OKAY
HI again, I'm here, I'm still alive
My past weekend was a Singer's retreat and I wouldn't change it for the world. So many relationships were built that wouldn't have normally been built otherwise, and there was such a spiritual note on the whole weekend that it shocked me, but in a good way :)
The only bad thing about that weekend is Saturday night my phone fell through a crack in the dock straight into the lake, so Kendall's phone is no more.
Merh
I also found out Saturday that I can't take anybody to the Laguna formal in December, nonetheless take anybody, BECAUSE the Festival of Lights (one of the biggest things EVER at MC) is performing that night so I can't go, there ain't no way. So the guy I had already asked I had to tell him that we couldn't go, but we planned a weekend for Memphis in November anyway :D
Got a lot of homework done tonight, which I kind of surprised myself ha, and I'm anxiously awaiting the weekend where I can coem home and see my awesome family who sent me a package full of wonderful things and hilarious letters!
Tomorrow Singers is headed out again to go sing at a couple of colleges and high schools, which that'll be fun, more quality time with nothing but hardcore music majors
:DDDDDD
Now I'm going to finish my laundry and head to bed so I won't die from lack of sleep in the morning
PEACE
-Kendall
Monday, October 25, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
LT!
My word, these past couple of weeks have been CRAZY busy! Let's bullet point our way thru it ;-)
*Got a cold Labor Day weekend... and still have it :P
*Got 2 Italian songs assigned
*Gained another piano song
*Follies practice domineering my night schedule
*Went home a week early and surprised EVERYONE! Love love loved =)
*Got homesick coming back
*Was busy with tons of music
*Memorized 2 songs in Singers and owned some face on Rytmus
*Came home for fall break and was busy sleeping, eating, hanging with friends, rinsing and repeating
*Came back and only had a 3 day week, which was SUPER long!
*Got behind on homework when I chose to have a paint war with my sisters
*Got caught up on my homework the next day =]]]
*Had an awesome piano and voice lesson
*Got to experience a date night with Laguna's beaux, and loved it <333
*Had a ballin shot callin Follies practice
*Am currently doing laundry, still procrastinating on shaving my legs, might go to the fair tonight.. might, sitting idly on Facebook, and am gonna finish my Follies outfit tonight.
The end
haha after Friday I'll be able to write more, promise
-Kendall
*Got a cold Labor Day weekend... and still have it :P
*Got 2 Italian songs assigned
*Gained another piano song
*Follies practice domineering my night schedule
*Went home a week early and surprised EVERYONE! Love love loved =)
*Got homesick coming back
*Was busy with tons of music
*Memorized 2 songs in Singers and owned some face on Rytmus
*Came home for fall break and was busy sleeping, eating, hanging with friends, rinsing and repeating
*Came back and only had a 3 day week, which was SUPER long!
*Got behind on homework when I chose to have a paint war with my sisters
*Got caught up on my homework the next day =]]]
*Had an awesome piano and voice lesson
*Got to experience a date night with Laguna's beaux, and loved it <333
*Had a ballin shot callin Follies practice
*Am currently doing laundry, still procrastinating on shaving my legs, might go to the fair tonight.. might, sitting idly on Facebook, and am gonna finish my Follies outfit tonight.
The end
haha after Friday I'll be able to write more, promise
-Kendall
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Wet... and not Wild
I'll write about my weekend and week so far I promise, but for right now I'm going to bed.
This was just an update to let you know I was still alive.
So you don't have to worry anymore.
So as I shove the rest of my soft taco into my mouth I say goodnight!
-Kendall
This was just an update to let you know I was still alive.
So you don't have to worry anymore.
So as I shove the rest of my soft taco into my mouth I say goodnight!
-Kendall
Monday, September 20, 2010
Follies.
SO I got into the Laguna tribe... it was wonderful :)) We had a picnic with all our tribe sisters and then went on a huge photo scavenger hunt (that was interesting). Later on that night before we all went bowling, well, I went out on the roof and sang Don't Stop Believin Glee style, and I belted it (sorry Liv for taking your number one off your bucket list haha); and I didn't bowl because I forgot socks and it was kind of a ghetto bowling lane place which was overrun by middle schoolers. Yeah. Stayed up late with Laurie helping her set up a skype, skyping with Tori, glancing over some homework, and finally crawling into Shelby's bed at 130.
(P.s. thanks Shelbs for letting me use your bed while you were gone)
My Sunday morning, I slept in, kept waking up on and off, went to my room and slept for another hour, took a shower and hit the practice room for a good hour and a half or two. Came back and did nothing till dinner and had a Follies meeting at 9. Now Follies, which I found out all about last night, is a huge dance/skit competition between all freshman and transfers who are pledging. So almost 200 girls and 200 guys, split up into 8 groups, getting 10 minutes of stage time, battling it out to come out the winner. The tribe leaders told me that girls had NEVER placed in Follies competition's until last year.. and it was Laguna, so in their words, "We're kind of a big deal," and I'm pumped to try and fill their shoes.
Today classes came back in full swing with test results. 3 A's and 2 B's, not bad, but I want all A's daggum it. I'll work on it. I'm just glad none of my classes are super hard or require hardcore studying time (like my roommate's classes!) went to a practice room, sang and screamed in my voice lesson, which I do love that class and my teacher oh so much, and to top it off had an easy assignment with Music Tech and am ready to get some homework knocked out. Had a little bit of down time this afternoon, and when I say little I mean like 2 hours or so, then it was dinner time, back to the room, had Laguna homework, yeah that's right, and then Follies practice from 9-11. We're bringing the heat, and sweating it too. Beef.
Anyway, God is still God and He is still good no matter what. I had an amazing quiet time out on the roof yesterday when I got done singing, I listened to Everything by Lifehouse and just stared at the sky singing the lyrics, "How can I stand here with You and not be moved by You?"
So many times I take God and Creation and his good and perfect work for granted; I'm no longer being moved and that isn't right. My heart should constantly be in motion, beating with God's awesomeness and life and I should be sharing it with others. I hate that I haven't really been doing that here so far, but I'm ready to start.
This week is gonna be tough, I can feel it. But Parents Weekend is this weekend and since my parents aren't coming up I might just go home with Laurie and hang out with familia, who knows? :)
And now, I bid you adieu, because I'm freakin tired. Gnight.
(P.s. thanks Shelbs for letting me use your bed while you were gone)
My Sunday morning, I slept in, kept waking up on and off, went to my room and slept for another hour, took a shower and hit the practice room for a good hour and a half or two. Came back and did nothing till dinner and had a Follies meeting at 9. Now Follies, which I found out all about last night, is a huge dance/skit competition between all freshman and transfers who are pledging. So almost 200 girls and 200 guys, split up into 8 groups, getting 10 minutes of stage time, battling it out to come out the winner. The tribe leaders told me that girls had NEVER placed in Follies competition's until last year.. and it was Laguna, so in their words, "We're kind of a big deal," and I'm pumped to try and fill their shoes.
Today classes came back in full swing with test results. 3 A's and 2 B's, not bad, but I want all A's daggum it. I'll work on it. I'm just glad none of my classes are super hard or require hardcore studying time (like my roommate's classes!) went to a practice room, sang and screamed in my voice lesson, which I do love that class and my teacher oh so much, and to top it off had an easy assignment with Music Tech and am ready to get some homework knocked out. Had a little bit of down time this afternoon, and when I say little I mean like 2 hours or so, then it was dinner time, back to the room, had Laguna homework, yeah that's right, and then Follies practice from 9-11. We're bringing the heat, and sweating it too. Beef.
Anyway, God is still God and He is still good no matter what. I had an amazing quiet time out on the roof yesterday when I got done singing, I listened to Everything by Lifehouse and just stared at the sky singing the lyrics, "How can I stand here with You and not be moved by You?"
So many times I take God and Creation and his good and perfect work for granted; I'm no longer being moved and that isn't right. My heart should constantly be in motion, beating with God's awesomeness and life and I should be sharing it with others. I hate that I haven't really been doing that here so far, but I'm ready to start.
This week is gonna be tough, I can feel it. But Parents Weekend is this weekend and since my parents aren't coming up I might just go home with Laurie and hang out with familia, who knows? :)
And now, I bid you adieu, because I'm freakin tired. Gnight.
Friday, September 17, 2010
OT Test
Today was a one of a kind day that I don't think I'd like repeating... well, I'm still not sure yet.
Woke up at 645 as usual and ate breakfast in the Caf with my roomie, went to Diction (I love that class), went to Theory and Dr. Meadors came in and surprised us with a pop quiz on key signatures (and I got the A major key signature right and when he asked for the parallel I kinda freaked out. It's A minor just in case you didn't know), went to Old Testament afterwards and we had our first test on Genesis-Deuteronomy. 50 multiple choice questions. I think maximum I got 5 wrong. Guess we'll find out on Monday. Other than that ever homework assignment I've turned in and quiz and test I've taken I've gotten A's on. It excites me =]]]
After my test in OT I went to Jazzman's for a Sprite and some chillax time, which was well spent with Kirk talking about music and things that college will possibly bring; had lunch right after with Shane and Kirk and a guy named Seth (who also knew a homeschooled family with 10 kids in it, cept they were weird. He applauded me on my normal-ness hehe) then went back to my room and took a nice hour and a half long nap :D Came back to the Caf to turn in my Pref card and in order of importance: Laguna, Swannanoa, Kissimee, and Nenamoosha. I'm reeeeeeeeaaaaalllllyyyy hoping I get Laguna BECAUSE almost every girl I met there was somebody I could see myself easily being friends with and they kinda reminded me of me and my sister when we get crazy-awesome together (and yes, that is one word). Met Laurie's little sister Lee who's coming here next fall and can't wait for it and she'll be a music major like me! Went to Kroger with Shane to get some laundry detergent because I think I left mine in the laundry room and somebody stole it.. psh. I got me some of those sheet things that you can use for soap, a dryer sheet, and a static guard, or something of that sort. Ate dinner and then Laurie, Meagan, Lorin and I went to the movies to see Easy A. It was an alright movie, there were definitely retarded parts, like maybe the whole movie, but the cute parts were really cute.
