guys...i forgot:
i talked to friends on 3 different continents today...
at one time.  it was wicked sweet:
Gerty, Marcos, and Tiago in Portugal
Priscilla in Brazil
AND Jen in Australia!!!

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5 days...

...till I leave home for the summer.  Crazy times, I know.  It's been
amazing finally getting to catch up with friends on all that has happened
in their lives this year.  It's a little frustrating to be leaving again once I
am just starting to feel I know how everyone is doing, but so goes life.
Despite these feelings, I'm jumping out of my skin in anticipation of my
summer at Lake Ann =)

I went to the White's Bible study tonite for the last time this summer.
We always watch American Idol after we're done...you know, read the
Bible, watch American Idol...it all goes together. I'm going to miss that
group. 

Tonite we went through 2 Kings 19--a story of Jerusalem's
deliverance from what seemed almost certain defeat by the Assyrians. 
They received threats and insults to their God--the LIVING God--and
were surrounded on all sides by the enemy...a pagan king and his army 
that had consistently detroyed nation after nation.  King Hezekiah tore his
clothes, put on sackcloth, and prayed for the deliverance of his people. 
The prophet Isaiah assured him that the Lord had heard the insults out of
the mouth of the Assyrian king and that he would be cut down.  The night
before the Assyrians were anticipated to enter the city and destroy God's
people, an angel of the Lord came over the enemy and killed 185,000
men.  Can you imagine that?! 

God delivers His people.  He hears their every cry and provides in unexpected
ways during unexpected times.  As I enter this summer I battle feelings of
inadequacy.  I know there will be times when I will cry out in need of
deliverance...that's okay.  In human terms I am inadequate, but as God's
child, the only times I need to fear inadequacy are the times I forget HE is
my adequacy.

Tomorrow:
haircut
book flight home for Jenelle and Blake's wedding
date with Jeannine @ Ginger's Asian Kitchen
Jenelle's house for wedding stuff!

p.s. Rambizzle--you made my night =)

Gone

My precious little girls are gone...how sad.

The Children of the World choir came to church on Sunday night.  Their
ministry is amazing--they take kids from all over the world and tour around
the US with each group for a year...sharing their big smiles, beautiful hearts, and the
ministry of World Help.  Today they had to say goodbye to 4 of their members,
from the Philippines, as they head back home early to start school.  The children
were heartbroken as they said goodbye to their friends and I was too...


Me, Lydia (from Uganda), Ting (from India), and my sister

Since I've been home (in no particular order):
Slept ALOT
Tues. night Bible Study at the White's
Helped my mom's third graders make strawberry jelly for Mother's Day gifts
Got some sun
Went to Walmart 3 times
Gabriel Bros. 2x
Helped sub a kindergarten class
Church
Went to Hagerstown to David's Bridal with some friends, did some wedding
    shopping for Jenelle
Cooked
Cleaned
Scapbooked
AND tonite: cookout at the White's!!!!!

In honor of my friend, Krisanna, living in Portugal right now and visiting
Sintra today, here's my tribute =)
 
National "palacio"
(not my pic, but I couldn't get a shot like this)

 



 
Moorish ruins...

And just for kicks...

Cabo da Roca: the western most point of Europe


Thanks, Gerty...now I miss it even more!!!!!!!!!!

i'm eating sugar-free, fat-free white chocolate flavored pudding and i like it. 
no, for real.

i'm sure you're dying to know what i've done since being home, huh???
well, you'll just have to wait cause my pudding is calling me...

My cousin got married yesterday...here are some snapshots.

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