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Cellular Mishap: may my phone(s) RIP…

Stuff Breaks. Didja know that? In all of my 16 years….. never have I understood that as much as I do right now. LOL

Aside from being insanely loaded with homework, I have been pretty busy. (thus my absence from the blog world… sry!)

Well, the main issue in my life at the moment is in the cell phone department. I know, I know, parents, back in your day…. Well here in my day I need my phone! (ok, so maybe it's not my food and water, but in a world where I am used to having my friends, calendar, alarm clock, and music at the push of a button, living without this luxury is hard!)

See that pic up there? Yeah, those really are all phones that I have gone through. From getting wet to…. No wait. That is how I have sent all of my phones to cell phone he….. *cough*

So phones can't swim. Didja know that too? And for those of you, who think that there is a solution to this particular problem, try me. I tried putting it in the oven. I dried it with a blow drier. I left it in a hot car. And see that bag of rice in the picture? There is a black Motorola Razor who lives in it because someone told me that if I left my wet phone in there for a while, it would work again… nope. Lie.

As I sit here and mix and match different parts and batteries to try and form a complete, functioning phone, I reflect: how is it that some punk teenager with no real problems in life can accomplish something of a collection of phones that don't work? My phones have seen more water than Michael Phelps.

Well the good news is: I now have a phone that works. I can appreciate that it works. And I am okay with it as long as IT WORKS. It's the one in the pic plugged in. The brick-sized one. That's right, baby! If you're asking "where have I seen that phone before?", I think that it can be seen in episode #31 of The Flinstones….

Hm… Well, this one is staying far far away from water…. Far away.

(By the way, the only reason that I even have a functioning phone at the moment is because of my aunt and uncle who are responsible and take really good care of their phones. So when they get a new one, their old ones are available to punk nieces. That's me! Thanks Uncle Geoff and Aunt Beth! Love Ya!)

God says: “That’s MY Generation…”

There's a worship song by Brooke Frasier called Hosanna. There is a stanza in one of the verses that says:

I see a generation

Rising up to take their place

With selfless faith

With selfless faith….

I really did see that tonight at Destiny Church. This was my church home's very first ever Wednesday night mid-week service. For various reasons, the biggest one being lack of proper facilities, we have always had the adult midweek service on Thursday nights and youth services on Wednesday nights… well, as my Destiny family knows, God has been up to something big, leavin' His fingerprints all over everything, and really showin' up and showin' off! We have now finished Phase 1 of our new building!!! There is now an awesome place for the teenagers of our church to worship while the adults are in the main auditorium… and let me tell you first hand: it is pretty flippin' sweet!

While next week is our first week in the new youth room, tonight the adults and youth worshipped together like never before. It was OFF THE HOOK! God's presence was so thick in that room tonight. I don't know… there's just something about a bunch of punk teens gathered together with those from the day of Flinstones and 8-tracks (grown-ups), shamelessly pouring their hearts out to God! It was amazing.

I am so excited to see where God is taking my youth group. I see us "rising up to take our place". Whether that be in our schools, on our sports teams, or with our friends…. We are ready.

The other part of that verse in Hosanna goes like this:

I see a near revival

Stirring as we pray and seek

We're on our knees

We're on our knees…

God has given America a revival. It's our job to take it and run with it. The Destiny Church Verge Youth have decide that we will take on that challenge. We will take our place and bring on a revival from God like the world's never seen!

We are… VERGE YOUTH!

(1 Timothy 4:12- We will not let anyone look down on us just because we are young…)

HAIRCUT!!!

OMGG (oh my goodness gracious)…… He just went there. My little bother…… I mean brother, just cut off those beautiful (in a manly way) golden locks of his….. Mikey and I go to a private school so there are certain… regulations about hair. Little Mikey's hair was too long, so off it went. Bye-bye, hair.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

(actually…. It looks kinda good short too. I think the thing that I don't like is how much taller he looks… what a little stud)

(watch me, tomorrow morning at church, I am going to make him blush hardcore when I walk up to him when he's with some of the girls from youth group and give my "wittle sharkie-warkie" a big ole hug!)

 

First day of school!

In my new school clothes, with pencils sharpened and sack lunch in hand, I left at exactly 8:05 this morning for my first day of my junior year. At exactly 8:07, I pulled into the parking lot of Grace Christian School Home of the Grace Eagles, where I have attended for the past thirteen years of my life. I was so excited to see my friends!

