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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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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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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Ed's home for vacation this week!! Yay!! I've been hanging out with him all week, so that is my reason for not blogging these past couple of days. I'll write more about what we've been doing after he goes back to Iraq. Also, Esther came home from college this weekend so I hung out with her today. That was lots of fun. Write more later, Laura.

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Well, we went up to the Florida Mall on Saturday so Kaiti could get Kevin's Valentine's Day gift. I tried to get a job while that was being done, but my sister wasn't having it. I got a ton of applications, but I was only able to fill out one in person. . And that's only because they don't let applicants out the door with a blank application. The person from Human Resources, or the hiring manager wasn't in the store that day to look over the application, so I've got to call them back on Tuesday at 2:00 or 2:30. I also have applications from Starbucks (I haven't returned that one yet because I still have to answer the three open-ended questions.), The Body Shop, bebe, Charlotte Russe, Papaya, and Claire's (Haven't returned that one yet either, cause I got lost and couldn't find the store while we were there, lol.) Please pray that I get one of the job opportunities!

On Saturday night, I was able to go over to Esther's and participate in The Truth Project that Josiah is leading. And hang out with Esther. The Truth Project is really interesting, I missed the first video last week though. We're trying to set up some time this week so that I (and the few others who also missed the video) can go over and make that up, but we're pretty much hitting dead ends. I think Weds was good for everyone, until I remembered I'm going out to dinner for my birthday. How I forgot that is beyond me! Please pray that we can get that worked out in our small group, and that it continues to be amazing and allow each one of us to grow spiritually in Christ.

Also, I got all my references turned in for the application to Trinity College. Esther has said she returned hers to that admissions office, and I handed off the Church Reference Form to Pastor Karl. No doubt he'll get that done in a timely manner. As for the second Personal Reference, I had Sydney fill out that form; it's just got to be sent in to the right people. I found most of my outline for the testimony I have to write for the application; it's just missing one section, but I think I may be able to outline it again. Pray that I am able to do so!

Oh, and one last note: I had a tiny bit of Pepsi with dinner last night. I didn't drink much of it though, about 4 or 5 sips. I think I've gone without soda long enough to not crave it as much as I do water. That's kind of cool! I think it was mostly the caffeine shock that I didn't particularly care for in the Pepsi, but I can't be sure. I know for my birthday, I was planning have a soda with dinner, but after last night, I'm not sure now. I may just go with water, who knows?

Ok, so that's not the last and final thing I've got to say..sorry! I decided where I'm going for my birthday: Olive Garden! Xiomara says they sing for birthdays, but I'm going to tell them not to sing. I kind of feel that singing for anybody's birthday is really only appropriate in a large party setting with all of your friends and family, not just a family dinner out to a nice restaraunt. Pary for that as well!

Now, that really is all I've got to say for now so..God Bless! Love, Laura

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I didn't grow up going to church, though I was jealous of those I knew who did. My mother took us to a few churches growing up, but we never went on a regular basis, but I wish we would have. I loved every second of Sunday School that I attended as a child, even if it was far and few between. In high school, I began attending a bible study held by my friend, Esther. After a few months, Esther invited me to attend church with her. I did--a year or two later. I wish I'd have accepted the invitation earlier, but what's done is done. I accepted Jesus in April/May of 2006, though I do not remember the exact date. Since accepting Jesus, I have stopped wearing more revealing fashions, such as low-cut tops and short skirts. I have also started attending bible study at church, along with many various church activities like SuperWow 2006.

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