Holy Crap!!!! RUSSIA?!?!?!?!

so, as some of you(possibly all), may know, I've been thinking about going somewhere...I've never been before. You will be suprised to know that it's the craziest place for me to go(well not completely.)




















the place is not russia...


I'm most likely going to go to -------
I sent an email to ----- -----
It's looking like I'm going to go there with -- -------
Looks like I finally get to see ------
how exciting!

fill in the blanks friends

....

things are pretty much the same conerning my plans...except for the fact that all of the paperwork is nearly complete and will hopefully be sent off somewhere into next week. This is something new for me...



the suspense is killing me


hooray for suprises!

so...

as many of you may know, this next semester I am currently planning on going abroad once again. I am coming to a few conclusions(ones that I'm not going to speak of until I'm sure and have a plane ticket). They are quite exciting plans, and I'm just praying that the Lord will show me exactly what He wants for me. Please pray that I will make a wise choice and that the Lord will bless my time wherever I go.

Another thing...I went to murrieta this last weekend and it was super fun. I've been going down there quite often because I love to see friends. Hooray for friends!(pictures coming soon...)
While I was there, the Lord really spoke to me about my life and how much I need to keep my life in check. I didn't realize that there were so many things that I was hard-hearted towards concerning the Lord. I had an awesome time talking with my good friend Scott Butterfield. A talk that I very much needed, and we prayed together, which was cool...what and awesome friend.

Thai food is delicious

lastly, ice cream is glorious during weddings.

I love all of my friends and I miss them all.................come back to me friends!

The day after

The next day, I didn't go to church....(shocking, I know, but no one woke me up and I didn't get back till 330 in the morning). Aside from the heatheness act I hung out with my mom until my dad ot home with pizza. Then I called my two of my favorite friends in Cal city to see what they were up to.

Adam and Amy!

We had decided last week to have a game night, which is what we did!

So we kicked it off with a mean game of scrabble!

This is what I started off with....

I ended up with the win! Hooray for board games!

We listened to music like Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, and Nickel Creek...amazing

We also decided to put big red wrappers on our heads to see who could do it the longest...which was me, because I'm sure that they were over it fast


It hurt kinda bad, but I left it on there for like 5-10 minutes
So we left and went to get Monopoly and Life in Amy's sweet Nova without seatbelts, roomy


So we got Monopoly because Life was unavailable.

Let me just sum the game up for me...Things weren't going great for me and I got in a pinch...almost dead...I came back and owned so hard that everything was annihilated. The game might have been over sooner, but as Amy said that no one wants to be a jerk when you have three christians playing Monopoly, so they have grace and allow lots of things to slide. So afterward we got in the sweet Jacuzzi that was perfect temperature. We turned out the lights and I looked at the stars....

I decided that I am too forgetful on the issue of God's size. I looked at the star in the sky, which looked like speckles of white paint on black canvas. I realized that God is large enough to do anything He wants and more than we can expect. I hope I never forget that He's too big to be put in the back seat again. I can't expect to have God watch me do my own things, and try to get Him to switch seats with me whenever I'm starting to lose control. Then doubting Him as I allow Him to steer me to safety and right back where He wants me, on the right track. I know that everyone struggles with this, but I was very encouraged to see that God is HUGE, and He makes beautiful things...so I need Him to make me.

Finally

I'm updating! Hooray for updates!

Basically the last couple of weeks have been fun filled! The first thing I have to report on is the weekend I spent with friends in Murrieta.

It was pretty glorious to say the least.

Everybody was there!(chessa was taking the picture in case anyone was wondering)
I kept trying to get pictures of these two, but they liked to hide their face from everyone.......sad day :-(

we picked this spot for picnicing in the park at Harveston. It was a good spot where we could see the lake. It was a little later on in the day so it was quite soothing to be with my friends.

This is my newest friend Sharon! We share asian-ness which is amazing! I hope that we get to share many glorious adventures together in the future! She gave me an air freshener that makes me think her everytime I get in my car(sad day, I know). Although I still haven't figured out how to put it in the vent, it smells good. She's a great friend...

This is JaNece. I get to know her a little bit last semester, but we didn't hang out all that much. However last weekend was such a fun time with her. Even though we had only three previous memories together, this last one was the best! She's another great friend that I'm glad I have.

Poor Chessa. She wasn't feeling too good that day, but we still enjoyed being with her as much time as we could. We met first semester and we've been friends ever since. My little Canadian buddy. Everyone's Canadian buddy...

And everyone knows Brad! I don't think he needs an introduction. Only that we have been good friends since we were little and hopefully all the way till Jesus comes back! :-)

Needless to say, he day made me miss all the friends I have at murrieta. Especially the ones I got to hang out with all day. So Brad, JaNece, Sharon, and Chess...I love all of you guys and miss you so much already. But here's to more adventures

P.S. I love all of my friends(you know who you are)