SO, I show up, go through the routine that will most likely be permanently embedded into my brain until at least my third year of college, and say "hi" to all of my friends. I have done what I have come to do. So… when's summer?!

High school is quite possibly the most defining part of anyone's life. I have to ask myself, "What am I gonna do with it?" I'll keep you posted on how it's going…

But, in the meantime, here are some pics of some of my friends on our first day of school:

Here are Megan and Mak,

Emily and Bailey,

And one very…. Excited(?) Megan.

Here's the number!

Hey everyone!!! Mandy sounded great! Here's the number for you to call! Even if it's just a few times. anything helps!!! Thank you so much!!! (if you don't know what this is for, you can read my last post)

 

918-877-0351

 

(if you don't know what this is for, you can read my last post)

Gimme the Mike!!!

Oh, wait… Give Mandy the mike!!!

Many of you know Travis and Mandy Hill. Well, Mandy has been part of a local competition called "Gimme the Mike!" It's a singing competition, and all of us Destiny folk know: the girl can sing! For those of you who don't know the Hill family, let me be the one to tell you: YOU'RE MISSIN' OUT!

When I first came over to Destiny Church, these two (at the time, engaged) were some of the first people that I met. Being youth leaders, they reached out to me and made me feel welcome. Not in the "Hi, it's nice to meet you- we're so glad you're here- I'm only doing this to be nice and it's my job to make sure you don't feel like the fat kid in kickball- I'm never actually going to talk to you again" sort of way, but in the way that I now have two life-long friends (I actually just got home from seeing a movie with Mandy and a few girls from the youth group!) and great examples on how to live a life for Christ.

So, needless to say, this couple means a lot to me. And if there was ever anything that I could do to help them, I would do it… Oh, wait! I can!

Last Monday, Mandy was in the semi-finals on TV for this little singing competition. And while she didn't win, she did get the wildcard spot. What's that? I'm so glad that you asked. She, along with four others, is going to compete for a spot to go to the finals and compete for the GRAND PRIZE! Why am I telling you this? Man, you're askin' some good questions! J

Monday, August 11 she is going to be competing against those other four wildcard contestants for that spot in the finals! It will be on Channel 6, at 7 o'clock pm. Here's the best part: WE CAN CHOOSE THE WINNER! After the show airs, the voting lines are going to open! All we have to do is call a phone number and it automatically casts a vote in Mandy's favor!!! So easy!!! And the line will be open until Thursday night!!! AND we can call as many times as we want!!!

That's how I can help. And you can help too! I do not have the number yet; they release it after Monday night's show. But when I do get it, you'd better believe I'm gonna be callin' it! And you can too! You might be at work and have a little down time, or maybe the kids are down for a nap, or maybe, teens, you have unlimited minutes and love usin' them just because you can…. If you got a few seconds call a few times!!! It would really help Mandy out and it would be really nice of you! J

I will post the number tomorrow night after I find out what it is! Thanks, everyone! Go Mandy!

What I’m Praying for Today:

Today was a fairly eventful day for me. I woke up and went school shopping. Then met some of the girls on my volleyball team for lunch. Then headed to practice. I just got home and decided to do a quick blog before headin' the Destiny Church softball games!!!

While my day was filled with a decent amount of various activities, and other than doing my best to be a living example, I don't feel like I really made a huge difference for the kingdom… But I prayed for someone who did!!!

Scott Mocha has been walking through an amazing journey for the past few months. Today he was given a unique opportunity, but I'll let you read about that on his blog. So, what I am praying for today, among other things, is the influence of the Mocha's journey. God is being given a great chance to show up and show off through my buddy, Scott! The steps that he's taken are very interesting and eye-opening. I encourage you to follow along on his blog.

*Mocha- My family and I prayed for you today, man! We are so proud of you! You are really following in the footsteps of Christ! He really means it when he says he has gone before us. Just keep stepping in the spots where you can see his footprint. Sometimes it seems like one heck of a leap, but with Him I know that you can do it! Love you, man!

The Monsters strike again…

(this picture was taken of my front doorstep on Sunday morning)

So every now and then, I will wake up and get around to leave the house for whatever reason.

And every now and then as I am opening my front door to make my exit, I hear some "clinks", "clanks", and "clonks"….

Why? Because lo and behold, a few anonymous friends of mine will stay up just a little too late, drink just a little too much Monster, and then leave me a gift -their trash!- on my doorstep.

Last time there were 8 cans, this time there were only four… good to see they're cuttin' back!

The monsters have stricken again!