The Life of Burg

California!!!

2011-09-15T19:48:00.000-07:00

It was a blast!! So many good memories were made, and so many new friends!!! :)

Also I became best friends with several people from my church.... ;)

anyways, if i have any free time b4 school starts monday, i'll try to post a few pics...... but don't get your hopes up... its super busy.....

death..

2011-08-01T17:16:00.000-07:00

Just a little earlier today I was shocked to hear that a staffer from TeenPact died. Please pray for the Brazell Family as they grieve the loss of their son.

Jimmy was a Christian who loved God, and pursued Him with everything he had. Even in the small amount of time that I knew him, I picked up on this deep joy that he had from God. Through TeenPact and other ministries, Jimmy touched hundreds if not thousands of students.

His loss will be deeply felt. Please Pray for all those who are mourning right now.

Finally SUMMER!!!

2011-06-11T12:14:00.000-07:00

Well, I don't know about you, but I love summer. All the flowers, fruit, sun, free time, fun adventures with friends, picnics, swimming, are so amazing. Aren't you glad that God didn't just make one season? I sure am. :)

Summer quarter gets out early August and fall quarter doesn't start til middle september so i will have a vacation. :)

Anways, enjoy going barefoot, tanning in the sun, eating a piece of juicy watermelon, and don't forget to thank God for his gift of summer. :)

visit!

2011-05-31T20:43:00.000-07:00

Well since my family abandoned me(not actually, they are at NITOC), I have been staying at the Debusscheres for the week. Its been sooo AWESOME!!! :)
And Charlie has been bugging me about blogging again, which I am very grateful for that little push to start again. So yeah... :)
Anyhoodles its finals week this week and next so life consists of studying, studying, and more studying.. :(
thats all for now..
stay awesome

i haven't posted much for a while...

2011-01-26T09:32:00.000-08:00

my comp kinda has some issues with blogger... so thats why.... i will try to post more frequently... :)

Life

2011-01-26T09:30:00.000-08:00

Life is a gift.... time is invaluable.... so make the best of what you have.....

Thanksgiving was lovely....

2010-11-26T16:07:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun with our good friends the Hess's, Bells, and the other Bell family. :)
Snowball fights in the dark, Taylor swift, Football, Catchphrase, and hearing the family play made for an awesome evening. :D

SNOW!!!

2010-11-21T08:10:00.000-08:00

Its snowing! YAY! hopefully enough will stay on the ground so that school is cancelled.*says with fingers crossed* :)

CMS

2010-11-20T23:09:00.000-08:00

This year I had the priveledge of attending Christian Musicians Summit with my church!
It was a blast!
There were so many friends there and we did some awesome crazy stuff. :) If you were there you know what i am talking about! :D
Anyhoodles, we just had a blast!
Probably my two favorite musicians were Jonathan Lee and the guitar guy(I can't remember his name for the life of me).
That weekend was probably just about as crazy as it could get. We had three of the Hess's staying with us. That was crazy. :D
But it was generally an awesome time... :D LOL it was crazy rocking out during the jazz session, or the girls car! you are probably all wondering what that is, but what goes on in the girls car stays in the girls car. if you get what i mean. :D But anyhoodles, I had so much fun chillin with the Harpers, Debusscheres, Engstroms, Johnsons, Mullins, Babbitts, etc... Totally amazing people and great friends....! :D

Fall is pretty!

2010-11-20T23:06:00.001-08:00

random tag... :D

2010-11-18T08:14:00.000-08:00

A tag....

1. Have you been asked out?
-yeah, by a really creapy person....

2. Where was your default picture taken?
-idk....

3. What's your middle name?
Anna Lisa

4. What is your current relationship status?
-Deeply in love with Christ!

5. Whats the first thing you do when you wake up from a nap?
-Um.... find out what time it is?

6. What is your current mood?
-Happy, and contented....

7. What color shirt are you wearing?
-Black and white

8. Missing something?
-not something, someone...

9. Current favorite quote?
-Live each day as God would have it and your whole life will be in God's will.

10. If you could go back in time and change something, what would that be?
-I would probably reverse some of the mistakes that I have made.

11. If you could be an animal for one day, what would you be?
- I would probably be a black panther

12. Ever had a near death experience?
God has spared my life more times than I can count.....

13. Something you do a lot
-listen to music

14. The song stuck in your head?
- Firework

15. Least favorite household chore?
-Cleaning the bathroom

16. Name someone with the same birthday as you
-Granny Ouida...(a friend that i know)

17. When was the last time you cried?
-last week

18. Have you ever sung in front of a large audience?
-yes, when i was little....

19. If you could have one super power what would it be?
-Invisibility on command

20. Whats the first thing you notice about the opposite gender?
-Idk... maybe their smile

21. What do you usually order from starbucks?
-any drink with chocolate

22. Whats your biggest secret?
-my biggest secret is that i don't have a biggest secret

23. Whats your favorite color?
-i like all colors

24. Do you still watch kiddie shows or tv shows?
I watch tv shows...

25. Whats on your walls?
pictures, quotes, verses....

26. What are you?
A Christian

27. little bit of Spanish, and tiny bit of Norwegian

28. Whats your favorite smell?
-Christmas baking

29. Describe your life in one word
crazy

30. Have you ever kissed in the rain?
No i have never kissed. but maybe someday in the future.. :)

31. What are you thinking about right now?
-my next class and which friends i might see today

32. What should you be doing?
Spanish hw

33. Who is the last person that made you angry or upset?
-someone...

34. How often do you talk to God?
not as often as i want to

35. Do you like working in the yard?
sometimes

36. If you could have any last name in the world what would it be?
I like my last name right now....

37. What is your natural hair color?
Blonde

38. Do you have many friends?
hundreds, and i am not joking....

39. Do you like your life?
Yes, God has blessed me so much,... there is no reason to not like my life....

I tag anyone who reads this.. :D :D yep that is you.. :D

17

2010-11-17T08:39:00.000-08:00

Even though i have only been 17 for a week, i think that it will be a much better year than 16 was. :D

A song that is a blessing

2010-11-09T22:02:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdq9Q8wJdjc
This song has meant a lot to me and I just wanted to share it.

Another friend is in heaven.......

2010-11-02T08:04:00.001-07:00

Grace died on Saturday. She would have been 98 on December 3rd. She was amazing!
Definitely one of the sweetest ladies you would ever meet. We became friends when I was three. She and I have written and visited back and forth throughout the years. I love Grace.... but God loves her more...... I'm glad for her that she is with Him now.

Why I haven't posted for several months

2010-10-14T08:21:00.001-07:00

Life should be lived and not observed. Thus i haven't had to sit at home writing about life because i am living it.
I will try to post every couple of months, but probably not more than that.
Quick update:
Summer went too fast! :D
I am working at a grocery store doing the accounting and such.
I am going to Green River college for Running Start. I absolutely love it!!!! So many good friends and old homies go there.
I am not really homeschooling anymore except for physics class
Sarah has been at college since August and we miss her tons.
My Grandpa in China had some health issues and had us all scared for a while. I might be going out there to visit him over Thanksgiving. But that is still not all the way decided yet.
i have to take the PSAT on Saturday (AAAAHHHHHHH) :D
My parents started an apologetics club at our house.

So there you have it. A quick major event update. Of course there have been tons more going on, but i don't have time today.

Survival

2010-07-24T08:12:00.001-07:00

Survival was amazing..... i loved it.....:D

Survival

2010-06-20T08:17:00.002-07:00

Heading off for seven days in Montana for TeenPact Survival......

Regionals 2010!

2010-04-11T20:17:00.000-07:00

Regionals 2010 starts on Wednesday!!! Its going to be a great tournament, my last one of the year. :(
This year in NCFCA has been amazing. I am competing in LD at my second Regional Qualifier!!!!!! God blessed me and allowed me to break at my second tournament ever competing in LD. He is SO good. Praise Him for His many blessings.

Ever since being pulled out of school at the end of January (God guided my parents), I have my life back. So many interesting adventures have been had. So many friends have been made. So many good times and memories have been created. :D
Lately I have read through the book of Ephesians several times and this passage just sticks out to me. Ephesians 3:16-19
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Small things, huge blessings....