As of right now, I'm in the laundry room, sitting on top of about 3 washers with my Mac in my lap and my earbuds in jammin away cause no one else is in here (=D) and when I'm done I'll go back to my room, snack on a little somethin, and take a shower. Why are you taking a shower at night you may ask? Here's why: tomorrow is "Squeal Day" where girls from your future tribe come into your room, take you with them to a secret room and reveal to you what tribe you'll be in. This is all before the 9am hour, which sucks. And they did tell us to sleep in our shirts, brush our teeth the night before (which I will anyway, duh) and be ready. Code for: you won't have time to do squat when we come to your room to get you. Mmmm. This excites me. :-p I mean I am excited about the tribes and where God wants me to go, but 9am?? FORREAL?!??!?!?!?!?!!!!??!?!??!
I'll let you know how it goes
Woke up at 645 as usual and ate breakfast in the Caf with my roomie, went to Diction (I love that class), went to Theory and Dr. Meadors came in and surprised us with a pop quiz on key signatures (and I got the A major key signature right and when he asked for the parallel I kinda freaked out. It's A minor just in case you didn't know), went to Old Testament afterwards and we had our first test on Genesis-Deuteronomy. 50 multiple choice questions. I think maximum I got 5 wrong. Guess we'll find out on Monday. Other than that ever homework assignment I've turned in and quiz and test I've taken I've gotten A's on. It excites me =]]]
After my test in OT I went to Jazzman's for a Sprite and some chillax time, which was well spent with Kirk talking about music and things that college will possibly bring; had lunch right after with Shane and Kirk and a guy named Seth (who also knew a homeschooled family with 10 kids in it, cept they were weird. He applauded me on my normal-ness hehe) then went back to my room and took a nice hour and a half long nap :D Came back to the Caf to turn in my Pref card and in order of importance: Laguna, Swannanoa, Kissimee, and Nenamoosha. I'm reeeeeeeeaaaaalllllyyyy hoping I get Laguna BECAUSE almost every girl I met there was somebody I could see myself easily being friends with and they kinda reminded me of me and my sister when we get crazy-awesome together (and yes, that is one word). Met Laurie's little sister Lee who's coming here next fall and can't wait for it and she'll be a music major like me! Went to Kroger with Shane to get some laundry detergent because I think I left mine in the laundry room and somebody stole it.. psh. I got me some of those sheet things that you can use for soap, a dryer sheet, and a static guard, or something of that sort. Ate dinner and then Laurie, Meagan, Lorin and I went to the movies to see Easy A. It was an alright movie, there were definitely retarded parts, like maybe the whole movie, but the cute parts were really cute.
As of right now, I'm in the laundry room, sitting on top of about 3 washers with my Mac in my lap and my earbuds in jammin away cause no one else is in here (=D) and when I'm done I'll go back to my room, snack on a little somethin, and take a shower. Why are you taking a shower at night you may ask? Here's why: tomorrow is "Squeal Day" where girls from your future tribe come into your room, take you with them to a secret room and reveal to you what tribe you'll be in. This is all before the 9am hour, which sucks. And they did tell us to sleep in our shirts, brush our teeth the night before (which I will anyway, duh) and be ready. Code for: you won't have time to do squat when we come to your room to get you. Mmmm. This excites me. :-p I mean I am excited about the tribes and where God wants me to go, but 9am?? FORREAL?!??!?!?!?!?!!!!??!?!??!
I'll let you know how it goes
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Laguna Tribe
Whewee I'm so tired! Is it really only Thursday? It is? Oh.. okay... dang it. :-p
My week has seemed to take forever to play out but it's almost over which excites me greatly. I had a test in Ear Training and Keyboard today (only on the Ear Training part though) and mamma made a 98 =]]] Yeyuhhhh
I have a test in Old Testament tomorrow and I'm only semi stressing about it... Studying is not really something I'm used to. Guess I'll have to change that habit! Had a voice lesson Monday and Wednesday and Wednesday I had an accompanist; it's interesting for me.. my voice teacher wants me to sing differently than I've ever sung, and high. Kendall doesn't like that fact. Piano lessons are also interesting; my teacher is making me re-learn my scales, arpeggios, fingering, and the almost the very basics of every foundation of everything piano. Both of these things keep me in the practice room about 2+ hours every day. I mean I still love my music, but this is intense. =)
I started missing my kids from my preschool yesterday.. it makes me sad because when I finally do get to go back and stop by or start working again, they'll be even more grown up than when I left them! Same with my little sisters and Scooby! They're at home doing all this fun cute stuff that I'm missing and they're growing up learning new things and I'm over here in a different state not being able to see them!
MLEH!
-sigh- Anyway, I'm loving the friends I've already made, like legitimately. They all make me smile and brighten my day, and I love going into the Caf without my roommates and being able to find some of my friends and going to sit with them, do homework with them, go to Wal-mart, and just have fun hanging out with them. I really do love it. Andddd..... yeah that's all I have to say because I forgot everything else.
K bye
My week has seemed to take forever to play out but it's almost over which excites me greatly. I had a test in Ear Training and Keyboard today (only on the Ear Training part though) and mamma made a 98 =]]] Yeyuhhhh
I have a test in Old Testament tomorrow and I'm only semi stressing about it... Studying is not really something I'm used to. Guess I'll have to change that habit! Had a voice lesson Monday and Wednesday and Wednesday I had an accompanist; it's interesting for me.. my voice teacher wants me to sing differently than I've ever sung, and high. Kendall doesn't like that fact. Piano lessons are also interesting; my teacher is making me re-learn my scales, arpeggios, fingering, and the almost the very basics of every foundation of everything piano. Both of these things keep me in the practice room about 2+ hours every day. I mean I still love my music, but this is intense. =)
I started missing my kids from my preschool yesterday.. it makes me sad because when I finally do get to go back and stop by or start working again, they'll be even more grown up than when I left them! Same with my little sisters and Scooby! They're at home doing all this fun cute stuff that I'm missing and they're growing up learning new things and I'm over here in a different state not being able to see them!
MLEH!
-sigh- Anyway, I'm loving the friends I've already made, like legitimately. They all make me smile and brighten my day, and I love going into the Caf without my roommates and being able to find some of my friends and going to sit with them, do homework with them, go to Wal-mart, and just have fun hanging out with them. I really do love it. Andddd..... yeah that's all I have to say because I forgot everything else.
K bye
Monday, September 13, 2010
church choir
Yeah, that's right. I went to a church choir last night, I remember why I loved it and I finally got to sing alto for the first time since I moved here!! While it may have been a 2 hour choir practice of tired college students, God definitely showed up. My weekend has been so God filled it's mind-blowing. I'm so glad I go to a Christian college where God is an important part of activities, lesson plans, and social scenes.
Today being Monday is just a day asking to be hated, especially since I was up in the wee hours of the wee hours of the morning (well, not too wee) doing pointless. BUT I don't think I've felt so rejuvenated and energized since I've been here. I think God had a lot to do with it, and a lot of my friends have positive influences on me it just rubbed off that way! Allllllll day I've had the energy of a 7 year old and I know I'm gonna crash tonight but it's whatever; I'm livin it up!
Talked to my sister today, haven't legitly talked to her on the phone since I left, and it was great! We talked for over an hour purely about boys and stupid girls, it was a great conversation :D
We have Coke parties tonight for Rush and the dress code is our "Sunday finery". Pictures might be posted up here, they might not. Miss you mom and dad, try not to let Ellie have her way all the time, LOADS of love your way!
=)
Today being Monday is just a day asking to be hated, especially since I was up in the wee hours of the wee hours of the morning (well, not too wee) doing pointless. BUT I don't think I've felt so rejuvenated and energized since I've been here. I think God had a lot to do with it, and a lot of my friends have positive influences on me it just rubbed off that way! Allllllll day I've had the energy of a 7 year old and I know I'm gonna crash tonight but it's whatever; I'm livin it up!
Talked to my sister today, haven't legitly talked to her on the phone since I left, and it was great! We talked for over an hour purely about boys and stupid girls, it was a great conversation :D
We have Coke parties tonight for Rush and the dress code is our "Sunday finery". Pictures might be posted up here, they might not. Miss you mom and dad, try not to let Ellie have her way all the time, LOADS of love your way!
=)
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Sunday Afternooooon
Hullur :-)my weekend has been one of the longest since I can remember and one that I will never forget. Rush skits started Friday night and they were the Swannanoa tribe and the Laguna tribe, and these skits were ballin! The Laguna skit made me reeeeeaaaaallly want to join Laguna's tribe... -sigh- but I don't know! Haha we had to dress up for each of these skits; the first one the dress code was masquerade ball attire and the second one was either out favorite plant or a school supply.
?!?
The next night were Nenamoosha's and Kissimee's tribe skits and those were both super cute :D Their dress code for the first skit was either your favorite super hero or a cat and the second one was a redneck.
....
How they came up with these ideas I don't really want to know, but whatever.
