Keep the Focus...

I had an amazing day with Matt ("little brother"), David, Daniel, and Matt's wii sports!! Brothers :) Right after reading and writing, they're next.

I love my church. No offense, but it's the best church in the world ;) Why?

1. The music is amazing. Our drummer is better than most drummers in professional bands. He's a Legend. We end up playing songs until the originals sound bad :)

2. Everyone is on fire for God. There are no lukewarm people. Everyone is close to God, and doing His will 100%.

3. Everyone is like one big family. It's like, I'll tell your kid to stop picking his nose and you'll tell mine not to run in the parking lot. Kids get left at church all the time, and hitch a ride with someone else. Once you hit the church building property, it's all good. You know your kids are safe; someone is watching them.

4. NO DRAMA. Gosh, I hate drama. Lots of churches I know get all wrapped up in lots of "he-said-she-said" crap. We don't do that. At all. Ever. There is 0 gossip at our church. If someone has a problem, they go to that person and DEAL WITH IT. We're about to move into a new building, one that we'll have to design. Guess how we're doing it? Together.

5. No deacons. Um...I'm not really sure what those are to be honest, but apparently they're like "elders" of the church that are great, except when they get stuck in their ways and power hungry...or something...

So, yeah.

And this was the most contradictory, hypocritical post ever.

The entire point of a church is not to be awesome. It's to show how GOD is awesome. But in this ranting post about how great WE are, I think I've missed the point of having a great church. The point of having a great church is not to pat yourself on the back (not that I was doing that, really), it's to glorify God.

Yes, my church is awesome. Why?

Because God is awesome. It's all because of him.

Remember to keep your focus. It's not about you, it's not about me, it's not really about the whole world.

It's all about God.

Monumental Monuments

Hey! I'm in DC!!

Can't talk long, really tired, really sickkk!! It feels kind of like a knife is stuck in my throat :(

We looked at the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials! WOW; not to seem, like, country or anything, but they are SO HUGE!! Way bigger than I thought they were going to be. The quotes written on the walls are amazing, but I actually don't agree with some of what Jefferson said... :O It feels weird disagreeing with one of the founding fathers...

There is already drama between some people. *sigh* I haven't figured it out yet, but Kendra is on the case...

Not that I'm nosy or anything.. ;P

Well, super tired, talk to you later! No promises about tomorrow.

~Kendra

Drama and Debate

Memory Day:

Hmm...Ah, I've got a good one ;D

When I was little, I was very persuasive. I remember multiple times when I tricked the babysitter into letting me do things I wasn’t supposed to, but the funniest instance occurred when my grandparents were babysitting me. I was about two at the time. I told them I was thirsty, and so my grandfather and I went to the fridge to get something for me to drink. I spotted a bottle of something that looked interesting in the fridge.

“That,” I said. “I want some of that, please.” I can remember my grandfather’s confused and hesitant frown.

“Your mother lets you drink lemon juice?” he asked.

I put on my most solemn face and nodded.

“Yes,”I said.

After a moment of convincing, my grandfather poured me a Sippy cup of lemon juice. I’m not sure if he really believed me, or just decided to humor me, but either way, the lemon juice was awful. I remember thinking that next time I should probably be careful what I persuade people of.

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Hey, y'all! Thanks for your encouraging words these last few days!! Your awesome comments have helped me out more than you know :) Feel special XD

Debate went very well today. My partner (Cassie Roads) and I won!! The debate was:

Resolved: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) should be abolished.

We were affirmative, and our points were that the NEA should be abolished because...
1. It's unfair to force the American people to support the NEA through their tax dollars when they might not agree with the art being promoted.
2. The NEA is unnecessary, and it's silly for us to be putting our money toward something unnecessary when we could be paying off America's GIANT debt.
3. The NEA is unconstitutional, because the Constitution clearly states that unless specifically said to be the government's job, the power rests with the people. The Constitution does not say anything about the government supporting art, so the government should stay out of it.

We won our debate :) Yay! It definitely helped that I agreed with our side. I do believe that the NEA should be abolished.

Cross examining my opponent was my favorite part XD I love cross x. I love leading people to agree with harmless little points, and then asking them a question that proves MY point, only I've gotten them to sort of say they agreed with it already.

Example:
Me (who thinks government support should be removed from artists): "Would you say that art is important in American society?"

Opponent (who wants government funding to continue): "Oh, yes!"

Me: "But is it VERY important?"

Opponent: "Yes. It is VERY important in today's society."

Me: "So if art is VERY important for Americans today, don't you think it will flourish without government support?"

XD Not too original, but that's how I roll.

Anyway, today has been pretty good. Other classes were kind of boring, but whatever. Oh, there is a bit of drama going around. *rolls eyes* Involving texting using other peoples' cell phones, and crushes that may or may not be real...

-.- Drama, drama, drama. *sigh* And we're usually so good at staying away from this kind of junk between each other. I don't want to think this, but I do believe it has a lot to do with one our our new classmates. *shrug* I repeat: whatever :P

I have play practice for Mulan tonight! Yay! 7-9:30pm. Long one :-/ Oh well. Still fun.

Uhm...Sorry for rambling about mostly nothing. Stress is slowly leaving, yay. Debate was a lot of pressure.

Thanks again for all your wonderful comments, and welcome back to the blogosphere, Krevan!