Here's the video:
Any of you homeschooled? What are some questions you get asked a lot?
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Homeschoolers!!!
I don't know how many of you have watched Messy Mondays but you must! He has some pretty funny videos about homeschoolers. He did just make another one: You know your homeschooled if... but i can't seem to find it on YouTube so we shall save that one for another post.
Here's the video:
This one always makes me laugh! I am graduating in a couple of months and i have to say i will miss being homeschooled! Had good days and bad days but yeah always loved being asked why i never went to "real" school! lol
Any of you homeschooled? What are some questions you get asked a lot?
Here's the video:
Any of you homeschooled? What are some questions you get asked a lot?
Monday, March 26, 2012
You are fearfully & wonderfully made
The title says it all! You are beautiful inside and out!!! Girls and even guys too think they need to look a certain way to be accepted or measure up to today's world but guess what, you don't! God made you perfect and no matter what people say, you are beautiful!!!! You don't have to be super skinny, you don't have to have certain color hair or eyes, because God loves you and He created you!
Don't forget that! You are beautiful! <3
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."
~Psalms 139:14
Don't forget that! You are beautiful! <3
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."
~Psalms 139:14
Friday, March 23, 2012
Sunsets!
A beautiful sunset down near the river by my house. A cool breeze and a little chilly but just watching that sun is breath taking! Another ending and a fresh start tomorrow! :)
Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary."
~Isaiah 40:31
Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary."
~Isaiah 40:31
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Longing to be loved
I've been sitting at my computer for awhile trying to figure out what to write for a new post and not much has come to my mind....
Today i did watch some little boys at our church while a Bible study was going on for there moms. Well as the afternoon went on i made two little buddies who cried every time i got up because they thought i was leaving. It was so cute. Anyways i was talking with another person who was in there and she's like all these boys want is to be loved. It's true, none of them wanted all the "new" toys to play with, they just wanted to be held. Found that a lot in the DR too. Kids just want to be loved! They want you to give them praise when they do something right or good.
It's hard to see kids being brought up in broken homes and knowing they are not being "loved" like some other kids. Breaks my heart!
Thinking about this now, it represents us and God. We are the kids and we want to be loved just as much as they do. We want to receive praise as well from our Father. We want to feel His big arms wrapped around us and when we don't we feel lost. Here's the thing, God is always standing right next to us! He never leaves our side and will always be waiting with open arms in times of trouble, when we're scared or hurt. He wants to comfort us just like little kids want to be comforted by us. So no matter how old or young we will always have someone who loves us more then we could ever imagine and His name is, Jesus! :)
"...And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them."
~Mark 10:16
Today i did watch some little boys at our church while a Bible study was going on for there moms. Well as the afternoon went on i made two little buddies who cried every time i got up because they thought i was leaving. It was so cute. Anyways i was talking with another person who was in there and she's like all these boys want is to be loved. It's true, none of them wanted all the "new" toys to play with, they just wanted to be held. Found that a lot in the DR too. Kids just want to be loved! They want you to give them praise when they do something right or good.
It's hard to see kids being brought up in broken homes and knowing they are not being "loved" like some other kids. Breaks my heart!
Thinking about this now, it represents us and God. We are the kids and we want to be loved just as much as they do. We want to receive praise as well from our Father. We want to feel His big arms wrapped around us and when we don't we feel lost. Here's the thing, God is always standing right next to us! He never leaves our side and will always be waiting with open arms in times of trouble, when we're scared or hurt. He wants to comfort us just like little kids want to be comforted by us. So no matter how old or young we will always have someone who loves us more then we could ever imagine and His name is, Jesus! :)
"...And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them."
~Mark 10:16
Thursday, March 1, 2012
More pictures from the DR
Could only fit so much in one blog post! lol So here are some more pictures! :)
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| She was so adorable! Whenever her mom would say "beautiful" in Spanish she would super excited and start clapping like it was a song! |
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| Footprints in the sand! |
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| This mother was so happy to show off her beautiful family to us! |
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| Sunrise! :) |
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| At one of the churches and this little girl decided to join me! :) |
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| The kids in one of the Sunday school classes |
Life Changing
How I miss the Dominican! It was such an amazing experience and for sure i'm going back! Already counting the days!
