YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're off to California! One more class period and we're done!!!!!!! And that class has a unit test...pray for me! See you in California Aunt Karen!

See ya'll!

Well we're heading off on tour! :) The next time I blog I'll probably be in FL! So that means I'll have facebook! SO I shall catch up with all of y'all there! I hope you all have a great Christmas season!

Another amazing day!

I got my canvas today! I memorized the whole thing already! At least....all the stuff that's required to be memorized by Thursday. I was practicing on everybody, their responses were hilarious. Laura screamed that she wasn't interested. Sam, asked me if I was trying to sell something and if so get out, Eddy, Sam and Amaris pretended to be a family where Amaris was the dog....who bit me... Then later Amaris gave me "100 dollars" just for being "so darn cute" as she put it. Yeah...it was interesting. Oo! and I did PE with the seniors today, it was a blast! Oh and Fraser Valley is coming today! They'll be here by supper Randy said, their going to sing with us in the concerts this weekend. So their here to practice with us. It should be pretty cool!

I had a really good witnessing opportunity today! A girl me and Eddy have been praying for came and asked me advice, I talked to her at different times all day! It was great! And last week she even let me pray with her!

Well I should go study for my chemistry test, see ya!

White Christmas!

Spent all morning sledding down whistling winds trail with garbage bags, and ice skating on the pond! It was SOOOOOO much fun!

We just got back from tour last night at 11 PM, the last concert we did was the best! It was at a Pentecostal church, it was so much fun! There was a couple elderly ladies in the front who really got into the music. Hee hee. Afterward they came up and hugged and kissed us all. :D

Saraiah forgot her violin at school, so we shared mine. It must have looked odd....we switched at every rest in the music. :P Oh and we got an encore at the last concert. Well.....all of the concerts but a really enthusiastic one a the last concert!

The bus ride was a lot of fun too! I sat in the quad with Heather, Sam, and Kara. We had a crazy time! We made videos of each other doing guppy faces...and...yeah...hee hee. It was fun. 1 week till California tour!

God is so AMAZING!

Happy Thanksgiving! :)

I'm thankful for SO many things! But today I have something I'm REALLY thankful for! I'm thankful I dont have appendicitis Or however you spell that. After our first concert yesterday I started having pain in my stomach, I ignored it at first because it wasn't that bad, but as the day went on it got worse until it was so bad I couldn't really even walk, on a scale from 1-10 it was a 10. So Rosa took me and Melissa to the hospital but before she did that she put her hand on my stomach and prayed for me. By the time we got to the hospital the pain was only about a 2. The doctor asked a bunch of questions and examined me and he said it wasn't appendicitis, we went sure what it was. But it went away after about an hour after Rosa prayed for me. And I mean, this wasn't just a little tummy ache, I was literally laying on the floor sobbing. It's amazing how fast God can work. He is so AMAZING!

Lalala! We're doing 2 concerts in Lillooet today! WHich means only one hour of work!!!!!!!!!! WHOOooOOT! Uh oh...I'm late for class... Well bye!

Wood chopping!

Had an awesome day working campus! Although somewhat unproductive... We were splitting wood, I'll admit I aint that great at splitting wood. In fact Mr Luchak took my axe away and told me to stack the wood because he didnt want me to have to go to the hospital. Hee hee!

It's getting REALLY cold! It was minus 15 C today! Which isnt good for my poor mistreated violin. It WILL NOT stay in tune! EVery time I take it out it's horribly out of tune. Speaking of which I should go practice before I get busted for being on the computer during practice time! *grins*

SNOW!!!!

It snowed last night! First snow of the year is so exciting! I woke up at 3 to find snow, why did I wake up at 3? Well because I left my window open....Heehee!

Anyway, so it's been pretty freezing, literally the ground is rock solid, all the puddles are frozen too! Everybody is dressing like marshmallows and overall it's awesome!

Christmas

Christmas at home is always my favorite time of year, it's the time to bake cookies with you sister, and play Christmas music as loud as it goes. AT our house I always loved traditions. Every year me and my little brothers would put on Santa hats and go Christmas shopping for hours everyday, of course we spent all our money on advent calendars and twinkly lights. But we just enjoyed the Christmas feeling of it all. Then at night we would sneak up after mom and dad were asleep and decorate the whole house. I remember last Christmas when we tried that...the dog ended up knocking a ball off the tree and woke my parents up. So we hid behind the wood stove until all was clear. Then when it was, we finished decorating. It was SO much fun! Every year daddy brought home advent calendars for us kids, and every year we would get impatient and eat the next days candy. Last year the kids put on a little Christmas show, puppets and all.

