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Thursday, July 28, 2005
Last night at about 9:35, Allen, Maria, Tamara, and I all quietly crept out of the house to the car. The rest of our family was asleep and almost all the lights in the house were off. We were all carrying slippers (Allen was carrying about 5 pairs!). We got in the car, shut the doors, and drove away. Okay, okay, we were just going to see a movie at the dollar theater. (And yes, we had permission! ;-)) Maria, Tamara, and I all called a bunch of people that evening and asked if anyone wanted to go see the 10:00 showing of "Saharah" at the dollar theater for only 50 cents. The people that ended up going were Eleni Elder, Patrick Blue, Jill Hanson, Patrick, Nathan, and Joel Hart, Joe and Mary Ray, and, of course, my siblings and I. (That's a lot of comma's for one sentence!) I thought the movie was hilarious. I'm not sure I thought it was as funny as Jill, who was sitting next to me, did, though. Every time something even remotely humerous happened, she'd try to contain her laughter and fail miserable, and instead begin snorting and hackling in a very loud manner. (lol, I love you, Jill!) It was hilarious! Then, I would sometimes randomly laugh in a place that wasn't all the funny or say "woah buddy!" or "hoh boy!" in places that were kind of unnessecary. That would make those on the other side of me (Mary, Maria, and Tamara) all start laughing! It was a pretty fun movie to see with those people. I'm sure the evening wouldn't have been the same without Jill's snorting throughout the entire thing, though. (I told her as much...and, anyway, I don't think she'll read this...hehe!) We have corn detasseling off today!! I'm sooo happy! :-D And I might possibly go see "Batman Begins" with some fellow detasselers. I guess I will be detasseling tomorrow since we don't have to be at the church for the camping trip till 3:30 or 4:00 and the guys at detasseling said we'd be fine. But it will probably be my last day since my cousin from Las Vegas is coming for a visit on Saturday and staying for a few days. Hmm...this may be my last post before the camping trip, so I feel like I should say something profound. Umm...*thinking*...Okay, I defintely can't think of anything worth saying - sorry! :-P Verse of the post: "Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil." --1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 ^-^ there's something profound for ya! Quote of the post: "I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness." --James Thurber ^-^ I have no idea who this guy is, but that quote totally applies to me! hehe. Song of the post: "100 Years" --Five for Fighting ^-^ This is for Benji. He loves this song. :-) Charity | 1:45 am Comments-[ comments.]
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Okay, I have been writing emails for like an hour or more and I am feeling very uncreative at this time. However, I decided to post something about my life on here. Detasseling was alright today. It was pretty hot out there, but they let us off at 11:00, so we didn't die or anything. :-P I got a 'standing ovation' when I got home from my younger siblings and a couple boys from church "because I survived". And my wonderous mommy bought Maria and me some great food so we can be a bit more motivated tomorrow and Wednesday. Actually, Maria is babysitting on Wednesday so I'll be the only one from my family there! (most likely) But hey, it'll be my last day, so I'll be okay. Thursday through Saturday is our Youth Group camping trip. I am exicited because we'll get to water ski and tube and just have fun together. I didn't go last year because there was an ECHO party the same weekend as the camping trip. I think some people got mad at me for missing it...actually, I know some people did, but I'll be nice and refrain from mentioning names. ;-) Seems like people are always getting mad at me. Hehe just kidding...well sorta. I had Beth over Saturday night. We went to Symphony on the Prairie (SOP) and she spent the night and went to church with us Sunday morning. We had a fellowship lunch and the table I was sitting at had some very intersting...uh...fellowship. It was kinda fun, though, in a way. Alrighty, well I'm not sure why I felt like posting, but I did. So here ya go. Enjoy reading about the excitement (or lack thereof) of my life. Quote of the post: "I don't mean to redicule...but, I mean, it is rediculas!" --Pastor Keddie Verse of the post: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth." --Job 19:25 Charity | 7:49 am Comments-[ comments.]