2010-04-08T18:52:00.000-07:00

Going through old pictures of days long gone and seeing all the people who I have known and loved has been interesting. Its the small things, that have resulted in blessings. I was reminded of the time when I was three and I grew some potatoes(with help of course) and decided that my neighbor needed some. So we took them over to her house and she was so pleased. That night she had me stay for dinner, and we became lifelong friends. She is now 95 and we still write back and forth, since our family moved to a different town almost 13 years ago. God sends us special people who He wants us to reach out to and love. Memories of family, friends, neighbors and strangers who have crossed my path and reached out to me flood back. Now is my turn to reach out to those who God has placed in my life. Maybe its the Grandparents at the local nursing home, or the bus kids at my church. Wherever and whoever they are, they are loved by God and so I will love them as well. One verse that really sticks out to me right now is Galations 5:6b - The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Faith expressing itself through love should be what each of us strive to do. Follow the role of Christ in this. He was the perfect model of faith and love.
Looking back and remembering is wonderful, but looking forward and wondering what God is going to use me to do is even more exciting. The future is unclear, but God holds my future and in Him there is no fear of what may happen. He guides each of our lives.

Home Again...

2010-04-02T17:08:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!!!
Its great to be back!!!!! God blessed me with an amazing trip!!!!! He is sooo good.
Time with family was great. Everyone is growing so big. The baby, Hope, is almost a toddler. I stayed with my 10 Greek Orthodox cousins and Aunt and Uncle.
Idaho Tournament was a good opportunity to practice speaking better, and improve skills. I placed 11th in LD, and 9th in LD speaks... :D

Regional tournament is coming up here in a 12 days......AHHHHHHHH!
This is one of my favorite tournaments. You get to see the top people in our area compete to go on to Nationals. And being only 20 minutes away is a huge blessing when you have to be there at 7:00 each morning.... :D
till later...
Heidi
Have a wonderful Resurection Sunday! Praise God for His Son and Salvation!!!!!!!!!!

An interesting book...

2010-03-15T15:47:00.001-07:00

I just finished reading a good book, "90 Minutes in Heaven" by Don Piper. It was a good reminder that this is not our home.
See you all there,
-Heidi

Chalenged

2010-03-11T21:02:00.001-08:00

Mr. Shanks, the TeenPact guest director gave us a little message each night after worship. Two of them really hit me. One of them was about the red dot principle. You know how in airports they have these maps that say You are here, that is what he was talking about. Everybody needs to know where they are before they can go anywhere. God tells us just where we are when we pray and read His Word. Find out from Him where you are, and then follow where He leads you.
The second one that just struck me as so important was the one on prayer. Lately I have been praying more prayers petitionally that relationally. God wants us to have a relationship with Him, and prayer is the way we communicate with God. Often many of us just treat God like he is Santa Claus, just there to answer and give us and others what they want. He is not our butler.
Philippians 3:8 says: "What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Jesus Christ my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ.
Paul considered anything he had been given as rubbish compared to knowing Christ. The relationship is what counts, not what you obtain from it. Just knowing Jesus more should be our focus. Try for a week to just pray because you want to spend time with Jesus and grow to love Him more. Believe me, it will be worth it. :)
TeenPact worship and messages in the evening are always inspiring and encouraging. That's just another plus :D I know, you get the point. I think TeenPact is amazing. And it is. Really. :D
Goodnight,
~Heidi~

Lately

2010-03-11T20:53:00.001-08:00

Hey Y'all,
How are you all doing?
This year has been tough, but a good tough. God is so good. Lately He has been teaching me just to trust Him for everything. I am a worrier. But lately, just reminding myself every day that He is in control and nothing happens that God does not know about has helped me so much. No more tension headaches!!!!!!! You know sometimes I start trying to plan my future(I say trying because it never works out the way I planned) and then God gently tells me, "Heidi, thats not what I have for you, My plan for you is so much better that what you have for yourself. Just trust me for what you do not see. Have faith that I will take care of you." Every time that I give it up to God, it turns out 100 times better than what I had planned.
So I just wanted to share with you all about something the Lord has been teaching me. Trust, and Faith.
~Heidi~

Traveling

2010-03-08T17:12:00.000-08:00

I am going to Idaho for the Salt and Light NCFCA Tournament. Then afterwards I will be heading down to CA for a while.... So many things going on. Sarah, JE and Mom leave for Massechusettes tomorrow morning. Then they are going to CA and on to Colorado. Life is crazy, but a good crazy. :D
~Heidi~

TeenPact

2010-03-08T16:59:00.000-08:00

This year at TeenPact was amazing!!!! The staff were wonderful. We had Quinton Cools, Kira Clark, Jimmy, Tara, Tim Elliot, and Molly Reich as state staff. Our Interns were August Huckabee, Bryne Goode, and program Director Caleb Baitz. And I shouldn't neglect our camera man, Isaac Harris. Ultimate was great. There were a ton of new kids this year. My brother JE, Hannah Solem, and Michael Turner were the WA state Representatives. Ben Solem was Governor. I grew so much spiritually, and made many lasting friendships. This ministry is so needed in our generation. TeenPact is preparing young people to step out and lead through serving. Its amazing how many lives are changed through it. Every night each cabin gathers together for Rondevue where we talk and pray. It was a great time to just share with other likeminded Christian girls. :D
I would love to staff sometime in the future. Right now, I am just planning my trip to Survival. :D Its going to be amazing. TeenPact and NCFCA have been two of the best things I have done for school, and I should say fun as well. Thats all for now....
I don't know what God has for my future, but He does. And Right now, I am just going to trust Him to take care of it.....:) God has been working on my heart the past week to just rest in what He has planned for me. Who knows what lies just around the corner???:)
-Heidi

interesting day

2010-02-08T20:45:00.003-08:00

coop was interesting. had an awesome time in geometry with JE and Steele... it was fun.

Tournament

2010-01-26T06:48:00.000-08:00

This past week we had the Silversmith Speech and Debate Tournament. It was AWESOME!!! I got to seee sooooo many of my friends, and watch some great/ super funny speeches. Next week is Clarion Tourny. We are staying at the Deems. Tina and I will get to go on Friday after our volleyball game. Anyhoo, just wanted to update you all. Oh and John and Sarah did super good. They qualified to Regionals in everything. But they didn't place that well, and still they qualified. It was a good tournament. JE and I played jokes on people and had random competitions, and did random stuff, and made Matt have an interesting day.......yeah.... well never mind, but it was funny. so bye now.
-Heidi

Practical jokes are funny!

2010-01-16T09:30:00.001-08:00

So I get jokes played on me a lot. Yeah.

Clarion

2010-01-15T22:31:00.001-08:00

I am going to Clarion and we get to stay with the Deems'!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!! YAY.
Tina and I get to go because we are already down in Portland area for volleyball and so dad will drive up and get us and bring us down Friday night!!!
-Heidi

Happy Birthday Bekah and Kristen!!!!!

2009-12-28T09:03:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to Rebekah M and Kristen T.!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you two have a great year being 16 and 18.
Love ya,
Heidi

New formats

2009-12-26T09:59:00.001-08:00

I think I will change this blog around a little bit in the next few days..... tell me if you like it.
-Heidi

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T17:01:00.001-08:00

I wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope you all will enjoy this celebration of Christ's birth.... Merry Christmas!
-Heidi

Two different colored eyes...... :)

2009-12-21T08:57:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I woke up with two different colored eyes. One is pink, the other is blue! I make quite an interesting picture, almost a scary one. Anyhoo I will write more later....
~Heidi

One year closer to a wheelchair...:)

2009-11-09T19:22:00.000-08:00

Yup thats right... today i am 16!!!! Glad that I made it this far!!! :)
Anyhoo thats all......
-Heidi

Happy, happy, Happy

2009-10-04T07:19:00.000-07:00

Trudy went home to be with the Lord. She is soooo very happy now. Trudy has been one of my best friends for over 11 years. Earlier this year she found out that she had severe liver cancer. She is one of the sweetest gentle little ladies that I knew..... I do not know why she had to die this painful death........ But I know that she is resting in the arms of Jesus........ She was saved and baptised only a month ago...YAY!!!!!!
We all miss her so very much,
Heidi

Happy Birthday Rayni!!!

2009-09-30T13:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday!!! You are one awesome, fun, cool, Friend.
Have a great year being 16, I know you will, especially the debate part of it!!!! :) (hehehe)
Anyhoo, see ya SAT...... FRISBEE YAY!!!!!!!
~Heidi

Hey i am still in existence :)

2009-09-24T16:45:00.000-07:00

Yeah did you forget that I blog on this blog?? Well don't worry, so did I. JK
Anyhoodles...... School is school and is still school and will still be it in a few minutes if you want to know.
UM......... I am trying to think.... that is very hard work........ but i am managing :)
I remember, yes I was going to ask you all if you went to the fair and what was your favorite thing to do there or that you did. Please comment and tell me. I am DYING to know. JK
Bye now back to the norm, and yes it is still school.
Heidi
Oh really cool fact about spanish, YOU ONLY CAPITALIZE NAMES!!!! Yay I knew there was a country where i could survive with my english skills(or should i say lack thereof)
I am very happy about that... It made my day :)

School starts tomorrow...