Now that Christmas is coming and the orchestra is playing Christmas songs everyday I've started to miss home more. All the traditions that wont be kept, I wish last Christmas I would have known it was my last one at home.

But I guess this year I'll make new traditions to be kept for the next 3 years. It'll be fun, Johnny's cutting down Christmas trees for the dorms. And some of us girls are making decorations. I just wish I could think of something to make this Christmas season special for everyone. I have a few ideas...but I'm open to any ideas ya'll might have!

Merry Christmas!

YAY! My burn healed enough so that I can play! And Tom Blaylock is here to train us so I've been singing and playing for 4 hours last night 8 hours today, and 4 more hours this afternoon. Then 4 more hours tomorrow! So I'm getting a lot of practicing in! Now I truly know the meaning of living and breathing music!

Burn....

Well this morning I found out that my burn wont heal for several weeks so I cant play violin until like the first Christmas concert or something like that. So....Yeah I'm gonna completely sound terrible in the first 20 concerts. Oh well, God has a plan!

International Supper

International supper was amazing! We had So much fun! Heather and Justin made a huge AMAZING Albanian flag! We made SO many cookies! We had 3 huge boxes filled with them! We're gonna be eating leftovers in the cafe for quite a while...

All the booths were awesome! Nathan wore a fake mustache and dressed as an Italian chef. Mr lemon gre a beard and dressed as Shackleton for the Antarctica booth. And Joel and Zack dressed as lumber jacks. It was pretty awesome.

We cooked for SO long for it! And me being the only one who knew what it was supposed to taste like everybody was asking me questions. It was rather stressful but still a lot of fun. Then I burnt myself pretty badly while cooking, So now my whole wrist is covered in a huge blister. But praise God it doesn't hurt so bad today as it did yesterday!

The mini concert went really well too! The quartet sang an Icelandic song and then shalom. And Brian told a Chinese story. Then Joel, Jo, and Jessica sand the Canadian national anthem. Then Randy sand the American one. And then us Albanians sang....Oh that was scary! I was shaking in the beginning but as we got to the middle of the song I was praying for strength and suddenly I wasn't scared, I even started being able to look at peoples faces instead of just staring at Rachel. :P

And now it's November 1st. Only a month until open house and then Christmas tour and then break!!!!!! Praise the Lord this school year is going by fast!

Days like today

It's days like this that I really have to trust that God knows whats best for me....

My day started out with a very long day at MG, and getting locked in the bathroom there. When I got off work I found out the cafe was serving some kind of mushy vegetable thing, so I skipped lunch which made me hungry all day. Then I had a science test that I'm sure I failed. I was sure that my day would get better after that but no....

I went to orchestra and Craig asked my international supper group to audition for him, I hadn't finished teaching them the song. So the one guy in our group walked out on us right before the audition. Then we had worship and announcements... It seems starting Monday there's a new schedule for recording. Well I wont be working with seniors anymore...and they changed it so that grade 10's cant record. So after being told I was recording, I was then told that there had been a change. Yeah...not the best day. And then the topping on the cake? I got free labor.

I gotta say I was really discouraged last night. But I'm trying to look on the bright side, I must be doing something right if the devil is working so hard to get me down. I just have to keep trusting God.

New Blog

Ok, so I realized I was a bit hasty and not really thinking when I wrote my last post. While I most assuredly want to have a blog completely dedicated to God's work it has been brought to my attention that a few of my friends and family would still like to know whats happening at school. So I have created a new blog entitled "not my will but thine" and that is the blog that will be completely and totally about what God has been doing in my life.

Be ready now!

Thats it. I've had it with this, with myself. This blog is done being about me and whats happening in my life. This blog is not what it should have been from the beginning and I apologize for that. From now on this blog is dedicated to God and his work.

The latter reign is starting, it's starting here, now! There have been so many things happening at this school I cant even begin to tell you. But we had a 2 hour long worship tonight, it was amazing, God is pouring out his holy spirit on us and we cant let anyone be missed! We don't have time to dwell on the little things of this world, we don't have any time for doubt! Jesus is coming soon! When I say soon I don't mean later, I mean now! I firmly believe that Christ is coming in our generation and we need to be ready! We need to make the world ready! We should be examples of Christ wherever we go! No matter what we're doing Christ should shine through us! We cant just keep this message to ourselves!

