HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMO!
Hope that you had a great day with the family. I know dinner was fabulous the other night. :)
DING DONG!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Those darn dermatologists...
So..to anyone who I haven't told already (in asking for prayer), I went to the dermatologist today to get some medicine for my acne, and so that he could check out two moles that have been on me since forever. Well, those were fine; but he did find another one on my back that looks suspicious.
He took a biopsy on it and sent it in. We should hear back from it at the latest on Tuesday. It could be just a regular mole, or cancerous. I thought I'd just kind of let it float to the back of my head this weekend, but with Relay for Life and all, that may be hard.
Please pray that I would be OK with the results, no matter what they may be. Yes, I'm scared out of my mind (with all the horrible cases of melanoma that people close to me have had lately), but I know that chances are extremely low that I have that. More importantly, however, I know my God is faithful. Life hasn't been so easy over the past year or so, but God has been so good, and so much growth has come from those not so easy times. He has the whole world in His hands, and since I'm part of the world...well I just know that I'm the best place I could be.
On a side note, could you pray that the pain may let up soon? It didn't hurt too much when he took it out, but that lovely numbing shot is quickly wearing off.
Thank you for all your prayers. :) Our God is an awesome God!
Brit
He took a biopsy on it and sent it in. We should hear back from it at the latest on Tuesday. It could be just a regular mole, or cancerous. I thought I'd just kind of let it float to the back of my head this weekend, but with Relay for Life and all, that may be hard.
Please pray that I would be OK with the results, no matter what they may be. Yes, I'm scared out of my mind (with all the horrible cases of melanoma that people close to me have had lately), but I know that chances are extremely low that I have that. More importantly, however, I know my God is faithful. Life hasn't been so easy over the past year or so, but God has been so good, and so much growth has come from those not so easy times. He has the whole world in His hands, and since I'm part of the world...well I just know that I'm the best place I could be.
On a side note, could you pray that the pain may let up soon? It didn't hurt too much when he took it out, but that lovely numbing shot is quickly wearing off.
Thank you for all your prayers. :) Our God is an awesome God!
Brit
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Like woah...
So. A lot has happened since I last updated, but since I will be leaving for Orlando early in the morning, I don't feel like writing a whole bunch. So..I'll just announce that Cross the Line Tour (Superchick, Disciple, KJ-52, Britt Nicole, and Starlit Platoon) are all coming to Carlson Memorial United Methodist Church on March 30!
If you want to go, call 863-675-0656 to order tickets, ASAP as they are going fast. Doors open at 6:00 and show starts at 7:00. Tickets are $20.
Britt
If you want to go, call 863-675-0656 to order tickets, ASAP as they are going fast. Doors open at 6:00 and show starts at 7:00. Tickets are $20.
Britt
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Our God is a God who saves...word documents?
So, many of you may be wondering what in the world my title means. Well..here's the story:
Last Thursday, I knew I was in for a busy day. The day before had been bad because I had locked myself out of the house, my dog had escaped, and I had been late to school as a result of the lock situation. I was determined that Thursday would be better. I had to go to school, go to work, print out my speech outline, do my index cards, take a shower to get ready for the Golden Apple dinner awards (where I had to introduce Mrs. Bridwell), go to speech class, and then leave early to go to the banquet. Wow.
So it started out okay..but soon turned bad once I got to work. I proceeded to stick my jump drive in the computer only to find that for some reason, my outline had not saved on there! I had hope that it may have saved here on the laptop, so I came home. Of course, it wasn't here on the laptop. I decided that I would take a quick rinse off (not getting my hair wet) and then go to class and tell my professor what happened. She's very understanding, so I knew it wouldn't be a problem. However, once I got in the shower, my shower head fritzed out and came on on its own, causing my hair to get wet and messed up. Ahh! I called my teacher yet again to let her know that I just simply wouldn't be able to come to class (though I had missed the previous week due to FBLA districts...yes, it's only a once a week class). She said it was okay...and that we would talk about it at our next class. After that, I went to my grandparents house to get a shower and went to the banquet. The rest of the night was great! The speech went well, everyone had a great time, and it was just an overall good evening.