Saturday, July 23, 2005
I had a fun-filled 24 hours yesterday with Cathy. She came over after youth group and spent the night and day at my house. We had a major ice cream craving on the way home from YG, so we asked my brothers if we could stop at Kroger and get some ice cream. They agreed and we bought two half gallons of Bryer's - chocolate chip cookie dough, and peanut butter tracks. We ate almost all of both containers within the 24 hours (my brother's helped us a bit). So, we were definitely on a sugar-high for most of her visit. Our other activities of the night and day included watching part of Spiderman, folding a bunch of clothes for my mother (ain't we such helpful gals? ;-)), and swimming in tanning...err...burning for about three hours. My legs were so burnt last night that I couldn't even put on a pair of jeans! But my sunburns quickly turn into tans, so they don't hurt this morning. And I have some lovely tan lines for almost the first time this summer! Well, I guess I've had the classic 'farmer's tan' and 'sock tan' etc...but still. To top off our evening, we went to a Fever game last night. I 'won' two tickets a couple weeks ago at Symphony on the Prairie by spinning a wheel. I know, I know, me and my luck. ;-) (j/k) I always seem to go on these last-minute adventures with Cathy. And they always turn out to be very interesting experiences. Our original seats were in row 16, so we were pretty close. But during the second half, we got up to get some cotton candy. While we were in line, some drunk guy said he was leaving and gave us two front row tickets! So we were almost on the court! That was pretty cool. Cathy and I were talking about how envied we'd be if we had those seats for a Pacer's game! It would have been WAY better if the game wasn't so boring. No offence to anyone out there, but gi'rls basketball is pretty unentertaining to watch. And the mascot was VERY disturbing, I must say. I won't even begin to describe some of the things he/she/it did. Now, being the uneducated gi'rls we are, Cathy and I didn't know that Fever games only include two halves. So, we were sitting there after the second half waiting for the half-time show. When we saw everyone was leaving, we decided to ask a lady if it was over. She kind of regarded us as sad, strange little gi'rls and told us yes, the game only had two halves and was over. We called my mom and waited for her to pick us up. As we were waiting, a security person came up to us and said, "It's time to go home, gi'rls. We're going to start locking up." We ended up being able to wait inside the main doors. All the while, Cathy was freaking out and talking about how they were probably going to kick us out and all the horrible things that could happen to us at night in downtown Indy. (hehe I love you, Cathy ;-)) My mom finally picked us up and brought Cathy home. On the way home, it started raining incredibly hard. My mom was literally going 35 mph on the highway because it was so intense. It was amazingly awesome and frightening at the same time. The wind and rain and lightning were at times almost blinding. And the thunder was pretty scary, too. We got home safely to find out we had no power. It came on later in the night. I was just thinking that I don't see how anyone can witness that kind of storm and not realize the awesome power of God! Well, to end this post, I'm just going to say that I think I've been complaining a lot lately. So, I'm trying to work on that. Alrighty, that's all I gots to say! :-D Verse of the post: Quote of the post: Song of the post: Charity | 4:44 am Comments-[ comments.]
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Sunday night I drove home from church. Driving on 465, I was getting ready to get off the Emerson exit. All of the sudden, I goose darted in front of me. Okay...actually, it more lazily walked out in front of me. I started freaking out because I couldn't really do anything such as slow down or pull over on the highway! So...alas...I hit the poor goose. It didn't die instantly, but I have a feeling it's life came to an end not much later that night. After all the excitement, my dad just started laughing. Soon, we all were laughing and saying "duck!...I mean GOOSE!" It was definitely one of my more...intense driving experiences. ;-) Quotes: Mom: Charity, you should start running or something. Me: Why? Do you think I'm fat?? Mom: *laughs* no...you just need more endurance. Me: Tell me about it... I watched "The Day After Tomorrow" last night. (what a weird sentence...) It was a pretty good movie. Just watching it made me cold, though. When I went to bed at like midnight, I turned on my electric blanket! If you've seen the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about. I've been spending some quality time with Benji and his wonderful friends. First, they tormented me while I was on the computer. Then I 'threw' them in the pool and they soaked me in the process. Then later that night, they STOLE my Reese's! If that wasn't enough, I had to babysit them and 8 other kids this morning. Yeah, 11 kids and one babysitter. I'll let you have that nice visual.....hehe it wasn't actually that bad. :-P Well, that's about all I gots to say in this nice, random post. I think I've already told most of you these 'stories', but I have nothing better to do, so I felt like posting something! Verse of the post: "For we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." --Romans 8:28 Quote of the post: "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." --Martin Luther King, Jr. Charity | 3:52 am Comments-[ comments.]
