short and quick updates!

• My little niece/nephew does not look like a sea creature anymore!!
• My uncle Terry called me last night and I had no idea who it was! He sounds like he feels better and he isnt sick anymore!!
• My mom and I started working in our flower bed. It looks so much better just with the little work we did!!
• I have some TAKS Blitz to go to tomorrow morning @ my school. It is fun but I was looking froward to sleeping in tomorrow...
• We have 9 mondays left of school. PRAISE GOD!!!
• I had a choice of what to do yesterday for yearbook since we do not have anything to DO for yearbook now and I chose to take photography classes!! I was the only one! The other people chose to go be a teachers aid......

That is all for now!

My legs are so sore this morning. I've been running after school and it feels great..besides the soreness! I think I shall take the day off today (mainly to finish my math homework thats due tomrrow)

I'm so excited!

Friday I am going to be giving a short sermon to the group of teens who comes to the prayer circle at lunch! there are like 15-20 teens who join us! I'm so excited!

Ministry

God is pulling me into ministry, and tonight I was watching something on Tv that made me realize what a horrible world we live in and the impact it has on us. So I set a goal for me and it is to minister to girls around me to make an impact on their lives.

I set this blog up just for that...

http://www.fightinganeverydaybattle.blogspot.com/

I look froward to see what God in store for this ministry and I can't wait to see it grow!

Ellie

Is it our Fault?

A Letter from God to Women
When I created the heavens and the earth,
I spoke them into being.
When I created man,
I formed him and breathed life into his nostrils.
But you, I fashioned after I breathed
the breath of life into man
because your nostrils are too delicate.
I allowed a deep sleep to come over him so
I could patiently and perfectly fashion you.
Man was put to sleep so that
he could not interfere with the creativity.
From one bone, I fashioned you.
I chose the bone that protects man's life.
I chose the rib,
which protects his heart and lungs and supports him,
As you are meant to do.
Around this one bone,
I shaped you ....... I molded you.
I created you perfectly and beautifully.
Your characteristics are as the rib,
strong, yet delicate and fragile.
You provide protection for the most delicate organ in man, his heart.
His heart is the center of his being;
his lungs hold the breath of life.
The rib cage will allow itself to be broken
before it will allow damage to the heart.
You are my perfect angel.... You are my beautiful little girl.
You have grown to be a splendid woman of excellence,
and my eyes fill when I see the virtues in your heart.
Your eyes...... don't change them.
Your lips -- how lovely when they part in prayer.
Your nose, so perfect in form.
Your hands so gentle to touch.
I've caressed your face in your deepest sleep.
I've held your heart close to mine.
Of all that lives and breathes, you are most like me.
Adam walked with me in the cool of the day,
yet he was lonely.
He could not see me or touch me. He could only feel me.
So everything I wanted Adam to share and experience with me,
I fashioned in you;
my holiness, my strength, my purity,
my love, my protection and support.
You are special because you are an extension of Me.
Man represents my image, woman my emotions.
Together, you represent the totality of God.
You are loved, respected and fragile.
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I was reading this off one of my friends blogs and it got me to thinking. Why does God give us this beauty if we are the cause of sin? It is our fault that we live in a fallen world. Eve ate the apple. Meaning girls are the reason for the bad things we do. Why does God go out of his way for us if we destroyed his plan for the world?

2 nails + 1 week = being saved

I just had my back driver side tire replaced because it had a screw in it, well today I put another screw in the passenger side back tire! Well God does things for a reason. We are getting quarter size hail right now so I think God put that screw there to protect my car from hail damage since we only have a 1 car garage and the endeavor lives in there. My car is at my daddies shop in the air to keep the pressure off the tire, so maybe we can save it and not have to purchase ANOTHER tire.
THANK YOU JESUS!

The Leaders of Tomorrow

Here is our good picture. The one we were "Serious" in

Ministry!!!

Ministry did not just stop when I came home from Plano. Nope it sure didn't, I took what I learned and applied it to my life today. I went to the dollar store to see if they had these egg things Pastor James was looking for, for the easter egg hunt Saturday and I saw some people w/ their kids and I told them what we were doing and all but one of them said they were going to come! Praise Jesus!!

Someone forgot the doors and the windows?

