Back in AR

Yesterday I drove back to Arkansas. I'm excited to be back but at the same time missing being at home. I had a great month at home. I always enjoy going home and seeing everyone. This summer I was around a lot of mothers since I watched kids all summer. It was interesting to hear their conversations about saving for their kids colleges, how schooling is going for their kids, someones child's new little "trick" and so on. I guess this is what I have to look for to when I have my 2.5 kids.

I can not wait til next summer. The week before I left some of the teenage girls came up to me and were bummed out because they really didn't have a place to hang out this summer. Even though they had camp and a mission trip to Honduras they wanted to do things through the other weeks too. Me and another girl told them that next summer we promise that if we came home we would do things with them so they could get a group together with an "adult presence". I use to not like being around middle and high schoolers but now I really enjoy it. It is fun to watch them grow and learn to deal with life. There is a really good group of kids at our church and I pray that they can really grow in the Lord and each other. So hopefully everything will work out and my friend and I can give these girls a chance to hang out together. I'm really looking forward to it!

Well I better go unpack! Tonight we have church and hopefully will have a good group of new people show up. I have to say I'm really excited about this year and being with the UCC group!

Well maybe a car would be nice...

This all started when I went to hang out with some friends I went to high school with. I parked on the street infront of my friends house but was told to move because the neighbors just hit a car parked in that same spot a couple of weeks ago. So i moved it to the location you see here. After a couple of hours of hanging out the girls decide to go get some food because we were tired of watching the guys play guitar hero. As we were walking out a storm hit. We started out toward my car when the winds really picked up. As we were standing in the carport trying to decide if we should go or not the tree fell on my car. We then decided it would be best to wait the storm out.

When we finally got the tree off (thanks to my great friends, the neighbors, and my friends dad) we saw that there were only dents on the fenders and hood. I was lucky that it was just my car! As I drove to the car place to leave my car there was strom damage all around. It is crazy how a ten minute storm can cause so much damage.

I am always amazed at the power of storms. I really do not like them...expecially ones that hit here just because they happen so sudden. However, I do find comfort in these storms because I know that the even though they are powerful my God created them. I figure that if he can create and control such a powerful form of nature He can surly take care of me!

Forget the car...

I'd rather have one of these. I better get over my fear of height first though!

The car I want...

ALL DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED :)

Children Overload!

Since I have been home I've been around a ton of kids....or so it seems. It is weird to not watch any kids for a couple of months then head home and it seems like that is all I do. But I love it! These kids crack me up and I love being around them! I have learned a lot since I have been home from these oh so knowledgeable beings.

• Riding the escalator IS the most fun thing to do in the mall (even better then getting dizzy on the $2 carousel)
• I need to work on getting married so I can have kids (advice of a couple of 4, 5, and 6 yr. olds)
• I'm not not very good with technology (thus causing a rebellion b/c the poor kids couldn't watch a movie)
• little kids know way to much about life ("look bekah the turtles are mating!"...said by 5-6 yr. olds)
• you can drown in a pool even if your head is completely above water
• It is important to practice being baptized so you won't get scared when you really get baptized
• you are hurt until you have to go sit down away from the inflatables...then all of a sudden you are cured
• you can braid a child's hair in under a min. so they can get to chef school on time

and my new favorite, bestest child in the whole wide world (okay well i might be exaggerating here) told me "oh Bekah you are soooo skinny!" I LOVE kids and will miss them when I go back to school.

Grace

Praise the Lord, o my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits
who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and
compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth
is renewed like the eagle's -Psalm 103:1-5

Lately I have been reminded about how amazing God's grace is and how it covers all sins. I have been able to see how thankful people are for his grace and how God's grace has allowed them to turn their lives around. I hope I never again take advantage of having God's grace cover me. I pray that I can be as thankful and humble as some of the people are that are in my life now. I am so thankful that God has chosen me and cannot wait to rejoice in heaven with other unworthy, but covered by grace, people.

HAPPY FOURTH!

So my holiday started out tuesday evening when a couple of us went to Uplift at Harding. The speaker was pretty good and I think we all enjoyed and got something out of the message. Then three of us decided that we should go play in the mud. Since it has rained all week, you would think that it would be easy to find mud on campus...boy were we wrong! We finally found a good patch and had a little mud fight! After that we cleaned up and hit the tennis courts.


On wed. we decided to keep it a girls time and go hiking on Pinnacle Mountain in Little Rock. It was a lot of fun we went about 3 miles total. The first trail we went on was nothing but rock climbing, then we went down an easier way from the summit, then had to hike another 1.5 miles to our car. We had a great time! after we went to the pool (thanks Uncle D!) we finally gave up our girl only time and went bowling with a group of friends. Now I must study my heart out for my final Friday!!!