Saturday morning part of our Rush experience was to go out in Caden and Jackson and do service projects. This part alone made me super excited that I'm a part of a Christian school, for what other schools involve community service as part of Rush?? Anyway my group and a couple others went down to the ghetto part of Jackson, and it was rough. Nothing in my mind could have prepared me for what I was going to experience there, at all. We were led by 3 women who worked and lived down there who provided church services, food, clothes, and friendships with as much of the neighborhood as they could. We had projects to work on but out of the blue the main leader said, "You know what? I think the Lord wants us to go on a prayer walk today." So we did. We got in a huge circle and prayed first and I could feel Jesus there, like I haven't felt Him this real in a long time. We walked around almost the whole ghetto part passing caves, drug lord's houses, pimp's houses, abandoned houses, and waving to every single person we saw. In my right mind I would have been scared out of my wits and wanted to go home, but walking through those streets I never felt more protected. I could literally feel God all around us covering us in His glory and safety. We walked around for 3 hours and heat and we were all starving and none of us wanted to go home. But as 1230 rolled around we walked back to where our cars were parked and got a mini-sermon from a woman named Amy Lancaster. Amazing woman if I ever saw one and she gave us one of the greatest, most in-your-face messages I had heard in a long time. To be honest it was better than any church service I had been to all year. Me and a good number of other teens are gonna start going there on Sundays for their church services at 3pm just to help as much as we can and get involved with out community. And seeing things from their point of view really made me wonder about how I wear my Christianity. A lot of folks down there said they couldn't go to churches because they smelled bad or they got kicked out because they weren't dressed right. Do our churches really care that much about appearance? It was an intense morning that caused a lot of heartache and tears, but I am so ready to go back there and help =) and there's a website if you want to check it out it's wewillgo.org
Last night was our first MC football home game and as another part of Rush we were required to go to it as well as the tailgating party before. Don't get me wrong, it had fun parts but sitting out there in the heat with a mandatory requirement of your attendance and wearing the colors blue and gold didn't thrill me as much as it could.
psh
This morning we went to First Baptist Church in Jackson again, I'm starting to like it more but I still feel at home and where I belong at Faith. Tonight I'm practicing piano, cleaning up the room with endless Clorox wipes and a vacuum and then working on some Music Tech homework (which I know I won't like doing.) Eating in the Caf later and then having another girls night with my awesome roommate and across-the-hall-mates. God really worked wonders on the rooming thing because me and my roommate have the same preferences and night-time routines, and my across-the-hall-mates are super nice and always wanting us to come in their room and hang out. I think the 6 of us are going to become really close over these next four years, and I can't wait =]]]
?!?
The next night were Nenamoosha's and Kissimee's tribe skits and those were both super cute :D Their dress code for the first skit was either your favorite super hero or a cat and the second one was a redneck.
....
How they came up with these ideas I don't really want to know, but whatever.
Saturday morning part of our Rush experience was to go out in Caden and Jackson and do service projects. This part alone made me super excited that I'm a part of a Christian school, for what other schools involve community service as part of Rush?? Anyway my group and a couple others went down to the ghetto part of Jackson, and it was rough. Nothing in my mind could have prepared me for what I was going to experience there, at all. We were led by 3 women who worked and lived down there who provided church services, food, clothes, and friendships with as much of the neighborhood as they could. We had projects to work on but out of the blue the main leader said, "You know what? I think the Lord wants us to go on a prayer walk today." So we did. We got in a huge circle and prayed first and I could feel Jesus there, like I haven't felt Him this real in a long time. We walked around almost the whole ghetto part passing caves, drug lord's houses, pimp's houses, abandoned houses, and waving to every single person we saw. In my right mind I would have been scared out of my wits and wanted to go home, but walking through those streets I never felt more protected. I could literally feel God all around us covering us in His glory and safety. We walked around for 3 hours and heat and we were all starving and none of us wanted to go home. But as 1230 rolled around we walked back to where our cars were parked and got a mini-sermon from a woman named Amy Lancaster. Amazing woman if I ever saw one and she gave us one of the greatest, most in-your-face messages I had heard in a long time. To be honest it was better than any church service I had been to all year. Me and a good number of other teens are gonna start going there on Sundays for their church services at 3pm just to help as much as we can and get involved with out community. And seeing things from their point of view really made me wonder about how I wear my Christianity. A lot of folks down there said they couldn't go to churches because they smelled bad or they got kicked out because they weren't dressed right. Do our churches really care that much about appearance? It was an intense morning that caused a lot of heartache and tears, but I am so ready to go back there and help =) and there's a website if you want to check it out it's wewillgo.org
Last night was our first MC football home game and as another part of Rush we were required to go to it as well as the tailgating party before. Don't get me wrong, it had fun parts but sitting out there in the heat with a mandatory requirement of your attendance and wearing the colors blue and gold didn't thrill me as much as it could.
psh
This morning we went to First Baptist Church in Jackson again, I'm starting to like it more but I still feel at home and where I belong at Faith. Tonight I'm practicing piano, cleaning up the room with endless Clorox wipes and a vacuum and then working on some Music Tech homework (which I know I won't like doing.) Eating in the Caf later and then having another girls night with my awesome roommate and across-the-hall-mates. God really worked wonders on the rooming thing because me and my roommate have the same preferences and night-time routines, and my across-the-hall-mates are super nice and always wanting us to come in their room and hang out. I think the 6 of us are going to become really close over these next four years, and I can't wait =]]]
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
time can really escape fast...
wow, it's been about a week since I last wrote... let's change that :)
I got to go home on Friday after class, it was a HUGE relief because I was becoming oh so terribly homesick. Got to hang with (most) all of my family that night watching Camp Rock 2 (don't watch it, it's dumb) and eating to my heart and stomach's content with burritos =DD <-- and yes, my smiley face has double chins
Saturday I slept till noon, twas glorious yes it was, and around 4 I went to the one and only ERIN HATCHER'S house decked out in my only Arkansas Razorback football shirt because apparently there was a game on... psh. I had to fight Erin and Sarah away from my car so I could get out of my car safely but once I was all the way out I was tackled like a football player with hugs, nice fat hugs too. That's one of the many things I miss living down here in Mississippi: I know people and they know me but not to the point of where when they see me I get bombarded with hugs and sayings like, "Oh my word, I missed you! How are you? How has your week been so far?" Like, I mean I do get asked those questions every now and then from my roommates and across-the-hall mates, but not all in one sit down with an added hug.
Sunday I went to my awesome awesome church (Faith Baptist, check it out!) and got to see all my younger friends like Jon and Parker and Kaylor and Dex haha and I also remembered why I never sat between Dex and Kaylor during church... we were talking too much =p BUT one of the greatest highlights of being home was getting to show all my friends a certain picture of a certain someone... um ANYWAY
Another thing I really missed about living in Memphis was, here in MS I'm not really set apart as anybody. Nobody really knows me as Kendall Avery, the one and only Kendall Avery. I'm just a Music Ed freshman who's trying not to fall up the stairs (again) or leave my room key and ID in my dorm, and learn my music and please my teachers. Whereas back home, I'm recognized at church, at home, in friend's houses, and even at Sonic! It's a strange and different thing for me to start my identity out here from nothing... I've never really had to do that before growing up and living in Memphis my whole life.
Mleh.
Sunday afternoon I watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and have discovered no one will ever take the places in my heart for Harrison Ford and Sean Connery (the ORIGINAL 007). Went to Leawood under certain persuasions by select people, hear a good message both Sunday services, went and got gas :-p and then went to Erin's house again for Wii bowling, Mac video watching and endless talking about boys.. as usual haha
Monday Erin, Sarah, and Jake came over to see me before I departed again and Jake brought a video he had been working on for forever. I started watching it and it was compiled of a lot of the important people in my life telling about their favorite memory with me; that brought tears to my eyes, but alas, those quickly vanished when I saw the video titled "Eye Candy" they had put on there
THANKS GUYS! sickos
Rode the 4 hours back with my across-the-hall mate Meagan, and it was sooo much better than my ride home. Got me some hefty taco Bell for dinner, stayed up semi late cramming in homework that was due today and yeah bought a phone-charger from Wal-mart cause I left mine at home
-dislike-
Started up classes again today, easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy. Got to see all my new friends that I had been missin over the weekend and Rush stuff started up tonight. I'm not feeling called to be in a tribe (that's MC for sorority) but I am gonna Rush for all the fun stuff that comes with it :-) Got to look at my bank account and I almost fainted seeing how little I had left, so Mom and Dad and Mike if ya'll could put that money in there, that would be GREAT!
Tomorrow is my busy day, I'll have a free period from 11 to 12 where I get to switch out my books, practice for voice and Singers, clean up my room and eat lunch. Ohhhhhh how I've missed college life this weekend :-p
(Actually I didn't because I've lost 3 pounds form walking everywhere and up 5 flights of stairs multiple times a day but I gained it all back this weekend at home. So I guess losing weight is the only part about college I like so far? Yep.. that seems about right.)
Thanks for keeping me in your prayers, I'll be trying to update this more often, have great tomorrow!
-Kendall <3
I got to go home on Friday after class, it was a HUGE relief because I was becoming oh so terribly homesick. Got to hang with (most) all of my family that night watching Camp Rock 2 (don't watch it, it's dumb) and eating to my heart and stomach's content with burritos =DD <-- and yes, my smiley face has double chins
Saturday I slept till noon, twas glorious yes it was, and around 4 I went to the one and only ERIN HATCHER'S house decked out in my only Arkansas Razorback football shirt because apparently there was a game on... psh. I had to fight Erin and Sarah away from my car so I could get out of my car safely but once I was all the way out I was tackled like a football player with hugs, nice fat hugs too. That's one of the many things I miss living down here in Mississippi: I know people and they know me but not to the point of where when they see me I get bombarded with hugs and sayings like, "Oh my word, I missed you! How are you? How has your week been so far?" Like, I mean I do get asked those questions every now and then from my roommates and across-the-hall mates, but not all in one sit down with an added hug.