2009-09-07T21:31:00.000-07:00

Hey all,
School starts tomorrow :( so i won't be able to post that much......
Anyways comment or email me and keep in touch. I have never gone to an actual school so i am extremely nervous and very nervous and did I mention that I am nervous??? Oh and to celebrate labor day today, we all labored!!! wasn't that brilliant of my parents? hahaha anyways i have to get to bed early tonight. And i will post some funny stories about Kristina....
-- Yesterday Kristina got her head accidentally smashed in the door. After her tears had ceased she turned to the very repentent head smasher and said, "You just broke the seventh commandment when you smashed my head in the door." LOL she meant the verse about loveing your neighbor as yourself.......:)
A few nights ago at dinner we were discussing Obama's address to the school children of America and all the controversy around it. My little sister piped up and said I don't know why they would want to listen to him....That would be SOOOO boring, You would have to just sit there and listen to them say, The white house, Washington D.C. the white house Washington D.C.!!!!!! lol I thought that was really funny :)
During a conversation Kristina was trying to prove that she had cleaned John Elliot's room and said "Mom can protest that I cleaned it"... :)

Happy birthday Mommy!!

2009-09-04T20:30:00.001-07:00

I love you sooo much and I would not be here if you were not. Thank you and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Hey Everyone!!!

2009-09-02T22:37:00.000-07:00

School is almost here! I just finished watching evan almighty, the movie about a modern day Noah. It was pretty funny. Anyhoodles I have been bad about posting and i will do my best to make myself post. Everything is crazy around here. Really.
Well goodnight.
~Heidi

"Wait and See" by Brandon Heath

2009-08-26T14:58:00.000-07:00

http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=efdc600c313fdd29b4d7

Speech Camp and Overnight at the Fryes!!!!!!

2009-08-24T10:31:00.000-07:00

Hey all friends,
This will be just a quick blog post to catch u up with my life. Last monday we went to a speech camp. It was awesome. On the second to last day Sarah and I were invited to stay overnight at the Frye's. So we did. And that night at their church Lincoln Brewster was doing a concert, so we went with them. And at that concert was one of my other good friends, Katie West!!!! I was very excited, and had a blast. Hosanna and I raced through the big air filled bouncy things. I won both times!!! Hahahaha. Okay so there was a big parking lot where the concert was held. Then beyond the parking lot was this muddy ditch and then a hill. All during the concert these little kids kept falling into the ditch. It was so sad and so funny. One little girl fell in up to her neck. Luckly Rayni jumped in and saved her. The kids always came out screaming. Sorry about how random that was. Anyways back to the story, after the concert we went home and had Hosanna's cake and Icecream for dessert. BTW Hosanna is an awesome cook!!!! Rayni and Hosanna had so much fun that night. we stayed up late and scared each other. the gray lady!!!!
More later,
Oh and i got second in extemp at the tourny and third in apologetics~!!!!!

The ultimate gift

2009-08-22T10:45:00.000-07:00

You must see this movie. Very strong message and how Christ can change a person's life.

Everything by lifehouse

2009-08-22T10:44:00.000-07:00

http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=881809860b651c422981
a very good song.

Everything...

2009-08-13T13:39:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all whats up???
I am down in CA still!!!! This month has been awesomely crazy!!!!! I survived volleyball camp, had an awesome time with the Joe's and my future cousin in law and his brother, and am leaving in a few hours for my great aunts funeral. Let me go through each of these more in depth.....

Volley ball camp:
Well it all began Fri, 2 weeks ago. I left from my debate camp. BTW I loved debate camp and seeing everyone, it was weird because all the staff are my friends!!!!! Anyway I got home and had like 3 hours to pack and get ready for camp. I had been told by some guys at church(they just got back from basketball camp at the same location) that the temperature was around 114 degrees. This of course was just what I wanted to hear and DID NOT WORRY ME AT ALL. Okay fast forward this story is getting to boring... At church Pastor met all of us girls and we prayed before we headed out in the big church van at 10:30pm. DO NOT TRY TO PUT 9 girls in a van at that time and expect them to sleep! :) We did makeup ate and okay i will say it, we actually dozed of a couple of times but only for ten minutes or So the whole way down. BTW that last sentence was grammatically incorrect. Anyway we finally got there Sat. night at ten o'clock. They gave us nice dorms to sleep in. I shared a room with Breanna, Ashley, Ashley B, and Kirida. Our bathroom had two showers and two stalls and connected with Mrs. Holmes & Mrs. Koehlers room. Not that you needed to know all that. Camp started. It was super intense. Everyday we had these personal chalenges. One of them was to do as many pushups as you possibly could in five minutes. I only got to 90.
We had the most bestest food in the world. They fed us a TON. Yeah. No further comments.
We had three on three tournaments every day. We played three of those each day. We won 6 out of 9 of our games!!!!!
Our FBCA volleyball team won the camp tournament!!! we are the champions!!!! No I definitely do not have pride issues!;)
Magic Mountain was okay. Personally I do not like being in huge crowds with strange people. Especially with immodest immoral people. enough said. The rides were fun anyway.
Now we will go into depth about the time with the cousins..........

Cousins:
My aunt picked me up from camp at West Coast Baptist college. The boys were super quite unlike their usual selves. I got to see Elpida for the first time. She is the most adorable cute baby ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the awesomest thing of all besides being with my fun cousins was that Joanna's boyfriend and his bro were staying with them til Wednesday!! Yasha and Nick are so much fun. Yasha(Joanna's boyfriend) is so nice and very respectful and kind. They are a perfect match and have embraced the standards that their parents set up for their courtship!! Its nice to know that there are still hope for our generation.
Nick is pretty funny. He loves to play tennis and throw the boys in the pool.
Everyone here is getting so big. Katharine had her b-day yesterday and turned 23 ;)
We had an awesome time going on walks and swimming, going to church, hanging out at Peters house, having flat tires, eating delicious food( I wouldn't be surprised if i gained a pound :)), going to Barnes and Noble with the weird guy there, watching monk and cartoons, keeping the children in line and clothed. Sorry sort of an inside joke. I also got to make brownies which seem to disapear even faster here than at our house!!!!!
I love being here. Holding Elpida is just thrilling. She likes to make faces and copy you even though she is only 3-4 months. Jooey is still my little buddy. He always gives me hugs. Nectarios and Poniotis changed their minds and now want to be priests with small families, instead of monks. Teddy remains and is even a worse terror than ever. Such a strong will and so indepent for such a small boy. He also has a broblem with keeping his clothes on. I love that kid though.
Evanthia is doing great, she has a ton of friends and loves college. Fotini is doing well, school, reading and a special friend, takes up her time. Yianna is in love. What more can you say??? Only word describes this condition= Twiterpated!
Katherine is going through a tough time after a breakup with her boyfriend, her car being broken into twice and her laptop, ipod, etc stolen. She is still totally awesome and i got to have some pretty intense debates with her. She taught us this one game that is soo funny. So everybody writes down 6 nouns on little pieces of paper and puts them all in a bowl. I'll teach you all at home. This is what was said in a shakespearian accent about the word dog: A little animal that goes arf arf at opportune times. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA.
Uncle Joseph and Aunt Despina are doing well.

More about all of these happenings later...... Ta ta for now...... See you all soon..... Love, Heidi

Bye

2009-07-31T17:38:00.000-07:00

Got back from Debate camp which was awesome and we had the coolest teachers, Tait Deems and Jachin Scott!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Leaving for volleyball camp in CA. 115 degrees where I am going. Hope I survive. Heidi

YAY

2009-07-17T07:32:00.000-07:00

Veronica is coming today!!!

BTW

2009-07-10T11:18:00.001-07:00

I purposefully spelled the headline on the last post wrong... =)

Busyness

2009-07-10T11:07:00.000-07:00

Hey All,
What is going on for you these days? Are you having a wonderful relaxing summer, or a crazy, busy, super fast one??? Mine is crazier than I ever wanted it to be. So much going on. I am hoping that I will still have time to fit in a couple VBS's. They are my absolute favorite thing to do in the summer. SO MUCH MORE FUN THAN ANY CAMP. Okay, okay that was totally personal opinion. Between camps, tennis lessons, volleyball, church, bus ministry, prayertime, relatives, remodeling, summer school, getting enrolled in FBCA, helping Trudy, etc... there really has not been much time left. I sometimes wonder if time is speeding up. At least it feels that way. Things that used to take so long are gone in what seems a second. Its probably just my imagination though. Anyway I added some things to the blog. The abortion counter is a reminder to all of us to stand up for those who have no voice. It really shocked me how many abortions are done a day. I had no idea.

