Finally! ~ ><> ~

The centrifigal forces of school and chruch and homework ( not to mention my mother and her never-ending list of chores) have made it a bit hard to post. but thanks to the genius of Amanda, here I am posting. The Atlanta trip was Amazing and somewhat Life- altering. Its amazing to see that even homeless people who have nothing are more important than me. And the amazing girls and leaders i went down there with could not have served their Heavenly father in a more perfect way. Pictures will be coming soon and soon after that pictures of prom. I'm going with Tiffany burkett to Mishawaka's senior prom. Hilary and I decided to memorize Galatians so i'm working on that and its cool to have God's word racing through your head all day!!! I have little time to take a shower or even just relax and I have been slipping in my schoolwork but i am just getting back into the swing of things after spring break and Atlanta. the next 4 1/2 weeks i'm gunna have to bust butt to get things done.. Most of all though I feel Good...I feel i'm right where God wants me to be. In some places im still struggling but God is helping me sort them out !! I hope that your all doing Well and i cant wait to hear from you or see you!!

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Kasie*Marie

Someday we'll realize
All we ever wanted was
a chance to live our lives
A chance to learn and Love
If it all comes crashing down
young girl just dont give up
Put your faith in jesus
trust him to lift you up

GOD SIGHTING

Last Saturday I sent my support letters out.. now last year i didn't send any support letters becuase i already had all the money i needed, So im quite new to this. Well yesterday my aunt calls my mom and was all excited about something and my mom had no idea what it was. So my aunt told her. She had just recieved my support letter in the mail and was almost moved to tears. Which is a God thing all in itself because my letters were good just not great.Yet the amazing thing was that yesterday in the mail she only got two envelopes. obviously one was my support letter, the other : her Tax check. If that isn't a God thing i don't know what is. I've always heard the stories of people always getting their money by an act of God but i never experienced it myself so I was excited but not too excited. Now I've first hand seen a miracle.

8 hours til' we leave for Ga. Im so excited I found out one of the girls in my eagles nest is going on the trip.. i have to pack and take a shower and do laundry. I'll write more when i get back...



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You are undescribable you are so amazing Thank you so much for allowing me to go on this trip with such amazing young women. Lord your will this weekend God..I pray that whatever your plan is we accomplish it this weekend Lord that you give us no distractions... Your kingdom come Lord... God were so dependant on you for everything this weekend Lord I pray for the weather.. I pray we are all changed for this trip... Other people mattter Lord you proved that when Jesus died on the cross for us. .. help us show that this weekend.. help us show you and your grace and your glory... Its all to glorify you Lord... Help us change the hearts of the homeless..or just encourage them and give them hope lord. hope in you. Hope in your word. Hope in your Love. your amazing Love. help change our hearts and our mindset.. as you've already started working in mine...Lord i pray for my speech for... whatever you want to say through me God...go for it....USE ME...Use me to show these girls you and your purpose for them...and that they don't need to depend on boys to make them happy Lord they just need to lean on your Love.. In your awesome amazing indesribable name

AMEN

ATL

If you've already read my xanga there's no need in reading the top part of this post (read the bottom though)...If you're Amanda be forewarned there ARE grammatical errors...my writing is usually very erroneous!!!

Only 2 more days until i get to go be gangsta and bring the light of Jesus into the lives of the homeless....All down in the ATL..with some AMAZING...thats right some Extraordinary middle school girls...

Last Friday we had a meeting for all the girls going on the trip..There we made "goodie" bags for all the kids...and "survival" bags for all the Adults...Were going to hand them out to the homeless on Friday night when were hanging out with Kurt Solerino and his church on the street ministry...And oh my goodness you should have seen these girls...we couldn't make bags fast enough...we couldn't get anything organized fast enough...and the two tables we had set out for all the "goodies" they were supposed to bring turned into three... These girls that we're going with have such awesome hearts.... before we started our meeting and started putting the bags together we all prayed...And I really think that these girls are going to be changed by this trip... because for them it's not going to be about a weekend...it's not going to be about them going to Georgia for the first time or the 5th...It's going to be about changing a homeless persons life...or learning under the teaching of Lori Solerino...it's going to become a life style...

