The faith experiment day 22

Ok, so i was sitting here last night, reading all of my "pray for..." post-its and then i realized that's what God is doing! he's helping me realize more and more how much i really do need to pray for these people. Here are some of the notes, and if u know me, it will make sense: pray for misions (my mom would like me to go to Russia and do missions w/ our church this summer), Pray in thanks, pray for choices, pray for strength, pray for the world, pray for non-believers, pray for love, pray for diana, pray for friends, pray for mary, pray for dad, pray for emily. It's amazing how he's opening my eyes to notice things more and more! .:*Suzy*:.

CSLC

Ok so this is a mucho excited post! I was nominated and chosen for the Congressional Student Leadership Confrence! I get to choose from all of these fields of study, and i chose CSI forensics!!! I'm so excited! I'm either going to New York, San Diego, Boston, or Chicago! I have to choose by January 9th, but i'm so excited! i'll be going this summer! It's a different confrence than dd went to and Mary trent katy and sarah all going to. So we're not exactly sure of who nominated me for it. It was either allen or bryan (obviously), but we're pretty sure it was allen. This is so exiting! I can't wait! I really think God's going to use me through this. I'll be with these people for 10 days, and i really hope that i can show God in everything i'm asked to do. Who knows i might find some really great friends in all this! I'm so excited, and u just can't imagine! i just can't even express how honored i really am that i was chosen! When i found out, mary and matt were over, and when i told matt, he wasn't all that excited, but i kinda understand y, but mary was pretty excited too. So yeah i really can't wait! I'll ttyl!!! Bye! .:*Suzy*:.

days 13-18

A lot has happend, and most of it was through my 3 best friends. We haven't really talked in like 6 monthes, but the other day we got together and disscussed everything, and we're all doing fine now. The end of my faith experiment in coming soon, and now i know what he's been doing since the beginning... trying to get us all back together! All of the things that have been happening have all been pushing me in their direction. Now that i see that, it's easier to put it all together. Now, there are still12 more days left, so we'll see what happens. The whole thing with getting closer to my mom was so that i could finally ask her for advice without feeling akward, and now i can, and i did!
O yeah, i also haven't really updated on my dad in a while, and now there's more to tell. He's been going back to work, and that's great, but he went to the doctor the other day. He found out that he has to have another 6 month round of chemo. He's not supposed to lose his hair, but there may be some thinning. Please pray for him, bc he's extremely upset about it. He was supposed to have surgury in January that was going to end it all, but now he has to do this. it's supposed to increase his survival rate by 5%, and my parents weren't goign to pass that up. so, there ya go!
Jenny, uncle tom, and aunt laurie are coming to town today from New York City! I've so excited! i haven't seen them in over a year! well, i've seen uncle tom, but not the other 2. So, yeah, i'm very excited for that. Plus... IT'S THANKSGIVING!!!! I love turkey! plus, it's an entire holiday that there's no way you can have beef! i don't like beef really, i just really like poultry! this is an odd thing, o well. I'll ttyl! bye! .:*Suzy*:.

Days 5-12

So, i havn't really been in the observant state of mind lately. I've really been trying, but there's just been a lot going on. So, i don't have much to report, but here ya go!
god's been speaking through a bunch of different people lately. At AWANA, he really spoke through Mr. Josh, and i'm not really go into detail, but it was a really good message to hear. then, there's Sean. God's really been working through him to show me that there are some good traits aobut me that people notice, even if i don't. Jay.... wow... He's been a huge help in all this. He was the inspiration behind even starting the faith experiment. See how much God's been workin in him deffinently made me want to start this up. So, yeah, he's been giving my advice through all of this, and has made me realize a lot. God's really been talkin through him. So there's what's kinda been going on.
O YEAH!!! On wednesday... i guess what was yesterday (wow i've been losing my memory)... I finally finished my Faiuth Foundations book for AWANA, and now, i have a t-shirt and a handbook! I'm really excited, and can't wait to get started!
Tonight, i went to a Mary Kay party at dd's house. Liz and Gail were there, and Stephanie was supervising. Liz and i messed it all up on the first try, because we didn't cleanse first, we actually started the micro-derm abrasion thing.Yeah, so i guess that's all for now. bye! .:*Suzy*:.

Roman soldier

Ok, so today I had to write a little writing response in English class. It was in response to"Imagine you are a Roman soldier under the leadership of Julius Caesar." The other kids in my class liked it... Let me know what you think, please!

Miles and mile I march stiffly across the countryside. Left, right, left, right. I must continue on to the next city to conquer for my homeland. My life as a Roman soldier has been very hard. Every morning I march into battle. All for my home. My leader, Julius Caesar himself, has lead us into battle. He wants to conquer the world. The long journeys, carrying my sword, shield, and wearing the heavy, metallic armor is very rough. This life was chosen for me. The gods have chosen it. I have learned to love it, but I still grow weary with the harshness of the weather and test of endurance. Many times I have seen my brothers fall in battle, but I am forced to continue this long voyage to the next battlefield. I do not know what is to happen, but I do know I must that this journey one step at a time. Left, right, left, right.

God's newest lesson

Ok, so God's teaching me i need to become better friends with my mom... i'm not exactly sure why, but that's what's going on! There's the update for today... i know it's short, but i'm still not in a posting mood...









o yeah, another thing... DRAMA IS ANNOYING, AND IT NEEDS TO STOP!!!! Why is it that people suddenly start hateing you when you finially become friends with someone?!


i know.... leaving y'all hangin (but it's not like anyone reads anyway!) .:*Suzy*:.