Oh I do have to tell you something funny. Last Sunday when I was sitting by a couple of bus kids, they asked me how old I was. So I said that they should guess. The little boy in front of me said are you 100,00 years old??? That really cracked me up. Hahahahaha.
To all my faithful bloggies, have a great summer and tell me what to post because I have no idea.

The Father's Hand

2009-07-06T19:49:00.000-07:00

While through this changing world below
I would not choose my path to go;
'Tis Father's hand that leadeth me,
Then O how safe His child must be.

Sometimes we walk in sunshine bright,
Sometimes in darkness of the night;
Sometimes the way I cannot see
But Father's hand still leadeth me.

Sometimes there seems no way to take,
But Father's hand a way doth make.
Sometimes I hear Him gently say,
"Come follow Me, this is the way."

Why should I mind the way I go?
His way is best for me, I know.
He is my strength, my truth, my way,
He is my comfort, rod, and stay.

So on we travel hand in hand,
Bound for the heavenly promised land
Always through all Eternity,
I will praise His name for leading me.
-Ida L. Cornett

Hope..

2009-07-06T19:45:00.000-07:00

My newest cousin when she was first born. She is now 1 1/2 months old....

Thought for the day!

2009-07-06T09:24:00.000-07:00

Did you know that history really is His Story???

Saved

2009-07-06T09:22:00.000-07:00

His name was Andreas...
He is five...
Praise the Lord, He let me lead Andreas to salvation...
Thank you Lord for saving this young boy...

101st Post!!!

2009-06-23T10:04:00.000-07:00

My last post was the 100th post. Yay!!! I never thought that I would have that much to write about but so many things have happened. Mom, Sarah and JE got back on Saturday night and JE left at two am monday morning for Survival teenpact camp. I would have gone but it was too much for me to handle and I have things planned this week already. They had a great time at nationals. The sibs made lots of friends and enjoyed seeing old friends. Tennis is going great and surprisingly I am actually enjoying it. More later, Heidi
p.s. Sorry for the random post. =)

2nd thought for the day

2009-06-22T21:51:00.000-07:00

God's love is forgiving. God's love is for giving.

Thought for the day

2009-06-22T21:50:00.000-07:00

You can never let God down. After all you aren't holding God up, He holds you up.

more pics

2009-06-09T21:34:00.000-07:00

Me being a statue and trying not to laugh, I didn't succeed

Jed

Tina and Friends

Booey and Munchie

Most of the group

Mom and Mrs. Frye

Sarah, Lauren, and I

Tom, Jos, and Zeb

Zeb and Hoey

Dad and Mr. West having a good laugh

Mr. and Mrs. Mullins

Lauren and us girls playing statue

Epic Fail

2009-06-09T11:21:00.000-07:00

We were driving to go camping when Sarah noticed that there was a hitchhiker. As you can tell from the short video clip he was standing by a sign that read "No hitchhikers beyond this point." Fail. Epic Fail.

Munchie

2009-06-09T11:16:00.000-07:00

This video is a little clip of munchie Frye(Aka malachi). He loved chocolate and almost every day would come up to me and say can I have some chocolate. He is 4 and wants to be five. Definitely one of my special little buddies!!!! =)

Camping

2009-06-08T12:22:00.000-07:00

Massage time

Game time

Micah and Mrs. Campbell

A study in facial expressions

Peace, coffee and kransekake

Luke

Sarah

Morgan trying to find the mafia

Mr. and Mrs. Mullins

Mr. and Mrs. Weller...

Mr. Campbell Warming up around the campfire

Daddy putting up the tents

The Fryes early in the morning eating breakfast

The boys

We had fun playin uno

Jos putting the pinatta up

Abe was always smiling and always ready for a game of tag. He would come up to me and say tage you are it. Then he would run and touch a tree or the picnic table and say, you can't get me, I'm on base. He was a very special kid.

Tina after loosing uno

Aaron playing the guitar for evening worship.

Crammed into the car, looking for oncoming cars so the extra people could "Duck in time"

Booey and Anica one of the twins

Can you believe that we crammed about 11 people into our 7 passenger van? It was a fun, very illegal ride back to camp!

A little more of the falls

A small part of the falls

A large log they were playing with

The hikers

Sarabeth and Aaron being funny=)

Samuel, Sarabeth's bro

Jos in front of our campground area....

Alex...

The twins, can you tell them apart??? Anica and Aundra

Morgan, making a face at having his pic taken, though Sarah says thats his normal...

Hoey Frye (aka. Hosanna)

Rayni Frye

Roasting marshmellows for smores

Jedidiah by the fire...

Kezziah warming up by the fire...

Hey we just got back on Sunday. I missed bus ministry, but thats alright. Anyway here are the pics. Hope you enjoy it. We were at Rainbow falls state park. It was a beautiful location that was slightly cold but otherwise great. We had so much fun playing tons of ultimate frisbee, soccer, volleyball, rafting and much more...I will post more about it later(hopefully).

Tennis....

2009-06-01T09:06:00.001-07:00

One word of warning: DON'T!!!
Okay I should have heeded that word of warning. But my mother decided that I would learn how to play tennis, whether I liked it or not. So on Thursday I ventured out onto the court and met the other players. Some of the girls seemed really nice. Then the coach taught us or tried to teach us fourhand. I didn't get it. Yeah. It was really bad. You have to hold the racket and then mid-swing turn it around and put a spin on the ball. Also you have to plan and be about five feet from where the ball bounces. Confusing, very confusing. JE picked it up right away and is the second best person in our group. I am at the opposite end of skill level. So keep me in your thoughts tomorrow when I head in for another lesson of tennis. The coach is really nice but he gets a little impatient when I can't hit the ball, or hit it right.

Also I will most likely be going to church school this year. I will be playing on the volleyball team. It will be a huge chalenge. But I know that I can learn another sport.
The one big thing that will be the hardest about not homeschooling is that I won't be able to compete in NCFCA. I have hundreds of friends in the NCFCA and will miss all of them. This would have been the year that I could have done debate but alas that will not be. So farewell to NCFCA.

My new template...

2009-05-30T12:59:00.000-07:00

What do y'all think??? Do you like it or should I change it??? Anyways comment, and go to www.thecutestblogontheblock.com to see other blog template options. -Heidi

Finally posting again...

2009-05-26T21:12:00.000-07:00

Hi all, You probably have forgotten that I actually existed after not posting anything for almost a month. Bad, bad, Heidi. Well now that I'm back it generally follows that I should think of something to post. Hmmmmmmm....I am thinking... just give me a second to let the creative juices flow....... Ahhh... I have it!! Testing!!! Isn't that what you all wanted to hear??????? Maybe not. How about this:
My life has been very busy and very fun and very busy. Does that sum it all up?! Memorial Day was great. I shoveled like ten wagonloads of manure. What a wonderful way to spend a holiday!! :) After that we had a nice time and visited Grandma's grave.
Oh did I ever tell you all about the slug wars? Well then, sit back, relax, and get ready for the tale. Its a whale of a tale as my mom used to say. Once upon a time there lived four children on a small farm. The oldest was named Sarah, the next Heidi, the one son was JE, and the littlest and by far the naughtiest was Kristina. One a fine day He5d5 and sarah and *5ebed went to an end of the year party/sleepover for girls group. After watching and squealing through a love comes softly movie they all tiptoed to bed. During the night the little girls (all the younger girls were in a tent, and the older girls were in a tent) snuck over to the oldergirls in their tent and started howling trying to scare the older girls. Of course this did not work so the little girls then tried tickling them. They got tickled and pinched back. later that night the naughty littles snuck out and cracked eggs all along the front of our tent so that we would step in them when we woke up. Also they pulled some of the poles out of our tent so part of it fell down on us. Then to give them a nice surprise somebody found slugs in their shoes. They then went and put 15 slugs in our almost evacuated tent. I don't know who but someone did put some in their tent but only three. That was the slug wars and yes I was involved. Does that surprise you??? It really shouldn't. Anyway its really late and i woke up at 3:30 I am tired good night sorry for my bad spelling, Heidi...zzzzzzzz....z.zzzzz.zzzzz....zzzz....zzzz....zzzz....zzzzzzzzzzz

Prayer Time

2009-05-01T14:15:00.001-07:00

A few friends...... playing in the playhouse...
Sarah, Kristina, Tory, Trenton, Rachel, Katie

They are such good housekeepers at play... I wish it applied to regular housekeeping....