I've wanted to be an archeologist for 8 years, I decided tonight that that's not what God wants me to do. I need to share the gospel with people! I need to tell people of God's soon return! I cant just keep this to myself! I have to do something, NOW! I cant describe the feeling! I just...I cant keep in inside. right now I'm typing way faster then I know how to. I just have to get the word out! I have to tell people and i encourage you to as well! Christs coming is SOON! My heart breaks when I hear people talking about things that don't matter! We should be talking about Christ, our hearts should be made ready to receive him! I am utterly heart broken when I think of all the times I could have shared Christ but didn't. That wont be happening anymore, I WILL be part of this revival. I WILL help hasten Christs return! Will you help me?

Tornado time!

Wooooow, what a day! I worked all day, and we played apples to apples, that game is deppressing when the cards that describe you are disgusting, ugly, and wicked....wow, way to boost my self esteem guys! Heehee, Well I should go clean the tornado I call my room. Wish me luck!

Felis navida!

Worked MG all day, had a blast! I was wrapping bins and writing tags...yup lots of stuff! And we had an AMAZING lunch thanks to Canadian thanksgiving! The cafe was decorated all cool, and all the staff family's came. :)

The best thing about today was I looked at my Google countdown and it's only 59 days till Christmas tour!!!!!!!! This is SOOOOO exciting! And rather scary too, because I'm not ready to play the Christmas music in concert yet! But I guess that's why I should get up earlier. The only problem is that I wont have enough time to sleep because if I get up any earlier I'll only get 5 hours of sleep.....And since I want to make it to my senior year I think I should get at least 6 hours of sleep. :P

Well Sam's bugging me to go so BYE!

Accursed peanuts!

Well I'm an idiot...:P I was in the cafe today...and peanut butter was just sitting there.....so I ate it. I know what your thinking, "whats the problem?" Well the problem is I'm allergic to peanuts. Now you see where the idiot part comes in. Hehe, well yeah....in my mind I had ration and reason for eating it. In my mind..."maybe I got over my allergy, I should test it out!" Well I can now say with all sincerity "I am still allergic to peanuts."

I don't think I'll be trying that again in the future....yeah...that would be wise.

The day before tomorrow

What a day.... It was the last day before break so everyone is really excited and happy. And I get to go to strine, so I'm pretty happy about that... And me and Raina and Cyrus are playing the guitar together for festival of rejoicing, we just have to pick a song.

Skipped dinner and played guitar outside the cafe while random people came by to say goodbye. :P Then I got hungry so I went back to the dorm and made ramen. *grins*

Ooh and I smashed my finger in the conveyor belt at MG yesterday, it got smushed between the conveyor belt and the roller thingi where the carrots come out. Anyway yeah...so I worked dorm today cause I couldn't do anything with that hand. Yup...pretty eventful week. AND we got brownies in class today. :)

I would write more...but I'm kinda brain dead at the moment and cant think of anything intelligent to say...wow whats new. :P

Pretty Music!

What an interesting day, I worked Janitorial wish Saraiah and Esra. Esra chased us around the school building spraying us with citrus air freshener....don't ask me why. :P

Then Mr Hinds told me that I was one of the ones chosen to record for the filming project. I was completely and utterly shocked, I mean...like everyone at this school is better then me so why on earth am I one of the ones!?

Then...we had class....I fell asleep in science, that's what happens when you get up at 4 to practice. PE was awesome we did caneoing and landscaping!

And now I'm sitting in the lobby listening to my music and writing this. So it's been a pretty good day. Pretty much any day can turn good if you have music. :) But as it happens today was good anyway, music just made it better.

A blog of rambling

Well....Lets see what's new that I haven't already posted about?

We're going on tour this weekend, then it's thanksgiving break. So I wont have school for a week, just work. So that will be nice....ish. :P Then we'll start on the Christmas music.

I talked to my mom the other day, and I don't have to work the whole summer!!!!!!!! Only part of it..and there was a change of plans and now I'll have to weed for part of the summer..The other part I'll be home or traveling from church to church with my parents. I remember last time we did that...yeah...well it should be interesting. And I'm really excited to be seeing my family and I'll actually be able to spend some time with them.

