Ministry Final

Hello Everyone,
I am not sure how long it has been but I will only write on this last week. Which was (drum roll) MINISTRY FINAL!!!! Ministry final is where we go and take everything we have been taught up to date and apply it. This year they divided us into three groups. The 1st yrs were divided into there traffic groups (ministry learning groups) and then us second yrs were our own group. On Monday we all went to the Valley and had a meeting with a businessman in are church and he talked about professionalism and business ethics. On the way back we were all assigned hand tailored jobs for each of us designed with the intension of challenging us in different areas. I’ll list them off in the order they came.
Trevor, lead and execute a youth service that night.
Lance; come up with a new ministry venue to present to the pastoral staff Wed. morning.
Bre, plan and execute an outreach for both 1st and 2nd yrs that has never been done.
Krista, manage the 2nd yr team and make sure all assignment are done.
Esther, focus on relationship NOT task. Plan and execute an outreach to a nursing home.
Well we had a LOT of questions and then we dived in. Monday night’s service was good but not all that it was supposed to be. So are first lessons to be learned. For Trevor you HAVE to Rely on your team. For me I hurt my team by not speaking up. I’ll expound later.

On Tuesday we had academic stuff in the morning and then jumped into planning an outreach (Bre) for a woman shelter. It went really good, we all had a great time. But this was just an outreach with us second yrs. So it didn’t count as Bre’s assignment. Then when we got back from that 8ish we jumped into preparing Lance’s Ministry Venue. We worked on that till 4:30-5ish wed. AM and then we went home showered took an hour nap and came back all dressed up to present it to the Pastoral staff.

Wednesday, Our presentation was supposed to be 10min. long with A&Q. We finished presenting in 7 min and then the Pastors proceeded to question us for 42 min. It was really good and we all learned a lot and we will continue to work on the Ministry Venue and present it again. From this Lance learned in a major way about having a soft heart and tough skin. And taking what is said and learning from it. And the rest of us learned this in varying degrees. We then spent the rest of the day preparing for Esther’s nursing home outreach. And doing Financial Peace University. And then after all that we had mid-week ministry and I have to tell you all I love my Preschoolers. Then we all went home and studied a little bit and went to bed. YEAH

Thursday, we madly practiced our instruments the nursing home. And then we ran to lunch buddies ran back grabbed stuff threw it into Lance’s jeep talked to the first years about what we were doing that evening With them. And ran to the nursing home. We had a lot of fun it is always so much fun to go to nursing homes you leave feeling so encouraged. But the Race was on again so back to the church we went and taught the 1st yrs the skit they were doing for that evening threw a different set of stuff into the Van (caught ya you thought I was going to say Jeep HAHAHA) and went to a after school program place for kids and had a Christmas party with them. It was fun and Really nice to have the 1st yrs back with us.

So what did I learn over all from all of this? I learned that you have to speak up. Unfortunately for Trevor I learned this from not doing so with his ministry (sad day) some of the components that he was supposed to have were creative and using the whole team. I knew he was doing either but I didn’t tell him I decided that it was better for me not to interferer. Boy was I wrong that night when Shelly and Pastor Josh evaluated the service they tore him up pretty bad for not using his team. His sermon was good and interaction with the kids was good. But he didn’t use his team. Now the fact that I had seen this and not pointed it out to him was really an eye opener for me. And so I tried really hard the rest of the week. I spoke up and present my argument to Pastor Josh for a Curfew extension and because of it we got curfew lifted so we were able to finish Lances projected. If I hadn’t that would have been another meeting I sat through going I saw this and let my team down by not speaking. I later let Esther down by not helping keep everyone focused on Wednesday (we were all so Very Tired) I helped both Bre and Lance by critiquing they’re speaking. (Funny I know since I’m the one that doesn’t speak. But I did take a public speaking class and they haven’t) So I will continue to work on this speaking up thing. Something of interested that Esther told me was that by not speaking up you lose the right to be heard. And this was meant only in a good way not in a bad overbearing sort of thing. So that is what I am coming away from this week with.

I have to go study or I would tell you all about yesterday and today as well. But I will say Really fast that today’s outreach was Amazing. And we are beginning to see the fruit of are labors in Hillyard from over the last 2ish yrs.
~Krista

My thoughts

Hey everyone life is still pretty laid back, but busy at the same time. We are making another human video and it is really cool. I am excited about it. I am also playing the lead girl in it WOHOO.

On a bit more of a serious note, I have some thoughts from a scavenger hunt we did the Friday after thanksgiving. With this scavenger hunt a group of adults from the church goes to the mall and hides, while the youth tries to find them. The youth that finds the most people get a reward.

The hiders are encouraged to dress up. Bre wore her host brothers clothes and went as a boy, Molly dressed like a girl punk rocker. I dressed up like an interesting Emo/Goth. I ended up getting separated from the group and walking around the mall by myself for two hours. I learned a lot by doing this.

People would shy away from me like I had leprosy. This was weird because people usually crowd me and make me move for them! The little kids were all scared of me and were hiding behind their mothers! Everyone else acted like they didn’t SEE me! Now, they had to see me to avoid me. Didn’t they? After an hour of this I really just wanted someone to smile at me or even acknowledge my presence. One person did a person at a KIOSK!

I got to thinking about it. The place was crammed with people from the church, but none of them saw me. I walked by all the youth kids, and because they wouldn’t look at me, they didn’t recognize me. How often do we walk around judging people by how they are dressed? All the mothers that hid their children from me, would have let me baby-sit if I was dressed differently!

