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| aw sad. this is my last xanga post ever. :( BUT...never fear...
http://kdunnevant.blogspot.com
go there. :)
i decided to switch because ... for one, non-xanga members can't post on my xanga site, and two, i have never been able to figure out how to upload pictures on this thing. but both of these problems have been remedied on my NEW and IMPROVED site. so you best visit it, and comment. :) don't forget about me, xanga people!!!! | | |
| Be excited. this is definitely my second update in a week. (insert applause here). just wanted to savor summer for a little bit in writing - otherwise suddenly the leaves are falling and you ask yourself, "what happened?? did i miss out on something?"
familiarity is so refreshing. and summer air. i love it. i spend every day going out with friends, to panera or taco bell or bertucci's (after first burning off all the skin on my thighs with my car's hot leather seats)...sometimes there's a late afternoon starbuck's run...if i feel like going to the pool, i do. or i'll call up someone and we'll get ice cream. or even just lie around on my bed and look at old pictures. one morning i babysit and chase some 5 year old kid around his yard with a light-saber for 2 hours. then i decide to head to church and help out wherever i can in vbs - i get to see all the familiar faces and hug everybody again in our red-carpeted foyer. in the evenings the sun goes down slowly, and dad decides to order a pizza and have a "24" marathon as a family. then my cell phone rings and so-and-so is having people over to watch a movie, so i should come along. i get in my car and roll down the sunroof and drive along all the familiar roads...the sun's down and yet it's still barely light - i dangle my hand out the side window, and the air is warm on my fingers. chances are, someone will end up at my house to sleep over, and we'll stay up forever talking. either that, or i'll have a date with my guitar and then fall asleep slowly.
i don't know what you're thinking. perhaps, "she needs to get a job." ha - well i'm working on that one, don't worry. :) or perhaps - "i could've written description better than that at age 12." yes, well, picture-perfect imagery wasn't my purpose. it was trying to record the general feeling of my life right now, to lassoe it and put it down on paper. i'm kinda weird like that. :) | | |
| hey lovelies! so i'm trying to be all summery and use yellow writing (get it? kinda like the sun?) i'm so clever, i think. :)
i'm back from australia. i do believe it was the best experience i've ever had, even greater than going off to college. i grew so much in my faith. there were times that i almost felt my soul could explode, during the worship time - i was that joyful at what the lord has done for me. we can all possess that joy. have you really marvelled at the miracle of grace lately? i challenge you to do it. how great is our God? and how should that affect the way you live your life?
it really is impossible to explain why australia was so wonderful. it was just such an incredible opportunity to serve 24/7, and maybe i loved it so much because that's when a christian should feel most fulfilled - when we are constantly doing God's work. i got to sing everyday, which made me very happy, and i just was able to encourage all day long. and then of course it didn't hurt that i was in gorgeous australia of all places with the best team i could have ever imagined. i love each of them very much, and this summer will be hard without them. ask me if you want more details about the trip.
this week has been nuts. a very fun kind of nuts. lots of visiting with friends, lots of hanging out with family, lots of tim tams (fat kaitlin!), and not a lot of sleep. mr. jet-lag still refuses to allow me to sleep through the night. mean kid, this jet-lag. i applied today to bath and body works, and i have an interview tomorrow. i really need money, so pray this works out! and just pray for me in general, that i would seek the lord with all my heart, have wisdom in relationships, and realize the miracle of grace constantly.
love ya'll! leave one...your comments make me SMILE!! (p.s. i may get a blog soon so more of you can write to me ;)
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| ok so i'm pretty much an update failure. self-proclaimed. hopefully you guys can forgive me in a few years. just wanted to write really quick to say australia has been amazing. i am SO lucky to have been able to serve the Lord nonstop for 5 weeks by doing the things i LOVE - singing and encouraging people. i have been stretched, i have grown spiritually, i have been used for God's glory, and i have formed awesome new relationships. this team is pretty much perfect. i'm going to miss them so much when i go home!!!
some highlights so far...
*the great ocean road - the most beautiful place i have ever seen
*making jewelry with my second host family
*watching lisa and kat be "chuck and weezer" in the australian bush
*my first host family straightening my hair
*talking with an african boy at the australian immigrant detention center, and getting him a Bible
*gloria jean's "arnott's tim tam iced chocolate drink"
*sharing my testimony
*all the cool people i've met - david, shannyn, fergus, gary, nathan, the sudanese girls, josie, rachael, melissa, and the list goes on
*singing, and singing, and singing about the Lord
there is just too much basically. i'll have to update in more detail when i get home. please PRAY!!! 2 more weeks to go, and next week is camp!! wooo hoo! | | |
| Hey everyone! Sorry for the LONG delay between entries. I've been a busy girl. So...I finished my freshman year of college. How insane is that? God has been so faithful and has brought me through so much - and it's so true - you never grow as deeply as when God is stretching you. I've learned so much this year, and I'm very grateful for Cedarville and the friends I've made.
I had an excellent 10 days at home. :) I'm 19 now. Yay!! My family went out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, and then all my extended family came over for desserts. Arika, Adam, Meghan, Meredith, and Jessica took me out to a movie on the night of my birthday, and then Arika gave me the best present EVER the next day!! She made a "Friday Funday Remix" - we went to all the places we used to go for Friday Fundays senio year, and she had written a poem about each place. She would read me the poem, take our picture, and then hang out w/ me there for awhile, and so now I have a notebook full of funny poems and great pictures. The last stop was Chick-Fil-A, where a bunch of people were waiting to surprise me :) What a great memory. And what thoughtful, considerate, and amazing friends I have been blessed with. Wow.
So...the main reason for this update. I am currently at Cedarville - it's 12:40 in the morning of my last day in the United States. :) I've spent this whole week training hardcore for Australia. It has been a very rewarding week - we have bonded a lot as a team, and our music has become very polished. At first I was kind of down/homesick/overwhelmed, but God has given me a lot of strength and peace about this trip. I know I am called to it, and I am very committed and excited to live this entire 5 weeks as a servant for Christ. It's not about me and my feelings. This is about loving my Australian brothers and sisters in Lord genuinely and encouraging them. I want to be sold out and just serve my Lord - He is completely worthy of the 5 weeks I am giving up of my summer. In fact, He is worthy of SO much more. I'm excited for the chance to get away from my routines and my comfort zones and be stretched.
Please pray. Please. :) Pray for my energy and my spirits. Pray for the Australians - the congregations we meet and the host homes we stay with. Pray for our safety. Pray for our team unity. Pray for our voices and our health. Pray that I will stay firm in my committment to the Lord and my spiritual purpose in Australia.
I will miss you all. :) A lot. Talk to you soon.
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