I CANT WAIT TILL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!! It will be SO exciting to go home! My dad told me not to take anything except a carry-on though.. so I should have fun with that. His logic was that I have clothes I left at home, my logic was that I left them home because they were unapproved. :P Oh well, better to have a skirt that shows my knees when I sit then to have to lug around a suitcase from airport to airport. And then after Christmas moms coming up to Canada with me to visit. So that will be alot of fun.

Update

As an update for the past few days, Saturday night was AMAZING! We had family night with the whole sophomore class of 23 together in the cafeteria with biz and Jeremy. We stayed till 10 PM playing games, it was so much fun! Our class got to know each other alot better, especially in "I have never" We learned that mason put purple streaks in his hair, Esra put a smoke bomb in a nursing home, Raina shaved her head when she was 5, and I...well I'm not even gonna say that one!

Then last night the basement flooded....yeah it wasn't a nice smell. Girls with boots gave girls with socks piggy back rides upstairs to dryness. I was one of the one's with socks....But thankfully all the water was out by 10 so most of us went back to our rooms, except for the girls who's rooms got flooded. They slept in the lobby.

My computer got checked....I'm not even gonna say anything else about that. But long story short, I had THOUSANDS of songs, I now have about 10. The new dean dissaproved alot of stuff that was totally approved, Mrs hinds had approved it. But now it's all gone. All my Josh groban, casting crowns, Chris Tomlin, rascal flatts, soundtrack from a walk to remember.....yeah I'm sad.

God is SO good!

I'm SO excited! I had just run out of money like 3 days ago, and I didn't know what I was gonna do because I cant ask my parents fotr more money when their already struggling to keep me here. I was about to sell anything I could find in my room, and then at worship Mr Hinds announced that on Aundrea they needed people to work for as many hours as they wanted in MG for CASH! Which like never happens! It's SO amazing! SO I'm working all day and I'll have enough money to last me a long time. Thank you God!

5 Months

I just realized that today marks 5 months away from "home".
It's odd how you almost become immune to missing things after a while. I only miss home on my off days like if I'm sick...or if a certain smell or sound reminds me of Albania. Or even a song on my i pod that I listened to while walking past something in Albania it's burned in my brain and the whole scene comes back when I listen to that song....

Oh well life goes on.

Morocco vs Saudi vs Jordan

Oh I almost forgot. I talked to my sister a few days ago and she gave me an idea....She said I should go to college in Jordan, Morocco, or Saudi Arabia because they have great Archeology schools there. I haven't decided yet, but I think it sounds pretty awesome, except for the fact that I would be leaving all my friends in North America, but hey...it's not like that's a first for me. I'm leaning towards Saudi....I guess cause dad lived there when he was in the Air force. It would be kinda cool to follow in his footsteps. Except for the fact that I would have to wear a Burqa and not go anywhere without a guy with me. That would be hard for me...But hey I got a few years to decide I might just end up going to Andrews or something normal. We'll see.

I have returned!

Well we just got back from the camp out! It was a blast, we saw a bear, smelled like smoke at the end of it, and sat on big rocks. The perfect camping experience. :P

It's still early and I'm not quite awake yet, and tomorrow the whole week starts over again...This school year's going so fast!

I should go get my Sunday going, I'll post more as things happen.

The darkness closes in once more

And I'm off on a camp out! Which they said could possibly end up in snow because it's so cold where we're going! So this should be fun.

Another interesting thing in the life of me, almost every girl in school has been getting little notes of encouragement in their lockers that deal with exactly what their going through even though they haven't told anyone. I got one today, a bible verse about EXACTLY what I was going through. It was amazing....

Then I got to miss half of PE class because Johnny forgot me :( hee hee! I asked him if I could go get water right around the corner, he said yes, I went, I came back and they were gone. And since I had no clue where they were hiking Rosa said I should just chill in the school building until they walked by or something. So I did. It was a very relaxing 40 minutes! *grins*

Ugh...and I just realized it's dark..again. I always seem to get caught in the dark on my way back to the dorm, you would think I'd have learned by now. I hate walking by myself in the dark...Well at least in this country I do. In Albania it's not scary because there's street lights far away, and sheep and shepherds fires, and gypsy music far away, and it's just all nice and homey. But the silence here is sometimes unnerving at night.

Wow....I not only succeeded in making myself scared of walking back but also homesick. Way to go me.