How may of the people that look mean and scarey that walk around the malls or around town are inside longing for someone to just smile at them? I was. You have kids with bad lives that start dressing scarey or even just DIRTY, because they cant afford nicer, and people treat them like outcasts. Except the RELLY gothic people, the witches, they will accept them. So that is where they go. The whole time they might be crying out, as they are be dragged down that road, but we, as Christian,s don’t see or hear them because they are ”scarey” and not “acceptable”. Next time you see these people, try smiling instead of the judging look that asks why someone would dress like that.

I'm about to be shut off so I don,t have time to reread this so if it is hard to read in places sorry.

Life has been real laid back this week. We had are 1st INSTE class YES and we have Excelsiar youth tomorrow night so you can be praying.

Alissan

Trevor writing stories about Les Swab for Veranica
Anne (She is a wild one)

Wed. Night Kids

Andrew and Ryan

Veranaca, Alissan, Camdyn and in the background Makenzy
Andrew, Grace, and Toby Playing hide and go seek

Setting up the brickbreaking stage

Setting up the backdrop(this is the crew I was incharge of)

Backdraft

Are Backdraft Assembly(Shelly speaking, Tim and Rena in the background)

Setting up the stage
Mask

Esther and Trevor at Orintation

Esther at the doctors after Backdraft.

Saturday outreaches moving the pile of wood. Trevors the one on the phone, Rachel is the smiling one, JD is the one bending over.

The pile of wood

Lance and Shelly getting ready for Ignite

Esther and Adriano
Jeff and Eric

this week

So we got home on Sunday (11:30) and they gave us Monday off YEAH. On Tuesday we had a guess speaker come in and talk to us all about being internet coaches for this internet ministry that they are doing. It was really good and it sounds really exciting and pretty amazing. Basically they have these commercials that air on a TON of different radio stations Christian and secular and they tell people that for help and support they can come to these Website (They also talk about Jesus) and when the people go to the site there is a bunch of pages on all different types of issues and there is also the option to E-mail the people asking for help or go to the chat room and have a chat. So they had a respond to 5 different mock E-mails just to see how we communicated. And then on Wednesday he (Sean Dunn) critiqued are E-mails and gave us some more guide lines on how to do it and the does and don’ts of it all and showed us how to log on. So we will all be doing Chats primarily. Which means that once a week, for two hours we log on to the website and wait for someone to want to talk and then we talk to them? Then we had mid week ministries that evening and that as always was a ton of fun. Trevor and I are going through Rainbows with the Preschoolers and we finished up the section on turkeys. Which is giving thanks and all the kids actually new there verse? It was really neat but the kids were also very hyper we are going to try and figure out a way to reward good behavior because just punishing bad isn’t working to well. If you have any suggestions let me know. Thursday we had Lunch buddy interviews this year it is much more in-depth and took a lot of time but we got everyone through. Then we did Scripture review test and after that the 1st years did INSTE and us second years started working on getting water to boil for a ministry that we were going to do that evening. PS3 is coming out and there are lines of people waiting to buy it so we were going to go hand out Hot Chocolate to them all. Then we all meant up to debrief on Ignite (we hadn’t had time at any other time that week) after that people started setting up the sanctuary for the ladies event Friday night and Esther, Trevor, and I started putting the hot chocolate together. Then off we went to minister well when we took on e of the corners both things of hot chocolate spilled everywhere. So we spent three hours cleaning the van instead it was actually pretty fun just not what we expected.

Ignite

Hi everyone sorry about the long absence in writing I am still alive. SO last Monday and Tuesday we scrambled like mad people to finish getting ready for Ignite. On Tuesday evening we had Excelsior youth which is a correctional facility here in Spokane, that some of us go to. Well we have been going for 6+ months with no major response but last Tuesday Lance asked if anyone would like to except Jesus and 4 people did and 2 others recommitted there lives. So that was awesome and then on Wednesday AM we took off for Eugene to do Ignite. We were doing a service that night at Calvary and usually when we get places after a bus trip you have a little time to clean up so we all got on the bus ready to travel and found out after taking off that we weren’t going to have time to clean up so we were all doing are hair and putting makeup on and changing all along the way. But when I went to do my hair at one of are stops there was no plug-ins but across the street there was a Burger King that some people were going over to get some food from so I went with them to use the Bathrooms there but there was no plug-ins in there bathrooms either but there was one outside of the bathroom so that is the one I used so Rena did my hair for me in Burger King there was a couple people that could see us and they were staring at us like they had never seen anyone do there hair in Burger King before. J But we got to Calvary which is where we were doing the service for the youth group and we ran though the human video/skit (mask) a couple times and then the kids were showing up. We didn’t make it through Mask this time without injuries either so are “good luck” is still working. Nick got hit in the face pretty hard. But I didn’t get the wind knocked out of me this time YEAH I only bruised my elbow. The service itself was really good I enjoyed the youth and I could tell that I have changed because I wasn’t hiding from the youth. We got to see are family which was really fun and exciting. Then we have Thursday on Thursday we set up Lighthouse for Ignite one of the things we did was hang up these banners from the ceiling which was kind of nerve racking but it all looked good when we were doe and we had no major injuries. Aunt heather stopped by and took Bre, Esther, and I to see G-Pa it was a fun visit. After that we all went out to eat and just talked with Aunt Heather, then we went and visited with G-Ma. After that we went back to the church and crashed. Friday the youth conference began and it was great the speaker Troy Jones rocked the house they did an altar call and it was amazing watching not only the kids but also the first years as they all came out of there boxes and started interceding for the kids. It was also amazing to stand back and just watch all the kids (650) worship. Saturday was also had rocking speaking from Troy J and also Vaughwood they both did a great job and it was really amazing just watching as hearts were changed and people were set free you would also have the 1st years come up to you all excited about what they were seeing. It was all in all just a real amazing time. We did are human videos on Saturday both went really well and we had no major injuries YYEESS. We took everything down that night which actually went pretty fast. Sunday: on Sunday morning the first years headed home with the youth group while the 2nd years and staff and a couple alumni stayed back to do Total Praise for the morning services at Calvary. We were all exhausted but we got up there the first time and did it and it was good. But after the first service we all had no strength the team looked awful. We had people that were sick and people that were injured and no one had anything to give. And we had nothing left to give of ourselves so we just got up there and gave it all to God and I’m telling you the 2nd time when we had nothing was much better than when we had a little left whether or not the church could tell I don’t know and I don’t really care for us doing it, it was like a breath of fresh air, that whole worship time was so refreshing and worth it all.