Days 2 3 and 4

UPDATE ON THE FAITH EXPERIMENT!

Day 2
So, i went to run errands with my mom, and we had to go to Heirloom Gardens, where Matt works. So we got there, looked for his truck, but he was no where to be found, so i text messaged him. I asked him if he was working today, and he said he did, and then asked y we were there, so i told him my mom needed some plants. So, the next thing i know, he's pulling up to the front of the store! He walked in and asked the cashier guy to put him discount on our order. It was so sweet! I was like, you didn't have to do that. He told me it was because I had done so much for him. It was very touching knowing that i had made a difference to him. God showed me that i have helped people out, but i need to continue. Especially with Brittany Sc. So yeah! there ya go that was the highlight of day 2.

Day 3
nothing significant happend... but maybe he's saving me for some big stuff... we'll see!

Day 4
He's deffinently teaching me patience! Today, i was in a group for Gourmet Foods, where we're are making cake! It seems that everytime i'm put into a group, there is a challeged person in my group. This time, there is a girl names Lee Ann. She's very sweet, but it takes her longer to do things that it does the rest of us. She always wants to take the head chef job, but she's not really supposed to, bc of her mental condition. It's like a rule. She can't spell things that to most of us seem easy, so i help her out, but i sometimes lose my patience, and i think that's exactly what God is teaching me through this faith experiment.


So there ya go! now y'all are all up to speed... :) have a great day! .:*suzy*:.

The faith experiment

Ok, so i've started the faith experiment... well yesterday was my day one. Hearing Jay's experiences during this experiment really encouraged me to do it. Before even hearing about Jay's experiment, I could feel God telling me that he wanted to do things in my life, but it was like i didn't want them. So, here it goes!

Day 1
The first day was interesting. At school, i have like 4 really good friends in my classes. Katie, Brittany Sc., Sean, and Brittany Sh. Two if them are Christians... Sean and brittany sh., and Yesterday God was moving me towards talking to brittany sc. about Him. So, well see how that goes, bc we have deffiently become really good friends over the past couple monthes. Before yesterday, i felt really down, not happy, and just kind of useless. Yesterday, during gourmet foods (my favorite class in the world!!!!) i even felt horrible. After 4th period, i was going into Communication Graphics. I sat down with my cd, and listened to some praise music, hoping that i would be able to put all that bad stuff behind me. I was working on my picture while listening, and caught myself starting to sing along in my head. (i'm not allowed to sing outloud in that class... otherwise i most deffinently would have. The bell rang, so i quickly picked up all my stuff and headed straight for World Geography. I sang all the way there. It was GREAT! yeah i got some pretty weird looks, but i didn't care. i mean there were people that went around rapping all the time. Why couldn't i sing praise to God instead? so yeah, there was day one. This is now the beggingin of day 2... we'll see how it goes! .:*Suzy*:.

Shonnie Benefit

Ok, so today Kelsey and i went to the Shonnie Benefit. Marky, and Brent (from the mission trip) played! It was really kool! They're in 2 different bands, but yeah. I sat with Matt and his dad, and the bendiksons while they were there, and danielle and her mom while they were there. The honnas family was there, and yeah. it was awesome. i think they raised alot of money for her. Just seeing her smile so big whe nthe still creek girls did their dance routine was amazing. It was so awesome! You could deffinently feel God's presence. It was so awesome! just wanted to share that with y'all! bye .:*Suzy*:.

THE TITANIC OVERCOMES THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN!

OK, so as most of u know i had a secret halloween costume for the fall carnival for ZYM. Well, it was the Titanic! i'll ahve to post pictures, bc it was so cool! i took a stove box and cut it to have a point at the front, then made 3 round stove pipes to come out of the top, and then we painted it to look like the titanic. on the front there were two little people that were supposed to be Jack and Rose from the movie :). i know i know... hold ur applause lol. well, so it was all my sister's idea, but i had to figure out how to make it and the whole engineering part of it. that was a little difficult, but it was worth it! i won first place in the costume contest! :) very cool. Emily, my lovely cousin, got second with her awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! yellow submarine costume. Very cute! third went to connor... she was a treasure chest... God's Treasure! :) so yeah... there ya go! now ya know about all that.
So, school's been boring... nothing exciting at all. I went to the pep rally today for the Bryan vs. Consol game (big time rivalry for those of you that don't know). They strung a stuffed animal tiger onto a spear-ish thing. yeah... kinda morbid but funny! umm yeah other than that my dad was extremely boring. I can't wait til this week is over! that means it's the weekend! I can do stuff for fun! i mean actually FUN! this is great!
On Saturday i'm going to Wolf Pen for a benefit concert thing. It's for Shonnie Moore. She was in a really bad car accident this summer, and is partially parralyzed (sorry if i miss spelled that). She's been in the hospital and stuff for over 3 months! I thought it was bad when my dad was in the hospital for 3 weeks, but she's had to been in there for 3 times that! So all of the money that's raised during this benefit goes to her medical bills. It's a little pricey to get it ($12), but it's deffinently worth it. So that's where i'll be! Around 2 my friend Marky is playing with his band! so that will be cool getting to see him.
So i'm off to just hangout and stuff, bc i'm really tired. bye! .:*Suzy*:.