Tuesday, February 17, 2009

My Amazing Weekend...

So, this weekend was absolutely wonderful!!!
I had the opportunity to work a Chrysalis Flight girl's retreat, which is a place where you go just to learn more about God and grow in your walk with Him. I went on my Flight last year, and it was amazing! So after I was done I applied to work one whenever they needed me.
Back in December, I was called by Becky, the lady in charge, and asked to work this Chrysalis. I got to be an assistant table leader, so I got to spend a lot of time with the girls.
So Friday, right after school, I got all packed up, went to pick up Aubrey who was also working it, and we headed to Camp Illiana in Washington. We just spent the night preparing for the girls to get there Saturday.
It lasted Saturday through last night, and I just can tell how wonderful it was. There were a total of 42 girls that went, and there were 48 of us working. So it was a pretty full weekend.
The girls had an amazing time, and it was great to be able to be there for them. We even had one girl who wasn't a Christian yet and she got saved. God just did so much to help and heal those girls, and it was awesome! Every single person there was amazing, and I miss it so much already.
We would have loved to just stay there forever with all our amazing friends, but it's time to get out and "Let Our Lives Speak!"
Hope everyone else had an amazing weekend, good luck to everyone that did the Lilly interviews! God bless :)

Friday, February 6, 2009

First Full Day Back.....oh joy

Today is our first full day of school in almost two weeks.
I think I would prefer just to have delays every day for the rest of the year, I am over getting up this early in the morning, lol.
The week off of school was definitely nice. I stayed at home for the most part. I finally got out last Thursday to work. First I had to shovel all the snow out of our driveway though. The snowplow was nice enough to come through and clear our street. In doing so, however, he blocked all our driveways so we couldn't get out to use the nicely plowed streets.
My first day out of the house I had to go to work. It was pretty quiet, and went by very slowly.
I enjoyed my time at home though. My mom and I watched Gilmore Girls, Pride and Prejudice, and 27 Dressed over the course of several days. Of course I also had to work on scholarship applications, they just never end. Friday, though, I got to go sledding, which was great!
Anyways, this weekend is pretty busy. I am leaving right after school to go to Illinois, which means that sadly I can't go to Homecoming tonight :(
I have to go to Millikin University for their Scholarship Competition and an Honors Program interview. I'm a bit nervous, but not too bad.
We are coming home Saturday night, and then Sunday for the second week in a row I am playing piano during church service. I was extremely nervous last week, but this week not so bad. I get to pick the songs out, which is actually pretty fun.
Well, class is about over so I'm gonna go ahead and end this. Hope everyone has a great weekend, God bless!
:)