My Crazy Week

This week has been VERY busy. All day Monday we worked on the Harvest Party I found out that I was in-charge in a weird way of the Preschool section of the Harvest Party. So I worked on finding everything and checking to make sure it worked in the AM and then we started working on taping cardboard together, then stapling it to the wall. To make the hallway look like the hull of a ship (the theme was Pirates of the Caribbean). Others were working on making a big cardboard ship for the skit. And others were just goofing off. We learned a lot about 1st year team dynamics. Then after dinner we had people drawing wood grain on the cardboard, people finishing the boat, making an Island, and then my group up working to set Preschool up. I had Lance and Rachel upstairs. I put together a bunch of lattice as section dividers and they started blowing up balloons for the balloon pit. I finished getting everything ready that I could and then started helping blowing up balloons. Eventually Eric showed up to help us blow them up. We he got there he said I heard people were losing there minds up here. Which was really funny, we blew up about 650 12in balloons. We were all VERY light headed and loopy. We went home at about 10:00.
Tuesday, everyone finished putting the finishing touches on there project’s and if I may say it all looked great. Then we killed about and hour (I wrote a short paper for core groups) then it was time and we all put are costumes on and went to are places. But I was really getting stressed because the stuff for three of the games hadn’t been dropped off yet. But it all worked out. We had eight games and registration and 4 workers (Esther, Trevor, Lance and I) so Esther was stationary with reg. and the rest of us jumped the kids had a great time and it was fun. We finished clean up at about 11:00 (I thing). The funny thing with the Harvest Party is that you wake up the next day and are shocked that Halloween is over because you never even noticed it was coming.
Wednesday, we started getting ready for Ignite. We are making a video/music video/ shadow thing that all goes together in a really amazing way. So we started learning that stuff. Wait back up, for and hour before that a group of us worked on making motions for a skit/ music video about the Full Armor of God. Then it was lunch. I took a Trevor; he is the one in-charge of the whole movie thing. And Eric, he is Jesus, and Jeff and J.D, they are disciples to the river to film the calling of the disciples it was really funny to watch because it was bright and sunny out but still rather nippy and everyone had there shoes off. And Jeff and J.D were wining the whole time about how cold it was and I just had to laugh at them. We came back did some odds and ends stuff which I can’t remember what it was. Wait I remember now we had Core groups. And then went to dinner and came back for mid-week ministries. Which was really interesting because all the kids were coming off there sugar highs?
Thursday, we had study hall in the morning then the 1st years had Inste. Us 2nd years did some studying then decided to go over Total Praise. Which was amazing doing Total Praise always is because it is 10 min of intense praise. Then it was lunch time. After lunch we had review scriptures tests and church choirs. While taking are test it started to snow outside and it just got harder and harder as we did choirs. This normally wouldn’t have been a problem but we were going out to film the rest of the video after choirs. And now everything was covered in snow and it just kept coming. So we all put on are bible costumes and went out in the snow to film the Sermon on the Mount. We were going to have to take are shoes off but they decided that we could keep them on YAY. But we weren’t able to film the other two scenes. So instead we came back to the church and started working on the full armor of God. We have 4 people doing a drum line in the back one person reading Eph 6:10-18 and then two angels that are putting the armor of God on a guy. Bre and I are the angel’s and Jeff is the guy. So we had Eric read and help nit pick it while Shelly taught the drummers there parts and everyone else choreographed the rest of the passage (we only finished the actually armor on wed) we stopped at 6:00. Then Esther and I went to Tai-kwo-do with shelly.
Friday, was our day off we kept hoping busy in the morning then Trevor and David helped Esther and I move her into her host home. She has been living with me while they tried to find her a home and they found her one on Wednesday. Then we started working on banners for Ignite. We stopped there and went to Candi’s baby shower. Then Esther, Molly, and I went to Wal-Mart to buy fabrics for the back drop at ignite. Then Esther and I went to hangout with everyone else at a girl’s apartment from the college group. Saturday, we had outreaches Trevor’s and my outreach groups are combined right now because he only has Rachel, and I only have J.D. So we went and put plastic up for I guy on his block collected money to pay for the dump run we made to week before from some people on my block then finished moving a pile of wood for another guy on my block. Then we came back to the church and went out to finish filming and low and behold it started to rain so we have footage in the sun, snow, and rain. We then came back to the church and had some people working on the banners, one person washing all the costumes, and then everyone else worked on the Full armor of God. We finished working at the church around 7:00. Then we ran home because Shelly, Rena, and Bre were coming over to hang out while Shelly braided Esther’s hair. I fell asleep before Bre and Rena showed up and slept the whole night through.