Katie is definitely one fun person to be around

Uh Oh you found me!!!!!

Janet and Otis.. are we surprised that Otis is back to her butting ways???

A few foursquare players....

Hey Y'all,

After hosting prayer time for over five years you would think that we would have taken some pics of it. But no we haven't. Janet and I were discussing this lack of photos and Sarah decided to do something about it. So here are a few pics.

-Heidi

medieval feast

2009-04-30T20:56:00.000-07:00

My brothers Feast that was put on by his class went really well. We all dressed up in medieval clothes. It was quite interesting the food that they served. One of the dishes was tongue. I didn't get up enough courage to actually taste it. The class put on a sort play about St. George and the Dragon. John Elliot was St. George. They had two people joist, and a couple others pretend to have a battle using real swords. They had it all traditional food. So it was really fun. Bye for now, Heidi

Bucky and Otis

2009-04-30T09:56:00.001-07:00

This is a little, short video of the above mentioned animals.

-Heidi

Pancakes for Breakfast

2009-04-30T09:52:00.000-07:00

Today as an act of kindness, My brother made breakfast. He cooked pancakes and made syrup. They were DELICIOUS!! The one sad thing was the salt. Now any normal cook would have used salt that was in very small pieces. Unfortunately we don't have any normal cooks in our house. These pancakes had rock salt in them. Rock salt= HUGE PIECES OF SALT. Not that there is anything wrong with that. So we enjoyed the pancakes where every other bite had a bite of salt. Yup it was definitely a new experience. - Heidi

Birthday Season!!!

2009-04-27T20:53:00.000-07:00

Well lately at our house there have been several birthdays. Sarah, Kristina, and John have all gotten or are getting older. John turns 14 on the 2nd of may. He is a wonderful brother, possibly because he's the only brother. Anyway thats all and that was a very short post wasn't it???
-Heidi

Teen Pact at Christian Heritage!!!

2009-04-25T09:48:00.000-07:00

All of us good little teenpacters manning the booth!!!

From left to right:

(1st Row: Hannah, Anna, Gabe, Me, Karissa; 2nd Row: Sis Sarah, Ben, Betsy, Molly, JE,

Very back: Jon Roth)

Some of my awesome friends, and if you can't tell, Molly and Betsy are twins... =)

The twins and Karissa... Boy we had fun together. She kept me laughing. We attended the Chorale at Christian Heritage for one session. We were in the back row of the soprano section. And since more people kept trickling in, we had to stand up and sit down quite a bit. Then because we had come in after the Chorale started, we didn't have a chance to warm up. So when the high notes came around, We were kind of squeaky. That was bad enough, but then Jon Roth came in. He heard us squeeking and made a couple funny faces at us. Okay.. We tried not to laugh, it was so bad... We were litterally dying of laughter but we couldn't laugh....at all. Yes. That was really funny. Really.

Christian Heritage was a blast. You really should have gone.=) Voddie Bauchaum gave some wonderful speeches on very key topics. It was a blessing to see so many other Christian Home Educators coming together to encourage one another and learn more about Christ. And we were all very sad to leave. Very Sad.

Anyway, My brother's ancient history class at coop is putting on a huge medieval fiest. There are even supposed to be trebuchets there!!!! How cool. Bye for now.... I will post more latere...

Regionals.... and a few pics...

2009-04-25T07:50:00.000-07:00

First of all, here is the room we stayed in. Not that you really needed to know that.

And our hotel! There were so many other friends all at this hotel; the Clarks, Danielsons, Beasleys, Rathbuns, Ptaks, Carters, Fryes, Kostovs, Butlers, and us and the Trawcynzinskis.

Us with Denise, or Nicee, and her boy friend and the two kids who were staying with us, Matt and Sarah.

Eating cheese cake....YUM

Sarah's papers saying that she qualifyed to Nationals!

Denise and Sarah... and Patrick Butler in the background.

A sideways picture of us drinking our soda that we just bought at Acacia park. Notice that they are trying to be cool.

The park which we think was named after our good friend Acacia.

Another park photo...

Abigail Dejarnnette... one of our good friends

Matt and JE.... good friends...

Sarah early in the morning....Sarabeth Mullins another good friend...

JE playing Nintendo DS. If you aren't laughing you should be. =)

Lets just say that the running joke at the tourny was that JE loved the DS that he stayed up all night playing it and when he didn't win a game he would go crazy and go to Mathew for counseling. Also each night he would hold it and say "Smooth and Sleek, I know I shouldn't but yet I will." Yup we teased him. BTW none of the above should be held against him as it is only a joke...

Wow! One big blast of competition, friends, late nights, headaches, and toooooo many stairs!!! It actually was a great experience, and I made so many more friends.

Also I have now become almost as good as Creighton Deems at slap. That is an accomplishment!!! Yup the simple pleasures in life.

While we were in Colorado, we saw some of our relatives. Davin and Denise (my twin cousins), and their boyfriend and girlfriend. Our family got to spend some time with Uncle Frank and Aunt Sally, and Aunt Sandy before she headed back to China. They are wonderful people. Aunt Sally is recovering from a major stroke that she had. Uncle Frank took the opportunity to show us some object lessons about relying on Christ. He had about 16 nails all balanced on one nail. How? Christ.

Denise went to a late dinner birthday party with us for my little sis Kristina. She turned 12 on the 18. Isn't that just a little scary???? So now Sarah is 17, I am 15, JE is almost 14 and Tina is 12!!!! AHHHHHH we're getting old!

Teen Pact!!!

2009-04-11T09:59:00.000-07:00

You must must must must go to Teen Pact. It was the most wonderful experience with the most awesome people and we actually learned something!!!! We had the opportunity to hear from Justice Sanders, Representatives, Lobyists, Senators, and many more people. I grew spiritually, mentally, and made soooo many friends. I was in the HEWD comittee. We got to do mock legislature. JE and Sarah both ran for Senator but unfortunately didn't get elected. JE also sang opera. You should ask him about it. HILARIOUS. I was kindof shocked. One of the highlights was praying at different places around the capitol. We had random people come up and ask us, who are you, you are so different, so well behaved! It was neat to be able to represent Christ, through our actions and speech. After all everywhere we go we send out a message. Who's message are you sending out? Actually we are going to Survival!! ;) I hope I will survive. More later on Teenpact. Like pranks that were played, games, skits and much much more. Stay tuned for my next post. Heidi

Evangeline!

2009-04-11T09:54:00.000-07:00

My cousin Evangeline came up to our house for a week. We had a blast!!! She helped our family pass out 150 Bibles. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!! She learned how to milk. She and Daddy had Chilly Eating competitions. Man can she eat hot chillys. I can't do that. I run around screaming when I get one that is hot. Yup. It must be the Norwegian in me. Too bad. Babe went home today. Oh and Babe is her nickname. She's had it since she was well just a wee babe. Bye, Heidi

Buckminster

2009-04-11T09:48:00.000-07:00

Hey Y'all,

Wow it has been Forever since I last blogged. So much has happened. I think that first I will address the title of this post. My cow Apple had a baby. It was a boy calf. What else would it be? Ha Ha. We named him bucky. But since that name was too nice we changed his name to Buckminster. He is also known as Burger King. That name does imply his future, doesn't it? He has buck teeth and is extremely fiesty. Very strong willed like his mother and owner. Just Kidding!!! -Heidi

More Idaho Pics

2009-03-29T19:48:00.001-07:00

Garrett Tracht and Max Nelsen.
(Thank you for correcting me anonymous, I posted this quite late and was too tired to notice my mistake)

LD Debate awards....
Josiah Bryant, John Chaffee, Jason Kosloski, Sarah Chaffee, Katharine Knight, Max Nelsen, Kira Clark, Kelsea Mort

Pesuasive Awards...
Ruth Ptak, Max Nelsen, Sam Paul, Sarah Chaffee, Kelsea Mort, Catharine Jones, Lauren Reavely

Dramatic Interpretation... These ladies are extremely skilled at making people cry, and they delight in doing it!!!

(Grace Debuschere, Acacia Danielson, Amy Anstett, Kira Clark, Catharine Jones)

Apologetics Semi-finalists....