I'm comparing my anger with a bran new house. I ALMOST, finished the 1st and 2nd season of 7th heaven. But no I cant. I was all excited about entering this house when I find out it has no doors. I CANT SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOW! The last yes thats right the LAST DVD of 7th heaven is missing. I have watched a total of 11 cd's a total of 40 episodes of 7th heaven. But no I can not watch the LAST two of them because THERE IS NO DVD. There is a case but NO DVD. I called the owner of the dvd's (april) and there was NO ANSWER! So whoever built this BRAN new house forgot to put WINDOWS AND DOORS in it. My life is not complete without watching the LAST 2 EPISODES of this show. What is going to happen? Will Ruthy believe in God again? What about Happy? Will she make it on TV? AHHHHHHHH I can not stand this pressure.
Dear Jesus please let April know where this DVD is.

Please Pray

I just talked to my friend Katelyn and she told me that some of her friends who sings in the choir with her were in a really bad accident.
"ton​​igh​​t on the​​ir way​​ to chu​​rch​​, sev​​era​​l vic​​tor​​y stu​​den​​ts wer​​e in a car​​ acc​​ide​​nt.​​ I don​t kno​w all​ the​ det​ail​s, but​ I kno​w the​y are​ hos​pit​ali​zed​. Dal​ton​ has​ 6 bro​ken​ rib​s and​ 3 bro​ken​ ver​teb​rae​. The​ oth​er thr​ee don​t hav​e any​ bro​ken​ bon​es,​ but​ I ima​gin​e the​y'r​e ban​ged​ up pre​tty​ goo​d.the​ kid​s are​: Hal​ey Pec​k, Jp,​ Dal​ton​ Bre​ile​. and​ Jon​ath​an Bre​ile​. they need your prayers"

She just posted this on her myspace. I though she said her friend had a broken collier bone but I think I misheard her. Please if you don't mind keep them in your prayers.

She also told me that they are fixing to get more bad weather. They just recently had a tornado that wiped out 5 families houses in their church. and the insurance company does not want to help out that much now. They are paying people $250 to just go and put tarps over the roofs of the houses.

Drama

Tomorrow night we are doing a drama at youth! Be there if u can!!!!

Amazed

I have been home 2 nights and I'm completely unpacked. Laundry is washing. but the suit case and traveling bag still sits in my room. I'm becoming less lazy! I hate packing/unpacking...

oh dear Jesus

we are fixing to get a bunch more rain!
Praise Jesus!

Fear

I don't like the noise. I don't like the sounds. All I can think of is bad weather. drip drop click clack. These noises are produced by rain. Sometimes I think rain is a way of God saying Thank you. If you really think about it you will understand. God provides us with rain to give us water and food. Plants need water to grow and produce veggies, wheat, fruit or even materials needed to cook. He waters our animals and gives them baths, he even feeds them by watering their grass to make it green and pretty. only think I wonder is why does God produce bad weather? I just don't understand. Looking at the radar is kinda scary seeing the red coming towards us. It puts fear into my life but God did not give me a spirit of fear. He does things for a reason I suppose.

Pictures

I think she missed me


A lot!



This is kinda long but has fun pictures.

This is the short slide show!

LMC Campus Days '08

Can u say amazing?!? Before I start remember this. Sarah told me that this brings the you out of you and you come out of your comfort zone.