The rest of the week

Hi so after Backdraft the week has actually been pretty quit. We have been preparing for the harvest party. And just living life, we will probably be running like chickens with are heads cut off next week but that’s Okay. We are taking Financial Peace University (FPU) and that is a lot of fun and we are learning a whole lot about proper money management. We are still trying to get are INSTE books and having issues on that front but we are almost there. We took are personalities test this week, which was amusing. But that’s about it for now.

Monday(Backdraft)

Monday
We had the assembly on Monday are you surprised? It was in Puyallup which is on the other side of the state. So we all arrived at the church at 0430 to drive there. We all crashed in the bus and then woke up and did some scriptures and slept some more and prayed for the assembly and ate are sack lunches. And then the moment we had all been waiting for, WE saw the school (YAY). We ended up having a whole hour and a half to set up for the assembly and practice some of the stuff. Then the kids showed up and I was very proud of are team they actually got in there and started meeting the kids. Then it was time and we started the assembly. The speakers all did really well the one always scares me when he speaks because he stops (sometimes he forgets his lines others his dramatic affects are just too long (we are behind the backdrop and can’t see)) the humans video also looked really good but everyone that could get hurt did. When Nick is supposed to almost cloth’s line Trevor, Trevor didn’t go down in time so he was actually hit. Then we he picked up Esther who fell down while acting drunk (she was supposed to) he accidentally hurt her arm that was already hurt from the all-nighter. Then I came out (the nerd) and at one point I jump in his arms and he spins me around and drops me on the floor. Well I landed on my elbow and knocked the wind out of myself. But everyone covered it up well enough that no one noticed but we all got behind the backdrop and were in pain. And then when we did chains (the one where Eric gets the snot beat out of him) we hit the ground wrong and couldn’t move his arm and he was throwing up. But he also did a really good job of covering up till he finished the music video. Then Nick finished the assembly off by breaking bricks. So we had the main man of one music video down and another assembly in 20 minutes with kids showing up in 10 minutes (we did the same assembly twice). So it took some Holy Spirit power to rearrange the whole ending of the assembly (which was all based around the music video which we now couldn’t do) in such away that it wasn’t corny or short. But Josh managed to pull it off. But once again Trevor was slow in dropping and this time Nick was slow when Trevor went to punch him so Nick was hit and Trevor also hurt his shin again. But Esther wasn’t hurt this time through. I landed even worse and thought I was going to throw up with Eric but I didn’t (WOHOO). And then Nick hurt his arm breaking bricks the second time and almost wasn’t able to do it. The thing about all of this is that we practiced it ALL and NEVER really got hurt in practice, we would get bumps and bruises but nothing serious. But we finished them both. Iced Eric’s shoulder, torn it all down, and headed home. They rushed all the kids out right after each assembly so we didn’t get to talk with the kids and get there reactions which was a bummer. But I believe that looking at the opposition that we had that there had to be a kid there that needed to hear what we were saying. And seeing how we fought through and finished strong even with all the opposition I think we probably had a kingdom impact. We may never see it but that is my feelings on it. Because we were faithful with what we were given there has to be results. Eric went to the doctors today and had his shoulder looked at he strained his muscle and I am right now at the doctors while Esther has her arm looked at. This will be a great year I can since it in my bones (grin).

My week

Hey everyone how are you doing? This past week has been really busy and hectic.I was armor bearer this week, which means I pray for the staff member that is in charge of Morning Prayer and do refocus. Refocus is the 15 min right after lunch when we all come together and refocus. So I talked about being a Bond Servant for refocus I drew it out all week. It went pretty good, we will see whether or not people are going to apply what I said. If you haven’t ever looked up the meaning of Bond Servant in its original text I highly suggest you do it. Or maybe I’ll post it someday, when I have my notes with me so that I get it all actuated. We walked the first years through the first week of Masters. Which means we had a TON of meetings. The church is also doing this door to door ministry and we put those packets together all week the packets consist of a brochure and little bag of kisses with a label on them put inside a bigger clear bag which I then tied shut with ribbon that you then curl. So every spare moment we’ve had this week we worked on those. We also prepared for a couple of Backdraft assemblies, which we are doing tomorrow (Monday). On Friday we had a youth all-nighter which was a blast we did dodge ball, human fussey ball, laser tag, broom hokey, bowling, and then “watched” a movie. In a nutshell that was my week. But now to tell you about Backdraft, Backdraft is a school assemblies program where we go into the schools and do an assembly we are not allowed to mention God in any way, which is a bummer but we get to go in and provide some hope for kids and get in contact with them if they E-mail us or My space us then what we say is free game. The one we are doing on Monday is all about the power of choice. You can all be praying for this assembly all of us second years have been attacked. Mostly physically, Esther’s shoulder is all messed up from bowling, Bre is sore and stiff from broom hokey, Trevor’s fell and hurt his shin and then kept re-hurting it at the all-nighter, Lance is losing his voice and is fighting a cold, My knees are all black and blue from broom hokey. Isn’t it funny that the 1st years, that aren’t doing anything didn't get hurt it was only us 2nd years? So be praying we do two back to bakc on monday at 11:00-2:30 western time zone so be praying. Nick, Shelly, and Josh are speaking. Rena, Tim, and Lance are giving there perspectives (testimonies).Bre, Esther, Nick, Trevor, Lance, and I are doing a music video there. Then Later Bre, Eric, Lance, Trevor, and Tim are doing another music video this one is violent so pray for safety especially Eric’s. Then Nick breaks bricks. So be praying. I need to go do scriptures so till later. bye