Sunday I went to my awesome awesome church (Faith Baptist, check it out!) and got to see all my younger friends like Jon and Parker and Kaylor and Dex haha and I also remembered why I never sat between Dex and Kaylor during church... we were talking too much =p BUT one of the greatest highlights of being home was getting to show all my friends a certain picture of a certain someone... um ANYWAY
Another thing I really missed about living in Memphis was, here in MS I'm not really set apart as anybody. Nobody really knows me as Kendall Avery, the one and only Kendall Avery. I'm just a Music Ed freshman who's trying not to fall up the stairs (again) or leave my room key and ID in my dorm, and learn my music and please my teachers. Whereas back home, I'm recognized at church, at home, in friend's houses, and even at Sonic! It's a strange and different thing for me to start my identity out here from nothing... I've never really had to do that before growing up and living in Memphis my whole life.
Mleh.
Sunday afternoon I watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and have discovered no one will ever take the places in my heart for Harrison Ford and Sean Connery (the ORIGINAL 007). Went to Leawood under certain persuasions by select people, hear a good message both Sunday services, went and got gas :-p and then went to Erin's house again for Wii bowling, Mac video watching and endless talking about boys.. as usual haha
Monday Erin, Sarah, and Jake came over to see me before I departed again and Jake brought a video he had been working on for forever. I started watching it and it was compiled of a lot of the important people in my life telling about their favorite memory with me; that brought tears to my eyes, but alas, those quickly vanished when I saw the video titled "Eye Candy" they had put on there
THANKS GUYS! sickos
Rode the 4 hours back with my across-the-hall mate Meagan, and it was sooo much better than my ride home. Got me some hefty taco Bell for dinner, stayed up semi late cramming in homework that was due today and yeah bought a phone-charger from Wal-mart cause I left mine at home
-dislike-
Started up classes again today, easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy. Got to see all my new friends that I had been missin over the weekend and Rush stuff started up tonight. I'm not feeling called to be in a tribe (that's MC for sorority) but I am gonna Rush for all the fun stuff that comes with it :-) Got to look at my bank account and I almost fainted seeing how little I had left, so Mom and Dad and Mike if ya'll could put that money in there, that would be GREAT!
Tomorrow is my busy day, I'll have a free period from 11 to 12 where I get to switch out my books, practice for voice and Singers, clean up my room and eat lunch. Ohhhhhh how I've missed college life this weekend :-p
(Actually I didn't because I've lost 3 pounds form walking everywhere and up 5 flights of stairs multiple times a day but I gained it all back this weekend at home. So I guess losing weight is the only part about college I like so far? Yep.. that seems about right.)
Thanks for keeping me in your prayers, I'll be trying to update this more often, have great tomorrow!
-Kendall <3
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
If I Die Young..
Wednesday:
6:30 - get up, take a shower, get ready
7:15 - breakfast with the roomie in a busy caf
8:00 - diction class with almost every music major
9:00 - theory class, for apparently the smarter theory people
10:00 - old testament, where I gotta play music in my head or think alot or write to keep myself awake
11:00 - BREAK.. and I ate lunch, went back to the dorm, changed out my books, took a 20 min nap and walked briskly to class
12:00 - singers, where we rearranged our seating... with My Country Tis of Thee the WHOLE time
1:00 - first voice lesson, hooray for being a first soprano =ppp
1:30 - music tech class where we're talked to as if we have never used computers before.. I now know where the Safari icon is located and that it connects me to the world wide web. stupid dumb
3:00 - went to jazzman's to get a delicious mango smoothie and knock out some homework
4:00 - went to a practice room for singing and talking to erin and sarah :))
5:45 - dinner in the caf with mah across-the-hall-mates
6:30 - left for FBC Jackson
8:00 - went up to my room and haven't gone anywhere but the 5th floor since
9:00 - merged into laurie's room with kristen for some hardcore skip-bo
11:17 - decided after some intense and retarded games of skip-bo that I needed to update the world on my life
so here =)
6:30 - get up, take a shower, get ready
7:15 - breakfast with the roomie in a busy caf
8:00 - diction class with almost every music major
9:00 - theory class, for apparently the smarter theory people
10:00 - old testament, where I gotta play music in my head or think alot or write to keep myself awake
11:00 - BREAK.. and I ate lunch, went back to the dorm, changed out my books, took a 20 min nap and walked briskly to class
12:00 - singers, where we rearranged our seating... with My Country Tis of Thee the WHOLE time
1:00 - first voice lesson, hooray for being a first soprano =ppp
1:30 - music tech class where we're talked to as if we have never used computers before.. I now know where the Safari icon is located and that it connects me to the world wide web. stupid dumb
3:00 - went to jazzman's to get a delicious mango smoothie and knock out some homework
4:00 - went to a practice room for singing and talking to erin and sarah :))
5:45 - dinner in the caf with mah across-the-hall-mates
6:30 - left for FBC Jackson
8:00 - went up to my room and haven't gone anywhere but the 5th floor since
9:00 - merged into laurie's room with kristen for some hardcore skip-bo
11:17 - decided after some intense and retarded games of skip-bo that I needed to update the world on my life
so here =)
Monday, August 30, 2010
Pieces (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)
Soo I wrote this in Old Testament... enjoy it haha
We're all made up of parts and piece; different sizes, different shapes and different portions, and they all make up the person we are today.
In our lives we're steady giving away pieces while steady receiving them. We give away pieces of our heart, pieces of our time, pieces of our personality, pieces of our opinion, and pieces of our money. All the while receiving in return pieces of advice, pieces of friendships and relationships, pieces of character, pieces of teachings, and pieces of love. Your relationships with people determine the amount of pieces you have/give/receive and there will always be the risk of losing and giving away more pieces than you receive.
While this intimidates us all on select levels, I believe it should encourage us to give away more pieces than we're comfortable with because what is a life lived if you've kept all your pieces to yourself?
I myself am made up of many pieces and they make up all of who I am. I have piece after piece given to me by my parents whose pieces are soe of the most important and fundamental pieces I'll ever posses, I have pieces from the kids I've worked with..their pieces some of the sweetest and innocent I have in my whole person, I have pieces from the dear friends who have shaped a lot of my life on who and what I am and what I believe, I have pieces of the teachers and adults who have been strong influences in my life, I have pieces from every single one of my siblings (I value these the most), I do have pieces I've given away that have never been returned, I have pieces that were given to me by force, I've given away countless pieces that I'll never be able to get back, and I've been given countless pieces I don't deserve.
Above all else all of the pieces have had love in them. Love that was too young, love I didn't deserve, and love that has passed my understanding. I didn't always recognize these pieces as love, and I still haven't, but I know that every single piece was given to work me together for good.
Everyone is given pieces; they're all different shapes, sizes, and portions and they all make up the person we are today. Throughout our lives we scatter our pieces, we examine them, we take them for granted, we give them away, we keep them to ourselves, and over all we will never truly understand the impact they have on us.
I'm not sure where it came from but it kept me awake during class.. :))
We're all made up of parts and piece; different sizes, different shapes and different portions, and they all make up the person we are today.
In our lives we're steady giving away pieces while steady receiving them. We give away pieces of our heart, pieces of our time, pieces of our personality, pieces of our opinion, and pieces of our money. All the while receiving in return pieces of advice, pieces of friendships and relationships, pieces of character, pieces of teachings, and pieces of love. Your relationships with people determine the amount of pieces you have/give/receive and there will always be the risk of losing and giving away more pieces than you receive.
While this intimidates us all on select levels, I believe it should encourage us to give away more pieces than we're comfortable with because what is a life lived if you've kept all your pieces to yourself?
I myself am made up of many pieces and they make up all of who I am. I have piece after piece given to me by my parents whose pieces are soe of the most important and fundamental pieces I'll ever posses, I have pieces from the kids I've worked with..their pieces some of the sweetest and innocent I have in my whole person, I have pieces from the dear friends who have shaped a lot of my life on who and what I am and what I believe, I have pieces of the teachers and adults who have been strong influences in my life, I have pieces from every single one of my siblings (I value these the most), I do have pieces I've given away that have never been returned, I have pieces that were given to me by force, I've given away countless pieces that I'll never be able to get back, and I've been given countless pieces I don't deserve.
Above all else all of the pieces have had love in them. Love that was too young, love I didn't deserve, and love that has passed my understanding. I didn't always recognize these pieces as love, and I still haven't, but I know that every single piece was given to work me together for good.
Everyone is given pieces; they're all different shapes, sizes, and portions and they all make up the person we are today. Throughout our lives we scatter our pieces, we examine them, we take them for granted, we give them away, we keep them to ourselves, and over all we will never truly understand the impact they have on us.
I'm not sure where it came from but it kept me awake during class.. :))
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Empty Without You
::Sunday::
Went to Morrison Heights at 9:00am for sunday school, the church was alright; not exactly what I'm used to but I could get used to it if I wanted to. Thing is, I just want to find my fit, which will be hard (and is hard) because I found my perfect fit back at home at Faith Baptist and finding a new one for the school semester(s) is something I'm not really wanting to do. Anyway, after church went over to a friend from Singers' house, which was awesome because we made a spectacular lunch and ate it! Btw, it was the first time I've ever stuck Italian bread onto a raw pork tenderloin... mac n' cheese was AMAZING loaded up with cheddar cheese and we had those little green pea/bean things they put in Chinese food and it was really good, which surprised me.
