Summer Playlist

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Marianne Williamson

Chicago 2011...it's coming!!!

Can I just start out by saying AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE CHICAGO MISSION TRIP THIS YEAR!!!! you don't even know. (well, unless your going on the trip too, then you probably do know and you can join me when I once again say, AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!)
We had our first meeting tonight along with the Nicaragua and Move teams! And it got me PUMPED UPPPP. there are 56 people going to Chicago this year. 56 woah buddy, woah. Not even everyone was at the meeting tonight, but I can already tell that this is going to be an AMAZING trip. There are amazing leaders, amazing students, amazing this, amazing that. I am really excited to get to know every one of the memebers of the team! New friendships are bound to be made and previous friendships will for sure be strengthened. And I'm really excited to see how God works through each one of us and how he reveals himself to us through our preperation for the trip and on the trip. I.AM.REALLY.EXCITED.

Please pray with me as we prepare for this trip. We need your prayers! and they will make a great impact!! Crazy, awesome, amazing things are going to happen on this trip! I know it! i'm just gonna say it one more time...I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!

A Love Song From God

Countdown

18 hours until I will be DONE with finals

21 hours until the weekend

2 days until the food drop

63 days until my birthday

86 days until spring break

141 days until summer

247 days until I get my license

2011

Happy New Year to all 3 of you who will actually read this!
It's 2011 now and I am really looking forward to this year! I'm excited to see what all God has in store for me this year! Here's some things i'm looking forward to this year--

-my 16th birthday

-taking the SAT (okay, so i'm not really looking forward to this...but it's something big that's happening)

-spring break in Florida with my family, Jordan, the Usenicks, Celia, Kelly, some of my cousins, and old friends.

-finishing up my sophomore year of high school

-sweeeeet summa timeeee

-getting my liscense!!

-starting my junior year

-Christmas! (yeah, i look forward to it a year in advance)


this year is gonna be a gooooood year(:

Looking Back - 2010

Looking back on this past year, it was a really fun, challenging, crazy, busy, and awesome year!!! I grew a lot closer to many of my friends and i formed many new friendships, i experienced new things, i was challenged in ways i never thought i would be, and God revealed himself to me in ways i never knew were possible. Here were some of my highlights from this past year--

I survived my first (and only) year of Penn Choir. (yes, that was a BIG accomplishment and it is noteworthy)

I was able to invite one of my best friends, Jordan, to go on spring break with my family and I.


I went parasailing for the first time and it was sooo much fun!!!

I went on the Breathe retreat with some of my closest friends. It gave me a chance to spend a lot of time alone with God and it really helped me in my spiritual walk.

I was a counselor for the first time at Camp Adventure and I had the most amazing group everrrr!!! I love every one of them and it was one of the best weeks of my life!!

I went on my first mission trip to Chicago with an AMAZING team! I had SO much fun and I gained a lot of really close relationships.

EMILY CAN DRIIIIIIIVE!!! (yeah, its exciting)

I went to the beach a lotttt! And I got to spend a lottt of time with Emily and Olivia this summer!

I got to see my friends off to Nashville on their mission trip!

And although I didnt go, I wasnt forgotten (:


I was a bridesmaid in my cousins wedding


the CHOCOLATE obsession began...


we had the first official randomness party!!! and we made a new friend, (pictured above) SK!

we were robbers for halloweeeeeeeeeeeen

I was a leader at Renewal and had an AWESOME group of girls!!

Piper Noel was welcomed into the Jacquay family (:

and I continue to be apart of the best small group!!!

Gooooooodbyeeeee 2010.

Not any 2 people in the world have EXACTLY the same faith. We may have the same foundation, key points, ect, but somewhere there will be differences. On Friday, I had some of my closest friends at my house and somehow, as it often does, we started having an actual conversation that didnt include boys, gossip, yadda yadda, blah blah. (which, by the way, i rrreally like that my friends and i are first, able to have a conversation like that, and second, that we do have conversations like that). This conversation, i must say, was probably the most intense one we've ever had. and i LOVED it! Some things I took away from the conversation (without going into the depth of what we discussed) are this:
-within my friend group, we have different opinions and views, and that is okay! it's awesome actually!!
-i learn A LOT from my friends
-we all are VERY opinionated, which makes for a very interesting conversation
-we are all VERY stubborn and thick-headed, which also makes for a very interesting conversation
-even with that, we were able to listen to each other and learn from each other.
-i'm so thankful that my friends and i can talk like this, knowing we mean nothing personally
-i love it that we can have conversation that is actually meaningful and worthwhile
-and for all of this to happen, we didnt need to be lead and we didnt need to be in any special enviornment

basically, i'm really glad that what happened on Friday night, happened. I was strethched, I grew, I was challenged, I learned, and I think my other friends can say the same

CAMP ADVENTURE!

(yes, i realize this post is like 2 months late, but ya know what? this is my blog, meaning i write my posts whenever i feel like it. and now is when i feel like it (: )

CAMP ADVENTURE 2010 WAS THE BEST WEEK OF CAMP EVVVVVVERRRRRR!!!!!!!

I was finally a couselor and in a cabin with one of my best friends!


I had the best co-co everrrr!


I had the most amazing group of campers!!