Some of Wednesday

On Wednesday we had a bunch of workshops that were pretty much just to tell the 1st years how Master’s worked. Then after lunch we has traffic groups Olympics which was a blast. The 1st years were divided into two teams and then there was us second years, except Bre was pulled to take Rachel’s place because she couldn’t run (sad day). I was real proud of our 2nd year team because we all worked together really well and finished about 5 events ahead of the other teams. I have to go but here are some pictures I’ll write about that evening later.

My covenant night stuff

Walking down from the mountain

Isnt it pretty

The sunrise from the top of the mountian were I did devotions.

The rest of tuesday

So my dear God letter was different this year, while writing it I relieved how many fears and insecurities I had about this year. About failing and causing those who are following me to fall as well. So I finished writing it late and had only 10 minutes to get down from the mountain. Well being true to myself I got lost but I found the road with about 4 minutes to make it so I jogged back and was very much out of breath and sweaty when I got there, but I made it. That night was Covenant night and it was awesome. Pastor Nathan talked about communion and how it related to the Hebrew marriage ceremony and he talked about the death of Christ and what we are willing to give up what are we willing to kill for the sake of Christ. We had a cross up there for are 2nd year tool and we gave everyone a piece of paper to put there name on and everything that they were going to die to on and then nail it to the cross. After handing out the papers the second years went up and did there tool which was pretty much just worship and then nailing are papers to the cross. It was really cool and Bre and I were shaking so bad from excitement at being able to do this that we both ended up smashing are figures “blush”. Then Nick got up and talked and challenged the 1st years to follow suite. I went to have communion and make my covenant this year and while down in the field I could hear as one by one they made there dissensions and nailed there papers and came down to. I realized while down taking communion that Jesus had already died for my mistakes so I didn’t need to live in fear but I could stand firm in Jesus who has cover my mistakes. We had a ton of awesome worship that night as well.

Part of Tuesday

Tuesday, we started at nine. Had Morning Prayer which was good as always. Then the 1st years went and did an INSTE seminar (there is 8 1st years 6 boys and 2 girls). While us 2nd years prepared for the faith walk. We then took the 1st years on the faith walk which was good because of all the symbolisms in it. We then had lunch. After that we went over ethics for Masters. Then we all went and wrote our dear God letters. (Which are letters we write to God at the begging of the year then we bury them). I am out of time so I’ll have to finish this later. But I’ll tell you now Tuesday was life changing for everyone.

Monday

On Monday we went to Pinelow which is a rope course/team building place. I was pleased to see how well everyone worked together. I also was able to tell right of the bat who the take charge I know best person is going to be this year. We had a few people who are really afraid of heights but they all managed with encouragement to make it to the top of the telephone pole (You have to climb to the top of a 30ft telephone pole then jump to a trapezes bar) and at least ½ ways across the cat walk. (A log tied between to trees also 30ft up). We actually got about a 1/3 of the team to the end of the Mohawk walk (cables stretched between trees that you walk on). But Rachel’s knee and ankle gave out because she has weak knees, so the rest of the weak she was on crutches. We finished the other three challenges. Then we went up to Waite lake camp and had dinner, cooked by g’ma Jean her meals are always Von-da-bah. Then P. Brad came up to speak that night which was great because his message tied in perfectly with what P. Nathan was going to talk about the next night. But he didn’t know that. It was all about what are you willing to give up for God.

Sunday

On the first Sunday that everyone is in town we all go to both services and at a certain point in the service we all go up front and introduce ourselves. Well last year there was a ton of girls with pockets of boys, but this year there was 8 boys then us 5 girls. It was kinda funny. One of the girls had to say bye to her mother between services and the mom thought it would be best if us second year girls were there when she left. That was really hard seeing someone else have to say bye to a love one. That night was college group we are doing the course Tactics to defending your faith. It was really good and interesting.

The 2, 1st year girls (Rachel and Molly)

Nicholas (intern with Master's)

half of my room

Half of my room the bed is HUGE

Saturday

So today is Saturday and we just finished the 1st year B, B, Q we ended up barely having enough food. There were a ton of people. Clean up went really fast so that was geat. Now some of us are in the office a group of the guys are looking at video footage from last year. And Esther and I are on the computers. Later all us girls 1st year and 2nd year are going to go see open season. We are going to go up to Pinelow and Waitti lake for the week.

I forgot the most importan thing about tuesday. We were working on a second year tool to present our heart to the 1st years. It came together really fast and then we spent the day in prayer and worship. To fully get the heart of the tool it was very good we were all exhausted after we finished. But it was defently worth it.