Well this blog is going downhill

Where to begin....well I was supposed to be on that bus to Oregon. Last minute thing, then it fell through so I am still stuck on campus. I'm on the work list as in Oregon, and I'm sincerely bummed /depressed. The one highlight of the day is that I got out of 2 classes to pack for a trip I never went on. Oh and my phone card isn't working today so I cant call anyone. Isn't that just the topping on the cake....


I'm sorry that my blogging has been so depressing for the last few days. I'll umm....try to be less depressed....

Adios

Ah...well today is going better then the last few days.

I worked science-lab and finished so quick that they sent me to work music office. So I spent 2 hours looking for a keyboard case for tour. So that was kinda fun. Then loaded the bus.

The campus is going to be so quiet because all the loud people are going on tour. :P So that also means free wash machines, phones, piano's and computers! And I would write more but the first bell just rang so I should go get my stuff and go to class. :( I'll try and post a more put together blog later.

Heehee, and we have a quiz today so we're gonna get mr Ras off topic by bringing up arranged marriages and having a heated discussion on the matter. This should be interesting

Well this is life I might as well get used to it.

Well....yeah today didn't go much better then yesterday, it might have been worse but I was immune to the horribleness of the day it was normally bad. Wow.....that made no sense whatsoever...oh well.

Their leaving on the Oregon tour tomorrow. I would do ANYTHING to be on that bus and out of school and away from certain teachers for a week! But unfortunately I suck too much at violin, and sing like a dying toad. So I wont be on that bus. Depressing I know.... Well...yeah. I guess thats pretty much it.

I'll carry on

Well....I'm having the worst day that I've had in a long time.

But I trust it will be better tomorrow. But sometimes it feels like God forgot about you for the day, I know that's not true but that's how it feels sometimes. Expecially when you spend in between class peroids crying into your locker....I'm just really stressed out today...but I'll be ok. I just need a nice long quiet time to talk with God.

Today.....

Well to my utter shock I passed my math test. :) I'm pretty positive I passed my science test, and I still have the 2 other re-takes coming up soon. And I'm back to working MG tomorrow so that should be fun. I'm glad I'm in MG again I cant wait to do harvesting tomorrow! And we're going on a camp out this weekend while mixed chorus is on the Oregon tour. I'm glad, but slightly bummed cause I wont be able to get my 15 hours of practice in if I'm on a camp out I'll only have like...11 or 12. Oh well life goes on.

I talked to my dad yesterday and apparently my Mom is gonna come visit me after Christmas for a week. So that should be fun.

Not a normal day go's by...

Oh my goodness this is so exciting!!!! Blog spot was blocked for 2 days and it was SO SAD!!!! But now I have it again so I am happy. :) And we got to have a town trip today so that was exciting...after I got back and added up my receipts I gave my debit card to Rosa and told her not to give it back till Christmas. :P

Other then that my weekend was pretty good, spent most of it writing a song with Sam. And then we have to preform it in front of the whole school in a few days! I dont have to sing though. :D I'm playing the guitar instead. :)

And I got to talk to all my family members this weekend except my Mom cause she's in Serbia. Which she didn't tell me about...I found out from my dad. My family has such odd ways of communication. But that's fine.... It gives me an excuse to do the same thing.

Oh and I had my first real root beer float today...ne with the right flavor ice cream...not peppermint like last time. :P

And Timothy is leaving on Wednesday to go home...so that's pretty sad, yeah this weekend has been a mix of many emotions! I went from happy to sad to excited to nervous to hyper to....well yeah everything pretty much.

WEEEEKEEEEEND!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I finished 2 tests, work, and all responsibilities for today! :)
I think I'll take the longest shower of my life. :P Anyway I would write more, but I'm anxious to get started with the exciting weekend! I shall post more as soon as I have something to say. Heehee

This song pretty much says it all.

Three in the morning,
And I'm still awake,
So I picked up a pen and a page,
And I started writing,
Just what I'd say,
If we were face to face,
I'd tell you just what you mean to me,
I'd tell you these simple truths,

Be strong in the Lord and,
Never give up hope,
You're going to do great things,
I already know,
God's got His hand on you so,
Don't live life in fear,
Forgive and forget,
But don't forget why you're here,
Take your time and pray,
These are the words I would say,

Last time we spoke,
You said you were hurting,
And I felt your pain in my heart,
I want to tell you,
That I keep on praying,
Love will find you where you are,
I know cause I've already been there,
So please hear these simple truths,

Be strong in the Lord and,
Never give up hope,
You're going to do great things,
I already know,
God's got His hand on you so,
Don't live life in fear,
Forgive and forget,
But don't forget why you're here,
Take your time and pray,
These are the words I would say,

From one simple life to another,
I will say,
Come find peace in the Father,

Be strong in the Lord and,
Never give up hope,
You're going to do great things,
I already know,
God's got His hand on you so,
Don't live life in fear,
Forgive and forget,
But don't forget why you're here,
Take your time and pray,
Thank God for each day,
His love will find a way,
These are the words I would say

Too....much....STRESS!