After getting a ride back to campus I took a quick 30 minute nap (best decision I've made since I've been here) and after I woke up spent about an hour and a half in a, I mean MY, practice room =D as I was walking back got stuck under the downpour so I had to run into the Caf and sip a Dr. P until it let up. =p. Finally got up to my room and did my Music Technology homework, which I won't lie it's really retarded, finished up Diction homework, and started and finished most of my Old Testament homework.. I don't think I'm likin this homework thing haha but is it really up to me? I think not.
Made another -quick- Walmart run with Laurie instead of going out to eat.. which I'm really regretting now because at 12:48am I'm kinda sorta really hungry. Met up with Matt (a Church Music major with alot of the same classes I have) at Jazzman's and just talked and talked and talked about a little but of everything. We ended up educating each other on some youtube videos, swapping drinks (which was gross), and trading music. Twas a fun night =D
Got a little more homesick today after talking to my oldest younger sister and my mom today... -sigh- I'm going home Friday, bring on all the "fat" hugs you can possibly bring
<3 <3
Went to Morrison Heights at 9:00am for sunday school, the church was alright; not exactly what I'm used to but I could get used to it if I wanted to. Thing is, I just want to find my fit, which will be hard (and is hard) because I found my perfect fit back at home at Faith Baptist and finding a new one for the school semester(s) is something I'm not really wanting to do. Anyway, after church went over to a friend from Singers' house, which was awesome because we made a spectacular lunch and ate it! Btw, it was the first time I've ever stuck Italian bread onto a raw pork tenderloin... mac n' cheese was AMAZING loaded up with cheddar cheese and we had those little green pea/bean things they put in Chinese food and it was really good, which surprised me.
After getting a ride back to campus I took a quick 30 minute nap (best decision I've made since I've been here) and after I woke up spent about an hour and a half in a, I mean MY, practice room =D as I was walking back got stuck under the downpour so I had to run into the Caf and sip a Dr. P until it let up. =p. Finally got up to my room and did my Music Technology homework, which I won't lie it's really retarded, finished up Diction homework, and started and finished most of my Old Testament homework.. I don't think I'm likin this homework thing haha but is it really up to me? I think not.
Made another -quick- Walmart run with Laurie instead of going out to eat.. which I'm really regretting now because at 12:48am I'm kinda sorta really hungry. Met up with Matt (a Church Music major with alot of the same classes I have) at Jazzman's and just talked and talked and talked about a little but of everything. We ended up educating each other on some youtube videos, swapping drinks (which was gross), and trading music. Twas a fun night =D
Got a little more homesick today after talking to my oldest younger sister and my mom today... -sigh- I'm going home Friday, bring on all the "fat" hugs you can possibly bring
<3 <3
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Sunchips, Harvest Cheddar flavor
Goodness gracious what a week.. half week, whatever
Finished up classes and already have a nice decent amount of homework expected by Monday ha
Today I went with some girls up to Madison and Ridgeland, both cities of which are very unfamiliar to me; bought an awesome yellow scarf and a green "alligator" watch = rockin awesome! (especially since I don't usually wear watches, at all, and wouldn't, but I'll wear this one..) AND THEN we came back and chilled. Changed out of our cute clothes and sported some Nike shorts and t-shirts =) Went to Taco Bell for dinner, got a 5-layer and grilled steak taquitos, as always, and made a Walgreens run for ice cream and sunchips!! Came back to the dorm and with 3 other ladies watched Made of Honor, mlehh, ate mah ice cream and beefed some sunchips, and finally started getting homesick. Which I would have called everyone in my house if it wasn't so late. My little sister successfully threw a legit surprise party, my little brother placed second in a Jiu Jitsu tournament, and the rest of my family, I'm not sure. But I do know I miss them, and my friends, wayyy too much. I'm uber happy I get to come home next weekend for Labor Day and see everybody!
Beef
Finished up classes and already have a nice decent amount of homework expected by Monday ha
Today I went with some girls up to Madison and Ridgeland, both cities of which are very unfamiliar to me; bought an awesome yellow scarf and a green "alligator" watch = rockin awesome! (especially since I don't usually wear watches, at all, and wouldn't, but I'll wear this one..) AND THEN we came back and chilled. Changed out of our cute clothes and sported some Nike shorts and t-shirts =) Went to Taco Bell for dinner, got a 5-layer and grilled steak taquitos, as always, and made a Walgreens run for ice cream and sunchips!! Came back to the dorm and with 3 other ladies watched Made of Honor, mlehh, ate mah ice cream and beefed some sunchips, and finally started getting homesick. Which I would have called everyone in my house if it wasn't so late. My little sister successfully threw a legit surprise party, my little brother placed second in a Jiu Jitsu tournament, and the rest of my family, I'm not sure. But I do know I miss them, and my friends, wayyy too much. I'm uber happy I get to come home next weekend for Labor Day and see everybody!
Beef
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Secrets
My Tuesday was eventful.. I think... I can't really remember it... darn it... WAIT! I do remember going to the (awesome) bookstore and picking up the rest of my books that I needed for class today, and we went to Walmart, which we seem to be doing everyday, hahaaaa. Um started classes today, 8am I had Diction with Ms. Sparkman, very interesting class, learned about the "tongue vowels" and it's amazing how much your tongue can effect the way you talk; at 9am I had Theory class with Dr. Oswalt (which I found out from a fellow freshman music major that I was in the smart theory class.. which made me immensely happy because I love hard theory and I've already taken an advanced theory class, THANK YOU JOSH STEWART!) then I had Old Testament with Dr. Mahaffey which looks and sounds like fun and I'm kinda sorta really excited to start digging deeper into the bible and seeing how it ties into everyday life and to understand and appreciate the literature it has to offer.
And one really cool point our professor pointed out is that you never stop learning from it. Ever. Even the most advanced individual in the study of the bible still learns something, and how many times do we read through verses and passages and then one day it hits us in a totally different way? Yeah, I got really excited to hear that; that I will never stop learning, and that the word of God is active, living and breathing =]]]
*ahem* After Old Testament, I had a lunch break and ate with my 5 favorite girls. I say favorite because, well, they are haha it's my roommate Kristen, the 2 girls directly across the hall, Meagan and Lorin, and their suite mates Shelby and Laurie (which Laurie is such a relief to me because she acts JUST like my sister, so I almost feel like I'm at home). We're planning on driving to Madison on Saturday and just having a fun girls day shopping, going to see a movie (most probably The Switch) and dinner somewhere. I'm definitely excited, these girls are legit awesome. OH and then I had choir practice, it excites me.
Tomorrow I have Ear Training and Keyboard at 9:15, sleeping in, yay, then Chapel at 10, break at 11, Music Technology at 12, then Singers for about an hour and a half :-)) then later on I have a Music Seminar I have to go to. Kinda like the one I did today, which was Performance Lab.. where basically we just learned about the gist of the whole entire Music program at MC and met all the faculty and went over the rules and guidelines and privileges of the whole place. I met my piano teacher today and set up my private lesson times and set up a time with my voice teacher.. I am so thrilled about both of those =D and I signed up for practice rooms and got my own key, teehee, Room 315 if you wanna come see me ;)
We had a progression dinner tonight with 4 churches in the Clinton/Jackson area, which was fun mainly because of Cameron and Michael haha they make me laugh. Made yet ANOTHER trip to Walmart and I think I have everything now... yeah... hope so
Love you Mom and Dad for reading this and for helping me out with finances.. (and you could always put some extra money in
my bank account.. yeah? thanks! :)
Love, Kendall
And one really cool point our professor pointed out is that you never stop learning from it. Ever. Even the most advanced individual in the study of the bible still learns something, and how many times do we read through verses and passages and then one day it hits us in a totally different way? Yeah, I got really excited to hear that; that I will never stop learning, and that the word of God is active, living and breathing =]]]
*ahem* After Old Testament, I had a lunch break and ate with my 5 favorite girls. I say favorite because, well, they are haha it's my roommate Kristen, the 2 girls directly across the hall, Meagan and Lorin, and their suite mates Shelby and Laurie (which Laurie is such a relief to me because she acts JUST like my sister, so I almost feel like I'm at home). We're planning on driving to Madison on Saturday and just having a fun girls day shopping, going to see a movie (most probably The Switch) and dinner somewhere. I'm definitely excited, these girls are legit awesome. OH and then I had choir practice, it excites me.