Update

I made it to the library again and so it is time to update but this time I’ll start with today and work backwards.
Friday, October 06, 2006 I woke up and Esther and I went to run some errands. And we are doing internet stuff right now.
Thursday, I am in charge of the food for our Saturday B, B, and Q So I worked on finding the cheapest sausage in town, and finished making potato salad. And had lunch then while waiting to get permission to buy the meat one of the youth from the youth group that just graduated came over and taught me how to restring a classical guitar. Dad did you know that one of the strings on there was an acoustic guitar sting. He also told me the difference between the two. Classical guitar necks aren’t reinforced and acoustic ones are. So the strings on a classical are nylon. And have more given. But he had to go catch a class at the college. Then Bre and I went shopping for the meats. In my search earlier I had learned that Sonnenberger had the cheapest sausage so I got directions to go there. And after all of are other shopping we headed there. I didn’t relieve that it was in the ghettos of Spokane and that it was like a fresh meat market place I don’t think I’ll be able to eat the sausages after buying them. But I heard upon coming home that they have the best sausage in town. That evening Joanne got tickets to go see “Singing in the Rain” at the civic theater, for Bre, Esther, and I. It was so fun it was the best thing I’ve watched in a long time. Then we came home and I finished restringing the guitar it was fun and now the guitars strings aren’t rusting.
Wednesday, I planed out what to buy for Saturday and finished my second level INSTE application AAAHHHH. After lunch Bre, Esther, and I went shopping. We came back and Bre and I started making the potato salad. Then we had dinner and she went to kids and I went to preschool. Courtney ( a little girl that wanted to help), Sherer (the art teacher), Trevor (2nd Yr), and I did preschool we had a blast I had forgotten how much fun they really can be.
Tuesday, all of us Masters worked on gathering stuff together for 1st orientation. That night Esther and I had Excelsior youth. We thought hey where close another that we can walk then have the boys drop us off at home afterwards. Which was a great plan except that we didn’t know how to get there and we miss understood the directions that Joanne gave us. So we ended up getting very lost and being about 15 min late. We had called Lance to tell him we would be late so they knew we would be late.
Monday we got stuff together for orientation and Esther and I went to Taikwodo and got very lost going there and we don’t know how because we knew exactly how to get there. But that was just the first of many such adventures throughout the week. (We’ve gotten lost every day) My time is up so until later bye.

Narnia

Eating at Whit's End

Bre and Eugene

Aslan

Hollis

This is for you Cy

New Mexico

Hi, so after posting that stuff on saturday Esther helped me chech out shcolarships and grants for next year. We spent 2 hr's doing it but it is looking pretty good. I just have to figure out my GPA. We then went home and watched a couple movies. (Sinbad and Snow White (with people)) And wen to bed. I have to go so I'll write about Sun. later.

So, being secretary was fun but also pretty boring. But I got through. I did Preschool with Trevor and a couple ladies from the church at night. I was so hyper but that was alright because there were a lot of little kids so it worked out good actually. And then the moment we had all been waiting for 2nd year orientation. Pastor Nathan came in and said that Masters was dead that it had died over the summer. Which was weird but very good? So wed. Night we had a funeral for Masters. The staff did a real good job at keeping in character if they had broken out of character it would have just been funny. But they didn’t so it was actually very serious and in your face it made me really think about what I had done to kill Masters. We were also told that we weren’t aloud to talk to each other or ask questions for the next 21 hr. which maid the ride home with Esther and the next morning interesting.
Thursday we talked about what it was that killed Masters and about the vision for the new Masters. We went to the hospital to see the new born babies and to pray. There actually weren’t any babies in there till the very end. But Bre staid upstairs in that wing of the hospital (the rest of us wondered) and the nurses were about to take her into custody. But she managed to convince them that she wasn’t there to swipe a baby. We then had lunch and went up to the top of Mt. Spokane and prayed for a little bit. After that we broke for dinner and were all going over to P. Nate’s at 6:30 for Nicks Birthday and to hang out. But P. Nate got sick so us girls took the cake and went and picked up some cheap funny card for him and we went to the Mod (the Mod is a small house in the church’s parking lot that the boys live in) girls aren’t allowed in the Mod so we had his party on the front porch (everything we tried to go do was closed or opened to late).
Friday, we talked logistical things so we know what are job descriptions are Bre is the Children’s coordinator, Esther is the office manager and point guard coordinator. Lance in Evangelisms, Trevor is Multi Media, I am Academic. We had all pretty much had all of that guessed so no big surprises there. Then the boys went to go pick some stuff up and us girls started collecting stuff for covenant night. We all went to P. Nate’s for lunch and after lunch had a real good time of prayer for each other and next year with him and us five. We all broke for dinner. Bre took Esther and me to her house for dinner so we could meet her host family. They are really nice and she will fit in great. We then went to P. Nate’s just to have fun.
Saturday today we get off so Esther and I came to the library to get online YAY. Now I will try to post this but we will see if it works.