I could go on forever about what we did and everything but it would take so long! I LOVED the kids! As soon as they see you they will run up to you and just grab your hand and not let go! All they want is to be loved! They have so little but their joy is so great! They have the one important thing that truly matters and it's Jesus! Most of them didn't even have shoes on their little feet and they were filthy but they always had a smile on there face.
God really showed me that i have SO much to be thankful for. I have a family, a house to live in that's not a shack, shoes on my feet, and food to eat. All those things that most of the kids don't have. It's heartbreaking... :( We need to be more content and thankful for what we have! Think about this for a second. If you lost everything except the clothes that you were wearing would you be happy? Would you still be joyful? I know it wouldn't be easy but i think of all this kids the struggle each day to get up in the morning cuz they are not getting enough food.
It was hard in many ways but such a blessing! We visited two different public high school and we talked to them about purity and shared the Gospel with them. We visited them for two days and on the 2nd day at the one school the kids did something pretty amazing. It was recess for about 10-15 minutes and about 15 kids gathered in the back of the school where we were. We found out that on recess every day the Christian of the school meet in the back and will share some verses and pray together! How awesome is that?!?! One of the teachers shared a few verses and after he finished all the students formed a circles and prayed! We joined them too so i don't have any pictures of it but i'll always remember it. It was just a amazing time standing around praying for almost 10 minutes! Such a special time!
One of the days we visited a nursing home which was very hard.... :/ I didn't do much with the older people but instead colored with some kids. A couple of kids saw that we were coloring so they ran and got a bunch more kids from the village to join us. We had like 20 kids coloring! They loved it and there faces just lit up! It was lots of fun!
I could keep going on and on like i said but i'll add some pictures to this! :)
I could go on forever about what we did and everything but it would take so long! I LOVED the kids! As soon as they see you they will run up to you and just grab your hand and not let go! All they want is to be loved! They have so little but their joy is so great! They have the one important thing that truly matters and it's Jesus! Most of them didn't even have shoes on their little feet and they were filthy but they always had a smile on there face.
God really showed me that i have SO much to be thankful for. I have a family, a house to live in that's not a shack, shoes on my feet, and food to eat. All those things that most of the kids don't have. It's heartbreaking... :( We need to be more content and thankful for what we have! Think about this for a second. If you lost everything except the clothes that you were wearing would you be happy? Would you still be joyful? I know it wouldn't be easy but i think of all this kids the struggle each day to get up in the morning cuz they are not getting enough food.
It was hard in many ways but such a blessing! We visited two different public high school and we talked to them about purity and shared the Gospel with them. We visited them for two days and on the 2nd day at the one school the kids did something pretty amazing. It was recess for about 10-15 minutes and about 15 kids gathered in the back of the school where we were. We found out that on recess every day the Christian of the school meet in the back and will share some verses and pray together! How awesome is that?!?! One of the teachers shared a few verses and after he finished all the students formed a circles and prayed! We joined them too so i don't have any pictures of it but i'll always remember it. It was just a amazing time standing around praying for almost 10 minutes! Such a special time!
One of the days we visited a nursing home which was very hard.... :/ I didn't do much with the older people but instead colored with some kids. A couple of kids saw that we were coloring so they ran and got a bunch more kids from the village to join us. We had like 20 kids coloring! They loved it and there faces just lit up! It was lots of fun!
I could keep going on and on like i said but i'll add some pictures to this! :)
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| I did not want to give her up! Her 16 year old sister was in charge of her and the 16 year old was almost 3 months pregnant! It was so sad :( |
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| Two little girls walking in front of me in the village of, San Jose |
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| Watched the beautiful, breathtaking sunrise on the beach! |
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| Made a friend at the one high school and he spoke English! |
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| Showing off their coloring pages! |
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| Could not get this little guy to smile till.... |
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| He then saw himself on my camera and his face lit up! |
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| Coloring!! |
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| I love Jesus! |
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| Helped pass out the food for the kids to each lunch at the day care we went to. For most of them it was the only meal they had for the day! |
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