I visited Trinity College with Esther and her family yesterday. It's a nice school; I could literally see myself going there in the future. The dorms aren't that big, but they are pretty decent. I'd have finished an application already but I can't seem to be able to finish writing my testimony. It's something I'll get to sooner or later. (Hopefully sooner!) If I go on a DTS, I will have to write one for that application as well. New Zealand is still where I really want to go; it's my #1 pick, but it is kinda costly. It's 6000 USD!! But I searched on the YWAM site again this morning to see if there were any others I might be interested in (and a little more affordable). I found one in Taiwan that's about 3000 USD, and two others that are about 4000 USD. We'll see which one pans out though!

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Merry Christmas everyone. This is probably the best Christmas I've had in years, and I know it's because I'm finally happy, and that it's the first Christmas I'm truly spending with Christ in my heart. I thank God that he brought Esther into my life, because I don't think I'd have found my way without her to help me. I don't know that I'd even be here today without her or Edward. The one gift I've always wanted for Christmas was love, and this year I finally feel like I have that. I don't care what presents I may unwrap today, that's not what it's about. (Though everyone loves getting gifts!)
Have you ever heard the song 'Angel' by Beverley Mitchell? It's the first song I've ever listened to that makes me cry. I started thinking about the two most special people in my life, and wonder what I'd do without them. And how I'm so blessed to have them in my life. I hope they're both in my life for many, many years to come. Esther is kind of like everybody's angel. She has so many friends, and has this way of making people happy with just her presense in the room.
Oh, and I got a really nice gift from her too. I gave her a photo album and some scrapbooking supplies to put all of her Argentina and Costa Rica pics in. She said it was perfect. I got a book, and what I think are Argentinian candies. I know they're candies; looks like hard candies with sugar coating. I'm gonna try those later today.
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas, and enjoy time with your friends and families, ok? Love, Laura

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I think the only reason people bake cookies and cake in the first place is to eat the uncooked ingredients..you know, the dough and the batter and whatnot. It's the best part of baking! That's what Esther and I did yesterday..we did manage to get a full plate of cookies out of the bowl before we ate the dough. Those were some good cookies! We also watched Mulan 2 and looked at the website for the New Zealand DTS I still really want to go and attend. (http://www.ywam-oakridge.org.nz/) I've got to talk to my mom about it.. It costs up to 7,800 NZD. In USD that's about 5,420.92. If you've got any ideas on how I could go about raising that much money, please share! I know a few people who will donate some money, but I can't rely solely on donations, you know?
Also, while at Esther's, I had some caramel flavored hot chocolate for the first time ever. It was GOOD. I love that stuff; can't believe I've never tried it before. So basically, yesterday was a good day. I hung out with Esther, baking cookies, watching Mulan 2, and hanging out on her back porch. Got to know Josiah a little bit better too. Gosh, I wish my family was as close as hers is. They don't actually hate each other!! Well, I don't hate my family, but we're still not that close..

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God is Good!


My best friend is back from her 5 months in Argentina/Costa Rica!!! Ahh!!! I'm so glad she's back; I missed Esther SO much while she was away. We're gonna make cookies on Weds! And maybe she'll get a MySpace...we'll see. Anyways, she gave me a book to read by James R. Lucas and it's been an interesting read so far. (The book is called 'Am I the One'.)

I still really want to go to New Zealand and do the DTS I blogged about before..school will still be there when I come back; I may not get the oppertunity for the DTS again though. If I could just figure out how to raise enough money in time for the DTS...

Oh, and I'm finally better! No more flu; yay!!!

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CAN SOMEONE PLZ TELL ME IF CINGULAIR WORKZ THE SAME AS SUDAFED WOULD? I WANT TO BREATHE NOW AND I CAN'T FIND ANY DAMN SUDAFED. FOUND CINGULAIR; IT SHOULD WORK THE SAME, RIGHT?? (Sorry for the screamin but I'm about done with these damn allergies bothering me every fuckin day.)

Nevermind; my dad just called and said it does.

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Some days without Edward are torture. All I can think about is being in his arms, greeting him at the Airport with a big a hug, and just staring into his eyes forever. It's days like these that I wish I was in Ft. Hood with some other military wives who know exactly what I'm going through; I'd have to someone to talk to who would really feel for me and not just give me sympathetic looks and responses. I can talk to my friends at church, and my friends from online forums I lurk at, but it's not the same. They aren't in my position, and most never will be, if any do find themselves in this position in the future. Sometimes I wonder if time would pass by a little quicker if I was in Ft Hood with some other military wives. The only one I know around here is Ed's mom. But his dad isn't in the military anymore, so she's not really a military wife anymore. Sigh. I don't know, I just don't know. I'm going to look into some colleges in the Ft. Hood/Killeen area that maybe I could start in the Spring/Summer? If any of ya'll know of any in the area, please help me out by providing a link. I'd like to major in Psychology, and a Christian school would be a plus!

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