This post if for Lanelle!


1. FIRST NAME? Carina
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No...
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? last night for very pathetic reasons.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yah
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? all lunch meat sits well with me...except the kind that has those black peppers.
6. KIDS? none
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOURSELF? Hm? probably not, i always find myself annoying.
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Yes – a blog online and a couple on paper.
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? sadly yes.
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? no
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? YESS!!!
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Oatmeal smothered in brown sugar and butter with really buttery toaste on the side and a cold glass of milk! (go for it steff!)
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? yah...sometimes.
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? physically...no...emotionally...most of the time...
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Love Potion #32
16. SHOE SIZE? 8 or 8 1/2?
17. RED OR PINK? Red
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? i'm stupidly shy and i have a really hard time building relationships.
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My brother
20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? sure
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES YOU ARE WEARING? my feet are naked and i'm wearing dark blue shorts.
22. WHAT DID YOU EAT LAST? a bowl of chips
23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? the vacuum and my dog barking at it.
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? asparagus green!
25. FAVORITE SMELL? driving through a forst with the windows down...and incense.
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? probably Thomas Butler
27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? i refuse to answer that.
28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes
29. FAVORITE DRINK? Grapefruit juice
30. FAVORITE SPORT? Hiking and fishing.
31. HAIR COLOR? red
32. EYE COLOR? Brown
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? no!
34. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Avacado's with chips!
35. SCARY MOVIE OR HAPPY ENDING? scary movie...
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? i don't remember...oh wait! Beethoven
37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? brightish/darkish blue.
38. SUMMER OR WINTER? can i say spring? no...summer/winter...in between.
39. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? ice cream
41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? i don't know
42. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? my mind is blank...
43. What book are you reading now? the Bible
44. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? i don't have one...but if i had...i would probably have a cat.
45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? i didn't watch t.v.
46. What are your favorite SOUNDS? a river on a cool evening...and people having fun.
47. ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES? neither
48. THE FURTHEST YOU BEEN FROM HOME? India
49. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? art?
50. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Palm Springs, California

i found this later..you have to read this womans blog! this is insane!!!

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-cKyZtZYzfqUEQ9FtuDYRqaA9lCVdUqZnjaV6CNd5lw--?cq=1&p=210


Fear of flying... :)

There was a religious woman who had to do a lot of traveling for her business. Flying made her very nervous, so she always took her Bible along with her.One time, she was sitting next to a man. When he saw her pull out her Bible, he gave a little chuckle and smirk and went back to what he was doing.After awhile, he turned to her and asked, "You don't really believe all that stuff in there do you?"The woman replied, "Of course I do. It is the Bible."He said, "Well, what about that guy that was swallowed by that whale?"She replied, "Oh, Jonah. Yes, I believe that, it is in the Bible."He asked, "Well, how do you suppose he survived all that time inside the whale?"The woman said, "Well, I don't really know. I guess when I get to heaven, I will ask him.""What if he isn't in heaven?" the man asked sarcastically."Then you can ask him," replied the woman.

I feel like a Whirl-wind just swept through my body, and stole my breath...which has now returned after the end of VBS. i will say...Crafts...needs more than one person. one person can barely hold it up alone. it's like suicide. especially when they've never done it before. i suppose it was by the grace of God that i didn't collapse and die right there in front of the kids. :) (slight exageration) and i also want to say i'm very proud of all the leaders. Kim Elaine My Mom Dawn (that one couple..) and anyone else i completely forgot (sorry) Thomas Justin Mozelle yah...thanks. you guys were awesome. Vyna and Barb did some really good snacks. and the Puppeteers were awesome to! ok. i'm burying the memory of exaustiveness..and remebering how many kids were subject to hearing God's word. Thanks God. and can i also say...Thanks God for making the week fly by? it felt like a day went by, by the time the week was over.

now...i have a week of slight recooperation...and i'm off to deal with some jr.highers. Shelby and kayla have been Bugging me. they keep telling me i need a camp name. now what should be my camp name?

here's a list and you guys tell me which one you like best!


1)Killer
2)RedhEad
3)Fish 'ina Bottle
4)AroraBor E Alice
5)Captain
6)Cooper
7)Blackheart the Pirate
8)Bloodvein the Assasin
9)Crasher
10)Hot Chickadee
11)blue sparroe
12)RedChief
13)Captain Barkley

...

any other suggestions,

???

thanks if you have one. if you don't you can just forget about ever coming on my blog again.

just kidding. :)

This last day of VBS went off with fire crackers...at leaste in my mind. When the Puppet-people gave the kids an opertunity tp make a descision to follow Christ...several of the older kids raised there hands and followed me and vyna and thomas upstairs. so i took 3 girls. and they totally understood why they were there. i asked them if they understood that they sinned and because of that they would go to Hell, unless they beleived in Jesus. and they did! (i asked that in a different way...) and so i prayed for them, and while i was praying i gave them the opportunity to pray and asked the Lords forgiveness and to beleive in Him. i did hear one girl whispering a prayer, and the other two were silent. but i was still so excited. they were really sweet girls. two of them went to church regularly, the other girl said her dad was lazy sometimes and wouldn't go. but i encouraged them...and reminded them that there friends who don't know Christ are also going to Hell, and they need to tell them about Jesus! it was all-around a really awesome, God-led conversation. the girls were really open! it was amazing.

i want to ask you guys to continue to pray for these three girls. i hope they grow stronger in the Lord. i'm so glad i was blessed in talking with them.