(Evan Bell, Creighton Deems, Grace Debuschere, Daniel Beasley, George Nye, Tait Deems)

Sorry about the how blurry this pic is. But I like it because it is of three people who are world changers.....

Three LDers..... Kristin I put this on just for you =)

My bro, Jason Kosloski, and my sis

Katie Pitchford and Max Nelsen..... BTW Katie took second in LD at Rocky Mountain Classic

Harrison Scott (aka. Harry) and my bro

I like this picture!!! Don't you?

Idaho Tourny pics

2009-03-24T17:21:00.000-07:00

Drew Deems...........The best timer ever!!!!!!!!!

Blaire Bayliss and Mrs. Bayliss

Lauren Reavely (watch out, she is one GREAT apologist) myself, and Kristen Tracht
(Kristen is my duo partner)

The lovely Tessa Deems, myself and the lovely Mrs. Deems

A few moms and judge cordinators and judges catching a quick lunch between rounds

(My mom, Mrs. Deems, Teran Clark, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Danielson)

Marissa Olsen and Jordan Brawner..... Don't they look like they are selling that drink?

Kristopher Clark (aka detective Kris) selling me chips.... He does his ten minute expos in four minutes and a five minute impromptu in 9 minutes. WOW!!!!!

Aaron Paul (you have to meet this person, definitely one of a kind) + my little bro

Duo partners

My friend Creighton..... I caught him when he wasn't ready for a photo. =)

Max Nelsen..... If only he knew how feared he really was!

Awwwww.......... Siblings

A few friends having a name mixup lunch... Tessa Deems, Acacia Danielson, Me, Rebekah Ptak

The RUBICS cube of brain torture..... Only one person in this world (that I know of) can solve these, without looking at them, in a matter of seconds... and that is Dylan Deems

Rebekah Ptak taking pleasure in freaking my out!

Verve Tourny Pics

2009-03-24T13:58:00.000-07:00

The famous John Kostov and Daniel Beasley performing their duo.

Chris Riegg and Sam Wolkenhaur (aka. Wolky) cross-exing

Sarah preping for apologetics

Mr. and Mrs. Beasley being recognized as this is their last year being NCFCA parents

George Nye and My brother..... LD final round (FYI George won)

Hanging out after the round......

Roy's humorous.....

Tait Deems and my bro......

Verve Tournament

2009-03-16T18:29:00.000-07:00

Yes this tournament was even better than the last one. I was so glad to see many of my friends. Quite a few of the Clarion Club folks came. They are so much fun to be with and huge encouragements. I took sixth place in my Original Oratory Speech. Also Kristen and my duo took fifth place! This was her very first tournament!!!! My little bro JE took 2nd in Lincoln douglas debate. He amazed us all by beating our good friend Tait Deems twice. Tait recently took third in the nation!! You can just imagine our shock! Sarah took 2nd in apologetics, and third in impromptu and second in expository. I can't remember what place she was in persuasive, but she was in the top 5. Idaho, here we come!!!! I hope to see you all there. It will be a great time as it is the last qualifying tournament I will be attending before regionals. God has blessed me with a great season and I look forward to next year and debate! Patrick Butler, Arlen Olsen and many others won't let me off the hook. New chalenges. Its going to be scary, but it will be a blast as well. I will try and post pics if I have the chance. Sorry, but with four speech events I had to let mom take the pics for me. So not very many were taken. I am very tired. Signing off, Heidi

Back in Business!!

2009-03-09T21:44:00.000-07:00

My Partner Kristen and I are back on for the duo. YEAH!!!!!!!! It is going awesome and I have it memorized and we are doing it at verve and at idaho. awesome. So thats all. I am going to hit the hay now. Its been a long day. We have about four inches of snow. more later. Heidi

Regarding My Duo

2009-02-28T14:25:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately I have lost my partner. Her family is leaving in less than 9 weeks for Uganda. So I probably can't compete in this category unless I can find someone else to "Be my partner". Yup thatsallthatIhavetosayrightnow. Bye Bye, Heidi

Duo

2009-02-27T17:44:00.000-08:00

As some of you know, I am doing a duo. A duo is a piece of literature acted out by two people for the purpose of competition or entertainment. Kristen and I are doing one. It is crazy. We actually only cut it yesterday and started blocking it today. So far so good. It is the story of Prince Kamar and Princess Budur from a thousand and one nights. Yup. Its really funny. I get to be lots of crazy characters.

So what are all my readers up to? I hope you are all doing well. Oh and comment on anything that I need to change or add to my blog. I appreciate feedback.

The next Tourny is March 12-14. The one after that there is one in Idaho. It is the 18-21st. So I will be pretty busy and most likely won't have time to blog. Sorry guys! =)
God Bless and Have a GREAAAAATTTT DAAAAYYYY!!!!
Heidi

A Few Facts about Heidi

2009-02-23T19:34:00.000-08:00

I must warn you, THIS IS LONG! DON'T READ IT IF YOU ARE BUSY!!!!!
Okay now you can't say that I did not warn you.

Place an X by all the things you've done:
() Gone on a blind date
(x ) Skipped school
() Watched someone die
(x) Been to Canada
(x) Been to Mexico
() Been to Florida
(x) Been to Hawaii
(x) Been on a plane
() Been on a helicopter
(x) Been lost
() Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers (and cowboys & Indians!)
(x) Recently colored with crayons
() Sang Karaoke
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't.
() Made prank phone calls
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
() Written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
(X) Blown bubbles
() Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies
(x) Been deep sea fishing
() Driven across the United States
(x) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(x) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(x) Seen a star and made a wish
() Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
() Seen the Statue of Liberty
() Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle ....I have not even though we live near it!
(x) Been on a cruise
(x) Traveled by train
() Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding
() Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR
(X) Been to Disneyland/ Disney World
(X) Truly believe in the power of prayer
( ) Been in a rain forest
(x) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
() Ridden on an elephant
() Ridden on a Camel
() Swam with dolphins
() Been to the Olympics
(x) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
(x ) Been water-skiing
(x) Been snow-skiing
() Been to Westminster Abbey
() Been to the Louvre
() Swam in the Mediterranean
() Been to the Great Pyramid in Egypt
(x) Been to a Major League Baseball game
() Been to a National Football League game
()Been to a National Hockey League

I hope this gives you a better picture of me. I have done some things and not done others. Have a great day!! Heidi

A few tourny pics

2009-02-23T18:24:00.000-08:00

Kristin Tracht....SCARY!!!!
(notice my worried look?)
Like dude, like peace, man, like totally......JUST KIDDING!!!

Now that is one wierd look

Kristin Tracht being herself..... She was....I don't know what she was doing....

Hanging out.... having a GREAT TIME

Rebekah Ptak having fun with friends:)

I love the look on Will's face!!!

Any more chips left?

Cale one of My bro's best buds...

(Interesting fact about Cale: He was born with eleven fingers)

Another of Connor.

Harry Scott... How do you describe him? Definitely different.

Grayson Haugen....... one awesome debater/speecher/friend.

The Famous Connor McMurray....... one of my good friends..... being cool.

Two lovely ladies, Katrina Freeland and Bridget Rowe taking a break

AppleTree Tourny

2009-02-23T07:01:00.000-08:00

The Tourny is finally over. IT WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!! My sis won the lincoln douglas debate for the second time. I also qualified to regionals in impromptu!!! Its actually my first time to qualify in anything!!!!!!! Soooo exciting!!! I will try to put some pics on next post. Overall it was the best tourny yet in my opinion. Everyone was so friendly. I have a few highlights:

Stomping on the ground to get the worms to come up. (Yes the Frye's taught me this and it actually works)
Being so tired that when I was told that I had already eaten my pizza, I actually believed this and yes my brother and Krissy convinced me while they were consuming what once was mine. I still don't know how they did it.
Getting freaked out by a locked door that kept banging even though the room it led into was dark. The reason it banged was a varience in air pressure.
Ducking just in time to save myself from getting hit in the head with a flying basketball.
Winning in Apples to Apples.
Breaking in impromptu for the first time ever.
Timing a really fun debate between Grayson and JE. They kept having podium and google wars.
Watching Kira play with a rubber chicken.
Seeing my sis sodge debate Kathryn Knight in finals round.
Getting a free lunch.
Hanging out with the coolest people ever!!!! (Grayson, Cale, Will, Connor, Calvin, Bridget, Katrina, Sarah, Acacia, Kira, Kris, Rebekah, Krissy, Mathew, and all the rest of you)
Running around like crazy!!!
Sinking into the ground with my high heels.
Taking random pics of a few friends when they were not looking!!!!!
Watching Margaret's jaw drop when she got third place in apologetics. This was her first time competing in it.
And much more.......

