Rock n Bowl

Kev and I went to Tyme to Bowl Friday night. It was a lot of fun! We pigged out at the snack bar and Kevin used his personality to his advantage. Some of the young ladies that worked there gave him free refills on our drink. Anyhow, we played 10-15 games(i lost count after 3) Kev won maybe four games. It's hilarious to see him bowl. I'm always afraid his arm is going to go with the ball or that he's going to pop it out of socket. Yikes that would hurt! Anyhow we played until 11:45 and then went home. I tried to take pics so I could post them up here but with the lights off and black light stuff glowing it just wasn't working.

Happy Birthday To Me

I am now at the boring old age of 23. I think this birthday was my least favorite. It was my very first birthday without Jess. So weird! When my lovely friends were singing happy birthday to me it felt so wrong without her there. So forgive me if I did not seem happy about my gifts etc, my mind was elsewhere. Thanks though to everyone who wished me happy birthday or got me gifts. I am very thankful for everyone in my life and look forward to this next year.
Hey did you know that it has been almost a year since coming back to church?! So awesome! I love counting the months it's very rewarding.
Well, it's almost 1am and I should be sleeping since my goal tomorrow is to have a productive day. That cannot be done if I wake up super late.So goodnight.

draw me close to you
never let me go
i lay it all down again
to hear you say that i'm your friend
you are my desire no one else will do
'cause no one else can take your place
to feel the warmth of your embrace
help me find the way
bring me back to you
you're all i want,
you're all i've ever needed
you're all i want
help me know you are near

Sec 7 camp

Hi all! I just got back from my one night at camp.I got there just in time to have some dinner and then it was pretty much church time. Bro Moore preached on 'the small things.' It was so beautiful to see kids crying in the altars.I love it! After church Kev and I helped pack up the snack bar.Well, actually Kev did most of the work I was just his cover for staying out past campers bedtime. Then I helped do security with Katie,Kadee and Kaitlyn.Yes, it was a big joke!!! All of us girls were just laughing and messing with the walkie talkies.Not much else went on. I ditched the girls pretty quick though and went to bed.
I met some great people,Katie,Sis Flowers and Leslie.Actually, Leslie is from Africa. She was born in England but grew up in Zimbabwe and South Africa. We were able to talk for 20min or so. She gave me some advice about going there and then requested that I come find her at Landmark next year. I had a great day/night. I am glad I went but am extra glad that I didn't stay longer than I did. I was itching to go home early Fri morning but everyone still had to do cleanup and the award handout! Needless to say I was happy when we got home to Oroville.

So I went to Wal-mart and got the Africa CD that I have been wanting. It is so beautiful. If anyone wants to borrow it I may let you...maybe.

I think Africa is calling my name.For real.

woo hoo!

Somewhere along the way I lost 5lbs! Pretty cool...it must be all the walking I have been doing :)

Random thoughts

Went to work today...even inside the cold hospital I found myself sweating. The temp while in Chico was anywhere from 101-109..quite a range of temps. Kev and I went to the mall to look for a t-shirt that I may just have to order online :(
Oh and Kevin is trying to convince me to buy a princess bounce house...umm okay.
I don't know if it's the heat or not but I have been so thirsty all day long I feel like I can't get enough to drink.
As 'someone' pointed out last night I really don't have an exciting life so there ya go..take it or leave it

Jr camp

Wow!! Awesome awesome! I was out of my comfort zone 90% of the time but enjoyed almost every moment of it. At first I thought that maybe I should be with younger girls because my 14 and 15yr old girls were staring quite hard at me when they first met me.Attitude and disinterest was what I felt when I first met all of them. Sis Dearte and I talked though and I decided to wait it out and see how it went. Once we started talking though we all got along great! I had 13 girls and 2 beds had 2 girls in it.Yeah it was quite crowded and very messy. Every morning I had to tell them 3x if not more to go and make sure the room was clean before they went to morning devotion. As much work as it was I so loved it!! Those girls are going to break my heart. I just love young people. I really do. One of my girls in particular just really touched my heart. I just felt such a gentle spirit from her and an honest wanting to be right and to be a great young lady. The last night I prayed with her and told her some things that had been on my heart. I am excited to see her next year.So here's a shout out to dear Charity!! Not to brag but really I was a great counselor. Some of the girls from Gridley and then Marysville wanted me to switch and be their counselor. It was great...
Working in the snack bar was a lot of fun.I was able to meet tons of kids. Thanks Michael for hanging with me in there. Sis Dearte and I had a great time working together in there...ummm brown recluses,imagining things, Kev and Clinton etc..It was hilarious
I had so many great moments that I can't even begin to put them all on here. God really did some things in my own life while at camp and I know others were changed also.
I left with new friends and some young people on my heart. I cannot wait until next year!!

