so i'm back in the united states...

GUATEMALA WAS AMAZING ! words can't even explain it. God did SO many great and AWESOME things on this trip, WOW ! I'm pretty sure I left some of my heart with the Pokomchi... PLEASE keep them in your prayers, they seriously need it. Here's a few pictures... We mainly stayed in San Cristobal, shopped in Coban, and we were in the capital for about two days. The rest of the time, we were in the mountains in a village called Navidad(i know right?) ministering to the Pokomchi people. There was a team of 20 of us plus 3 translators... We all ended up staying in a SUPER small church... on cots. The second day we were camping, my LORD we hiked for four hours to a village called Pambon Grande. Girls had to wear skirts made out of 8 yards of fabric and flip flops to HIKE in, and on the way back, we ran out of water... completely. Also, I believe i forgot to mention the fact that we had NO shower for FIVE days and that the water there is extremely poison. WELLLLL, we would get invited into the people's houses and they would give us something to drink, so we drank it... Knowing we would be paying for that later, and we still are. In the end though, if I was given the chance to go back, I would be the first one on that plane, NO LIE.




daniel thomas, selena rivers, me, and elizabeth neal
(the Thomas family are missionaries in Guatemala through the IMB.out church partners with them in order to take trips down there.Also, they have four kids- Andrew(16), Bethany(14), Caleb(12), Daniel (8).)


elizabeth neal, me, bethany thomas, emilie neal, selena rivers.
after 5 days... NO shower :(


me, walker, miles, and andrew... this was in the capital on the last night.
we had a steak that was a meter long, literally.
AMERICAN FOOD ! (it was gone in 8 minutes flat)



the people of San Cristobal make a SAWDUST carpet every year on good friday starting at the town square and leading all the way up to the little catholic church on the hill. these people are SO confused about religion, they have a Mayan sacrifice literally right outside the door of the CATHOLIC church. Also, during the parade down the carpet, they had mary come from one end and Jesus from the other... they ended up bowing the Jesus to Mary. :( THEY NEED PRAYER !


this is Maria. she's receiving a set of cassettes of the gospel in the pokomchi language. the man with the backpack is abraham, our pokimchi translator. i was VERY lucky to get this picture because they think you'll steal their soul when you take a picture. KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS... please?




this is all the pictures for now, email me or something if you wanna see more.

IT SNOWED !!!!!!!

it was definitely the first snow ive ever been able to PLAY in !!!
it was amazing, forreal :)

winterfest court !!

i absolutely could NOT believe it...
people voted ME to be on the freshman winterfest court
winterfest is our basketball homecoming
and last night was the best night, EVER !
everything is just SO crazy
im gettin pretty excited for valentines day though !!
i'll keep posting, but for now this is all i've got !

Happy Birthday Daddy !

i love you and miss you SO SO much. you were everything to me, and im missing you now more than EVER.

but has anyone noticed that these past 5 years, the sky has been so much prettier ?
rest in peace daddy
i'll see you again someday.

... and a happy new year !

i would definitely have to say this holiday season has been a blur and a half . going down to alabama was great though, seeing all the fam:) then coming back to all my friends here in memphis--> my new years was wonderful:) :) :) , and i hope everyone else's was the same. i have just a few pictures from the past few weeks, one in particular will blow your mind, it just suddenly kinda happened--> jeremy got married ! they told us they wanted to get married on a monday, well they wanted the wedding to be that saturday and ever since then things have been NUTS ! but anyways; bottom line: i hope everyone had GREAT holidays, i wish ya'll many more to come :]



me and trevor :)




is she not TOO cute?!


FINALLY i get to meet this little blessing:)


SUPRISE ! jeremy and maggie
December 15, 2007


and of course theres me.. had to crop maggie out;]

more pictures !

meredith; tristen; me; kayna... this was the night of thanksgiving. the day before SHOPPING. can't you tell this was at... 4AM?!


rainy church day:) i LOVE this picture for some odd reason...


this was at the bartlett christmas parade.. me and conor... ? hmmmmm.


me, tristen, and tanzer... friday night fun:)




me doing the superman onto tristens bed ! HAHA !



thanksgiving with my girls<3


me and madison:) another friday night partier;]




SORRY ! i havent had a chance to put more pictures up
but here go.. like a million and three:)

christmas:)

okay so its.. 16 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS !
well Christmas Eve, but that's the day i go to DECATUR !
wow i am so excited.
nothing really has been going on .
thanksgiving was absolutely wonderful;
we had thanksgiving lunch and stuff with our nextdoor neighbors
and of course it turned into a big party;]
shopping on Black Friday...
i just love getting in fights over purses with some random lady that tries to snatch it out of my hand don't you ?
ANYWAYS
with Christmas almost here
things are getting hectic
exams
presents needing to be bought
AHH
its all so exciting
i just wish time would go just a LITTTTLE bit faster;]