Friday:
Friday morning Sarah and Landon picked me up we drove to Plano. The drive seemed long, mostly because I was excited but also very nervous. Once we got to the church Sarah walked in with me and we went upstairs to the office. Well one of the masters commission guys Eric ( I think that is his name sorry I'm horrible with names) came up and carried my stuff down. Well Sarah was leaving and she told me to call her if I needed anything. I was thinking.."how about you just stay with me" Once she left Eric took me to the Shift room where I was introduced like this "HEY EVERYONE THIS IS MISSY" I was turned red immediately.. I met everyone and Amanda took me around to show me a few places to pass time. And Then we hung out some with everyone still waiting for people to arrive. Then we played a game where 2 campus days students went to each table and was asked question by one of the LMC students. It was fun! Then next we got to met Geni and Joni who worked with the children's church. Alicia was the lucky VIP person for that day and got to sit in the VIP box (Very Important Person) she was served gold fish chocolate chip cookies and water. We learned about what she does with the children and she gave us some stats. It is easier for a 0-10 year old to accept Jesus into their heart rather then a 10-older. The we went to the 5 flag room (the flags meant something can't remember. Any LMC student reading this do you mind telling me what they mean?) They had this AWESOME slide. OMG it was cool! You climbed up this rock wall and went down like this white board and it had black lights. It was cool! Then we played a game with these little calculator things that told us the stats. We had a question and then picked our answer. and then it showed us the % of people who chose that or wouldn't chose that. Then we played name that tune. I played it with a girl named Lyndsey. Our score was 1800 we came in about 4th place. Then after the children's church we had a tour of the church. It was HUGE! Goodness! Then we had the Church Vision then we ate dinner. We had the YUMMY hamburgers. They were juicy and soft. So good! Then we went into the youth room and we had service "Breaking the Mold" was the sermon. God spoke to me a lot. Jessi is the Director and he preached to us. Mainly about how you need to break down the walls of insecurity, worries, questions, and fears. I really like this sermon. Especially this..."When you want God as much as you want Air then you will experience God as I have never before" That was powerful! At the end of the sermon he asked us to break down our walls. and when we were ready to come to the front and say "God break down these walls" And then the LMC students put out these rock molds. After we said that Jessi said "Once you are ready to break the mold in your life I want you to come up here and find your heart. (Our heart was inside of the mold)" And Just like Jesus broke down the walls in our life we got to break the mold. My heart was clear! After Service we went to Jessi's house and had root beer or dr. pepper floats, cake, cookies, pretzels and a lot of sweet stuff. We hung out there for awhile. And about 11 we went to our home openers house. I stayed with Kayla and Lyndsey.

Saturday:
We had to be at the church at 8:30 and we prayed for 30 mins. That sounds like a long time but really I read some of my bible and prayed and it went by so fast! Then we had breakfast. This we went across the street to the main church and we learned about the bread ministry and we went to give bread to the new people in the Plano area. I went with Mandy and Alicia. We had so much fun! Kayla told Lyndsey and I about how there were 2 guys that went they were Mexican and people misjudged them and thought they wanted money but really they just wanted to invite them to church and give them some bread. Well come to the 7th house they knocked on the door and said "We don't want to wash your windows or mow your lawn we just want to give you some bread" It was meant to be funny and I laughed along with the other 2 girls. Mandy Alicia and I really did not have any luck with our list. We had 6 loafs of bread to give out and only gave out 3 of them :-( There were a lot of people not home. We had 2 people answer their doors. and one person was a neighbor that we witnessed to. It was really fun. I hope we can start something like this at our church. After the bread outreach we had lunch then we went to watch the LMC's presentation. It was really fun! They had given us little things that went with their presentation like an electrical out lite because we need to plug into God. and then a screw driver that was part of the "Tools" ministry where they learn how to do all their dramas and stuff. We also had to dance to this song called the wiggles. It was fun and embarrassing! We had a bathroom break and came back in there and they said so everyone has had their bathroom break and got water right? Once they said water. All the LMC students were running around screaming. It scared me so badly. I was sitting crossed legged and my feet immediately hit the floor when they did that! Then after that we had our small groups and made little bookmarks and we talked about our goals or plans in our life. It was really fun. after small groups we had a small break and had time to get ready for youth service. before we went to service we had another prayer. This time when they asked us who wanted to pray for what God was telling me that He wanted me to pray. I was arguing saying no and He said yes. and once they said who wants to pray for the services and sermons I raised my hand. I prayed in front of like 25 people and spoke louder then I usually do. It was really amazing because I was not nervous. Once we were praying everyone spoke out loud and stuff but not like overriding you but prayer is really powerful stuff! We went to met with Jessi for a short lesson about leadership. It was so cool! After that we went to youth. We all went up to the "Cool" part of the youth room. It is a balcony where only visitors can sit. We went up there so that everyone in this huge youth group can see who we are and stuff. Well on the way down I almost fell down the darn stairs. gosh that was embarrassing! We had a fun time in the youth service we learned about "Got problems? God has the answers" Dennis the youth pastor talked about like stress and things like that. I learned a lot out of that to. and he compared some of our problems to a pet rock. Some people want to give it up but they just let God hold on to it for a little bit then they want it back. After youth we went to Mr. Gatties! It was fun!! I hung out a lot with Helena and Alicia. Helena is a LMC student and Alicia is one of the campus days students like me. Helena and I played air hockey. I won by 1 point 7-6 was our score. We then went on this kiddie ride it was one of them swinging boats. We acted scared. Just to be stupid. and gosh our legs barley fit were we were sitting. Alicia caught up with us there. There were these kids that rode on it to that said something so sad. I wont repeat it on here because I just don't feel the need to but after the ride was over we went to walk around some and then we decided to go invite those kids and their family to church. We found them and the mother was so excited. They were going to be out of town but the kids were going to stay with their god parents and they said that they would be there! Witnessing was so fun! We then rode bumper cars. I almost lost my camera because I sat it down because I was getting something and it was lost for about 5-10 mins and we found it at this game area there were people playing the game and my camera was sitting right there not even touched! It was amazing! The bumper cars was fun. After that we went to get something to drink and we witnessed to some people and one guy said he was going to check the church out. It was so fun! As we were waiting for the shuttle Alicia, Helena and I played in this train. It was fun!! I felt like a kid again!! Then we went back to our home opener's house.