Camp pics

Garrett and I working in the snack bar

12 of my girls and I...the 13th got homesick and went home

My nice clean area

Taylor and Courtney's area

Oh Lord...Nadine,Brittany and Charity's area

View from cabin deck

Taylor and Brittany sumo wrestling

Round 1 of sumo wrestling

No glass on=running into things

I normally wear my glasses from the time I get up until I lay my head down at night. Around 1:00pm today I didn't have my glasses on for one reason or another and bumped right into something. I turned my head and hit my nose right on the shower wall! I thought for sure it was going to start bleeding...I'm thinking that my ability to see how close things really are is diminishing quite rapidly.

I am about to hurt Frank. Well, not really but I want to. Today seems to be much worse than other days.He probably knows I'm leaving him for a few days.Anything he sees he picks it up and either licks it to death or he just eats it. I have found an apricot in his mouth, dryer sheets, socks, computer cords and my blanket fuzz today AND it's only noon. Who knows what's in store for the rest of the day??

Infusion or Fusion

I cannot remember the name of the sec 7 youth conference but it was one of the two above.ha! It was so awesome. Other than jr camp I have never seen young people so involved in worship.It was a great experience and it was just what I needed. Bro Todd Johnson did an awesome job. At the end of service I was kind of intimidated because I didn't know anyone and everyone was talking with each other. So instead of becoming a wall flower I said forget this and went and just sat down with a group from woodland. Yep I just sat down and said,I'm new here and I don't know anyone. For real...I did. The sad thing is that I do not remember any of their names :( A group of us went to In n Out afterwards.It was a lot of fun.HAha!! This girl was trying to recruit me to come to her church in Lincoln.In was really funny as Trent was listening to her and rolling his eyes. I do remember her name though..it was hard not to. She just scooped me in a hug and said she was glad to meet me. I thought the way home was going to be torture. I had only had a few hours of sleep the night before so I was thinking I would be very sleepy. I was quite the opposite. Josiah and I talked the ENTIRE drive home. I so enjoyed our conversation but felt bad for Kev who sat in the backseat and wasn't able to hear a word we were saying. That's life though I guess. That's okay..right Kev?!
I didn't take any pictures though. I am not sure I am comfortable enough to do that yet. Just wait my fellow blogging friends. Soon enough pictures will dominate my blog.

Oh Happy early Father's day to all those dads out there. Here's an extra special shout out for Bro Krantz. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!!! to you.

Bunny, Frank, Frankenstein...

Shout out!

This is a shout out of GET WELL greetings for dear Sis K who is not feeling well today. Kev and I hope you feel better and we love you!!

I just got done reading Mountain of the Lion. It was so awesome!!!!!! The first few pages had me hooked and I immediately wanted to jump on a plane to Sierra Leone. Of course just looking at a map of Africa will do that... Kev is reading the book now and I am very excited to be able to talk about it with him. He is the only one around usually to listen to my daily rants about how I cannot wait until Africa becomes my home. Although reading this book got me just a little bit scared I am still wanting to go.

Work today went longer than expected. For some reason it took Rebecca and I longer to do our rounds. I was kind of bummed that we had to work a bit later because my stomach was hurting and I was starting to feel a bit ill. I quickly recovered after a nice cool shower and a bit of R&R.

Well Kev and I are off to Taco Bell for dinner.

So I figured something out tonight, well I already knew it but.... anyhow my Pastor is awesome,smart,safe and just plain rocks! Yes, I have told him he rocks. I so enjoy just sitting by him. Ahhh, I feel very safe in his presence(sp?).

On a side note, my dad came into town today. He called me and said he was in Chico...pretty spontaneous! It was nice to see him and Molly...I wonder if he reads my blog? I do not know if he even knows I have one.I'll have to check that out.

I felt better today but I think I really overdid it because I am pretty sore. Tomorrow we shall see how I do.

Morocco or Sudan??

quick post

Crazy how your whole outlook on life can change in one day huh? I'm loving it. I would like to devote more time on the subject but need to go lay back down.
Oh how do you like my blog makeover? I love it.It just makes me want to go to Africa even more. I cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A face only a mother(me) could love