Days I'll Never Forget

Well, talking about the VT tragedy in my last post got me to thinking about other days that I'll never forget. Here's a list:

September 11, 2001-Terrorist attack in NY, DC, PA

April 16, 2007-Virginia Tech tragedy

December 11, 2007-I got into a car accident

May 15, 2006-I turned sweet sixteen

May 16, 2007-I got my driver's license

December 14, 2003-Saddam Hussein was captured

April 20, 1999-Columbine Shooting

February 1, 2003-Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

As of right now, those are pretty much the main dates. Maybe later I'll go into where I was and what I was doing at those times.

Update

Well, it's been quite a while since I've posted on here. Not much has changed really. I will be leaving this fall to attend Ambassador Baptist College in Lattimore, North Carolina. It's coming up so fast. I can't wait!

I was looking back at some of my posts, and I saw the one about the Virginia Tech tragedy. On Wednesday, it will have been one whole year. It's hard to believe. I remember getting on the internet, looking at the news headlines, and seeing: Breaking News:Shooting at Virginia Tech. I ran into the family room and turned on the tv. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. That's a day I'll never forget.

requirements

On Sunday morning, my pastor preached a wonderful message. It was about women and their relationships with their husbands, but towards the end he talked to those of us who are not yet married but are approaching marriagable age. He said that we should not be concerned with looks or whether or not they meet all those little requirements that we have that aren't important, but that we should be more concerned that they have a close relationship with God. He told us that if they didn't have that, then even if they met all our requirements it wouldn't matter, because if they don't have a close relationship with God the marriage wouldn't work.

I've heard messages like this before, but they always just seemed to concentrate on the fact that our future spouse needs to be saved. I know that it's very important to have a spouse that's saved, so I'm not downplaying the importance of preaching on that, but that seems like that's all that a young person is told about qualities that thay should look for, like having a close relationship with God, being a leader (if your a girl looking for a guy), etc.

Well, I've rambled on long enough now. Just thought I'd share my thoughts about that subject.

Update

Well, it's been a little while since I've posted. Here's a little update.
July-We put our house up for sale around the end of July (I think.) We had it on the market for about 10 days before we got a contract on it. They have to sell their house first, but if they don't sell it then his dad is going to buy it and rent it out. That way they'll still be able to buy our house. The contract on our house comes up the end of November, so it looks like we'll be moving around the end of January, beginning of February.

August-Holly went back to Ambassador Baptist college for her sophmore year. One of her roomates is Jane Prain, a friend from camp.
I graduated from high school! I homeschooled through the summer so that I would be able to start working fukk time sooner to save up more money for college, and also so I would be done before we started preparing to move.

September-Chase turned five! I can't believe it. I rememeber sitting on the couch feeding him his bottle like it was yesterday. He's so big now!
Chase and Cole went to preschool and daycare, respectively. Chase absolutely loves it, no surprise there, and Cole absolutely hates it, no surprise there either. Poor Cole just sits there and cries when his mom leaves. I feel so sorry for the poor little guy. :(

October-We went down to North Carolina for vacation and to house hunt. The vacation was wonderful, and we were succesful in our house hunt. We found a house in Boiling Springs, a quiet little community. It's not in the area we were planning on moving to, but we all love the location.

Well, there's a little update in a nutshell. Can't promise when I'll get back on here to update this again now that I'm working full time, but I'll try my best!

Camp

I just got back from camp today. I had so much fun! I wish it had lasted another week. The speaker was Evangelist Dwight Smith. He was excellent.
Pretty much all of the messages spoke to my heart, but the one that spoke to my heart the most was about intercessory prayer. He challenged us not to give up on praying for someone or something, but to keep on praying, no matter what.
Another message that spoke to my heart was a message on soulwinning. Brother Dwight challenged us to not just go out on organized church visitation, but to witness each and every way. He told us that we should look for opportunities to turn earthly conversations into heavenly ones. He also said that we should witness to our coworkers and relatives, and not be afraid of what they'll say. I've been really bad about doing this. I've worked at Taco Bell for almost a year now, but I haven't witnessed to them at all. I made a decision that I would take every oppurtunity I got to witness to them.
I'll probably write more later on, but I'm going to go crash now. I'm exhausted.

Puppies

Well, we sold all the puppies except the on e that we're keeping. We named him Buckeye, because he looks like he had little buckeyes above his eyes. Isn't he cute?

What American accent do you have?

Your Result: The West

Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.

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What American accent do you have?
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