So...here comes the reason for the title! duh duh duh duh.....
I went on the laptop to start my outline for the second time...and decided to save it on my jump drive after I finished the thesis in case the computer went out. Just as I was about to replace what I thought was the faulty file, something told me to open it. So, I opened it and was extrememly surprised to find that my outline was there! I was about to replace it!!
I have no doubt in my mind that God was who told me to open the file, and that he personally put it there. These last few days have been stressful for me (really because of no good reason), and God has shown once again that he's always there.
Sorry for making that saga sooo long, but I just had to vent I suppose. I feel better now. Hope you enjoyed hearing about my silly stressful situations, and God's amazing faithfulness. Praise Him!
Britt
Last Thursday, I knew I was in for a busy day. The day before had been bad because I had locked myself out of the house, my dog had escaped, and I had been late to school as a result of the lock situation. I was determined that Thursday would be better. I had to go to school, go to work, print out my speech outline, do my index cards, take a shower to get ready for the Golden Apple dinner awards (where I had to introduce Mrs. Bridwell), go to speech class, and then leave early to go to the banquet. Wow.
So it started out okay..but soon turned bad once I got to work. I proceeded to stick my jump drive in the computer only to find that for some reason, my outline had not saved on there! I had hope that it may have saved here on the laptop, so I came home. Of course, it wasn't here on the laptop. I decided that I would take a quick rinse off (not getting my hair wet) and then go to class and tell my professor what happened. She's very understanding, so I knew it wouldn't be a problem. However, once I got in the shower, my shower head fritzed out and came on on its own, causing my hair to get wet and messed up. Ahh! I called my teacher yet again to let her know that I just simply wouldn't be able to come to class (though I had missed the previous week due to FBLA districts...yes, it's only a once a week class). She said it was okay...and that we would talk about it at our next class. After that, I went to my grandparents house to get a shower and went to the banquet. The rest of the night was great! The speech went well, everyone had a great time, and it was just an overall good evening.
So...here comes the reason for the title! duh duh duh duh.....
I went on the laptop to start my outline for the second time...and decided to save it on my jump drive after I finished the thesis in case the computer went out. Just as I was about to replace what I thought was the faulty file, something told me to open it. So, I opened it and was extrememly surprised to find that my outline was there! I was about to replace it!!
I have no doubt in my mind that God was who told me to open the file, and that he personally put it there. These last few days have been stressful for me (really because of no good reason), and God has shown once again that he's always there.
Sorry for making that saga sooo long, but I just had to vent I suppose. I feel better now. Hope you enjoyed hearing about my silly stressful situations, and God's amazing faithfulness. Praise Him!
Britt
Sunday, February 10, 2008
she's so sweet...
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actiosn and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything."
-1 John 3: 16-20
Wow. I guess (for anyone who actually reads this that isn't Emily or Anna) I should explain that Emily, Anna, and I all sponsor a child, Kalkidan Ejeta, from Ethiopia through Compassion International. I don't want to sound like an 'advertisement', but this is truly so rewarding. I don't know how rewarding I felt it was until a few minutes ago,when I recieved a delightful surprise.
My mom has been going through old mail from our horribly junked up study over the past few days, and found several letters from Compassion for me. Two enclosed letters from our child! She is so sweet, and I just have to share them.
August 16, 2007
How're you? I'm alright and so is my mother. Thank you for your letter and photo. I kept your photo on the table at home and showed it to my sister too. My mother and I are happy with your regular provision, with which from the project I get food grains, edible oil, cosmetics, soaps, bed sheets, socks, underwear...thank you. I'm longing to see you in person. We love you.
November 3, 2007
How are you doing? Kalkidan J doing very well. She thanked you for your letter. She wishes you happy new year and merry Christmas! She celebrates the Christmas with her family by enjoying the feast at home and with ehr friends by singing and playing in the church. What about you? She asked you to send her your letter. She asked you to pray for her family and her schooling. She loves you! Till the next letter, goodbye!