Some of these girls had been at the church all day...Making easter baskets for the kids at the battered womens shelter...They have the heart of a servant..and Christ if definatly already living through them

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Last night was probably one of the Coolest missions meetings i have ever been to in my entire time of being...We went to the retirement home across the street from the church with no inkling of what we were about to do...then for a little over an hour and a half we sat and talked to the "residents"...I could call them "old people"...yet after talking to them last night...they all have the hearts of a teenager..alot of them got to telling stories and it seemed like it wasn't them anymore it was their inner teenage being speaking through them..Ellen the 87 year old woman with Alzheimers i got acquainted with couldn't remember that she had ate dinner...yet she remembered that her mother came across the pacific in search of new life when she was 21 probably some 110 years ago. She remembered that she minored in French..yet remembered none of the langauge except for the fact that it was very peotic. She remembered her childhood growing up in Chicago and jumping off navy peir at a time when it was legal to jump off navy peir...And all she wanted was her freedom...she wanted to be let out of that place and fight once again for womens rights. She taught me alot in the short time that we were together...and Although i was a bit intimidated at first..then a bit reluctant to go talk to ellen because she was sitting by herself...I really enjoyed thinking of her as "more important than me"...Although she was Alone and didn't have very many friends or remember any of the people she knew...She was still more important than me and my fears...

And that ladies and gentlemen is my VERY*very*very long post.

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Easter

I saw a man yesterday on the side of the street. He had a sign that said. "No work.No Food.Have Kids. Help me please" It broke my heart. I of course wasn't driving. My mom was talking on the phone and she was already running late not planning on stopping for anyone. I said a prayer right there."God help this man. Help him know you. Put someone in his path." And I know it wasn't enough. As Christians were called to something greater. called to live a life different from those around us. So now after that I'm really excited about going down to Atlanta. There were going to be working with the homeless. we're going to be able to hang out and talk. get to know first hand what its like to be homeless.And I just pray that These 20 or 30 middle school girls going with us become Changed. Their hearts and their mindsets change. So if they see homeless on the side of the street they stop. And if they can't stop they say a little prayer for the person.I pray that it isn't just a weekend. It isn't just a little vacation with their friends. I pray that it becomes a lifestyle. That they take what they learn from the Homeless.From Kurt. from Lori. or even just from their friends on the ride down. And live it. In their schools and Communities.

Today is easter. 2005 (well 2033 thats what we decided at Jeremys) years ago Christ rose. He showed everyone that he was more than just a man who could do miracles. Bunnys are cool. But its awesome when your 6 year old cousin is talking about Christ while your coloring easter eggs.

Another thing I learned this week was that the students at Discovery Middle School were not allowed to carry around Bibles. Hilary and I decided that we were going to do something about it. So pray for us. Pray we won't give up. Pray that we get this changed. We have Christ with us. And thats enough to get it done.

Research Reports and Procrastination

I dont know which is worse the research report.. that I just happened to lose on the bus today...or the fact that I had all spring break to do it and didn't... And now i have to start from scratch and finish it TONIGHT....This stupid report just put me over the edge... I just want to scream...I worked on it for an Hour and 45 minutes today....i got half of it done.. and I LOST it on the bus... uhh i wish that i could say that i was stupid but if i was stupid i wouldn't be doing this report in the first place...on a lighter note i found something from corey that i just wanted to share with all you

My prayer today is that the many Easter Displays that walk into any church this coming weekend will come to know that Jesus is worth displaying year round. He is the book you can't put down. It's in his display that you find the title of your book and supporting role that you have been offered to play. Actually, Jesus lets you write your line in the script too. But, he feeds you the line.....it is "Not I, but Christ." Well,...you do get to pick your favorite font.

I thought that was cool because thats how a lot of christians are today...

I've been thinking about what Corey said on sunday and have been trying to apply it to my life... I could say that putting people first has made me happier...yet right now i don't feel very happy at all... But before i lost my report...I was truly happier.. plus the weathers nice and nice weather makes everything seem better....

At least I have OASIS to look forward to tommarow...

I HAVE to go write a research report now...and take a shower and cook dinner and do my math and biology homework...I'll be up till midnight!! because that sounds like fun...i can't believe it.. oh well next weekend ill be in Atlanta...hanging with Hil and all my middle school friends and listening to Laurie (spelling) Solerno...
<3
Kasie*Marie

Indy

The end of my spring break is fast approaching.. And Today I get to go to Indy to pick up my little brother from the airport. It should be fun. Considering Im going to be with my parents all day...In a car. Well my blogging friends its time to hit the road. At 8 oclock in the morning.