Hi, first off I can’t get a wireless connection from my host house so I’ll be updating probably once a week. Anyway about last week…
Bre and I left for Masters Commission on Wednesday we arrived in Colorado Springs and spent a couple of wonderful days with are mentors from AK and friends that moved there from AK. We went to Whit’s End (at focus on the family) while there and had a blast. They really have the place set up neat. There was a lot to do I would suggest it to anyone. They had a three story tall slide that Bre and I went on you had to be not to short but not to tall to go on it and we qualified YAY. Bre screamed the whole way down but that is normal for her. They had Narnia there as well and a Wardrobe to go though to get there. We had a lot of fun just visiting with everyone to. (Thanks again) While there it snowed it was really pretty and fun but not to fear none of it stuck not even in the passes.
We left on Saturday and made it to Hardin. That was a fun day (as far as traveling goes). We went and found all the plays we knew in Hardin and I was shocked at how smaller everything was. I knew Hardin was small but I didn’t relieve how small.
Then we drove here on Sunday (Master Commission) I didn’t think the day was ever going to end. I thought Wyoming was going to be hard to drive though but no Montana was the killer it just went on and on. And we were both pinging about getting back. We stopped and saw a friend from last year and her family fed us dinner (It was very good). We had a great time goofing around with her for a couple of hours. We were both wired when we finally made it but no one was at the church so we just pinged around waiting for them to get back. We stayed the night at one of the Pastors houses.
Monday, we went to the church and caught up with everyone. Then we went and unloaded my stuff at my new host home. I am tickled pink at my new host home I really wanted this one lady in the church and I got her. YAY. Then we went and caught up with the 2nd year guys (Esther wasn’t in town yet) for lunch. We then loaded Bre’s stuff into the car (Bre can’t move in till Tuesday) and went back to Joanne’s (my host mom) She took us out to A&W for dinner (she just had gum surgery so ya’ all can pray for a quick recovery). Then Bre went to Immerge (JrH ministry) and I talked with Joanne for a little bit and went to bed. (I have a HUGE bed)
Tuesday, I unpacked and settled in then came to the church for Shelly’s Birthday and everyone who was here went to chicken-n-more which is a small hole in the wall southern style restaurant. The place was decorated in old license plates and I love license plates so I really enjoyed looking at all the décor. Then we got back to the church and Esther was there YAYAYAYAYAYAY. Bre and I went and got library cards and then she dropped me off at Wal-Mart where I met up with Esther and her family so I could take them to Joanne’s. Because Esther is staying with us (Joanne and I) for a month while they find her a host family (be praying). She and I had a good time catching up on the summer and just talking about last year. We had dinner with Joanne later that evening us three (Joanne, Esther, and I) watched Dancing with the Stars. Then went to bed.
Wednesday, finally caught up YES. I am filling in as secretary today and we start are second year tonight at 8:30.

Monday

Today we all got up and Jamin made dutch babies for us all in honor of Bre. They were real yummy. I worked some on a puzzle then Zander got it and I didn't have the heart to start all over so I put it up. Mom, Bre, and I went and put new back tires on the honda. Put my perscriptions in at Walgreens. and went to Hobby Lobby to get fall decor. When we arrived home I put my bike on the carrier and then Jared and I took some monitors up to storage (to make sure the carrier was working right). Then I wrote this O so amazing blog about today.

Saturday

Hey (is for horse’s not people I know)
So yesterday was Play station day which means that the screen and projector are set up and they get to play. (I never was a huge fan.) Well they played all day long. So they are trying a new system now. Mom, Jamin, Jared, and I decided to escape from the madness and went looking for a bike carrier and we found one at Academy which I have discovered is a really neat story. It can carry 2 bikes is easy to put on and break down to story it is also really light and was pretty cheap. So I am very excited about this. We then went to the mall and returned a pair of Stacia shoes to Old Navy we then walked around looking at the mall. We stopped and got a milk shake from Chic-Fil-A and waved at Cy. They really do have the best milkshakes. We then went and ate at Taco Bell. We came home and Bre and Arielle had a tea party ready so we did that which was really fun. We then watched the First Daughter and called it a night. Today we went to the first day of Sunday school and then to CiCi’s for lunch with some family friends. We are about to go to the Contemporary service so good bye.

Friday

So yesterday mom and Bre went and had the oil changed in the Accord. While there they found out we needed new tires so they bought some new tires they also finished getting almost everything we need for the trip. While they were gone Jamin, Jared and I took the little ones to the park. We put them on the Merry Go round and spun them around and around that was fun. We played a little bit of something like B ball but well Jamin and I (Jareds turn to watch Stacia) where the only ones that actually new how. But Zander (4) is pretty good with the bat (Bre and I are bring are gloves). We played a little bit of other games then Cy came and picked us up (it was really hot). We came home and sat looking at each other trying to decide what to do I decide to do a puzzle and they all followed suit. Jamin finished making the pizza which was really yummy Jamin can even do the throw it and spin it thing now. We watched Casanova (Bob Hope) and started watching (I fell asleep) the Lemon Drop Kid (also Bob Hope). That was my day.

Hey

So today I went to the doctor and had my acne and moles looked at. He gave me a bunch of acne perscriptions and said that now I should go ahead and have the moles removed. Then Mom and I went shopping. We came home unloaded. Then Bre and I finished working out the details for our upcoming trip. Bre and I went and picked Jamin and Jared up from House of Faith while finishing our discussion. We are now about to go to mr. Gatti's. So TTFN

Wedsday

Hi
Today we went on a treasure hunt. It was really fun; this is a list of the rules:

~Make a three person pyramid a block from home. The person on top has to drink a can of pop.
~Eat a bag of bunnies (or goldfish – you know the CRACKERS).
~Get a picture at Chick-Fil-A.
~Get a picture in front of 4 restaurants that each represents different food nationalities.
~Climb a tree and take a picture (2 people have to be in the tree).
~Get a picture with a movie star.~Take the goofiest picture you can.
~Take the best looking picture possible.~Soak you head in water of some sort (can’t be from home).
~Sing I’m A Little Teapot in the middle of the side walk.
~Get a picture within 5ft of wildlife (live).
~Get a coin from the 80’s.~Collect 10 pieces of litter.
~Take a picture on a horse.