I don't know that I've been that deeply touched by a couple of short letters in my life. After I recieved these letters (addressed to all three of us), I went searching for some Scripture (posted at the beginning). I know this sounds weird, but I think I feel a bit of love like almost like the love a parent has for a child for Kalkidan. No, I don't know her very well, but I just love her! I really want us to go see her sometime. I just think that it would be an extremely eye-opening experience for us.
Often times I'm not nearly as thankful as I should be for all that I have. For instance, today my grandma and I were talking about how my desktop computer is irritating because some Microsoft Money thing keeps popping up and it runs slow because it's getting older. She just said that we'd solve the problem by getting me my laptop for graduation early.
I didn't really think twice about that until now. Kalkidan is so thankful for a picture, letter, and a few dollars a month that give her the necessities. A few dollars that are like drops in the bucket to us.
Yes, I know a lot has gone on since the last time I updated, but I just felt like this was the most important thing thats happened since Winter Jam. It hit me like a brick in the face. Ouch. Sometimes we need that to get our lives back on track. Lately I've been getting stressed out at the little things, like not having enough time to do everything that I want to do...and these letters put it in perspective for me. I'm beginning to think that this ministry is more for me than Kalkidan. God has a funny sense of humor in that. =)
-1 John 3: 16-20
Wow. I guess (for anyone who actually reads this that isn't Emily or Anna) I should explain that Emily, Anna, and I all sponsor a child, Kalkidan Ejeta, from Ethiopia through Compassion International. I don't want to sound like an 'advertisement', but this is truly so rewarding. I don't know how rewarding I felt it was until a few minutes ago,when I recieved a delightful surprise.
My mom has been going through old mail from our horribly junked up study over the past few days, and found several letters from Compassion for me. Two enclosed letters from our child! She is so sweet, and I just have to share them.
August 16, 2007
How're you? I'm alright and so is my mother. Thank you for your letter and photo. I kept your photo on the table at home and showed it to my sister too. My mother and I are happy with your regular provision, with which from the project I get food grains, edible oil, cosmetics, soaps, bed sheets, socks, underwear...thank you. I'm longing to see you in person. We love you.
November 3, 2007
How are you doing? Kalkidan J doing very well. She thanked you for your letter. She wishes you happy new year and merry Christmas! She celebrates the Christmas with her family by enjoying the feast at home and with ehr friends by singing and playing in the church. What about you? She asked you to send her your letter. She asked you to pray for her family and her schooling. She loves you! Till the next letter, goodbye!
I don't know that I've been that deeply touched by a couple of short letters in my life. After I recieved these letters (addressed to all three of us), I went searching for some Scripture (posted at the beginning). I know this sounds weird, but I think I feel a bit of love like almost like the love a parent has for a child for Kalkidan. No, I don't know her very well, but I just love her! I really want us to go see her sometime. I just think that it would be an extremely eye-opening experience for us.
Often times I'm not nearly as thankful as I should be for all that I have. For instance, today my grandma and I were talking about how my desktop computer is irritating because some Microsoft Money thing keeps popping up and it runs slow because it's getting older. She just said that we'd solve the problem by getting me my laptop for graduation early.
I didn't really think twice about that until now. Kalkidan is so thankful for a picture, letter, and a few dollars a month that give her the necessities. A few dollars that are like drops in the bucket to us.
Yes, I know a lot has gone on since the last time I updated, but I just felt like this was the most important thing thats happened since Winter Jam. It hit me like a brick in the face. Ouch. Sometimes we need that to get our lives back on track. Lately I've been getting stressed out at the little things, like not having enough time to do everything that I want to do...and these letters put it in perspective for me. I'm beginning to think that this ministry is more for me than Kalkidan. God has a funny sense of humor in that. =)
Monday, January 21, 2008
Elvis was in my front yard!
So...what did I do this weekend? I worked the Winter Jam tour at UCF. I'll try and summarize what happened each day this weekend:
Friday: thought I could wake up late, but didn't. I could have, but for some reason didn't. I completed a list of chores that my lovely mother left me, and packed up for the trip. We left around 4:30 or so (with Emily, Anna, Chelsyi, mom, dad, and me all in the van) and made our way up to UCF. Once we arrived we ate at Ruby Tuesday's with Alyssa. That was such a fun experience. Let's just say that flavored lemonade can make some people loopy. After that, we went back to Matt's aparment, where Alyssa and Erica came over to hang out (which basically means eat Maggie Moo's and sing Hairspray songs). It was a fun night, though I didn't get much sleep at all.
