"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3:18

can i have some serious feedback on this verse. i hear it all the time but i can never understand it...

my car stinks man!
in order for me to pay for gas at the gas staion i have to hop along the seat until i get to the passengers side, get out the passengers side and walk all the way around the car to pay the man. then i can open my drivers side door and proceed to get back into the car. the window doesn't roll down and the door doesn't open from the inside. alas...the curse is upon me. i always said i loved cars with character. this is a little to much character.

work is great. just in case your wondering. it has it's ups and downs but i enjoy working with the people (some...) and i like my coworkers. the job itself sometimes gets a little repetative. "hi, how are ya today?" *scan...scan...scan...* "have a good day!"...(next customer...same as what i just said...) but then there are the times when it gets exciting. an old woman came in the other day and she had like 60 lottery tickettes. 60!!! it took me like maybe 20 minutes to scan them all. the lady got about 144 dollars. (insane!) then there are the WIC people who save up ALL there WIC checks for the very last day!!! GRRR!!!! ahahahahaha!!!!! it makes me cringe just thinking about it! they bring in like 10 checks and just one check normally takes about 3 minutes. you can imagine the line that builds up behind you! joy...jason...one of those people were in front of you this saturday when you came through my line. how does that make you feel? then there are the sweet old men and women who come through, and you always know they need help out to there car so you call up courtesy, even if it's just a couple bags. and they're always positive and happy. this old guy came in, he was about 80 maybe. and he had this little blue teddy bear. he told me and Jessica a story about when he was younger he always wanted a blue teddy bear. once, when he went to visit his cousin (in a buggy, cause that's all they had back then :) he saw his little cousin had a little blue teddy bear. and he had a brown teddy bear so they decided to trade there teddy bears. but when he went to leave his cousin started to cry so his mom made him give back the blue teddy bear. he only had it for a few days. and so he said how for so many years he was looking for a blue teddy bear and he finally found one the very night over in the post office for 10 dollars. he was such a sweet guy. and he always buys two Huge bags of bird seed and wine and cat food. such a nice guy.

anyways. enough of my ranting...or more like ... ack! i don't know. my talking. have a good day.

DRATS! i work at 2 p.m. today and i slept in till 11:52! that gives me like only an hour to sprawl out and relax at home. i know! i'll go over to joys! see ya!

LALALA! i'm trying to hear above my dogs bark. she gets so protective of Crystal. even when my mom just brushes her hair Mocha goes crazy.

alright.
i've been considering college. but before i make a move i need to discuss it with my boss. if i were to go i'd take a buckload of art classes and a basketteball class. so yah. i hope i can at leaste take one class or two art classes. especially the WELDING class!!!! that was so awesome and exciting!

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i just got back from church this morning and i got to see the Longs and there pictures and everything they've done and will continue to do. it was really exciting! i enjoyed it.
keep praying for them. for me, they were just people our church supportes. but now that i've actually seen them and heard them and have been able to see what they're accomplishing, i feel like i can actually pray for them. anyways. i'm off to get a bigger cage for my guinea pig. ttyl.

I'm always amazed at how many opportunities God gives me to be a witness to people. not the kind of witnessing, like running up to people and physically talking to them about Christ, but the small subtle ways, just them seeing Christ through me. and i would be completely self-conceited to give myself the glory. God is awesome. i just want to thank Him for this crazy gift He's given me. most recently, i got my second paycheck from work...it was about 640$'s.iwas excited, and i thought the bank was closed by the time i got off work so i went through Eddies line and he cashed it for me. now, something in the system makes it impossible to cash a check over 500 dollars, so he had to split my check in half...it was all really confusing. so, it took quite a while for him, and the other head person,to figure out how to do it and we were all just going crazy by the end of it. (sorry if your confused. it's confusing to me...) so, i get my money and leave. when i got to the car my mom told me that the bank was really open! so i decided to cash my money, cause i didn't want to spend it. so we go to the bank and i cash 600$'s and i ended up having like 140$'s left over. which meant Eddy had given me an extra 100 dollars on accident. so i run over there again! and i had to call eddy back up to the front and Jenny who had helped him cash my check earlier. and we got it all figured out. strange as it is, the news of "what i did" spread throughout all the employees. even my boss. and i had a couple of people come up to me and ask me why i did it. why was i so honest. it was a whole hundred dollars. Bill, a courtesy guy, was saying how he probably wouldn't have done that, and how he was amazed that i did. he said it was good. isn't that amazing. God really turned that whole situation to His glory, no matter how subtle it may have been. these people seem to have a different outlook on me. Christ is shining through me. and it feels good. He's been giving me alot of opportunities to pray for my coworkers and have some talks with them. not deep spiritual stuff. just "so...you go to school?" small talk. things to help me get comfortable around them. i keep praying for them. i keep reading my Bible on my breaks. it's exciting!
i'm excited to see what God might do!
maybe you could pray for me and my time there. i'd really appreciate it!

oh! AND! i go in Thursday for my Lisence! i'm really scared and nearvous.