Sunday:
Sunday morning we met back at the church ate breakfast, had prayer. I was filled with the holy spirit and spoke in tongs for the first time. I was so shaky. It was so awesome though!! We worked with the children first service and had tons of fun. We had small groups with the children and I worked with the k-2nd graders. We learned about how Jesus died on the cross for us and how he forgives our sins. There was this little girl named Megan who was like my little buddy. another little girl asked if we were coming back to learn with them next week and when we said no she was so sad. I felt so bad!! We went to main service it was really awesome to! and after main service we went to eat lunch and hang out for the last little bit. We got a group picture and took some pictures individually with the LMC students. I was really sad when I left but I know now that this is what God wants me to do! I have had thoughts about whether or not to go to Plano or Temple but I really think I want to go to Plano. Once Sarah and Landon picked me up we went to her mothers house and Sarah her mom and I went to run some errands. Her mom is so funny! and when we got back we packed up and came home. I feel asleep the last part of the trip I was so tired. We would get up at 7:30 and didn't go to bed until around 12:30.

God spoke to me a lot on this trip. I told you to remember what Sarah said because God brought me out of my comfort zone and I have stayed out of it. I am not so nervous and stuff now. And I learned a lot. while I was at LMC. Throughout the weekend I heard this verse a lot. "For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind" 2 Timothy 1:7

I just want to say Sarah thank you so much for taking me to Plano this weekend. If it were not for you and Landon I would not have gotten to experience this amazing weekend!

I'm Home

I'm home. I'm glad but also sad! I miss LMC! You will get the full scoop of this weekend later on once I get rest!

Excitment

Tomorrow morning Sarah and Landon are taking me to Plano for the masters commission campus days! I will be gone until Sunday or Monday. One of the students called me today and she sounded really excited also to be apart of this. Thank you Sarah! This means a lot to me!!

To La:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Points.

• I've done 2 weeks worth of laundry! I now have more clean clothes to wear I was getting low!
• I have to start packing. I hate packing.
• I leave town Friday to go to Plano for Masters commission campus days. I am nervous.
• We are having benchmark testing for the next two days.
• I like the movie Transformers. We own the movie but I've never watched it until today in 5th period.
• my nose hurts from blowing it so much.
• I have to clean my room/the house by Thursday. Probably clean it all Thursday night.
  
• Praise God! Our yearbook is almost done! This week will end it!
  

School.

I am completely amazed! My missing assignments included. a make up open book test for Chemistry and a paper to translate in Spanish. That is it. This is how I thought my week was going to be...

Have tons of make up work for every class. Have a missing quiz that I would need to make up in Algebra 2, have my homework complete by Thursday, have a review to do, and have a test to take. But I was all wrong! I am amazed!

I feel so much better today!! 2nd day of my throat in no pain, Praise God! I still take cough syrup but my cough is getting better and my nose is less runny. I am so thankful that God has healed me in this short time. All though my appetite is still strange. I think I made my mom mad just now because I am not hungry to eat dinner. I do not seem to get hungry easily right now. But I think that is only because of how all that medicine has effected me.

is this fake?

I just recieved this in a email Im not sure if it is true or not. If you want me to foward the rest to you Ill do so...

