Who Am I?

I have heard this song many times, but I'm one of those people who gets caught up in the music and doesn't really pay attention to the words. I found this video, and it had the words with it which made it ALL the better! It's a very meaningful song, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Choir Tour

So I recently got back from tour with my choir. We went to Arizona, New Mexico, and other parts in Texas. We were gone for 8 days and had 10 concerts I think. The majority of our time was spent riding on the bus. I think our longest trip on the bus in one day was about 9 hours! I left on tour the day after my car wreck, so it was pretty uncomfortable to be sitting on the bus for such long hours at a time haha. One of the best things about tour was the food! We had delicious homemade food for dinner everynight. One of the churches we ate at had a desert table, no kidding, like a mile long! It was about as long as the food table. It looked like the gates opened up from heaven and left us with so much food we didn't know what to do with haha. I felt like i had gained 500 pounds! We didn't have much, but in our free time we went to a couple of malls. The mall in Pheonix was outside! It was so pretty. Couches, umbrellas, fire thingys, and waterfalls were all around the mall area. I think I spent about 3 hours on one of the couches just enjoying the weather! I did do quite a bit of shopping too. However I couldn't buy much cuz of the limited amount of space we had on the bus....okay funny story...we were waiting at the bus stop for our bus to pick us back up and a few of us started singing one of our concert songs, out in the middle of the parking lot. There were also other random people waiting for a bus too. And this song we sang was not in English! So these people looked at us, like what on earth are they doing!?! haha it was hilarious....We have a pretty talented choir, not gonna lie. That trip was prolly the longest thing I've ever been on, and prolly one of the most tiring, but I'm glad I had the opportunity to go. I'm guessing we sang to over 1,000 people the whole time we were gone. Most all of our songs have a pretty powerful message if you pay attention to the words. One of our songs is called "We Are Not Alone". The title of the song pretty much makes up the entire song. Those words are repeated over and over again. "We are not alone, God is with us". God has promised to be with us forever and ever. He will never leave us, we are not alone... There are many ways to bring people to Christ using different talents. Our talent is singing; and with that talent, we spread a powerful message to hundreds of people. Maybe you can't travel to different states, or maybe you don't sing, but everybody has the opportunity to shine using a talent they have in order to spread the "Good News" (which was another one of our songs haha). So I leave you with this....What is your talent, and how can you use it to spread God's word?

My Car Got Sandwiched

Okay so the last time I posted a blog was the 11th. That same day, just a little later in the day, I was in a car wreck. Yes, I know, wreck number 3. The first one doesn't really count though, cuz it was my babysitter that was driving and I got a concusion so I don't remember a thing! Wreck number 2 wasn't my fault. It was in Colorado. I was going about 60 and a deer jumped out of the trees in front of me. It totaled that car. Then wreck number 3 happened. This one wasn't my fault either. I was completely stopped at a stop sign and the person 2 cars behind me wasn't paying any attention. She just kept on driving and hit the car in front of her, which hit my car, then my car hit the car in front of me. A 4 car wreck, yes....I got sandwiched. So now my car is in the shop. It's been in there for about 2 weeks and I think they're going to total it :( It's pretty crushed up I guess. Nobody got hurt, which is a good thing! All of those little angels up in heaven were watching over us that day :)