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
What's in a Name? I got called a wimp yesterday - by more than one person. Yesterday morning, I arrived at corn detasseling ready to do the day's work. One of the 'head guys' came to our group of Southsiders and asked us if we'd like to do a different job than detasseling. "You'll have it better off than the others," he told us. We agreed and they told us what was to be done. We would all take hoes and walk through the fields cutting down the stalks that weren't supposed to be there. (I forget now what it was called.) I, personally, did not think it was any easier than detasseling. I actually thought it was harder. But...we worked. We worked for 6 hours (taking a few water breaks inbetween) and then finally had lunch. As we were coming out of the last field before lunch, I made up my mind that I couldn't go on. So, when the men told us at about 1:30 that it was time to get back to work, I told everyone that I was going to call my mom and tell her I wasn't going to work anymore. I had a pretty bad headache and just felt like I couldn't do it any more. Several people got pretty mad at this. I tried to ignore them and just told them I'd already made up my mind. They started walking down to the field and I started crying. I had my cell phone, so I called my mom and told her that I just couldn't work anymore. She called my dad and they both decided she should come pick me up. There were two problems. 1.) I didn't know where we were away from the main Grey's Seed building. 2.) We were supposed to take Natalie home and she'd continued working. I told my mom I'd just wait and lie down in the grass till the others were done. They were supposedly "almost finished". About 20 minutes later, my headache grew a lot worse. I started to feel sick to my stomache. A couple guys who worked at Grey's Seed came along in a truck to drop something off for our workers. They picked me up and took me over to the main Grey's Seed building. I willed myself not to throw up in the back of the man's truck. Thankfully, I didn't. I called my mom and she got to Grey's Seed at about 10 til 3:00. We waited for about 45 minutes. I was getting more miserable all the time. I suggested asking Mrs. Burris if Isaac Ray could instead take Natalie home. My mom called her and she said it was fine. So, we left a note on the Ray's car and left. I threw up three times in the car. Thankfully, my mom is a wonderful, prepared lady and had brought a bucket. As I was lying down at home, trying to recover, I heard thunder. I started laughing, as bad as I was feeling. In the fields, I had been praying. One of the things I asked of God was that He would make it rain. It makes me smile now even to think about it. Almost like an "inside joke" with God. Sorry about this long, drawn out story. I told it simply to say that I am glad to be called a wimp if it simply means that I know when I can and cannot do something. My mom knew I knew yesterday. That's why I'd like to have this post sort of dedicated to her. Guys, mom's are the absolute best. We take them for granted every day! Would you want to come pick up some sick person if you had to drive for half an hour? Would you clean up puke for a person three or more times? Would you take the initive to not scold, but comfort someone who had just quit a job? I don't think many of us would do that. And even if we would, would we do it without even thinking twice about it? I'm going to go give my mom a big hug and tell her that I love her and thank her for everything she's done for me. Charity | 1:14 am Comments-[ comments.]
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Maybe I'll post more later. Charity | 11:37 pm Comments-[ comments.]