We are already signed up for Puget Sound Regional Qually, and Inland Northwest Regional Qually.
I hope to see all of you there!
Heidums

Bibles

2009-02-16T13:28:00.000-08:00

On Friday and Saturday our family passed out Bibles. We did around a hundred. So many were grateful to recieve the word of God. The people who were deeper in sin were more grateful and receptive to the scriptures than anyone else!!! So many were UTI(under the influence) and not living good lifestyles. Yet seeing them reminded me of how Christ saw them. He looked at them through eyes of love and forgave them. He did not condemn them. So many times we look past people and say oh they will never get saved!! But every person on this planet is going to one of two destinations, Heaven or hell. Our pastor told us that once he was talking with a person from a different religion. They said to him"You don't actually believe that God would send people to hell". He said "Yes I do." To that they replied, "If you really believed that unrepentant sinners go to hell, you would do everything and tell everyone about Jesus, to keep them out of that horrible place." We all know that there is a hell and that everyone who does not believe on Jesus Christ will go there. Yet most of us do nothing. People are dying every day and spending eternity separated from God. I can't think of anything worse than that.
Share the gospel with somebody today.
Will you let God use you to do something great? Or will you limit him with your disobedience and disbelief?
I know that it can be pretty scary to talk to people. I happen to have had plenty of experience(thankyou mom) talking to people who I have never met before. Lets just say that it is now in the hundreds. I find that it helps to tell yourself, "Jesus loves this person, I can love them for his sake."

I hope this helps you some. Please leave me a comment.

I am so excited!! We are going to pass out the next hundred and fifty bibles on or before easter!!!

Oh and bye the way, ARE YOU RAPTURE READY?!!!! more on that later........

Clarion Tourny Pics

2009-01-30T19:43:00.000-08:00

A few pics. I hope you all like them. This year at Clarion was the best it has ever been. The fellowship with other believers was amazing. Everyone at Clarion is like one big family.

My little sis Kristina with a few buddies

Nathan and Colleen Sleadd. Aren't they the cutest couple?

The two sweetest little twins I have ever met.

Sorry I am prejudiced. And yes, I can tell them apart, can you?

(Murren, Kristina, Mailee)

Sarah is second in impromptu.

Kira Clark is third.

Sarah taking third in expos.

Kira Clark takes 5th in apologetics....

Sarah takes 8th.

Sarah taking ironwoman and sweepstakes.....

The unforgettable Deems duo in action.......

The lovely Kira Clark and Sarah Chaffee, two

of my favorite people in the world.

Sarah and Colin deep in debate cross-examination.

Tait Deems...... Who is he pointing at?

The amazing Creighton Deems!!!!

A few friends eating ice cream bars...........

(Sarah, Kira, Lacey)

My Amazing Sis SARAH!!!!

2009-01-28T11:30:00.000-08:00

Sarah won the following at Clarion Regional Qualifier:
1st place Lincoln Douglas
1st place Persuasive
1st place Sweepstakes
2nd place Impromptu
3rd place Expos
3rd place Lincoln Douglas Speaker points
8th place Apologetics
WOW!!!
On Saturday she gave 17 speeches!!!!
Because of this, on Monday, she passed out during class. Lucky Duck got out of chemistry!!! Oh well, I just thought you might want to know how she did. Ta ta, Heidi

Clarion Forensics Tournament..... One baby changed lives

2009-01-28T11:12:00.001-08:00

Last week we were at my all time favorite tournament. Worshiping together with our friends reminded me of what heaven will be like. One of the families found out during the tournament that their baby, which was due in three weeks, had died. Everyone was in shock. How could something like this happen? We all pulled together. I don't understand why things like this happen. But I know the one who does. Sometimes we just have to trust. Like Joseph in the Bible, we need to trust that good will come out of the pain. Even through this, so many lives were touched. Mine was. My mom lost three babies. That made it hurt more. I never got to hold those siblings, or see their smiles. I never got to love them and sing to them. I still feel sometimes the loss of their presence. Through that I have come to realize how much we take for granted. We take people and lives for granted.
Seeing how much that baby was wanted and loved made my heart ache for the ones who aren't. So many just abort their babies. Millions have been killed. WHY? People didn't care. But Jesus does. HE LOVES EVERY PERSON ON THIS PLANET. Show his love. Shine his light. Share his compassion. Reach another soul.

Have a great week and try to pray for all those considering abortion that they would choose life. Love you, Heidi

Don't worry.......I'm Still Here..........Maybe

2009-01-15T11:32:00.001-08:00

Hey,
If you were wondering about the flooding up here, we did not get flooded out. It was acctually very nice because our coop was flooded out. So we did not have to go and take a chemistry test. That was awesome!!!!! But the sad part is that now we have two tests on Monday.
Life is busier than ever. Sarah went to Utah and did terrific.
She placed 6th Apologetics, 3rd Expos, 7th Impromptu, 13th LD, 5th Place Speaker LD!!
Sarah is amazing!!!
She flew back on Sunday(11)at 12:30. The next day her plane left at 6:00am. She is at Masters and comes back home this Sunday at 12:30. Then on the Wednesday(21) we are driving down to the Clarion Tournament. After that we have to drive back overnight to be back on Sunday for Bus Ministry and church. I think I will need to sleep for a week to catch up. I still have to finish some things for the tournament. My persuasive is not exactly in existence yet. :D But I'm working on it. Gotta go now, Heidi

Bus "B", + other things

2009-01-08T18:27:00.000-08:00

Hey all readers,
How was your christmas and new years? We had a nice, quiet, white, Christmas. Grandma was here. She taught us new games. Pray for her, please.

I am pretty officially on Bus "B". YEAH!!!! A few years ago I was in a Thursday Bible study with the Tracht girls. The last day my Mom asked us girls how much we were willing to let God increase our ministries. I know that everything is possible so I asked God for an increase of 100fold. He answered. This summer we raised 9,000 dollars to dig a well for orphans in Uganda, got baptised this fall, joined a church, and I am in the neatest ministry. I am in a choir and help teach another. I have a memory verse incentive program for the kids at Pray and Play. WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!! It still amazes me that he can use someone like me. Please pray for my little friend as she has stopped coming to church. Her little brother comes every week. She needs Jesus. He likes coming to church. I am praying for his salvation. Well have a great week and keep "bending the knee". Oh and at church this week I heard the best preaching I have ever heard. God convicted me of some areas of my life that I needed to get right. I have been so blessed this week. The Babbitt and Shoemakers came with us to Preachers Delight at church. Over 70 Pastors came from all over to be built up. Us teen agers also had a conference and learned so much. I have seen God at work. This is the time to Pray. -Heidi

Traveling!!

2009-01-08T18:14:00.000-08:00

Sarah is currently gone to Utah. She will get back Sunday. Then early monday morning she heads out to Texas for Masters conference with CFC. Then Jan. 22-24 we are in Oregon for the Clarion Speech and Debate conference. We will drive back that night so us kids can go on the buses Sunday morning. It will be very crazy. So if you are wondering where we are, now you know. God Bless, Heidi

Bend the Knee!!

2009-01-08T17:43:00.000-08:00

"Lift your heart toward heaven when the answer goes beyond what you can see. When you don't understand the purpose of his hand, in the presence of your king, bend the knee." This is one of my favorite songs. It brings me to prayer, and reminds me that God has a perfect plan. I do not why God has us go through hardships, but I do know that He never leaves us during them. Every hardship that Moses, Abraham, Daniel, David, Joseph, and Paul went through, ultimately brought a blessing. Did Moses understand why he had to lead the children of God out of Egypt and take them to the promise land? Did Noah see why he had to build an ark? Did Daniel know why he was taken to Babylon, or Joseph to Egypt? No. But every situation in which we find ourselves, that we don't understand, know that God has a plan. My Grandmother lost one of her sons when he was only three months old. She did not understand why God would let her baby die. But God knew that later she would be a missionary to Mongolia. In the place they were the TB rate was 75%. Every single family had lost somebody and since she had lost a son, she could comfort people. Look for the purpose in your trial. A few years back my appendix ruptured. I nearly died. Through that hardship I have been able to relate to others who are going surgeries and are scared. For nearly 8 years my grandmother had Alzheimer's disease, which slowly kills your brain. It hurt us so much that she didn't know who we were, couldn't talk, and didn't even know who her husband of 60+ years was. Now I can relate and help others who have elderly, sick, and dying parents. I could not do that if I had not gone through it myself. Look for the gift in the problem. It may be hidden well, but it is there. So bend the knee through every trial, because He knows eternity!!!!!