Tomorrow I have Ear Training and Keyboard at 9:15, sleeping in, yay, then Chapel at 10, break at 11, Music Technology at 12, then Singers for about an hour and a half :-)) then later on I have a Music Seminar I have to go to. Kinda like the one I did today, which was Performance Lab.. where basically we just learned about the gist of the whole entire Music program at MC and met all the faculty and went over the rules and guidelines and privileges of the whole place. I met my piano teacher today and set up my private lesson times and set up a time with my voice teacher.. I am so thrilled about both of those =D and I signed up for practice rooms and got my own key, teehee, Room 315 if you wanna come see me ;)
We had a progression dinner tonight with 4 churches in the Clinton/Jackson area, which was fun mainly because of Cameron and Michael haha they make me laugh. Made yet ANOTHER trip to Walmart and I think I have everything now... yeah... hope so
Love you Mom and Dad for reading this and for helping me out with finances.. (and you could always put some extra money in
my bank account.. yeah? thanks! :)
Love, Kendall
Monday, August 23, 2010
MiSsIsSiPpI cOlLeGe
SO
I have officially moved into my dorm and what not at MC, and am loving every second of it! The move-in day was a bit overwhelming, but I got through it and I'm glad my parents were here to help me move in and set up everything (thanks mom) and we all cried when they left. I had allllll of my sisters give me tearful goodbyes, and that was probably the hardest goodbyes I've ever had to give =/
Saturday was spent in tears with my roommate and getting our room situated, and trying to meet other freshman in the same situation and eating in the Caf and getting into a Welcome Group with girls on the same floor as me and guys from a random dorm.. ha
Sunday morning I went with my roommate and her boyfriend to First Baptist Jackson and oh my word, that church was HUGE! It was almost as big as Bellevue, if not bigger... and the college ministry was as big as the big church at Faith. Whew. Afterwards we went to a mexican restaurant, where the service was terrible but the shrimp chimichangas were terrific =) then we came back to the dorm and took naps and showers.. =]]] THEN there was a picnic on the Quad with a mini worship service afterwards, where I saw a friend from J-Creek and met his twin.. (?!?) and then my roommate and I, the girls across the hall, and friends from Memphis hung out and met alot of random fun freshman and they were some cool ones and some weird ones... haha then just hung out with mah girls the rest of the night
TODAY I skipped my Welcome Week group and went to a 6 hour hoir rehearsal. Honestly, some of the warm-ups we did tickled me just because they were a bit ridiculous, but these people were dead serious.. ha. So we started singing and I was legit surprised at how good we sounded haha call me humble but daggum we were awesome! After sitting in that room for too long of a time period, and without air conditioning, I went back to my dorm room with a fat headache and a hungry stomach. But a bottle of water, a nutri-grain bar, and a skype call with my cousin later made me feel awesome. After all that, most all of the freshman went out to the lake and had a hamburger/hotdog cookout playing ninja and getting to know even MORE people! There was also a big ferry boat thing that took 3 trips around the lake; our group was on the 3rd trip which was probably the best one, the sun was no longer shining and there was a nice breeze on the top deck =) Watched a bunch of .. for lack of a better word, "eehn-teh-ress-teeng", dance.. but they weren't really dancing, at all. They just looked retarded to me.. hahaha at least we all got a good laugh out of it. Hit up Wal-mart (for like the 4th time) with my girls and we were there for like an hour getting snacks like grapes and candy and bandaids and random other necessities, we had so much fun!
With all that being said, I'm really having a blast here, I might freak when classes start because I'll be so overwhelmed with music, but I;ll be loving every second of it too ;D and I'm really getting to know these 5 girls in the rooms around me and I can definitely see some lifelong friendships blossoming.
-sigh- So yeah, this is the life of an MC freshman so far, hope you enjoy it and I'll try to post more often.. yeah!
I have officially moved into my dorm and what not at MC, and am loving every second of it! The move-in day was a bit overwhelming, but I got through it and I'm glad my parents were here to help me move in and set up everything (thanks mom) and we all cried when they left. I had allllll of my sisters give me tearful goodbyes, and that was probably the hardest goodbyes I've ever had to give =/
Saturday was spent in tears with my roommate and getting our room situated, and trying to meet other freshman in the same situation and eating in the Caf and getting into a Welcome Group with girls on the same floor as me and guys from a random dorm.. ha
Sunday morning I went with my roommate and her boyfriend to First Baptist Jackson and oh my word, that church was HUGE! It was almost as big as Bellevue, if not bigger... and the college ministry was as big as the big church at Faith. Whew. Afterwards we went to a mexican restaurant, where the service was terrible but the shrimp chimichangas were terrific =) then we came back to the dorm and took naps and showers.. =]]] THEN there was a picnic on the Quad with a mini worship service afterwards, where I saw a friend from J-Creek and met his twin.. (?!?) and then my roommate and I, the girls across the hall, and friends from Memphis hung out and met alot of random fun freshman and they were some cool ones and some weird ones... haha then just hung out with mah girls the rest of the night
TODAY I skipped my Welcome Week group and went to a 6 hour hoir rehearsal. Honestly, some of the warm-ups we did tickled me just because they were a bit ridiculous, but these people were dead serious.. ha. So we started singing and I was legit surprised at how good we sounded haha call me humble but daggum we were awesome! After sitting in that room for too long of a time period, and without air conditioning, I went back to my dorm room with a fat headache and a hungry stomach. But a bottle of water, a nutri-grain bar, and a skype call with my cousin later made me feel awesome. After all that, most all of the freshman went out to the lake and had a hamburger/hotdog cookout playing ninja and getting to know even MORE people! There was also a big ferry boat thing that took 3 trips around the lake; our group was on the 3rd trip which was probably the best one, the sun was no longer shining and there was a nice breeze on the top deck =) Watched a bunch of .. for lack of a better word, "eehn-teh-ress-teeng", dance.. but they weren't really dancing, at all. They just looked retarded to me.. hahaha at least we all got a good laugh out of it. Hit up Wal-mart (for like the 4th time) with my girls and we were there for like an hour getting snacks like grapes and candy and bandaids and random other necessities, we had so much fun!
With all that being said, I'm really having a blast here, I might freak when classes start because I'll be so overwhelmed with music, but I;ll be loving every second of it too ;D and I'm really getting to know these 5 girls in the rooms around me and I can definitely see some lifelong friendships blossoming.
-sigh- So yeah, this is the life of an MC freshman so far, hope you enjoy it and I'll try to post more often.. yeah!
Friday, August 20, 2010
mm
I didn't think saying goodbyes were gonna come this hard and I really didn't think the tears were gonna come this fast
Leaving for a different place, away from everything familiar, is something I've never experienced. I won't have the same luxuries of jumping into my car to meet my girls up at Sonic, or meeting at church for the college ministry, or going to catch a movie with my friends.
This day seemed like it would never come, and now it's here and heck it's almost over. I'm not sure what to do now.. except hope for the best, put a smile on, and pray that God gives me the strength and energy.
Bye Memphis, I won't be missing much of you, just the people in you like my amazing friends and family of 12
Love,
Kendall <3
Leaving for a different place, away from everything familiar, is something I've never experienced. I won't have the same luxuries of jumping into my car to meet my girls up at Sonic, or meeting at church for the college ministry, or going to catch a movie with my friends.
This day seemed like it would never come, and now it's here and heck it's almost over. I'm not sure what to do now.. except hope for the best, put a smile on, and pray that God gives me the strength and energy.
Bye Memphis, I won't be missing much of you, just the people in you like my amazing friends and family of 12
Love,
Kendall <3
Thursday, August 19, 2010
swimming without waterproof mascara
So this week, I've kinda been all over the place, seeing as many people as I can before I leave, and I haven't hardly had any down time; which that hit me last night during church. I felt it hit me like a brick in a sock, which stunk because the service was really good but I could hardly pay attention!
But this post, this post will just be about my today: I got onto my older brother in a mom-like manner, and then he turned around and was nice to me (I still don't understand it.........) went to see Jessica before she leaves for Union University tomorrow, went by the preschool to see my baby brother go through his first day there =) got some gas at Kroger, oh yeah, and then over to Tori's house for Lean Cuisine's and messing around on our new Mac's hehe then an unspoken, then came home to a house full of people, actually it was just family who my family has known for 8+ years, went swimming, ate frozen lasagna, and talked and cackled our heads off haha good times with good people is what this week has been about
Now tomorrow, whew, is lockdown day. Where I have been restricted to not going anywhere so I can spend my last day at home, SO all my friends are coming to me :D heehee so if you're reading this and you feel the need to see me tomorrow, COME ON!
<3 <3
But this post, this post will just be about my today: I got onto my older brother in a mom-like manner, and then he turned around and was nice to me (I still don't understand it.........) went to see Jessica before she leaves for Union University tomorrow, went by the preschool to see my baby brother go through his first day there =) got some gas at Kroger, oh yeah, and then over to Tori's house for Lean Cuisine's and messing around on our new Mac's hehe then an unspoken, then came home to a house full of people, actually it was just family who my family has known for 8+ years, went swimming, ate frozen lasagna, and talked and cackled our heads off haha good times with good people is what this week has been about
Now tomorrow, whew, is lockdown day. Where I have been restricted to not going anywhere so I can spend my last day at home, SO all my friends are coming to me :D heehee so if you're reading this and you feel the need to see me tomorrow, COME ON!
<3 <3
Sunday, August 15, 2010
goodbyes, commence
goodness gracious
a new friend left on Wednesday for Mississippi State
my favorite cousin and old friend left friday for UT Knox
my big brother/cousin is leaving tomorrow for a Navy base in Chicago
one of my best guy friends is leaving next Wednesday for Samford
and I'll be leaving Saturday for my beloved Mississippi College
goodbyes are a strange thing.. a thing I've never experienced full throttle; and now I'm the one who is causing a lot of goodbyes and giving away a good deal of my own.
I don't know, goodbyes sound a bit too final for me.. I won't be leaving and returning in 4-6 years, I'll be home for fall/spring breaks and Christmas break if I don't have too much homework... and I'll always have the summer to be home if I don't get the job in Kentucky... God and I are gonna be getting pretty tight these next couple of years, and of course me and my homework will be too :-)
This week=ultimate stress week... yeah
a new friend left on Wednesday for Mississippi State
my favorite cousin and old friend left friday for UT Knox
my big brother/cousin is leaving tomorrow for a Navy base in Chicago
one of my best guy friends is leaving next Wednesday for Samford
and I'll be leaving Saturday for my beloved Mississippi College
goodbyes are a strange thing.. a thing I've never experienced full throttle; and now I'm the one who is causing a lot of goodbyes and giving away a good deal of my own.
I don't know, goodbyes sound a bit too final for me.. I won't be leaving and returning in 4-6 years, I'll be home for fall/spring breaks and Christmas break if I don't have too much homework... and I'll always have the summer to be home if I don't get the job in Kentucky... God and I are gonna be getting pretty tight these next couple of years, and of course me and my homework will be too :-)
This week=ultimate stress week... yeah
Saturday, August 14, 2010
tryin to think like a bald guy...