Change the World for Him

I just realized that I need to appreciate what i have more. Last week at Oasis as the band was playing I was complaining about how Mike wasn't like Trace. Not that he was better or worse just that he wasn't Trace. That's a GOOD thing. I'm glad they're not like each other. If they were i think Worship in Middle school would have been different. Much Different. And i was complaining about it.

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Sometimes I start to think about how small our church is compared to other churches. Yet our church is WAY bigger than MOST of the churches out there. And i should at least be thankful that I have a church to worship in. At least I live in a country that lets me worship where, when, and how I want. At least i have a country that accepts me for who i am and doesn't commdemn me for my religious beliefs.

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Satan puts these stupid little lies into my head. Pushing me away from God. Telling me that my God, the one who created the cosmos, isn't big enough for me or my problems. That my Church isn't Big enough -or- cool enough -or- Godly enough for me.

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But my God is God of Gods, Lord of Lords, The great God mighty and awesome. He is also a very Jealous God. Jealous of how much control has over my life. Yet I know even though Satan has a little control over my life God has me in the palm of His hand.

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He's going to USE me. He's going to change my life. He's going to USE me to change other people's lives.

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So my prayer tonight:

That I try not to let Satans stupid lies take control of my life and make me think any less of my God. And that God would just Use me and the talents he has given me to change the World. I don't think I could be satisfied changing just my community. I have the Hand of God helping me in all I do. I have the Mighty, Awesome Father encouraging me all along the Way. Anything less than changing the world just isn't good enough.

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Oh by the way i have decided that i am officially addicted to the computer so...i am fasting tomarrow...from the computer..so all my poor blogging friends. no random post. or mid-day ministy for you. Just me and my bible, support letters, and a Walk to Remember.

CHICAGO

This weekend was Crazy. With a capitol C. Friday I went to the "all about you" volunteer celebration at the church. It was Beautiful. I get there and all the Staff is standing outside clapping for me and taking pictures of me and I have to walk down the "red" carpet. I walked inside and there was this huge grand piano that they rented and Jason was vamping on it for a little ambiance music. We hung out for a little bit(you're gay, you're gay).We go inside the Auditorium and the staff puts on a little show for us which had a major SNL theme. At the end the let balloons go for us and we sang a couple of songs. Afterward Jermey, Patrick, Jimmy, Hilary, Alena, Jeanna, and I went to Coldstone after chasing Jeremy for 15 minutes (run, faster faster, except I'm driving)Then we went back to Laws house. I had a little issue over Him not flusing his toilet and then we left. Hilary and Moi went to bed and then got up at 6 to go to work. Hilarys mom walks outside and finds a Toilet on the front porch. Thanks Law. After work we went to Laura's House and Helped set up for the party. Then we had the Party. Hilary spoke. We had a bonnett contest. we played BINGO. Then we went to church becuase Hilary was teaching. We went home and went to bed well hilary did (are you OK? yes. When are you going to quit coughing so I can go to sleep?)by the way im the one in Italics Hil is in Bold. Sunday Went to church. Then went Shopping. Matt called from Hawaii. bought an outfit. Then went to Judy's house for Ashlee's going away party. Stayed there til like 2 ( yes in the morning) and went home and went straight to bed. This is where the real fun comes in. Got up at 9:30 and decided to leave at ten thirty for Chicago. (ashlee needed to go to the Japanese consulate so that she could get her Visa). Got 45 minutes there and she realized she forgot the most important paper yay. SO we turned around and went back to Niles. Got the paper. And headed back to Chicago. Got there at about three Indiana time. went to the Consulate. Which was in Neiman Marcus. Got her Visa which took all of 15 minutes and went Shopping. We shopped at H&M for about an Hour then decided we were hungry. So we went to this little corner bakery thing and got food. Then started on our journey home. Got right outside of Chicago and realized that we were headed to Wisconsin not Indiana. So we had to turn around for the 2nd time in our journey. Finally got through Chicago again but on the right side and got on the wrong road. Turn around number 3. made it on the right road but they were doing major construction. Missed our Exit 2ce. turn around numbers Three and Four. To put a long story short we were planning on getting home aroung 6 didnt get home until around 9 or 9:15. It was a great day. Then i went to bed. Got a lot of stuff to do today. like passport pictures being taken and research report to write.

Kasie*Marie