Anne Frank...

My resent obsession is Anne Frank. She is such an inspiration, and it's amazing what she went through. Behind the scene of world war II you find very personal struggles and victories that you can relate to despite the serious situation engulfing Anne's life. I think what makes her story so wonderful is that it's true, and you can actually put yourself in her place because it really happened. It's like an drama/romance story. I keep thinking that if Peter and Anne made it thorough the holocaust that they would still be in love today. I've watched half of the movie so far and I was just pouring buckets of tears. I think the reality of it is apparent to me because my grandparents were Jewish which makes me Jewish (though not a practicing Jew). I keep thinking, wow, some of my family that didn't immigrate with my great grandparents probably went through some of that same stuff. You guys should really see the movie and read her diary, it's a piece of history and we're so blessed to have such an intimate part of her heart and life at our fingertips.

(As far as her diary is concerned, I will warn you that some of you will find certain things she wrote a little inappropriate...i haven't read it in a long time so i can't remember for sure. Draw your own conclusions though.)

Things I Like About Summer....

I love summer... i love waking up to the sound of lawn mowers and the smell of freshly cut grass. I love how you can be wearing short selves during the day and at night you have to put on jeans and a sweatshirt. I love bonfires and camp songs. Farmer tans, beat up pick-up trucks and dirt roads. i love laying in an open field and looking up at all the stars. I love eating ice cream, having water balloon fights, and going swimming. VBS, and youth rallies. I like sitting outside and reading books. Spending days with friends, laughing until i cry, and long walks into the sunset.... Call me weird but i love the feel of sweat on my skin, i love getting up early when the sun is just rising and going for a run. I love bike rides and hiking. I love catching lightning bugs in the dark. I love the Fourth of July, mostly because of the fire works. Oh and you can't forget the fair....all the rides and gross food. I love movies that make me cry, or movies that have sad endings. I love Reese's peanut butter cups because they combine two of my favorite things: peanut butter and chocolate. Oh and I like black coffee in the morning. These are the best things about summer. Well, some of them were about summer, some of them were just things i like....what do you like best about summer?

Playlist...

Hey, just wanted to let you all know that i have a playlist now. It's down at the bottom of my page. It doesn't come up on my page though, so if you have the same problem just click on the pop-out playlist button and then you can listen to all my music. :)

Update

Hey everyone, sorry it's been a while since I've typed last...I've been a little busy. :) First of all my page is like kind of messed up and i can't figure out why... This week we were up in Milwaukee Wisconsin (the place we're going to be missionaries). We were visiting some churches that would be possibility's to go to and anchor our ministry in when we move up here. The one church I REALLY liked, we got to spend a lot of time with the youth group and we had a lot of fun... but we'll see where God leads us. We are now heading down to IN to preach in a church tonight, and then tomorrow we are going down to TN for a missions conference. Oh, i really felt God speaking to me this week, it was really awesome. I always expect people to measure up to my expectations. I'm kind of an emotional person and when people don't deal with problems the way i think they should, or the way i want them to i get kind of mad. Anyway God just showed me I need to do the right thing by letting go of my anger and respond right to other people despite the way they deal with problems. Yeah so i just wanted to share that, it probably didn't make sense but oh well...