I.am.so.sore.from.Picwick.
I can hardly feel my back, my neck, and my arms. If I have to lift anything heavier than a kitten I think I'm gonna cry. I mean, inner-tubing is like my homeboy, but it leaves me in such pain afterwards!
:-p
Went to my Uncle J.O.'s funeral today; twas a weird feeling since I've never been to a funeral before. Seeing the body, talking to relatives I had never met, seeing my great aunt alone, being a part of the funeral procession and watching the burial aroused weird feelings in me I didn't even know I had. It turned my whole day funky, this funeral thing, but I'm glad I went. It felt like something that you're afraid and unsure of doing, but once it was over you're glad you did it.
I finally met my cousin Nikki Cox (who plays in Las Vegas) and her husband John Ferguson Cox Mohr (who is an actor/comedian). Interesting people they are.. the Hollywood life doesn't seem to have done them very much good :-p
Hung out tonight at the Brownings, possibly one of my favorite hang out spots, played kemps and drove a golf cart around, and of course ended the night by piano playing with Dex playing stuff from Twilight, original and jazz music, and we attempted Clair De Lune (him left hand and I right hand) and failed miserably haha but had a semi blast while doing it.
I got church tomorrow, last Sunday I'll be in town =/ and this week I have deemed "hang out" week because I think I've already had at least 8 people say that they wanna hang out with me before I leave. -whew- bring it on :)
I can hardly feel my back, my neck, and my arms. If I have to lift anything heavier than a kitten I think I'm gonna cry. I mean, inner-tubing is like my homeboy, but it leaves me in such pain afterwards!
:-p
Went to my Uncle J.O.'s funeral today; twas a weird feeling since I've never been to a funeral before. Seeing the body, talking to relatives I had never met, seeing my great aunt alone, being a part of the funeral procession and watching the burial aroused weird feelings in me I didn't even know I had. It turned my whole day funky, this funeral thing, but I'm glad I went. It felt like something that you're afraid and unsure of doing, but once it was over you're glad you did it.
I finally met my cousin Nikki Cox (who plays in Las Vegas) and her husband John Ferguson Cox Mohr (who is an actor/comedian). Interesting people they are.. the Hollywood life doesn't seem to have done them very much good :-p
Hung out tonight at the Brownings, possibly one of my favorite hang out spots, played kemps and drove a golf cart around, and of course ended the night by piano playing with Dex playing stuff from Twilight, original and jazz music, and we attempted Clair De Lune (him left hand and I right hand) and failed miserably haha but had a semi blast while doing it.
I got church tomorrow, last Sunday I'll be in town =/ and this week I have deemed "hang out" week because I think I've already had at least 8 people say that they wanna hang out with me before I leave. -whew- bring it on :)
Thursday, August 12, 2010
UT Knoxville
is NOT where I'm going (see title above) BUT my friend Abby is, so best of luck to you dear one!
LOVED my day today! Had brunch and catching up today before work, then at work we enforced lots of discipline, got lots of cooperative-ness, and I got to make crafts in peace :)) then after work came home for michael's birthday dinner, got made fun of by older brother (or course) and then off to a going-away party where I reunited with and met some pretty awesome people (and got to eat gummy worms!!!!)
Tomorrow it's off to Picwick with the next door neighbors; praying for a tan or a burn or anything, and just chillin with my big ole family :-) I might post pictures if I get some good ones
so, yeah
peace out home skillz
LOVED my day today! Had brunch and catching up today before work, then at work we enforced lots of discipline, got lots of cooperative-ness, and I got to make crafts in peace :)) then after work came home for michael's birthday dinner, got made fun of by older brother (or course) and then off to a going-away party where I reunited with and met some pretty awesome people (and got to eat gummy worms!!!!)
Tomorrow it's off to Picwick with the next door neighbors; praying for a tan or a burn or anything, and just chillin with my big ole family :-) I might post pictures if I get some good ones
so, yeah
peace out home skillz
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
CoNsIsTeNtLy
Consistency: a good thing to have in Kendall's daily life
a consistency at work with snack and center and movies and schedule
a consistency as to who I hang out with and for how long
a consistency to how much I'm allowed to do and where I'm allowed to go while still living under my parent's roof
a consistency in the way friendships are starting to become
a consistency of what me and my closest sisters talk about
a consistency with what and when I eat
a consistency of what I say around select people
a consistency of me getting on facebook at least twice a day
a consistency of starting to write on this blog more
a consistency of praying out loud in the car
a consistency to see the small things about anyone or anything and smile
a consistency of going to church twice a week (and possibly mexican afterwards)
a consistency of brushing my teeth and washing my face
a consistency to how often I look in a mirror in passing or just in my bathroom
a consistency to ignore those who I don't want to talk to
a consistency with having like 3 1/2 different styles
a consistency of customizing and arranging everything
and then, there are those moments, that throw everything consistent I ever knew out in the outfield, and I don't know what to make of them. Things are consistently changing.
a consistency at work with snack and center and movies and schedule
a consistency as to who I hang out with and for how long
a consistency to how much I'm allowed to do and where I'm allowed to go while still living under my parent's roof
a consistency in the way friendships are starting to become
a consistency of what me and my closest sisters talk about
a consistency with what and when I eat
a consistency of what I say around select people
a consistency of me getting on facebook at least twice a day
a consistency of starting to write on this blog more
a consistency of praying out loud in the car
a consistency to see the small things about anyone or anything and smile
a consistency of going to church twice a week (and possibly mexican afterwards)
a consistency of brushing my teeth and washing my face
a consistency to how often I look in a mirror in passing or just in my bathroom
a consistency to ignore those who I don't want to talk to
a consistency with having like 3 1/2 different styles
a consistency of customizing and arranging everything
and then, there are those moments, that throw everything consistent I ever knew out in the outfield, and I don't know what to make of them. Things are consistently changing.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Baskin Robbins
Man, last week of work, and I can't stop thinking about how much I have to do before I leave.
Learn 5 songs (one in Latin that's super fast) before school starts, got a cookout in Mississippi tomorrow night, church and a party wednesday night, thursday morning brunch then work then dinner with joey, friday will be spent at Picwick all day =D saturday is chilling but then major partying at the Brownings, sunday church and what not, hopefully some legit hang time with joey and friends before he leaves for the navy. I just need to keep my sanity throughout this week and the next, and I'm afraid there's not a very good chance that I will :-p Gotta get psyched about starting a new class schedule, new social settings, new people surrounding me 24/7, new habits, and a whole new life in about a week in a half. *sigh* Lotsa prayer and tylenol
Learn 5 songs (one in Latin that's super fast) before school starts, got a cookout in Mississippi tomorrow night, church and a party wednesday night, thursday morning brunch then work then dinner with joey, friday will be spent at Picwick all day =D saturday is chilling but then major partying at the Brownings, sunday church and what not, hopefully some legit hang time with joey and friends before he leaves for the navy. I just need to keep my sanity throughout this week and the next, and I'm afraid there's not a very good chance that I will :-p Gotta get psyched about starting a new class schedule, new social settings, new people surrounding me 24/7, new habits, and a whole new life in about a week in a half. *sigh* Lotsa prayer and tylenol
Sunday, August 8, 2010
A Spoonful of Sugar
Remedy for a heavy heart?
yet to be found.
What worked on this particular day?
chocolate pudding, phone calls, and a whole 5 minutes to just breathe.
yet to be found.
What worked on this particular day?
chocolate pudding, phone calls, and a whole 5 minutes to just breathe.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
the weekend
man, a lot of stuff has happened this weekend.. enough stuff to grow me up a bit.
Thursday was, well, it was just a terrible day. My mouth started swelling up again from my wisdom teeth being out, had a super headache from the pain pills, had every kid at work on "whiny-mode" got my dinner plans jacked, got texting taken away because I was texting at a stop light (?!) and later on that night, as I was just whining and moping to God about it, after I got done I felt Him say, "Hey guess what? This is my problem, not yours." I kind felt like, "..oh." Like, hello Kendall, wake up and smell the coffee =p (and I don't even like that smell) I got a text shortly after from a wonderful friend saying, "Just a reminder that I'm praying for you and I hope you remember that our God is the God of the universe. He can do anything." It was kind of a wake up call, and I really needed it.
Friday I woke up determined to keep God in the center. Of course, I fell short, but I had a lot of car time so I just kept on praying (a.k.a. talking out loud) with FF5 in the background and even though the day didn't go my way, I felt happy. Scratch that, I felt joyful. I couldn't stop smiling and my attitude was far better than it has been in a long time. I got to share it with a friend, and he told me it was an encouragement to hear, which just made my whole day :-)
Today was busy, hung out with the oldest-younger sister and favorite cousin; went to our older cousin's house party (congrats for buying that house Jared!) braved the Germantown Parkway area at Rue 21 and the mall, and shortly went home after because it being tax-free weekend and all brought too many people out of their homes in public... =p finished off the day with a pint of Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream, chocolate pudding, and when I weighed myself I realized I had lost 6 lbs from the whole wisdom teeth removal thing.
Great weekend? I think so.
Tomorrow, here's the plan: make it to church on time, stay focused (and awake) during sunday school and service, maybe possibly go out to eat with my sister and favorite guy friends, come home for little brother's 17th birthday party (aw mike), go back to church and hopefully be available if they wanna do anything after, have energy, wear waterproof makeup for swimming, rock a pair of cowboy boots, and try not to talk too loud.
ready set go
-kendall <3
P.S. share you testimony/story. with anybody and everybody. even if you think it's weak sauce. whether you've had a bad life before it or a good life through it all, it effects people. and I just found that out, and now knowing that my testimony has effect, I'm ready to share it with the world.
