The Party Yesterday...

So yesterday there was a party at peaks view park for the people that were in the dorm in college that Josh was in. Julia and I only came because we had nothing else to do. And Lydia is Cherise's friend that i like. she's nice. Hopefully sometime this week we can hang out. this party is the main reason Josh came down to lynchburg. It was soooo hot outside!!!! we were all sweating. but i guess it was fun but not really since i barely knew anyone there. But after the party a few people came back to Cherise's apartment and we play super smash bros, mario kart, Texas hold'em, nertz, and boxers or briefs. That was fun. Ryan, Josh C., Walter, and Jesse stayed until around 10:00. but a few other people stopped by for a little bit. it felt really nice to be in air conditioning. =]

We went to Cherise's church yesterday morning. Her church has fancy lights, smoke, and really loud music for the worship. It's like a concert. Then the sermons are pretty good,too. I'm having fun. But I miss u guys, too!!!

Me drinking something
Cherise!!
Yummy cookies julia made 4 the party
Cadin and uh i forgot the little black dogs name...
Lydia!

cherise and Julia
Hans, ryan, pat and mike.
people
more people
MORE people

Don't Laugh at Me

I love this song and video. Please comment.

Check my profile and listen to the audio!! Tell me if u like it! =]

Leaving!!

I'm going to Cherise's apartment for 8 days. I'm leaving today and coming back saturday the 11th. I will have lots of fun!!!!! I'm excited to be with her!! I will miss being at church and everyone there but I'll be back!! BYE!!!!!!





I'm riding up to VA with Josh and Kat today at 1:00 or 1:30, then on Sat. the 11th mom will drive 2 hours to meet Cherise to give Jul and I back then we'll go home. I'll try to tell u guys all about it when I get back! Bye!

Fergie- Big Girls Don't Cry

Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry lyrics

Missions trip photo's (some of em)

Missions trip July 22-28

Jimmy Eat World-The Middle


♥ this song!


Tomorrow we are meeting at the church at 3:00 p.m. I think I'll start packing today then finish after church tomorrow. We will be doing a lot of different things on the trip. Going to nursing homes, helping the homeless, collecting cans for Neon, VBS (healthy hearts something something), and much more. Please pray for everyone to have fun and work hard. We will be doing some fun stuff, like going to the swim center. I am sorta nervous. So GOODBYE everyone who's not going!





Beautiful Name by Zoegirl



The lyrics
Read them while listening...This is why I am going on the missions trip......

Your heart I seek to find
With Your hands You fashioned mine
Let me be used by You to carry truth

To the ends of the earth
`Til everyone's heard
My mended heart will share Your words
I will tell the world that you are God

Chorus
I will run - I will fly
I will live to be a sacrifice
Through it all I'll rise above
Unafraid I will face what comes
I will run - I will fly
And for my faith I'll live & die
I'll be strong - I will press on
For the sake of Your beautiful name
Your beautiful name

Should all life cease to grow
Should chaos take control
The only hope we know is You will save us

It's worth the cost to take up my cross
As You take back what's been lost
Until all who doubt know
You are God

Chorus

I'm not a captive anymore
I'm gonna soar to a new place
Take on a new pace
I know what my life is for

Chorus

Goodbye Ike, Hello Highlander

BYE IKE!!!!I miss having u around!!!Have fun with Mike! Hello NEW CAR!!!
I like you but I miss the BIG RED VAN!!!

some v-jam pics

everybody waiting to go into chapel.
Kimmy
everyone except kimmy.
where we had our discussion time.
the three girls ♥

lol bekah's teeth....
poor steven.
our changing room...lol
me and corrie waiting in line to go into chapel.
Elaine.

INSANE TUMBLING MONTAGE!!!

THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!

Gummy Bear Dance

lol

Ilana Yahav - Sand Fantasy - Shalom

Awesome!! what do u think of it???

V-JAM!!!!!!!!

IT was SO fun!!! I have lots of stories, and things to tell u about. But its hard to do it when u can only type it and u can't see my hand motions or anything. When I get my pics developed I think I'll try to get it on a cd so I can post them here. I dont know if they turned out okay. Let me just say a few things. I LOVED OUR SPEAKER!!!! His name was Eric Guerson?? (i forgot his last name but it was something like that) He was really good. He told us a lot of stories from being a missionary kid growing up and how he met his wife and stories about his littles girls. And he also showed us a lot of movie clips from big name movies like Narnia, LOTR, Superman, Spiderman, Borne Identity, and a lot more. People who went, what did u think about him?

v-jam

AHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm scared. Yes i am. Sometimes I'm fine but at night when i'm thinking about leaving for 5 days I get scared. Those of u who are going, HELP ME!!!, for those of u who aren't, PRAY FOR ME!!!






Good news: I get to watch the Waynes new kitten for 2 weeks!!! I'll have a little kitten to look forward to all week!

Do YOU know the answer?

Five boys took part in a fitness test. Tony scored higher than Sam, who didn't have the lowest score. Jack had the highest score and Gerry scored more than Paul but less than Tony. Who had the lowest score?

I am. ARE YOU???

Are you smarter than a monkey?
	YES! You scored 100%, which means that you're 62% smarter than a monkey!
'Are you smarter than a monkey?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Thought I would share this with my friends...Does this sound like me? Whats does and what doesn't?

You Are a Good Friend Because You're Accepting

No matter what a friend says or does, you try your best to understand it. And your friends feel like they can tell you anything. You don't judge. You know that friendship is a journey - with a lot of ups and downs. If you and a friend grow apart, you get over it quickly... and leave the potential for future friendship open. You tend to have many friends from many walks of life. Anyone you meet is could become a friend. In fact, you are especially interested in people who are a little different than you. Seeing life from another perspective is something you cherish. Your friends need you most when: They can't turn to anyone else with their secrets You really can't be friends with: Dogmatic, stubborn people Your friendship quote: "Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes."