Well....wow, where to start? I am SO busy right now it's not even funny.
I have 2 tests tomorrow, and 2 make up tests sometime before Monday. And I'm writing a song for Craig, and getting up at 5 to practice my violin, so I can fit 15 hours of practice time in each week. Plus I have to study while cleaning bathrooms cause I don't have time otherwise. Currently I'm only sleeping 6 and half hours, unless you count the time I sleep in science class. Which is really annoying because I cant stay awake but I desperately want and need to in order to pass the class! Lets just say things are extremely stressful...I would write more but I have to go back to work.

Adios Amigo's

Yayness!

Well my day was AMAZING! Go figure!
I started by cleaning 6 bathrooms and then I did landscaping for the remainder of work hours. Several things went wrong today like my bridge popped off my violin so I couldn't practice me extra hour, and my math teacher hates my guts....But good things happened too! Like, Craig said I can be 2nd violin by the California tour, and offered 500 bucks for a song about sabbath or the mark of the beast. So yeah, pretty good day! And to top off my good day we had mashed potatoes for lunch. :) It's like the cherry on top! *grins*

Oh! And did I mention I get a re-take test!? *grins bigger*

Good day or Bad day?

I figured out that all it takes to have a good day is to have good attitude. Because I've been cleaning toilets all week, the first couple days I had a good attitude toward it and I had good days. then yesterday I think I decided I didn't like it so naturally I had a bad day. SO today I am going to have a good day! (I'll blog later to tell you if I actually did or not) :P

Double GRRRRRR!!!!

Well....It's Tuesday night, personally I hate Tuesday..and Wednesday...and because they mean the week isn't over and it's not the weekend yet, AND it's the same routine again...and again...and AGAIN!

And to top it off I just found out I cant upload photo's onto blog spot!!!!!!!! BECAUSE OF THE STUPID INTERNET RULES! I hate this...I hate this so bad. However shall I live.

!!!!!

Grrr..... I realize this is not the ideal way to start a blog post but I don't care!

I'm completely freaking out! I have a science test today I didn't study for because I was too busy with the overload of math homework! And I have no idea why I'm on here between classes instead of studying....good point! Bye

Monday.....

Today was surprisingly pretty good! Which is odd...because it's Monday and Mondays are always fairly suckish. Which is what I was thinking this morning when I woke up, which is why I delayed getting up until the last possible minute. I didnt want to get up because I had nothing to look forward to, I was working my least favorite job, I wasnt getting math, I wasn't keeping up in music, and I had 2 tests I hadnt heard about till that morning. But after I got to school everything kinda worked itself out.
1. Somebody asked to switch jobs with me so I cleaned the guys bathrooms and the buses, not ideal but better then the other option!
2. In math class today show explained it better and I actually got it!
3. I ate lunch really fast and got in an extra 30 min practice time and learned a new song.
4. the science test turns out isn't till Thursday, and the Bible test he told us all the answers before the test.

Then since we finished so fast on the test we got to use the extra time for homework and internet. Hence this blog post. :) Complements of Mr Hinds.

All in all....today wasn't quite as bad as I thought.

Oh! And me and a Morgan did a photoshoot yesterday so I shall post many pictures within the next few days! :)

Wonderfull weekend!

This weekend has been AMAZING! To start it out Friday I got out of MG and worked campus instead, I got to throw big rocks in a trailer for 2 hours! It was not only character building but muscle building! :)

Vespers was amazing that night, we watched David Asscherick's sermon "oh what wonderous love is this". Tears were pouring down my face by the end of it as I thought of the people who needed to hear this. If you haven't already seen it go look it up NOW!

Then Saturday afternoon after church we all sat in the lobby of the girls dorm and read a book about a man who got drafted into world war 2 and became an Adventist.

