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.

Ezekiel is a really awesome prophet. the things God made him do were insane. he had him erect a model of isreal, and make a siege against it, then he had to lie on his side for 390 days for isreal then he had to turn on his other side fir 40 days for judah, eating nothing but wheat and barley, beans and lentils, and milet and spelt and water. and he could only eat about 8 oz.'s a day and he had to eat it at set times. then he had to shave his head and beard and he had to burn a third of his hair, he had to strike a third of his hair with a sword (how do you do that?!) and he had to scatter a third of his hair to the wind, but he had to take a few strands and tuck them away in his garments. all that represented what God would do to them.

then God had him symbolize "exile"...man. you just need to read it all. it's crazy. how can someone have the perseverance to obey God to that extreme? 390 days, laying on your side, and you can't sit up to eat, you have to do it all laying down...

anyways. he's a pretty awesome prophet. read ezekial 1-5. it's great.

ACTS.

Awe.

I'm so in awe of God. He is my Creator. My Father. My judge. You know what I just noticed? All three of those are similar. They connect. My real father created me, and he is also my judge. He punishes me when i do wrong...but the Kind of loving punishment that makes me understand my wrong. Same for God, but in a much broader Bigger beautiful way. I'm in awe of God, for His creation. it never ceases to amaze me. the change in weather is awe-inspiring. the rain is refreshing and cool. the rainy season has always been my most favorite time of year. i use to love and look at the colorful reflections on the windshield of a car. the different kinds of drops and the reflection of city lights on the roads and puddles. call me a freak, but I thank God for those little pleasures.

i forgot what c was....maybe it'll come to me soon. OH yah! Confess.

well...last saturday Masami was asking everyone questions. and he said "have you ever lusted...?" and i never raised my hand, not because i was in denial. i actually didn't really fully understand what Lusting meant and i wasn't about to admit to something i knew nothing about. but now i know, and sadly i can say that i have. but everytime i think about it, it gives me more cause to praise God in showing me my sin and givng me the courage to ask for forgiveness. it's like being a little kid and going in for your punishment. it's the scariest thing ever. you know there will be Physical and Emotional pain, but once it's through you feel refreshed and ready to move on.

Thanks.

I really want to Thank God for the Job He's given me and the friends i have. Joy and Jason and David and Jon and all those other kids who enjoy my company. Thanks for giving me breath, and a really awesome family. for my personality and my femenine beauty. oh and my ten year Visa to India. that's pretty awesome.

Supplication.

I guess i'm quite content with everything right now. the greatest thing i could ask of God is to allow me to go to India again. and that my co-workers could find Christ. whether through me or someone else.

anyways. that's how you pray. by Masami's point of view. Like i said before Christ is really awesome. He's pure and Holy, something i'll never match up to until Heavan. I can't wait.