Saturday: I woke up to Anna playing on Emily's laptop at 7:30...in the morning! We were all exhausted, but couldn't go back to sleep, so we spent the morning making cinnamon rolls (out of the can), spying on tour buses (shh...), and gettign ready for the long day ahead. We saw Rich out the window (the other left) and went down to meet him and to check out how the set-up was going. We walked through and got Starbucks, ran another round for Starbucks, and then worked setting up. Chelsyi and I set-up the glowy table and stocked the boxes, while Emily and Anna had the awesome job of setting up chairs. Lucky, lucky girls. Barlow Girl arrived late (because of a delayed plane), and we helped unload their trailer. We saw the girls (and Lauren's large suitcase) for a little bit and then started to load up "the Beast". It took 5 of us to get it in the building and out to the front and it was still extremely difficult. Beka was right when she said that it has a mind of its own. After helping out with them for a bit, we went over to our table (MercyMe) and set-up. They opened the doors at 4:30 (30 mins early) and we were so not ready. We survived however, and were in for the craziest merch table we have ever worked. There were three times during the event where I couldn't even see the end of the line for the table. Between dealing with a crazy woman, people who wanted to take advantage of the $5 CD deal and sore legs, it was a night I won't soon forget. It was fun, though! We didn't get to see the girls' show, however we did have good timing and saw them after we packed up. We talked for a few minutes, gave hugs, and went off to Subway for dinner. I hope that the sandwich master is doing well now. Then we went up, watched Mad TV (uhhuhhuhh), and went to bed.
Sunday: We woke up at 6, drove home, went to church, and then I came home and slept for 3 and 1/2 hours. Youth group was next, and then more sleep!
It was a lot of fun, and hopefully I will get some videos posted soon. I'm going to get ready to go to school tomorrow! Woohoo.
Britt
Friday: thought I could wake up late, but didn't. I could have, but for some reason didn't. I completed a list of chores that my lovely mother left me, and packed up for the trip. We left around 4:30 or so (with Emily, Anna, Chelsyi, mom, dad, and me all in the van) and made our way up to UCF. Once we arrived we ate at Ruby Tuesday's with Alyssa. That was such a fun experience. Let's just say that flavored lemonade can make some people loopy. After that, we went back to Matt's aparment, where Alyssa and Erica came over to hang out (which basically means eat Maggie Moo's and sing Hairspray songs). It was a fun night, though I didn't get much sleep at all.
Saturday: I woke up to Anna playing on Emily's laptop at 7:30...in the morning! We were all exhausted, but couldn't go back to sleep, so we spent the morning making cinnamon rolls (out of the can), spying on tour buses (shh...), and gettign ready for the long day ahead. We saw Rich out the window (the other left) and went down to meet him and to check out how the set-up was going. We walked through and got Starbucks, ran another round for Starbucks, and then worked setting up. Chelsyi and I set-up the glowy table and stocked the boxes, while Emily and Anna had the awesome job of setting up chairs. Lucky, lucky girls. Barlow Girl arrived late (because of a delayed plane), and we helped unload their trailer. We saw the girls (and Lauren's large suitcase) for a little bit and then started to load up "the Beast". It took 5 of us to get it in the building and out to the front and it was still extremely difficult. Beka was right when she said that it has a mind of its own. After helping out with them for a bit, we went over to our table (MercyMe) and set-up. They opened the doors at 4:30 (30 mins early) and we were so not ready. We survived however, and were in for the craziest merch table we have ever worked. There were three times during the event where I couldn't even see the end of the line for the table. Between dealing with a crazy woman, people who wanted to take advantage of the $5 CD deal and sore legs, it was a night I won't soon forget. It was fun, though! We didn't get to see the girls' show, however we did have good timing and saw them after we packed up. We talked for a few minutes, gave hugs, and went off to Subway for dinner. I hope that the sandwich master is doing well now. Then we went up, watched Mad TV (uhhuhhuhh), and went to bed.
