Ingathering

Slept in again today! It's really surprising because my mom like never lets us sleep in. I'm lovin' it!!! I'd better not get used to it though... :(

Ok, since I have some time on my hands now and I'm not altogether hungry or anything, I guess I could write about some things I learned or that really stood out to me over the Ingathering weekend.
     I got to the village, as I wrote in a blog before, after the burning which really made me upset, but I was there for some of the talking in the tent afterwards. Right as I walked up, Khale stood up and talked. I was grateful that I didn't miss that!! I was amazed at how much God has been doing in the hearts of the Sundari Jewels and Silver Knights since I've left!! It was a big shock to see how they all acted during the Ingathering compared to how they used to act and be. I was overwhelmed with a sense of how great our God is!!! He can do anything if only we believe! At one point towards the end, Papa Jeremiah stood up and talked about laying up your treasures in Heaven. He said that we need to let everything go and give it all to God and He will give us everything back 100 fold. I've heard that a lot in my life but it has never quite hit me as it hit me then. All of a sudden I felt like God stood Papa Jeremiah up to say that just for me. Like Papa Jeremiah was starring at me the entire time. I didn't know what to do. What he was saying was exactly what I had been struggling with for a little over a week. I had been crying out to God every day, asking Him to speak to me and help me to be okay with what He was asking me to let go of. Here He was, in the form of Papa Jeremiah, answering my prayers in a way that I didn't think He would use. I was filled with a peace that I hadn't known before. I had prayed a couple nights before asking God to give me peace in knowing that what I was doing was His will. Now I knew for sure that I was doing what was right.
I'd like to say that after that experience I was fine and never struggled with it again, but I can't. The next day the same struggles came on me, but I had the strength to work through them. I wanted to work through them. I wanted to do God's will. I've always wanted to know God's will for my life, most people do, and when I found out that this was His will for now, I poured myself into it with everything that I had.
Every day I have to struggle and work through the same thing, but I know that there is an end in sight and I'm doing God's will and it makes me happy! Sometimes when my friends talk about certain things, it brings me back to what my self wants and I get to thinking about my self and I become terribly depressed. I just want to crawl up in a ball and bury myself in a deep hole and never see the light of day again, but I have to work through it. Sometimes it takes leaving the room or just looking for God because He'll always be there when we need Him.
I know that I'll keep struggling with this for a long time, but that is because there are beings who want to take me out and pull me away from God. I am going to do everything in my power to keep on the path towards God and keep fighting against self. God never asks us to do anything that we can't do!

Lazy day!

Today was a very lazy day! Everybody slept in!! I had to get up at 8:30am because I had to go to Le Bonheur but I did go back to sleep afterwards at 2:30pm and slept until 8pm! :) I guess we all are catching up on all the sleep we didn't get over the Ingathering weekend.
Today's is Tim's b-day. We told him we had a meeting at 8pm about some problems but really Aya and Rushi went out and bought some ice cream and made a candy bar cake for him. He was really happy that we did something for him. :)

Here are a few pics from the Ingathering...

 

  

  

   

Finally home!!

I'm home today but I haven't downloaded my pics yet. I might try to later on tonight. Right now I'm really tired so I think I'm gonna try to sleep some. Today has just been a lazy hang around the house day.
Micaiah finally sold his snake today! We have been trying to do that for a while now.

The Ingathering was awesome! I love it how God took care of us and kept back the rain and made Friday and Saturday beautiful! Now that it's all over, I have to get back into my regular schedule of life. :(
Anyway, I had a wonderful time in the village w/ all my friends and can't wait to see them at Amy and Quinn's wedding!! :)

I'll post pics when I download them.

Day two of the Ingathering

I got to the village last night right after the burning. :( It was a big bummer but I was glad that I was there for some of the singing and talking in the tent afterwards. It was an amazing feeling to be standing in the big white tent that was filled with God's people who all had one purpose in mind...to serve and worship Him with everything inside them! I was overwhelmed with it all at some points. Everything that was said and even the feeling was convicting yet encouraging to me. I would like to do things like get together and talk about God and praise Him a whole lot more than we do. I think it would help everybody stay on track more with following God. I am very excited about what's happening tonight and tomorrow. I don't want to miss God in anything that's happening! Well, I had better get back to life. I have a dance practice and help with dinner soon. I hope to get on later to post some new pics.

Ingathering!! :)

Well, today is the big get ready for Ingathering day! I just got back from the mall. Yeah!! I finally found a top to match my skirt I'm wearing to the love feast!! I went out last night for like 2 1/2 hrs to every store in the universe but didn't find anything. :( Right now I'm supposed to be packing for three and a half days plus getting camping stuff together. I guess this just sounded funner. :) Last night I did a lot of prep work for leaving today. I made muffins, helped pack up the non-fridge food and typed up a packing list and a food list.
I might not be able to get on for the next couple days, but if I have a spare moment I will try. I will also try to post pics from the Ingathering.
Well, I'd better get off now if I want to get to the village on time for the burning. :)