their trust in things that they don't understand.

3. I've read 4 full length books in 2 weeks. In case you didn't know, I love to read. Right now I'm reading Jane Austen's Emma. Its a good book. Though at times it can be confusing because of the difference in how they talked then to now.

4. I'm very involved at my church. I help wherever I'm needed. Last Sunday I even helped my dad sing during the invitation. I love to work with the children, and serve in/with the youth. I go every Saturday with the Donahoo's visiting, inviting children and their families to come to church.

5. I love being with friends. Playing games, talking, just hanging out doing whatever. Friends are important to me. I would never be one to be back stabbing or hurtful on purpose. I try to be kind and generous to everyone.

6. I love to be outdoors in the country. To go walking in a field where its quiet and the only thing you hear are birds and other outdoor creatures. I sometimes feel stifled living in town. Not being able to go outside and see for miles. I feel almost trapped by the fenced in yards and the constant noise of cars and dogs. I used to love to just sit and feel completely at ease in the wide open area. To just think and not worry about being watched or hearing a siren go off. Now my only escape is my room. Which is the complete opposite of being outside. Needless to say my room is small.

Now I'll tag some others...
http://www.xanga.com/MrRious,
http://www.xanga.com/Musikchik84,
http://www.xanga.com/BeeyondSight,
http://www.xanga.com/Lil_Pink_Frog,
http://www.xanga.com/brotherrhino,
http://www.xanga.com/KohakuHyuuga

OK todays excitement is a whole lot more than yesterdays! I'M GOING TO BE AN AUNT AGAIN! My bro MrRious just called, at 11 p.m. right as everyone was going to bed, and told us! My mom is talking to him right now! I'm overly excited right now...I'm about to start jumping up and down squealing!! I'm holding it at bay so that I can listen in on my moms side of the conversation. lol.

In explanation to the title, when I was a toddler my dads sister was coming to visit us and they kept telling me that my Aunt Debra was coming and when we went to the airport to pick her up I gave her the name by which she has gone since then. "Debra Bug" to me when my parents said Aunt they meant ant so she was obviously a bug. So the way that my bro tells me that he's going to be a daddy he says that I'm going to be a "bug" again. This is their first and I could tell in his voice the excitement he is feeling. He's always been a good big brother, even when I was little and I thought he was mean. He's always cared for and protected me. He didn't baby me like our oldest brother did, but he taught me that no meant no. lol. He was always stubborn. But it would seem that no matter how stubborn he is God has different plans. You see he and his wife had planned to wait 5 years before they had kids. Ha ha...God obviously had a different idea. lol.

OK so my excitement is bubbling over! I'm so HAPPY! YEY!!! What a wonderful end to an exhausting day of babysitting. lol. I will cast my vote in for a little girl...I already have 2 nephews, its time for a niece! But whatever it is I will spoil that baby to my brothers aggravation. Hey, I'm allowed to aggravate him...I am a little sister aren't I?

Alright, I'm going to sign off now...I have to try to calm down enough to sleep. lol. God bless!

S4C