<3 ("T"he "O"ther and amanda)

ok...how cute is >this<
i've never seen anyone EVER be so excited about getting married. haha!

they're a pretty awesome/insane couple!!

a sacrament in itself

oh i love me some frosted mini wheats!!- ORGANIC frosted mini wheats!

ahh...so beautiful.

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psalm 113:1-3

"hallelujah! you who serve God, praise God!
just to speak His name is praise!
just to remember God is a blessing- now and tomorrow and always.
from east to
west, from dawn to dusk, keep lifting all your praises to God!"

what is your middle name?

if you know me very well, you know that i always ask people what their middle name is.

seriously, it bothers me. i can know a person for years and hear their first and last name a million times, but their middle name is never said.

it's like a little hidden treasure about people.

lol.

so tell me...what is your middle name?

the servolution epic

woohoo!! if you didn't have the most incredible weekend at epic and servolution, you missed out. it was so amazing! i don't think i've ever been so crazy or had so much fun with my friends. we served and worshiped and just hung out.

(i did NOT ride that bull...!)

the monks played some sick music. my neck hurts from my pathetic efforts at head banging, though.

and i got to pick up trash and hand out flyers and candy for the gus young block party.
i also got to do one manicure. lol.
one of my friends from that area, tharisma, played dominoes and won a little antenna t.v.!!! haha!!!

and this weekend would not have been so incredible, if i would have been with anyone besides: zoe, stefani, brooke, victoria, madalynn, alexis, erin, alex, melanie, kailin, and alyssa, amy, and leah! y'all were the best!!
i love you guys!

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oh and i also love st. franny. our elevate campus rotation was there today. and i really enjoyed it. telia, meghan, eddie, griff, mrs. neesa, and pastor timmy- though he wasnt there!! idk...i might pick that as my campus to serve at.

i just need a license..(hint hint father)

the adventure

i was just texting tyler barry...


he said they're going to this new church on sunday called the adventure...

the sites pretty cool.

check it >here<

epic/servolution

hey! epic weekend starts tom!! info and registration >here<. it's gonna be incredible!
awesome message, live concert, mechanical bull...?!!, and an amazing day devoted
entirely to serving our community. so don't miss it!!

if you're not in highschool or j-high...you should definitely still be a part of >servolution<.

let's make world history!

see you there!

healer

check out this post on >tweezy's< blog.

it's amazing!

so...i officially have the loudest stomach on earth.

and i'm completely oblivious to the normal slang of the world...

just goes to show that mini wheats beat cheerios and homeschool has some disadvantages. (yeah...i did admit the latter. it happens rarely.)

sorry to those of you who have no idea what i'm talking about.

happy birthday to this guy right here...

in exactly 2 hours and 15 min., jason t. laird will celebrate his birthday. (how old will he be, you ask...i have no idea. he's older than 8 and younger than 45.)

so go wish him a happy birthday. bombard him with millions of birthday texts and comments and calls and notes and potpouri (?).

cause he's the best and you know it!!!

oh the joys of google!

have you ever googled your name or your friend's names? well...i googled telia goudeau (and a few others...it's not stalkerish!! lol) and look what i found!!!!



...
In a corner of the room, working right up to “show” time, was 16-year-old Kayla Brumfield and friends, Josh Atwell, Telia Goudeau, and Alicia Knight.

While her friends and design team taped and gathered the tarp around her, Brumfield helped direct.

“This is very not norm,” she said of the materials.

When all was said and done, the team had created a short mini-dress with folded collar, details accented by camouflage duct tape, and flowing train gathered with a bustle at the waist.

Will she wear it again?

“As a matter of fact, I’m wearing it out to eat today,” she said.

That pledge drew a horrified response from Goudeau, who was working on her own creation. “We’re wearing this out to eat?”...

click >here< for the whole artical!

becoming jane

so today is my mimi's birthday...

my mom and i took her to la madaleine and then to see becoming jane...

i'm so depressed!!! true stories stink!

the movie was great for the most part, though.

for the first half i was wondering how in the world this movie made it-because it was almost exactly like pride and prejudice...then i realized she was the author of it!!!

so today you could call me both blonde and depressed!

sushi!!!!!

leah is about to pick me up and we are going to eat sushi with jarred, chris, and dustin!!!! woooohooo!! i love me some sushi! and some jarred, chris, dustin, and LEAH!! (and whoever else comes...idk...maybe andrew. lol)

tyler barry

one of my best friends moved to illinois sunday. you may know him and his amazing family. they all love God so much and it shows!! they were extremely dedicated to HPC...and now God has lead them to the north! boilermakers???? :)

tyler is amazing! everyone thinks he's like four years older than he is...and it's mainly because he is so sold out and abandoned to what God has for Him. and he isn't afraid to dream big!!! (ahem...africa...plus a lot more)

seriously, they are a truly amazing and hilarious family.

and we all know that they are going to rock illinois' faces off!!!


WHAT!


oh..sunday was the worst! read >tyler's blog< to hear about all the nasal dripage. lol.

it was so funny because we prayed over him and said goodbye...and then i got to go outside (puffy-eyed and red cheeked) and smile and greet people coming to the service.
a lot of people stared and gave me funny looks. one lady even thought i was dehydrating or something and offered to bring me some water.

so if i greeted you sunday...sorry i wasn't perky. lol.

anyway...

we all miss tyler barry, mrs. jennifer, and >madison< like crazy!!
but God knows His plan and He hasn't failed to comfort us.

my word for this year (since elevate started...to now...and so on) is "STRETCH"!!!

that's what God does to us to make us grow.

red letters

i just finished reading >red letters< by >tom davis<. it's an incredible book about serving Jesus by serving "the least of these". the book focuses mainly on the AIDS pandemic in Africa...and it also touches lightly on other poverty and disease stricken countries.

if you get a chance you should definitely take the time to read it. it will make you want to get off your butt and do something.

at the end of the book it even lists a ton of ways to get off your butt and get involved in organizations that are helping meet global needs.

to name a few:

>**five for 50**<
>*children's hope chest*<
>*blood: water mission*<
>DATA<
>FORGE<
>a glimmer of hope<
>compassion<
>**EDUN**<
>land of a thousand hills coffee<
>**one**<

and a lot more...

close to the end of this book is a prayer quoted from st. francis of assisi:

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy;
o Divine Master,
grant that i may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
amen.