My team raced through it as is supposed to happen on a treasure hunt. But Bre Capt. Of the other team (Mom was our Capt.) was very laid back as long as they were back by the designated time to be back it was all good well the designated time was a "if you just can't get it dont stay out all night" thing. Therefore my team got back an hour before her team. But they went to more of the exotic places. We planed it so we got all our pictures in three/four stops. It was really fun (as I said before).
But before this mom, Bre, Arielle, Nolan, Stacia, and I went to see a quilter’s open house. A lady from the chapel invited us and we thought it would be nice to stop in. It was really fun and funny. Afterwards we went to find the new chaplains house and well we had the address wrong and when we finally got to where it should be that block of house’s had been torn up for the loop. But after much looking we found there house and it is nice, they aren’t living under the bridge as we were beginning to fear. We then went to Arbys and had a quick bite. Went home and finished getting ready for the treasure hunt. Cy got home from work and he had just received a dollar raise. (Wahoo) This evening we had Ice Cream to celebrate a successful hunt.

911

Hi
Today five years ago marked a changing point in so many lives. Because of that day we have thousands of our military overseas and all their family’s at home, and a new respect of what we have, and a fear at how easy it would be to lose it. But despite it all, we can still lift our heads proud and say that God is good. He is sovereign and in control even through terrorism, killers, tsunamis, hurricanes…and through it all He has been there for those willing to call out.

Not anything important

Hi
Today was pretty laid back day. Mom and I took Nolan, Zander, and Stacia on a walk the two boys rode their bikes but on the way back Zander got tired and was running then jumping on the back of his trike but it tipped and he hurt his hand so I rode it home for him.: ) Well, I jammed my leg into the handle bar at the very end so now right when my paintball bruise and other bruise are just going away and I am going to get another (WHOHOO). I took a nap, and then made pizza sauce. Mom has an organic food co-op she does and so we got ready and then met the truck. We divided the food, then waited for people and carried it out. That was pretty much my day.

The children are waiting! Please tell them the story about the bald frog with the wig

There once was this Bald frog that lived in hopper villa now all the other frogs in hopper villa had beautiful heads of hair but not our poor frog. He has been bald ever since he was a wee tad poll. All the other tad polls would always call him mean names and wouldn’t let him play. By the time he was a frog he wouldn’t go out in public for fear of what they would say and do. One day, while looking out the window enviously, he happened to see a little girl who was acting like a princess (she did not need to act because she is a daughter of the King as is everyone) and she had used a mop head to make her hair longer which gave him (our frog) the brilliant idea of making a wig. Off he went to make his wig. He took some straw and grass and mud (glue don’t you see) and plastered it all to his head and he thought he looked ever so handsome. Off he went to strut his stuff but all the other frogs started laughing at the ridiculous sight. When all seemed lost for our poor frog, one brave frog stepped up and told all the other frogs to STOP. This frog was loved by the King and His Son just as much as all of them and that they should feel bad about what they had done for the King Himself had said treat others as you yourself want to be treated. Upon hearing this all the other frogs did feel bad. The one frog that stood up then pulled our poor bald frog aside and told him all about the Kings love and how He made us all unique for his own purpose. Now our bald frog had meaning and he started traveling around telling all the other rejected frogs about the Kings love.

This one goes before the other one (thursday)

Hi
I was bored so Jared and I took the Quail for a walk. (The Quail is a science experiment that actually worked, This was a first) We tied a rope around it's middle and walked it around the back yard it kept backing up trying to get the rope off it was real funny. It was real mad though.

Ramblings

Hi
Some what have I been doing well let me think about it. OKAY I've got it I went to the park for a B-day party and my bros and Bre and I played on all the preschooler's toys they really are a lot of fun if you know how to use them. Then we went to Office depot and Mom bought Bre and I digital Cameras for our B-days they are really nice I've been taking pictures all day (I just got it up and running today). Then we watched the Long Long Trailer which is a Lucile Ball and Dezi Arnez movie. It was pretty good we finished the night by watching an episode of Hogan's Hero's. Oh wait Cy ripped his pants at the park I thought we should make him an honorary masters. I also thought this was God's funny way of telling him to go to Masters next year. Sat we slept in then went and bought shoes for Stacia. That's about it. Today Nolan, Stacia, and Mom woke up with different degrees of flu' ness. Dad called and I got to talk to him it sounded real funny because there was a delay and you could heart everything you said repeated. Then us older ones went to eat and then we just sat around at the restaurant and talked Bre and I told them about the Brazilian service and how fun it was to watch the annoying little sin (HAHAHAHA). We came home hung around then us older ones went to the contemporary service on base (mom and younger ones being sick still). It was really funny at the service because that is Dad's service but his being in Kuwait kind of make that difficult. So the new Chaplain was there and he had on the very formal black suit with a white Clergy collar (everyone else where's street clothes or there BDU’S). He got up and went straight behind the pulpit (Dad never goes behind the pulpit) where upon he said that he was going to have the other new chaplain preach and that guy came up and he was wearing a blue striped polo with a Clergy collar and a big cross with neon colored sting. It was a really good sermon. He talked about the gaps in are life while waiting for God and how we had to stay in prayer and walk in God. Then we came home and ate home made mint ice cream YUMM. So this has been my ramblings I hoped you enjoyed if not, "let’s say you did but not."

hey dad

Hi
Dad and others, you can now you see what I’m up to without venturing into the dreaded world of myspace. :) I don’t have a whole lot to say right now but wait for the Master’s year to start.