Joy.

My patience has been tried time and time again.
My temper has been tempted repeatedly.
My heart has been stabbed one too many times.
but..
My tounge has learned when talk and who to talk too.
My brain has learned to pick your fights.
My love has extended.
My faith has grown stronger.
My relationship has grown better.
My heart is more secure.

My prayers have been answered!  There is no better feeling!  The feeling that some one could love you so much that they would do something SO meaningful to you.  And its all out of love.  Not only has the prayer itself been answered but, I have learned many new things.  These things have made me a better, stronger person. 
The prayer was not answered in my time convience, actually its been almost a year since I started the prayer.  After a while I felt like things could never change, but I still prayed, I still had hope.  Everything in the past year did not go smooth, it was a very bumpy ride.  I had many times I was curled up in my bed balling, wishing things could change just for once.
Now that my prayers have been answered, I am like jumping off the walls!  I AM SOOO JOYFUL!!! 
Jesus' love is my drug :)

Letters.

Don't you just absolutely just love getting a letter in the mail?  I know I do!  It makes me feel loved that someone would think of me!
Lately, I have been mailing letters to some distant friends, in hope that they too may feel loved!
I have sent a letter to my college friend.  I really miss her.  She is like the older sister I never had!  I have sent a letter to an old jr. high friend who moved away.  Her birthday is coming up here in three days!  I also sent a letter to my Mexican best friend.  I know she will love hearing from me.  I really miss Mexico!
I absolutely can not wait to hear back from them!!!

A Walk with God.

Today I got home from a fantastic camping trip with some of the girls from my youth group. It was SO much fun! Friday night, we sat around talking and eating around the camp fire. It was beautiful outside. Just breath taking. We didn't actually go to sleep until like 2am... i think. The crazy thing was I woke up at 7am and I couldn't fall back asleep...
I am a much better night owl! I am usually cranky in the morning... especially early morning...
For some reason I had this urge to go on a walk and talk to God. I have never had that kind of feeling before it was actually pretty cool. So I left my tent and went for a walk. I didn't have anything specific to pray for, I just prayed for everyone and everything that came across my mind. Even if I didn't know the person very well.  I also praised God for the many, many wonderful things He has placed in my life. It was such an amazing connection I felt with God. It was almost like God was physically walking beside me. I really think God has taught me a lesson on prayer. The Almighty God never fails to amaze me!

Don't Rain on My Parade, Picnic, or Party.

This past weekend was awesome!  Let's start from the from the start of my weekend... Friday!
Friday night, there was another home football game.  So that means I danced and marched at half time!  Afterwards, I went to 5th quarter, and this time two of my best friends came for the first time!!!
That night, one of my friends stayed the night.  Early in the morning, we left for Monticelli (sp?).  It's in Iowa.  Anyway, we went to Iowa for a canoeing trip.  Sadly, or not so sadly...depends on how you look at it, it was raining almost the whole day.  But we did have fun.  Oh, I guess I also forgot to mention, that was my birthday!  Yup, that's me, Angel, born on September 3rd!
On Sunday, I got my first present!  It was from Rikki and Lynette, they are my small group leaders for youth group!  They are soooo much fun!  I love them!  Rikki and Lynette combined forces and bought me a Pepsi, (I looooovvveee pepsi!  It's like my drug!), Hot pink zebra print duct tape, (I looooovveeee duct tape!!!!), and Banana Grams (It is a super duper awesome game!  Oh, the memories!)  I also had a church picnic, at the best camp in the whole wide world....well according to me it is.  Faith Bible Camp is about a 1/2 hour away from where I live.  It was bunches of fun!  I absolutely LOVE my church family!
On Monday, there was a Labor Day, and I danced in it!  The squad did fantastic!  Afterwards, there was a cookout at my house, to celebrate my birthday!  It was bunches of fun!  I got more duct tape, but this time I got splatered paint print duct tape!  I also got a very pretty necklace, a picture frame, 2 books, $25, and BACON!  Overall, I FANTASTIC weekend!
I SOOOOO can't wait until next weekend!  I am going camping with friends!!!  It shall be an adventure!!!!! 

Book Covers.

There's this saying, "never judge a book by its cover"
You never can guess who a person really is just by looking at them.
I find this true in my life all the time. 
I love getting to know people, because I like to see the real them.
I like to know what they do, what they are involved in, and who they hang out with.
I find it quite interesting :)