Okay so this is a essay(sort of) that I wrote today. I hope you all enjoy it. Sorry for my negligence in not posting. I will try to start again. -Heidi

Bus Dinner at church!!!

2008-12-25T20:26:00.000-08:00

The bus dinner at church is this Sunday!!! Please pray for all the kids we are bringing in and for their parents who are coming as well. This is such a neat opportunity. Also pray for the bus and meal staff and for Mrs. Tilton who serves 250 meals in 20 min. She is amazing!!!! Well got to go, Heidi
P.S. How was everyones Christmas? I hope it was a wonderful celebration of Christ.

Merry Christmas!!!

2008-12-23T18:51:00.000-08:00

This is a blog post about cookies, friends, and presents.
I decided so. Yes, here is the scoop about sunday. At about three oclock the Tiltons, Trachts, Carters, Nathan Gall, Nitschys, Jonie, and a few others gathered at the big hill for a wonderful time of sledding, snowboarding. I didn't try the snowboard as it looked too dangerous. One person almost went off the 15+ foot drop off. Yup you know you should have been there. Well have a super great christmas!!!!! Just soo you know, this post contained nothing about cookies, but the next one will. Love, Heidi

Extreme Snow, Power outages, Violent winds!!!!!!!!

2008-12-20T16:14:00.000-08:00

Hey folks,
I decided that I should let you know. We might have a week long power outage.AAAAAHHHHHH. Plus there is supposed to be about 12 inches of snow. Besides having 90 mph winds, Yes that was 90, it is going to be very cold and we may not make it to church. BOOO HOOO. But all hope is not gone, we have sleds!!!!!! Yup I love sledding. Today Sarah and JE went to the reindeer romp debate. I think that they had a good time. A lot of the people couldn't make it. But anyway, during that time Garrett, Travis and Jacob Tracht came over and Tina and I sledded with them. Then we came inside to warm up, have hot chocolate and pizza and chocolate banana bread. That does sound like a weird combination doesn't it? It was good. We had an interesting day. From a gallon of milk getting dropped on the floor, to somebody getting the wind knocked out of them, to makeing a sledding train and crashing every time, IT WAS A TOTALLY AWESOME DAY!!!!!! Bye for now, Heidi

P.S. Next post I will tell you all about the terrific sleepover and the survival of the fittest banana!! It was a blast!!!

Survival of the fitest banana!!!!

2008-12-18T19:30:00.000-08:00

It all began the day I was tragically removed from my home. It was a sad day. All the other bananas stayed behind. Again I say, it was a sad day. These huge giants shipped me in a crate to a grocery store. It was far far away. Then I was put on display and lots of people looked at me and decided that I was too bruised for them. Come on bananas, they got me bruised with the rough crate ride. But I was still in good enough shape to survive. Then a dude with a dr. coat on came and bought me. I still had enough banana pride to maintain my composure. I was left in the back of a cold car in a bag with other species of fruit. It was wierd. Those guys looked pretty deformed. I mean, imagine being completely round!!!! Soo I just hung out for a while til it got pretty cold. I bagan to wonder if I had been completely forgotten. Then they came. I don't know their names because they were laughing too hard. Saying something about ice and sledding and slipping and snow. It didn't register that I was about to be sqaushed onto one of their laps and forced to fly down the hill on a sled. Needless to say, I was not very thrilled about that. But try as I might there was no hope for escape at that time. Okay so where was I? ........... Oh yes, I was just starting to fly down the hill. When I looked behind me I saw my friends had been able to eject themselves off the sled and were trying to hide. It looked like a good idea. It wasn't. Now I was bruised even more. Oh well. They still picked me up and plopped me back on the sled. The other food was trying to plan their next escape. That one didn't work either. They were all picked up so we decided to bide our time. By now we were being pulled into a yard. More of them came out and started transporting us inside. The warmth and delicious smells wafted to me. I wondered if that was what I was going to be very sadly made into. It wasn't. I was instead left on the counter for a few days before being mashed up and made into a delicious loaf of banana chocolate bar. But I was still the fittest banana. Thus my survival will go down in the accounts of the heroes of banana history. I entrust all you children to remember it and pass it on to your banana kidsa and they should pass it on to their kids. -Uncle Bob the best banana

This is the account of our sledding adventure. I thought you might want to hear the bananas perspective on it as I found it quite interesting. Toodles, Heidi

A gift freely given.......JESUS!! Good Quotes and Acrostics!!

2008-12-17T12:51:00.000-08:00

Every day is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

This is a good quote that reminds me to be thankful for all I have. Here are a few of my favorite accrostics and quotes.

FAITH:

Forsaking
All
I
Trust
Him

POWER:

Prayer
Obediance
Witness
Education
Reliance

FEAR:

False
Evidence
Appearing
Real

"The only things we can keep are the things that we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to loose." - C.S. Lewis

"Stay in the Word and stay out of the world."

"Start right for a good finish."

"Everybody is somebody to God."

"Jesus is the reason for the season."

"The tongue weighs little, but few can hold it."

"Where you come from is not important, where you are going is what counts."

"We are not to judge the world; it has already been judged. We are here to love the world because Jesus loved and loves the world.

Do any of you have good favorite quotes? I would love to read them. Please comment them to me. Have a great day.
Just think about it, Christmas is in 8 days!!!! It really crept up on me this year. We are starting our Christmas baking already and our house is being filled with delicious smells. Til next time.
God bless,
Heidi

Off to the YMCA

2008-12-15T14:13:00.001-08:00

Hey bloggies,
Aren't you glad to be able to listen to christmas music and people won't think you are crazy? I love singing all the christmas hymns. They are so beautiful and remind me of the greatest gift ever given. JESUS.
Well my mom and sibs are rushing me out the door. We are all trying to work out more. The holiday season does have a way of giving me a few pounds. Not good. Til next time, Heidi

Upon Baptism, Membership and all things snowy!!!!!!

2008-12-15T12:27:00.003-08:00

Yes, The news is out. We have officially become members at one of the most outreaching, loving churches I have ever been in. Yesterday all four of us kids were baptised. I had infant baptism, but had never had believers baptism. I was saved when I was three and have been a christian for 12 years. Wow that seems like a long time.
Visit: www.foundedonfaith.com to see all the ministries.
I will be working on bus B. I love the kids, crew and everything about it. One of my little friends on the bus is not saved. Please pray for her.
I hope to join the choir soon and work in the nursery, Shepherds ministry, and collate more bibles.

Okay enough of the serious stuff. Did y'all get snow? First it rained and then it snowed and all the streets were covered in ice. Driving conditions back in our hilly neighborhood were not good. So us crazy people wanted to get to church so bad to be baptised that we hiked out to meet the Trachts at the Gallaghers. We were sliding on ice the whole time. It was pretty funny. Then we all went to the nursing home. Mr. Tracht gave a great sermon and we sang some songs. Kristin, Rebekah and Garrett were all supposed to sing solo verses of Angels from the realms of glory. But Kristin didn't want to sing alone so she made me sing with her. So we squeaked our way through the song. You see I have been suffering from allergies lately and Kristin had just gotten over a cold so we both were not at our best. Yup. Thats the plain truth. On to church and baptism, becoming members and trying to stay warm pretty much wraps up the whole day. So there you have it. YEAH!!!! Signing off, Heidi

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND MAKE SURE YOU KEEP IT ABOUT CHRIST!!!!!

Praise God!

2008-11-30T18:56:00.000-08:00

Praise God for the soul saved this morning on bus A!!!!!!!! It just makes me soo excited! I went on bus A today because 5 of the workers weren't there. What an opportunity! Sarah and Ton went on the van which is the begining of Bus C's route. Sarah helped out in Shepherds ministry which is where they care for the handicapped people in the church.

Keep praying! The ministry of the body of Christ needs it and remember that your prayers DO BRING RESULTS!!!!!! Even though you may not see the results, they are still there. God is working in our nation. Have a great day, Heidi

My skills as an artist

2008-11-30T18:53:00.000-08:00

Recently I was told that I needed to go back to kindergarten. Why? Because I drew a christmas tree. Not a standard tree. It was a real looking tree. But mommy said that I need to go back to kindergarten so I could learn how to draw a standard tree. So that is a little look into the look of Heidi