Sunday: We woke up at 6, drove home, went to church, and then I came home and slept for 3 and 1/2 hours. Youth group was next, and then more sleep!
It was a lot of fun, and hopefully I will get some videos posted soon. I'm going to get ready to go to school tomorrow! Woohoo.
Britt
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
So I'm talking to Anna...and this is confusing
So a lot has happened since I last wrote a blog.
Christmas happened, and we had a lovely holiday. Family came over and we had chilli after church and then they came over again on Christmas and we ate more. Let's just leave Christmas at the fact that I ate a whole lot more than my share of Mema's mac-'n-cheese. Yes.
Then came New Years. Anna, Chelsyi, and I went to youth group for a few hours and we ate food, played games, and drank nasty grape juice. =). After that, we went over to Emo's house to celebrate some more! We are such party animals. haha. We hung out, played with fireworks, wathced other dumb people set their's, counted down to 2008, drank grape juice (again, but it was better this time), watched "Music and Lyrics", talked some more, and went to bed. It was a fun night..and we made history being a part of Anna's 1st sleepover! Yay us. Anna and Chel left really early in the morning (odd people), and Emily and I slept in until about 12:15. I won't talk about what else happened that day.
I was looking forward to a much better January, and by the looks of things it was going to be better than last month. But talk about another heartbreaking month...jeez. Some friends of mine (twin sisters) were in a car accident and one of them passed away. It was and is tough, but God has been faithful as he always is. Emily was right on in mentioning the incredible peace that entered the room as we prayed the afternoon of the tragic accident. Wow. I don't know that I've ever felt such a presence before.
On to some good news...we are working Winter Jam this weekend with Barlow Girl, Skillet, Mercy Me, Mandisa, PureNRG (haha), and maybe some other band. It shall be fun, even though we have little idea of what our responsibilites are. THEN, we get to work the Casting Crowns/Leeland show. We are so blessed. I'm so looking forward to all the fun things to come!
Oh, my mom got a new 2008 Honda Accord. It's pretty and I got to drive it to Riverdale. It was amazing.
I may come back and post photos, but as for now I have to go to my neighbors house to watch Maddox which I do every week at this time. He's fun, and we walk together so I can get some exercise.
Adios for now!
Britt
Christmas happened, and we had a lovely holiday. Family came over and we had chilli after church and then they came over again on Christmas and we ate more. Let's just leave Christmas at the fact that I ate a whole lot more than my share of Mema's mac-'n-cheese. Yes.
Then came New Years. Anna, Chelsyi, and I went to youth group for a few hours and we ate food, played games, and drank nasty grape juice. =). After that, we went over to Emo's house to celebrate some more! We are such party animals. haha. We hung out, played with fireworks, wathced other dumb people set their's, counted down to 2008, drank grape juice (again, but it was better this time), watched "Music and Lyrics", talked some more, and went to bed. It was a fun night..and we made history being a part of Anna's 1st sleepover! Yay us. Anna and Chel left really early in the morning (odd people), and Emily and I slept in until about 12:15. I won't talk about what else happened that day.
I was looking forward to a much better January, and by the looks of things it was going to be better than last month. But talk about another heartbreaking month...jeez. Some friends of mine (twin sisters) were in a car accident and one of them passed away. It was and is tough, but God has been faithful as he always is. Emily was right on in mentioning the incredible peace that entered the room as we prayed the afternoon of the tragic accident. Wow. I don't know that I've ever felt such a presence before.
On to some good news...we are working Winter Jam this weekend with Barlow Girl, Skillet, Mercy Me, Mandisa, PureNRG (haha), and maybe some other band. It shall be fun, even though we have little idea of what our responsibilites are. THEN, we get to work the Casting Crowns/Leeland show. We are so blessed. I'm so looking forward to all the fun things to come!
Oh, my mom got a new 2008 Honda Accord. It's pretty and I got to drive it to Riverdale. It was amazing.
I may come back and post photos, but as for now I have to go to my neighbors house to watch Maddox which I do every week at this time. He's fun, and we walk together so I can get some exercise.
Adios for now!
Britt
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