This week we have to do a paper on an unreached people.  Check out this site:

http://www.joshuaproject.net

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Today I walked to class in the snow, with a red umbrella {kicking a soccer ball}.  (o:  Life is funny.  Write more about it later….

ria♥

a late night note(o:

okay, so i have a really bad connection right now, but i just had a hankering to write something…

t.j. and sammy went to the store to buy me jelly beans.

i miss kaylene(o:  *marshmallows are your thing darling*

i want my sisters to call me.

sore throats are the worst ever…honey.

green tea will always be the best(flavored peppermint).

don’t you just LOVE the word pepper…pepper..pepper..it’s just fun to spell.

i want to play soccer quite badly.

i finish the old testament tomorrow…

i miss hannah, and kirsten, and larissa, and prentice, and soryn, and everyone else(o;

i still LOVE my sleeping bag.

drinking tea, right now.

i love old people.

i. like. the. piano.  <3  .

i have to end before i loose connection.

i love you all.

keep Jesus first.

fall. in. love. with. Him.  (He is already in love with you).

(o;

-lala  <3  .

Mc{kayla}

Last night my little sister called with a prayer request.  I was asleep, and the intense ring on my phone woke me up, but it was much needed.  Some of her friends(they are sisters) from track are having a really hard time, because their parents are in the middle of a custody battle.  One of the girls(Mckayla) has begun to express thoughts of suicide to her sister(Mckenzie).  She is only thirteen.  My heart ripped out at the sound of that.  My sister said that McKayla’s mom wouldn’t let her come to track because she doesn’t want her to hurt herself.  It’s that serious.  Divorce is sick.  So sick. 

Please pray for McKayla and McKenzie.  

They need Jesus. 

-lala

white paint(black paint).

So, I now have twitter on my sidebar..maybe we can stay better connected this way(o;

Anyway, just got back from Chehalis. Amazing fun we had. Good food, Pride and Prejudice, and lots of tea. It’s times like that I wish I was back home with my sisters drinking tea, and just talking.  I’m really blessed to have them close enough that they can come visit, still it just isn’t the same.  I like the change, but I would much rather be with my sisters.  I love them a lot.  A lot a lot.  Like the moon(o:

  What have I been learning?  This past week has been such an eye-opener for me.  It’s almost like God has taken a flashlight, and turned it on and the pathway looks so rocky and so steep, but He has promised me that He is going to be with me every step of it.  Even when I feel like I’m alone, He is always there.  Always. At the beginning of the week I felt so spiritually drained.  It was like I was trying to do it on my own, and I knew I couldn’t, but still I was trying to.  My witnessing was empty and I was just saying words.  Words are worth nothing unless Jesus is in them.  The LORD taught me that this week.  When I finally got the message though, things started to really flow, and my heart started to feel.  Something that Jim Elliot once said kept coming to mind:

  “May my heart always break with the things that break the heart of God.” So, I prayed that prayer…and then my eyes started to open.  I started to feel the things that God dislikes.  I started to completely break over things that I had no emotion before.  I never want this to go, ever.  I never want to grow cold to the life that Jehovah created ever again.  I always want to feel, no matter what the feeling is.  If it is joy, then give me joy, and if it is sorrow, then I want to feel that too.  I want to be alive.  Life is tears {and} laughter.  I believe that with all my heart.  If we take the joy without the pain, then the joy is dull.  If you paint a white stripe on a white canvas, then you get nothing; but if you paint a black stripe on a white canvas, then you get this bold shout of intense opposites.  Just like joy and pain.

I. am. in. love.

So

in

love

with

Jesus.

-lala

be real.

I’m in the car right now..we are taking a trip.
[I'm sick]
Still though, I’ve been enjoying the trip so far. A few things have happened today that I would like to share with you. I think sometimes we take life a little fast, and then we miss those simple things(those funny things) that happen. Today, I was walking to class, and the school bus drove past. About thirty seconds after that, a little kid came running after it(o: Yeah, I felt bad for him, but it made me smile. It made me think though. There are a lot of people like that little boy. So many are missing the bus. So many are on the pathway to Hell, and we are just watching it. What am I doing about that? Well, I’ve decided not to laugh anymore. And even though it may cause me hurt, I’m willing to stand in front of that bus, so those who need to get on…get on.

A few minutes ago something struck my eye… I love taking trips, because I get to see a bunch of old buildings and houses. We just drove through this dumpy little town, and in it was a dumpy little house, with a spiral staircase on the side of it. How cool is that?! I wish I was in a bookstore with a spiral staircase right now. Things like that are perfect in my eyes. :::::::

Hmm…what else? This is fun. I love being able to write while driving(o: I made blueberry pancakes this morning. That was pretty spiffy. There is just something about making pancakes that makes me smile. It’s kind of like waking up to a blue sky and putting on your favorite little dress.

The LORD has been teaching me a lot this week. Contentment has been a huge thing. I thought I was content, but this week it’s really elevated to a new level. You know, sometimes we think we’ve got it, when really we don’t even know. I love how God just makes things so real. I love how REAL God is. I love how He makes everyday new. I love how He made us able to laugh and smile, and mourn and cry. I love the diversity He created. I love how He really loves us, and how it’s shown by His wonderful plan of salvation. Isn’t it marvelous that He wants to know us? He is in pursuit of us{the Church} and I am so excited for the wedding day. This morning I thought about heaven. I got shivers thinking about it. The closer I get to the Father, the more excited I become about heaven. Heaven is no longer a dream for me, it’s a reality. (o:

Well, I’m going to burn up all jarvis’s battery power…Keep Jesus first. He alone is all you’ll ever need.
much love….
lala<3