Meals on Wheels

So I haven't been very good about posting lately : / that's something I need to work on. This week I had finals for all my classes. It was sorta stressful but I am glad it's over with! On Thursday, I had the opportunity to do "Meals on Wheels" with my 2nd mom, Rhonda Pool. This is an organization where people, everday deliver meals to the elderly, who live at home and don't have very much. It was such an eye opener to me. I had no idea that there were people living like that. Let me get something straight...these meals that we delivered did not look very appetizing, at all!...Ok, so this one lady we delivered to lived by herself. We were walking on the sidewalk up to her house and before we even got there, she had already started to open her door. It was if she were anxiously waiting on her food for the day. Or maybe she was excited to see people that were coming to talk to her. Anyways, we set her food down on the table for her and as we were leaving she started to talk to us. She said something like this, "Thank you so much, it's not everday that i get to talk to someone. I am really glad ya'll came." To me, it sounded as if she were about to cry. Rhonda asked her if she'd like a hug and the old lady said "yes, I think that's what I need right now." It was one of the saddest things I've ever seen. It was hard for me to comprehend that she actually lived like that...everyday; by herself in a small and not so clean house. Doing that service project made me realize how much I take for granted. I have a car, a computer, a phone, plenty of clothes and shoes, and edible food, yet I still feel like I don't have enough. No matter how much we have, we always want more. I don't know why we keep wanting and wanting all of these material things. When we die, our things aren't going with us. In I Timothy 6:7 it says...For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing we will be content with that. With only a few minutes of looking at these peoples houses, and seeing how they live their lives, they don't have much more than the clothes they have on and the food that "Meals on Wheels" brings them. Even though the food looked absolutely disgusting, they were still so thankful to recieve it. One more verse i wanted to share comes from Matthew 6:19...Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Thanksgiving Break

Break was really nice. I had almost a week off from school so I'm not complaining. Our family went to Bandera, TX to visit our grandparents. It's literally out in the middle of nowhere! I didn't have cell service or internet connection! Well...when i went into town i had service but that didn't happen very often. Me and sister rode the golf cart most of the time. It was pretty entertaining. We rode around in the hills when it was dark haha, it was sCaRyyyy! Sister thought something grabbed her foot and we both screamed. The worst part about it was that the golf cart was about out of battery so it wouldn't go very fast so that just added to the excitement!!! So while we were out riding around our parents and grandparents were at some peoples house visiting. Me and sister got hungry so we went inside to find something to eat. Well, i found this can of sweetend condensed milk, and if you've ever had it before, you know that it is pretty tastey. So we had this bright idea of eating it with potato chips...sweet and salty...it was gonna work. We ate about half of the can until we realized that it had expired in 2002...yes, 7 years ago haha. We wondered why it had a funny color, but it still tasted good haha. (this is totally off subject but i'm watching the Tech vs. Baylor game, and Tech is makin a comeback!!! woooo!!!) Anyways, when we went to Kerrville, we got to go to the James Avery Headquarters!! It was really cool! Me and sister both got to pick out new purity rings but we don't get them till Christmas, poo. Ummm...so we drove back home today and when we got back we all felt like we gained 100 pounds during Thanksgiving, so we all went to Body Works for about 2 hours haha. School starts back on Monday, blehhh :( Choir has chapel on Tuesday and I'm kinda nervous cuz we're singing a new song and its in a different language!!! and we've only sang it a few times in rehersal...YIKES! We have a concert on the 3rd and our final song is going to be with the band, so that should be interesting. K, well there's somewhat of an update on what's going on here in my life. I'm getting off now so I can finish watching the game!!!

Teeth Pulling Time!! AHH

Soooo....today i got my wisdom teeth pulled. All 4 of them. I'm glad it's finally over, cuz i've been putting it off for about 2 years now. Yes 2 years! It wasn't actually that bad. The worst part about it was prolly the shot they gave me to put me to sleep. I remember the doctor saying..."now is there any questions you have for me before i begin"...i asked him "what are you doing"...he said he was just going to stick a little iv in me. After i felt the prick of the needle, I don't remember anything that happened after that. I woke up when it was all over with, and when i tried standing up, I almost fell over haha. My legs were weak, and I have no idea why. It was weird. But anyways, I wasn't allowed to eat or drink at all before, and after they pulled them I slept the rest of the day. When I finally took a sip of something for the first time, it ran out of my mouth! My mouth was still numb haha, i couldn't feel a thing! I literally didn't eat for about 30 hours. I was starving! After I drank a little soup it was like heaven on my tongue haha. I sat there and thought about the kids who don't get to eat for days. For me, one day without eating felt like an eternity! It made me realize how fortunate I am to have food to eat when I want to eat, clothes on my body to keep me warm, and a roof over my head. God has blessed me and my family so much and I thank him for that everday! :)

I'm new at this!!!

Ok, I've never done this before, but my wonderful friend Baron Batch told me that I needed to get one...haha thanks Baron. I doubt I'll ever learn how to use it. I'm not so sure how well its going to work out but I guess we'll see!