What Makes You a Good Friend?

Napoleon Dynamite: Do the chickens have large talons?
Farmer: Do they have what?
Napoleon Dynamite: Large talons.
Farmer: I don't understand a word you just said.

Friday, Sat, and Sunday 25th, 26th and 27th of May in CO

:Friday:
It took a while to get a car. Julia almost blacked out. Her face turned white and she couldn't see. It was kinda scary. When we FINALLY got the car (silver mini van exactly like the Wayne's) We drove for about 20 minutes then stopped for lunch at someplace called like Golden Corral. It was soooo YUMMY!! We hadn't eaten for 8 hours. Then we drove some more and stopped at CCU (Colorado Christian University) to get a tour of the campus for about an hour and a half. Then we drove more to get to Breckenridge! It took like 2 hours. I was so tired after traveling all day. I know, Val, that you love to travel but when you do it ALL day long it gets tiring. I was so glad that we got there. It's nice to relax after a hard day of traveling. I woke up at 5:00 that morning and it was 8:10 your time, 6:10 our time when I finally got to sleep. I was up for 15 hours! When I was trying to get to sleep my head starting throbbing and burning up. I didn't think much of it and soon fell asleep. I woke up 2 hours later when Josh woke me up for dinner. And like always Josh chased me up the stairs, so I ran up. I shouldn't have done that, cause when I got out of bed I felt dizzy and sick. And with the high altitude you run out of breathe extremely easily. So I sat on the couch when I got upstairs, but then I couldn't get up. I couldn't even move. I felt paralyzed! I was started to black out cause my eye sight was fading. My mom came over to try to get me up. She brought me over to the table and I couldn't walk straight. I just stood behind my chair until Josh said "MANDA, JUST SIT DOWN!" then I sat down. I didn't feel like eating anything but once I drank some milk and ate some food I felt better. It's hard to explain how it felt exactly but it's the scariest, weirdest and most unforgettable feeling ever. It was because of the elevation was so high. It was 11,000 feet in Breckenridge. I felt tired, weak, and out of breathe for a few days until I got used to the elevation. So that night the 4 girls watched house and then finished getting settled in, then went to sleep at 10:30.


The view out of our window in Breckenridge!!



Saturday I slept into 8:00. 10:00 your time. I still felt a little out of sorts, but better. I had an onion bagel for breakfast. Then we all decided that we should drink a lot and eat often to stay normal. Mom and Dad went out to a horse place to sign us all up to go horseback riding on Monday. Julia, Josh, Dad, and I played hearts, while Cherise and Mom played Catch Phrase, then mom, Cherise, Josh and I played Dutch Blitz (like nertz) while Julia took and shower and dad watched TV. At 2:30 the girls went to the hot tub a few doors down from out room. Then we went on the bus to go downtown to walk around and see what there was. We had to wait 20-30 minutes for the bus to come. We walked around and bought a few things. I got a pink hoodie that said "Breckenridge" in purple letters. When we got back mom made dinner. After dinner the girls played Phase 10 while the boys watched TV. Then we all played Catch Phrase. After 4 games of that we made pop corn and sat on our balcony til we got cold and turned on the fireplace and sat around it talking until bed at 10:30.


Us in the hot tub.


Cherise and I in the hot tub.


Sunday I woke up at 9:00. We ate a big breakfast. Pancakes, bacon, fried eggs, bagels. Then at 10:30 we headed out into the woods with our bibles for our own church service. We sang songs that started with "Blessed" So we sang Might King, Blessed Be the Name of the Lord, and Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel. Then we all shared something about God and how he has worked in our lives. Mom sang a solo, Josh did a sermon, then dad sang a song for a prayer to close. Then after the service we walked in the woods getting pictures in the woods.


Josh doing the sermon.






Me listening...See the Snow back there?? Cool!






One of the Family pics we took in the woods.












Hiking through the woods.






Josh tackling Cherise in the snow




The snow after being pushing down...


Anyways, after all that fun we went back to the condo and got in our swim suits and work out clothes, jumped in the car and went into town to go to the rec center. We had these pass thingys that the condo people gave us so we could get in free. But, sadly all we could do for free inside was work out and swim. So that's what we did. I worked out on this machine for your legs for about 20 minutes then we all went down to the pool, which was only 4 feet deep at the deepest, so we didn't really swim. We just went in the hot tub. They had tennis, rock wall climbing, and racket ball. After being in the hot tub for like 10 minutes the girls went to the locker room and got dressed and all ready to leave, went out to the car, hoping Josh and dad would be out there, but they weren't! And we didn't have the keys either. So we waited about 20 minutes for them to come out then we sent Julia and mom inside to get them. When they found them they we sitting at a table talking! That was surprising cuz normally it would be the girls who stay around talking and the guys out waiting for us to get to the car. When they finally came out we went farther into town to get something to eat. We went into this place called "Extreme Pizza" We took one look at their prices and said "No way" and walked out. We ate at "home" instead. Then after lunch we all took a nap. Julia and I slept the longest. We slept for 2-3 hours. The rest of my family went to a meet and greet thing that the condo place was having for people that stayed there. When I woke up we all played Catch Phrase again then watched a Monk marathon that was on TV. Then we went to bed at 10:30.


Cherise yawning while waiting for the boys to come out of the rec center.



Me taking pic of myself while waiting for the boys, too.

I'm home!

Yes, I am home as of today at 5. I missed everyone so much!! I can't wait to see you all tomorrow!! Don't be surprised if I hug you. I will write ALL about the trip later this week when I have more time. I've been writing everything that happened in a journal so I'm gonna just type everything from there. TTYL!!!