Photo laureates™We are publishing you in our 2008 Photography Anthology


Dear Melissa,
On behalf of the editing team here at Photography Laureates, we would like to congratulate you for being selected for publication as part of our highly acclaimed photography anthology. As such, you are a finalist for the $6500 prize. As a laureate and talented photographer, you will have access to several networking opportunities aimed at exposing you to the photography community.
Your photograph was selected out of hundreds of competing entries and you will be published along with other talented photographers. Kyrta Reeve and John Warton, our 2 editors, have reviewed your photograph Forgotten Bridge and have selected it for its structure and composition:

2nd day of drugs and I can already feel a change! I still am not sleeping very good at night or during the day but I know by Tuesday Ill be almost back to normal. Today I actually woke up around 1:30 am and feel back to sleep around 3 got up at 7:40 am and stayed awake. I watched a movie called Dreamer and I have watched 16 episodes of Seventh Heaven (4 disks). My sister n law has the first and second season. and amazingly took a shower! That right there my friend was my the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow... I felt so good after it! Although I had gone 3 days without washing my hair....that was nasty! but I did take a bath yesterday just wasn't up to washing the hair... I will never go that long ever again, I felt so nasty!

As for the meds....omg 4real, I hate it...4-5 breathing treatments a day, 1 dose of Zithromax, cough syrup as needed, cough drops, throat spray, and last but not least Niquill. yuck!

That is a lot of medicine! But I do what the doctor tells me to...I will not not take it due to I have plans this weekend and I have been looking froward to this LMC campus day! So I will be all cleared up by them...

As of Final Exams, I'm pretty depressed I will have to take them...no exemptions for me this go around. No school on Thursday or Friday. Killed me. I had already missed half a day on the 26th of January. Not to mention I'm skipping school Friday. And not to mention Fine arts. That brings me to a grand total of 5 days! 2 days to many. I have to also make up a quiz from Friday in math, do my home work and turn it in by Thursday, do a review for our test Thursday, and not to mention all the other stuff I am going to have to make up...Tiz going to be a busy week my friends! If I show up @ church late Wednesday don't be surprised. I may have to skip drama practice.

tomorrow brings a new day...Mom, Dad, and I will not be attending church due to our sickness...Thats a bummer because I love going to Froward Motion Sunday nights. Oh well maybe I will be able to finish the first season and second season of 7th Heaven.

ugggg....

I hate being sick. Wednesday night my throat started hurting. I get up on Thursday and I feel completely horrible. I was coughing and could hardly breathe. So I stayed home from school and as the day went on I only got worse. It was very hard to walk, I had to pick my fork up with 2 hands because it was too heavy for one. I ate about 3 bites of chicken pot pie and was finished. I woke up every hour last night. It was horrible. I stayed home from school again today and my mom stayed home w/ me because she isn't feeling well either. My mom had a DR. apt about 10:45 this morning and she tried to get me into see a doctor but either they were booked or my doctor was out of town or you could wait 4-7 hours in a walk in clinic. My moms doctor told her to bring me in w/ her and he would see what was wrong with me. Well that went well come to find out my throat is red and irritated only because of sinus drainage. So he put me on this super strong medicine that I take for 5 days. and I should be back to myself by Tuesday! Not to mention my dad came home sick from work today to! So we are just all sharing this nasty crud around our house!

D-J

My precious nephew

Today is the last day I get to spend with my nephew before he leaves to go home in the morning. The last time I will see him before he turns 2.
I took him to the park by the church tonight and he had so much fun. Although he fell and busted his lip, he looked at me with blood running down his mouth and said "ow" and then the tears came. I was so scared it was more then just a busted lip because of all the blood running down his chin. but thankfully it was not serious, a small red dot is all that is remaining. I took him to get an ice cream to make it feel better. He is allergic to milk but can have just a little bit of ice cream April said it was okay. Well we come home eat our ice cream and I give him a bubble bath, he screamed through the entire thing saying misssss yyy till i picked him back up and he gave me a hug and kiss and said thank you... He is so precious. then now we are just hanging out together while Ricky and April are out on a date!

New Words

I taught my nephew how to say these words today! well he repeated after me...I feel loved from the first one...
Missy - he says Misss y and now he goes around saying Misss y and points at me.
and Yo momma! and I got him to say it to his momma! My brother threw a tennis ball at me! But hey thats what I get for teaching a 22 month old to say yo momma
I am a very proud auntie!

BIG news!!!

I'm gonna be a new AUNTIE! Pray for a girl!!!! October is the due date!!!! EEEE!!! I'm excited!!!

Change of plans

D-J and my bubba are commen on Monday! Too bad they will only be here till Tuesday =( Maybe D-J can spend Spring break with me!