Emily and I are back from South Africa, loving it more than ever. :) Emily's got all the pictures; I might have copies of them by the end of the month to share with you guys ( Read more... )

Six minutes...and I'll still be on the internet. Or, with better luck, I'll be reading Heart Talks on HolinesSix hours...and I'll be helping my mom put her closet organizer in ( Read more... )

Melanie tells me there's a show on the CW (Life is Wild) about an american girl named katie clarke that got moved to south africa. why the heck am I not the star of that show???? they should have hired ME to play that girl!! i mean, who are they kidding. I AM that girl. ha!

South Africa is definitely my second home. the people there really feel like family; they were so welcoming and loving. it taught me a lot about expressing God's love and relying on Him for support in doing His will. brilliant stuff.


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Today's the day I left home and traveled over two continents before I came back!


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Eight days until I leave home for the summer!

Another crazy week over, another crazy week started.  I had to be the bad guy this week when I did something I didn't want to do (but knew I had to do).  It was hard and people are giving me grief over it, but it was the right thing to do.  I just have to live through a bit of criticism from those I hurt ( Read more... )

Kim asked me to write something for our new church newsletter about the mission trip to South Africa. Here's what I came up with ( Read more... )

There just isn't much to say! I'm sure I talk enough about school stuff with the girls at school, so there's no need to go on about that here. It can't be anything anybody's interested in anyway. Basically it's a bunch of stuff that isn't hard to do, but it takes a lot of time to do it and a bit of skill to juggle it all. No drama. Sorry! ( Read more... )

Some good things ( Read more... )

I AM PART OF A MISSION TEAM TO SOUTH AFRICA ( Read more... )