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Uggghhh! I think I might have been the most physically miserable I've been in a long time today. I got up at 5:30 this morning to do corn detasseling. I got there, got the little "safety lecture", got on the bus, and went to work in the fields. I must admit, the first few hours weren't bad at all. I was actually enjoying myself by talking, laughing, and singing. Maria said it everyone was a lot more talkative today than yesterday. Well, I'll have you know that I believe it had to do with my absence yesterday and my presence today! Haha, juust joking! ;-) The reason I was so miserable was because it rained a good part of the day, and was so extremely muddy! Seriously, I think I added about 20 pounds to each shoe just by the mud caked on there! I definitely couldn't see my shoes for most of the day. And wet jeans and wet socks are most certianly one of the worst feelings in the entire world!!! My feet got sooo wrinkly, they looked and felt like they had deep cuts all over them! My eye is also having this weird problem. It's all swollen (much better now than this morning and yesterday) and every time I focus on something (or most any other time) it gets all watery. It's really weird and looking and not very fun. Alrighty then, now that I'm done complaining....... Sorry I just had to let that all out and what better way than blogging? I would post a ton about Covfamikoi, but most of you were either there, or were filled in on the weeks incidents. I learned so much! I'm excited about going to church tomorrow with new thoughts about worshipping God. Dr. Prutow's thoughts were all about "Encountering Christ in worship", so it'll be neat to apply the things I've learned. I made some new friends at Covie. We had a ton of fun hanging out! I also REALLY enjoyed the high school accountability groups. Katie Porter was my counselor and she did an amazing job! Also, each group put on a short skit. I was just laughing today thinking about them. If you weren't there to see them, you absolutely MUST get ahold of someone who taped them. They were absolutely hyterical! I'm still sometimes struggling in trusting God with the whole Australia thing. Well...I guess just with my life in general. But every time I get depressed about it, God makes me realize how foolish it is of me to not completely trust Him! I definitely cannot say this all the time, but I am working on letting the joy of the Lord be my one and only strength. I still appreciate continued prayers! :-) Quote of the post: "A thunderstorm is God's way of saying you spend too much time in front of the computer." --Unknown Verse of the post: "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity." --1 Timothy 4:12 EDIT: Beth got a blog!!! Check it out!! :-) Charity | 9:05 am Comments-[ comments.]
Friday, July 15, 2005
Covfamikoi was FANTASTIC! Ugh, sorry. I don't really feel like making a post right now...I'll fill some of you in later. Charity | 11:29 pm Comments-[ comments.]
Thursday, July 07, 2005
I just had to post this: Thank you all SO much for all your donations so that I could go on an ECHO mission’s trip!!! It was one of the most amazing experiences of my whole life! God really blessed me with wonderful people on my trip with whom I have developed some close friendships, and with excellent, Godly leaders. I really learned a lot about being cheerful in all tasks (even small ones like washing dishes!J) and serving as to the Lord and not to men. When I first arrived at the church the morning we were leaving, I really didn’t know very many people at all. I didn’t really feel like I belonged. But, after the car ride the first day, I felt like I never wanted to leave the people! The close bonds you can create in only two week’s times are amazing! By the time we had to leave on the last day, we were all almost inseparable. We must have all hugged each other and said goodbye at LEAST ten times before actually going home! The work was hard, but since I got to work with such wonderful people, the whole time there was incredibly fun! We did a LOT of weeding and mulching. Weeding would have to have been my least favorite job. Not only was it tedious, but it could be hard, too. Then there was the issue of battling the fire ants. Even so, I learned to be cheerful in doing it. I also saw the biggest spider I have ever seen in my whole life!!! We also did some digging, planting, and even thatched a roof for a goat pen! Work wasn’t the only thing involved in this trip. We had exciting trips like going to Wal-Mart, (Well, it was exciting for us!J) going to the beach, and we also did a lot of singing. On the way there and back we spent ten minutes of every hour singing Psalms. Several of the s had beautiful voices, and I enjoyed the singing a LOT. We also sang many other silly songs such as, “There’s a Hole in My Bucket” and “There was a Tree”. We had a lot of fun with comedy routines and jokes, too. Overall, I enjoyed the trip SO MUCH and I simply cannot wait to go back (Lord willing) next year! That was my ECHO thank-you letter from last year. It brought back so many memories...I'm supposed to write one for this year. I should do that soon... Thank you so much, everyone, for all the wonderful comments and prayers. I love you all so much (as Allen would say, in a Christian-sisterly kind of way! ;-)) and I know God put you in my life as a blessing. I just need to get a new perspective on this whole thing. I'm not sure why it feels like such a hard thing for me. Well...I guess I know why. It's just...I don't know. (Heh, excuse the random thoughts here.) I'm just realizing more than ever how much my life is going to change in the next couple years--no matter where God sends us. He is in control of this whole situation, and He can most certianly be trusted with my future. He's in control of my friendships, too. I mean, seriously, He's blessed me with amazing, Godly friends already! Who knows how many He'll decide to add...or even take away. Either way, it's all part of His way bigger, better plan. I know I'm pretty much repeating myself in these posts, but I can't help my remind myself - over and over and over again. I'd love for you all to do the same! ;-) God is my refuge and my strength. He has been throughout my entire life and I have no doubt that He will continue to be. No matter how much I change my attitude or actions, He is always there--unchangeable! That's amazing and wonderful! I was a bit on the depressed side when I started this post. Now, I can't help but be joyful in my Savior and Lord! *sigh* God is so awesome. Why, why, WHY do I ever doubt Him!? Please continue your prayers. I appreciate it so, so much! Quote of the post: "Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget." --Anonymous Verse(s) of the post: "You will keep him in perfect peace who’s mind is stayed on You because he trusts in You." --Isaiah 26:3 "Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand." --Isaiah 41:10 "For I know the thoughts I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart." --Jeremiah 29:11-13 Charity | 1:14 pm Comments-[ comments.]