God arms me with strength; He has made my way safe.
Psalm 18:32 NLT

well, the heats been pretty nice. i was just thinking that we only have a few more months of this weather and then were back to rain.
i was just watching my Guinea Pig (from New Guinea) get a drink of water. Her name is rockstar! :)

i was also thinking about my friend Leah..she is a few months older than me and is getting married. she asked me to be a bridesmaid...!(ack!...???) she lives in Idaho so i'd have to drive down there for the wedding....anyone want to drive me. since i'm almost twenty and i've Never had my License! (joy..."wink...wink")

hahaha! anyways. see a couple of my friends getting married or thinking about marriage or Wanting marriage, has gotten me thinking about...uuum...marriage.

but there's not much for me to think about. a guy and a GIRL! joined together in holy matrimony. and i think holy is the key word. like "Christ-like Holy". like the kind of Holy that makes you look good. (? get it ?)

well...

people...like 20 people...have asked me if i wanted to get married anytime soon. and to tell you the pure and "Holy" truth. i've never thought about it. Elaine actually freaked me out one day. about the time that i was emotionally preparing myself for living in india for two months, she asked me if i would get married to a christian indian....(something on those lines...). to tell you the truth, that question really bothered me. no...it Scared me! well...who knows. that question brought up a lot of thoughts. it was like..."jr.high" training or something like that. i've never been a normal jr.higher. thinking about guy's every other second. the other second, not thinking about guy's, would be thinking about the looks, and i never did that either. so..maybe the Lords have some early preperation. i have no idea. and i can't even remeber what my thoughts were after she asked me...so it seems almost pointless...unless the Lord decides to bring it up in a lter event of some sort.

all in all...for those of you who are curious...i still don't know if i'll ever get married...or even become close.

ahhh...(that was a sigh.)

weird and wholesome thoughts.

anyways. joy...if you want to drive me over to idaho, make arrangements. my fiance want to take me instead!!! HAHAHA!!! Just Kidding.

Today...VBS...was...exauhsting. and i have 4 more days to go.

i did, although have some deep moments with God, who encouraged me, and gave me a deeper sense of excitment. and as for my thoughts on how the day went. thank you lanelle and elaine for helping with the crafts. your guy's insights were very helpful. i was really hoping to get some deep spiritual messages passed onto these little kids...but i forgot some very important things...and i was also running out of time...darn those schedules and memory loss! but all in all, i think it went ok. I just hope the Lord can use us all in amazing ways, to reach out to these little kids. and i'm pretty sure most of the preschoolers...especially at the beginning of the week...aren't prepared to make a descision to follow Christ. the two preschoolers that i had brought up to the fellowship hall, after they raised there hands, didn't even know why they were there.

but i was glad for the practise at leaste.

anyways.

tomorrow, is going to be great. God will surely be present for my craft! (the wordless bracelette!)

yay!

i should go practise what to say. hey...i'll practise online.

so...find something that is yellow...like a yellow ball or a yellow pen. what does yellow remind you of? (gold...?) in heaven there will be a street of gold! how exciting is that! but even better! God will be in heavan. and God loves you all so much. and someday, He want's you to be in heavan with Him. but...there's one thing that can't be in heavan...(now find something Black.) and that is sin. God is perfect and sin is everything that you say or do or think that hurts God. like hitting your brother or sister, or thinking mean thoughts, or disobeying your parents. and the Bible says that we all have sinned...(Romans 3:23) and...??? another verse that i don't know.
so the Bible is saying that we all sin. you sin, I sin, your leaders sin, your parents sin...we ALL sin. and because of sin we can't go to heavan to be with God. God also says, "For the wages of sin, is death..." (what's the reference????) God has made a place of punishment, for those who have sinned. and that place is Hell. Hell is complete separation from God. a very sad and scary place. So, because we all have sinned, that means we all are going to Hell! this story is getting very hopeless...

i'm going to hell because of my sins. i will never be able to be with God!

But God made a way for us to be with Him...(find something red) and that way, is Jesus. God loved us so much, He sent His son to earth to die on the cross for our sins...(john 3:16 and hebrews 9:22b.) Christ toom the punishment for our sins, by dieing on the cross. but did Jesus stay dead? NO! 3 days later He rose again and now He's in heavan waiting for us.
(i always forget that part!)
So. even though Jesus died for our sins...it's still up to us, to realize that we've sinned and that we need Jesus to forgive us of our sins. if we beleive that Jesus will forgive our sins...then He will forgive our sins. remember how sin was black? that's how we are. were Black! dark and blinded by sin. but Jesus can cleans us and make us as White as Snow! but that descision is still up to you. your parents can't make that descision for you. your friends can't make that descision for you. YOU have to make that descision.

so...if anyone wants to make that descision...i'll give you the chance in just a minute . but first i would like to pray with you guys, and while i'm praying, you can go ahead and raise your hand, and a leader will come over and take you somewhere..(???) and pray with you. (maybe i'll just tell them to do it by themselves...?)

(so i'll pray..Blah Blah Blah!)

ok....

so if any of you have prayed to JEsus and asked Him to forgive your sins...and that you beleive that He can do that...then your story has just begun. now we'll go to the color green!

this, i think is the most amazing color. what does green remind you of? (growth?)

green things grow. and just like green things grow, you can now grow deeper in your relation ship with Christ.

G-go to church
R-read your Bible
O-Obey Gods word?
W-Witness to others?

(the last two are always really sketchy with me. i probably accidentally make stuff up.)

anyways. that's how i'll try to do it. probably not word for word. but If God will it, i'll do an amazing job. :)

well. it's burning up in here. by.

so,