"Go and make disciples.."
Thursday was, well, it was just a terrible day. My mouth started swelling up again from my wisdom teeth being out, had a super headache from the pain pills, had every kid at work on "whiny-mode" got my dinner plans jacked, got texting taken away because I was texting at a stop light (?!) and later on that night, as I was just whining and moping to God about it, after I got done I felt Him say, "Hey guess what? This is my problem, not yours." I kind felt like, "..oh." Like, hello Kendall, wake up and smell the coffee =p (and I don't even like that smell) I got a text shortly after from a wonderful friend saying, "Just a reminder that I'm praying for you and I hope you remember that our God is the God of the universe. He can do anything." It was kind of a wake up call, and I really needed it.
Friday I woke up determined to keep God in the center. Of course, I fell short, but I had a lot of car time so I just kept on praying (a.k.a. talking out loud) with FF5 in the background and even though the day didn't go my way, I felt happy. Scratch that, I felt joyful. I couldn't stop smiling and my attitude was far better than it has been in a long time. I got to share it with a friend, and he told me it was an encouragement to hear, which just made my whole day :-)
Today was busy, hung out with the oldest-younger sister and favorite cousin; went to our older cousin's house party (congrats for buying that house Jared!) braved the Germantown Parkway area at Rue 21 and the mall, and shortly went home after because it being tax-free weekend and all brought too many people out of their homes in public... =p finished off the day with a pint of Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream, chocolate pudding, and when I weighed myself I realized I had lost 6 lbs from the whole wisdom teeth removal thing.
Great weekend? I think so.
Tomorrow, here's the plan: make it to church on time, stay focused (and awake) during sunday school and service, maybe possibly go out to eat with my sister and favorite guy friends, come home for little brother's 17th birthday party (aw mike), go back to church and hopefully be available if they wanna do anything after, have energy, wear waterproof makeup for swimming, rock a pair of cowboy boots, and try not to talk too loud.
ready set go
-kendall <3
P.S. share you testimony/story. with anybody and everybody. even if you think it's weak sauce. whether you've had a bad life before it or a good life through it all, it effects people. and I just found that out, and now knowing that my testimony has effect, I'm ready to share it with the world.
"Go and make disciples.."
Thursday, August 5, 2010
=]]]
3 things that brightened my day:
*rex and dex talking with gauze in their mouth
*joey cunningham putting up with my pleas haha
*erin hatcher
*rex and dex talking with gauze in their mouth
*joey cunningham putting up with my pleas haha
*erin hatcher
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Kooky Canucks
hi, it's been busy. supa busy. here are updates..........go:
*went to camp again as a staffer-ish, it was aaaamazing. *went out monday to kooky canucks for dinner with the 2 best friends and took some fun pictures :)). *twisted some stuff outta my ankle leap=frogging over the sports balls at the fedex forum. yeah, it still hurts. *got like, 10 new facebook friends, whoo!. *bumped a car, and now insurance is jacked :-p. *started the book, "Lady In Waiting" and boy is it good. *leave for college in 3 weeks and 3 days. *found out that I get to get my gums clipped, I get to take a valium, get to be on serious pain relievers for 48 hours, all for getting my wisdom teeth out... friday morning at 7am. *am continuing to work on Sarah's and Erin's presents, I'm almost done with them too ;D. *got to meet a cute guy tonight, with piercings haha. *anddd am running out of things to say. *goodnight
-kendall <3
*went to camp again as a staffer-ish, it was aaaamazing. *went out monday to kooky canucks for dinner with the 2 best friends and took some fun pictures :)). *twisted some stuff outta my ankle leap=frogging over the sports balls at the fedex forum. yeah, it still hurts. *got like, 10 new facebook friends, whoo!. *bumped a car, and now insurance is jacked :-p. *started the book, "Lady In Waiting" and boy is it good. *leave for college in 3 weeks and 3 days. *found out that I get to get my gums clipped, I get to take a valium, get to be on serious pain relievers for 48 hours, all for getting my wisdom teeth out... friday morning at 7am. *am continuing to work on Sarah's and Erin's presents, I'm almost done with them too ;D. *got to meet a cute guy tonight, with piercings haha. *anddd am running out of things to say. *goodnight
-kendall <3
Thursday, July 15, 2010
oh thursdays... sometimes ya just stink
Wednesday-Friday, working with Special Needs 9-3. Love every second of it. And I'm getting a heck of a workout with it too! Who knew I'd be playing basketball, kickball, dodgeball, coaching and running relay races, and making sure everyone has assistance 24/7, whew! Tomorrow is pizza day.. :D My tomorrow is chocked full though; taking dad to work so I can have the car, he needs to take the van to the shop, (involves leaving around 730 or 8), working camp, leaving early to make it to work by two, then headed to Erin's house for a quick shower and a total redo of dress and makeup for a night out with her and Sarah and Uncle J downtown, then coming home, and all the while trying not to sweat from the humidity that's taking over the world.
Saturday will be chill-time till about 4 or so then dorm room shopping with my roomie for bedspreads and semi matching color stuff..? :) babysitting 630-1230, THEN I come home, sleep as much as I can, get up early and get to church and leave for camp (again =]) and am gone till Wednesday. I'm just praying that I get enough sleep, my attitude and temper will stay in check, and that God will be glorified throughout every moment of every day.
Amen
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
What a dayy... :-)
I have wonderful friends, and they feel even more real and precious to me since I've been sharing with them what God as taught me and they've been listening and sharing right back! Nothing is more thrilling at the moment to get excited about God and what He's doing and what He's yet to do in our lives, I can't wait.
I enjoyed my yesterday hangin with mah gals at O'Charlie's (if you've never eaten there, go fall in a ditch) helped give a group pep talk to someone I look up to as a big sister, spent the night at Sarah's house, (OH and helped her color her hair earlier that day... and I STILL have dye on my hands =p) went to work; I always forget how much I miss my kids until I see them again and they spazz out and tackle me with hugs and kisses :)))) came home to a house without power, ate some REAL good macaroni and cheese (props to liv) and then enjoyed the last couple hours of my night with some of my favorite brothers, and we enjoyed them by NOT watching 2012, but by drinking NOS, eating bagel bites, listening to weird songs on iTunes, and having Dex paints my toenails a "Flashy Fuchsia" and I doing the same for him. The first to flaunt them in public? Yet to come :D
Hope you enjoyed my schpeel about my past two days.. and if you didn't, at least I had fun writing about them so HA!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
::AdOpTeD::
this past week of mine was spent at Jonathan's Creek camp in Kentucky. this past week was also receiving a heart transplant by the only One who could give it.
My mindset and thoughts and feelings seem to have been re-wired and my outlook on things has changed a lot if not all the way.
He is our Father
We are adopted into His family
We receive the greatest inheritance
And our future is miraculous
I pray that I will never forget this truth, nor will I ever forsake it; especially going into college.
Lord Jesus, You're the greatest of all time
Amen
Sunday, July 4, 2010
fireworks! *capow capow capow*
today is da fourth of Julyyy and it was fun! :D my morning started off wonderfully, I got to church feeling triumphant with Family Force 5 and my favorite sister to back me up and then this afternoon/tonight was the fireworks show thingy at Buckhead. got to hang out with my two bestest friends in the whole entire world and two other awesome girls, got to mooch some ribs from someone else's barbecue, got to play with the son of a very single very attractive guy ;D and i got to enjoy a legit fireworks show.. by myself. It happens every year this way to the point of where I'm used to it, but I still mind. To me, fireworks are a very romantic and personal thing to share with someone, just cause; and every year I've wanted to watch them with someone of have someone ask me! but I think God is waiting for the right fourth of July to really wow me. I just gotta trust.. but more than that I gotta trust completely. Here's something that's gotten me through my weekend and my night:
Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone--to have a deep soul relationship with another--to be loved thoroughly and exclusively. But God, to a Christian, says, "No, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled and content with being loved by Me alone--with giving yourself totally and unreservedly to Me--to having an intensely personal and unique relationship with Me alone, discovering that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found, will you be capable of of the perfect human relationship that I have planned for you. You will never be united with another until you are united with Me--exclusive of anyone or anything else, exclusive of any other desires or longings. I want you to stop planning, stop wishing, and allow Me to give you the most thrilling plan existing--one that you cannot imagine. I want you to have the best. Please allow mw to bring it to you. You just keep watching Me, expecting the greatest things--keep experiencing the satisfaction that I AM. Keep listening and learning the things I tell you. You just wait, that's all.
Don't be anxious.Don't look around at the things other's have gotten or that I've given them. Don't worry. Don't look at the things you think you want. You just keep looking off and away up to Me or you'll miss what I want to show you.
And then, when you're ready, I'll surprise you with a love far more wonderful than you would dream of. You see, until you are both ready, (I am working even this moment to have both of you ready at the same time) until you are both satisfied exclusively with Me and the life I prepared for you; you won't be able to experience the love that exemplifies your relationship with Me, and thus the perfect love.
And dear one, I want you to have this most wonderful love. I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with Me and to enjoy materially and concretely the everlasting beauty of union, perfection, and love that I offer with Myself. Know that I love you utterly. I am the GOD ALMIGHTY. Believe and be satisfied."
**the end**
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Random-ness? yes please
3 songs I'm currently listening to and loving:
(in order of importance)
1. Gunpowder N' Lead by Miranda Lambert
2. Bust the Windows, Glee Version
3. Take A Bow by Rihanna
just because ;-)
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