Saturday night was AMAZING! All three girls dorms came to the main one and we arm wrestled, leg wrestled, thumb wrestled....pretty much every form of wrestling! Played Ninja, and had a plank contest late into the night. Then we all settled down to watch "food Inc" while drinking veggie coffee....never eat during that movie!

Then this morning I woke up completely dizzy, felt like I might pass out any minute, which was really bad since I had weekend cleanup at the caf, but Rosa called down there and told them to find a replacement so I went to bed for another 2 hours and woke up completely fine. Praise God!

Furthermore it has been raining and cold and windy for 2 days, it was like that this morning and we were rather sad because the campus fall picnic is today. Then miraculously when I woke up the second time around 1o the sky was clear and the sun out! :)

I will post pictures of the picnic when I have time. :)

Letter to God

God, I'm completely lost. Everyone's telling me something different. I'm being pulled from all directions....The minute my brain decides one thing my heart decides something else. I don't know where your leading anymore.....

Nothings for sure forever anymore....Show me what to do.

Shadow

We had a bond, I thought nothing could have strained it,
There was a song but then you went and changed it.
And now your gone.


Your life is over yet mine has just begun
hows mine so young yet yours is barely done?

There's a piano but no one here to play it
A shadow has fallen over this world tonight
because another man has died.

A widow, crying on her doorstep
a child fatherless and sitting by the stone
how can he know? How could he understand
he'll never hold his father's hand.

Do's and DONT's of academy life.

Living in a dorm is such an interesting and great learning experience. For example this week I have learned what to and what not to do.

1. Don't sing opera in the hallways on your way to the shower because people will not be pleased....

2. If you leave your pillow in the lobby for 10 minutes while your in someones room it will be confiscated and has to be bought back for 2 dollars.

3. Korean Ramen is purely AWESOME!

4. Dont leave your room key in your locker at the school building.

5. Don't let it be known that you have candy in your room....you will be swamped.

6. Don't us the microwave on all 3 floors at the same time, you WILL short out the system.

7. When deans check your computer make sure there's no Taylor swift....

8. Apparently according to my science teacher facebook is an evil tool of the devil.

9. It would be wise to study during study hall.....

10. Don't chew gum in science class

11. If you study late at night you will fall asleep in science.....and your friends will graffiti your arms.

12. When finding a study partner...make sure the person is smarter then you.

The greater reward.

Why does God give us trials? Because they lead up to something great, if you didnt have trials you would have missed out on the great reward to come.

I was so busy being deppressed about what happened to me in Albania that I couldnt move on in my life. Untill I stopped to think that if that hadnt have happened I wouldnt be here at Fountainview Academy. I'm not sure why God wants me here but I know I feel this is where I'm supposed to be.

I didnt realize how much I missed being with fellow christians, I had lost so much of my faith in God and I didnt even realize it because I never talked about it. A few days ago I spent my hour of free time outside just talking and listening to God. It was so refreshing to be able to just talk through my problems. I had been so stressed and deppressed before, and then God helped me realize what he has in store for me is so much greater then my little stress's in life.

15 weird things I've done in the last 15 years

1. Was born in the bathtub
2. Had a pet Llama
3. Chased my donkey for a mile down the street.
4. Slept on Buckingham Palace Lawn.
5. Poured a soda over someone’s head
6. Jumped in a sewer to save a kitten
7. Had a cross wind landing in a hurricane
8. Went fishing without a hook because I didn’t want to hurt the fish.
9. Ate a 2 jars of pickles in one sitting.
10. Spent half of ASI dressed as a gypsy
11. Spoke Albanian to a wal-mart clerk before realizing where I was.
12. Had half the guys in the town calling me Hanna because I gave a fake name to 1 boy.
13. Sang songs from “phantom of the opera” on the roof.
14. Was yelled at by a cop because I climbed something I shouldn't have at the park…
15. A guy on Rollerblades flirted with me…so I pushed him into a ditch.

One more day

One more day.

One more day of the comforting sounds of home. Of the albanian language flowing from the radio, of the ball bouncing outside my gate as little boys play football. The soft sound of the wind blowing through the pines....the wagons rolling down the street, my roma's calling my name. My puppy padding through the halls and eventually waiting for me at my door till I come pick him up. Who will pick him up now?

I walked up on the roof today and just gazed at the mist covered mountain, the feild ready to be planted, the little muddy road leading to the village. No matter how far I go I never want to forget that scene. I'll never forget this place as long as I live.

Goodbye Shqiperia