Monday, July 04, 2005
Most of you probably already know this...my dad decided to accept the call to Australia. Right now, I don't have much to say about it other than what I've already said. I feel kind of cheesy when everyone keeps asking me what I think of it and I say pretty much the same thing. The point of the title is just that it's weird to go from saying to people "If we go" to saying "When we go". There are many things we'll have to go through (I'm sure you can imagine) to make it possible. God can choose to open or close doors as He sees fit. I guess it hasn't fully 'hit me' yet. I'm not sure it will for a while...maybe when we start doing more things to prepare. One of the things I'm most worried about (even though I know I shouldn't worry, but trust God) is maintaining the friendships I have here. No matter how much I want to be friends with people or how much they want to be friends with me, it will be hard to keep that friendship. Hopefully we'll get some kind of internet and phone plan...otherwise I'll really die! ;-) I'll give you all more details who want them as they come. I'd (we'd) appreciate prayers...I know God will use this tremendously in my life to work His good plan. But I'm afraid as time goes on, I'll have some trouble trusting Him. Happy Independance Day! Quote of the post: "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." --Corrie Ten Boom Verse of the post: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths." --Proverbs 3:5-6 Charity | 3:00 pm Comments-[ comments.]
Saturday, July 02, 2005
That's was my state last night when I started this post. I had only written a couple sentences when I did get that phone call. So, here it goes to continue my post! Well, my siblings and I have officially survived being home alone (as in, NO PAR'ENTS!) for 24 hours. In a couple hours, Zachary will take Tamara, Maria, and Benjamin to my Grandma and Grandpa Cole's to go camping this weekend. Sometime later this afternoon, Zachary will take me to the Hanson's. I was going to just go to the church and see the ECHO team come back, but apparently they are going to be at the church in about 20 minutes! That obviously didn't work out. (I should probably get to packing soon...) I am going to get to ride to Pittsburgh with the Hanson's afterall! After the wedding tomorrow (Saturday), I will ride back with Carianne and Sergei (a couple from our church). Sunday night, I may get to go to 2nd RP and spend the night at the Long's! My 4th of July plans are to help a lady from Northside move from about 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and then, Lord willing, go to a picnic with the Long's. My parents will get back from Pittsburgh sometime on Monday. We may go to Symphony on the Prairie (SOP) as a family Monday night. We'll just see what works out...What are everyone else's Independence Day plans? Our house was supposed to be cleaned yesterday, but it is definietly not in the most orderly state as of now. I should probably go help out with that. If I do it now, I can get my siblings to help before they leave! (Hehehe, and you thought I had GOOD intentions! ;-)) I hope you all have a fantastically wonderful day and weekend and 4th of July!! Quote of the post: "A true friend is one who knows all about you and likes you anyway." --Christi Mary Warner Verse of the post: "The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold." --Psalm 18:2 Song of the post: Sorry, I'm on the computer with no sound...and it won't let me find a new song! You'll have to live with this one for a bit longer... Charity | 12:27 am Comments-[ comments.] |
My life is not my own, for I belong to Christ.