I got to spend the week with some of my best friends




I was apart of an amazing group!


and my faith and relationship with God was stretched and strengthened so, so much.
I learned that I have limitations. I found those limitations and had to rely ENTIRELY on God for patience, energy, wisdom, and strength. I had to give everything to God because I didn't know what else to do. I learned from DC, Johnny, and Mark. I learned from my co-co, Jordan. I learned from my cabin mate, Jordan. I learned from my campers. I learned from other counselors. I learned from God. I was called out of my comfort zone. I had to be a leader, but I learned that I wasn't alone; God was with me the whole week, leading me to lead. I was able to let go of things from the past. I was able to get rid of some distractions. I saw my campers grow closer to Christ. I was making a difference in the Kingdom of God. I was able to rekindle my passion for Christ and help pour fuel onto others' fire.
It was the most amazing week of camp everrrrrrr!!! seriously. i'm not even kidding. it was awesome. just kidding, awesome can't even begin to descibe it. so every word better then awesome plus awesome put together times 58695224 thousand is what camp was. yeah. it was that good.

excited!!...pumped!!...ect.

CAMP ADVENTURE IS IN 3 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my excitment is a liiittle hard to contain at this point!! (:

aaaand as if that weren't good enough...the chicago mission trip is only 12 days away!!!!! (:

the next 2 weeks are going to be the best weeks of this summer for sure!!

i'm so stinkin EXCITED!!! (:(:

Well Hello There!

HELLLLLO BLOG WORLD!!
i havent been on here in a while! hahah i thought i'd give you all an update of my life even though i'm pretty sure not many of you will care! (but it's my blog and i can put on here what i want! so HA!)

so a few weekends ago i went to Breathe. It was a high school retreat for my youth group and i absolutely LOVED it. more to come about it when i eventually make a blog post about it...

the last GSM of the school year was last sunday!!! it was very bittersweet. I'm so excited because it means school is almost out and summer is on its way and with summer come CAAAAAAAMP!!!!!!! and the chicago mission trip i'm going on!!! but it also means GSM is over until the fall and there's many people i wont see as often anymore!

speaking of camp...I GET TO BE A CAMP COUNSELOR IN JUNE!!!!!! and i am PUUUMMPEDDD!!! (:

school is suuuper stressful right now with finals and for some reason all of my teachers decided to save alllll of the homework that i never got all year so they could give it to me the last 2 weeks of school. how thoughtful!! so i'm craming in as much homework and studying as i can and i am stressed ouuuuut!

so this was pretty much a pointless post...i promise the next one might be a little more interesting (;

Spring Break 2010 (:

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some serious spring break crazy awesome goodness!! (:


t-minus 30 hours until departure (:

Feed the Children!

So yesterday, for school, one of the freshman "houses", as they call it, was taking a feildtrip to Feed the Children to pack food, personal hygiene, and Avon boxes. FCA got to go with them, so even though i wasn't in that particular house, I'm apart of FCA, so I got to go! It was an awesome experience! Some thoughts I had throughout the day:

It made me really happy that my peers were going out and making a difference! 3 bus loads full of students went! A huge majority of them being ones i sit next to, across from, or behind in class! They may not even realize the kind of impact they are going to have on someone's life. I know many of them only went because it got them out of school for the day, but they still went, they still worked, and they made a differece! While I was packing the peas into each box, I couldn't help but pray for everyone who came on the feildtrip. I wanted them to realize what they were doing. I wanted them to see and understand what kind of an impact they were making! And I wanted them to see all of that and also see that they are having fun at the same time! Celia and I were talking while we were breaking down boxes (more of our conversation is to come in a post later. we had a pretty deep conversation right there!) and we decided that we caught a slight, little, slim glimpse of what the world would be like if everyone wanted to serve God, if everyone knew of his love, if everyone wanted to please him. Not many were complaining, everyone looked like they were having a good time, and we were making a difference! Overall, we packed over 3200 boxes of food and personal hygiene and Avon items! It was awesome!
It was a great experience and I'm so glad that I got an opportunity to serve with my peers and make an impact in other people's lives. (The missing school part was pretty cool too (: )

RENEWAL IS COMING!!

I AM PUMPED UP FOR RENEWAL!!!! (: (:
it is currently about 43 hours away. that's less then 2 days. OH MY! i'm excited, i'm pumped, i'm ready...its gonna be crrraaazzzy!
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I'M GONNA BURST OUT OF MY SKIN!

please, please, please pray for the leaders, the staff, the students, for the whole weekend! i'm going to be praying like crazzzy for the next 43 hours! God will show up and he is going to work in sooo many hearts! this weekend is going to be such a turning point in a lot of students hearts. WE ARE GOING TO POUR GAS ON THEIR FIRE! they will be burning with such a passion and its going to be awesome!

hummina hummina hummina
i'm excited!

Mylifeisaverage.com

new favorite website: www.mylifeisaverage.com

i sat at my computer reading these for over an hour, laughing to myself. i know, i need a life...here are some of my favorites (:

Today I tried number 153 of 333 ways to be kicked out of Wal-Mart. It said to scream in pain until someone comes along and asks what's wrong then act as if nothing happened. I live where there are no wal-marts so I went to Woolworth's and tried it. As my head was in my hands and I was screaming someone came up behind me and said 'This isn't wal-mart.' Patted my shoulder and walked away. Touche. MLIA

Today I was at work when "Circle of Life" from the Lion King. I started to dramaticly sing along when a woman with her baby came in. She looked at me then raised her baby like Simba. Guess who got 50% off her purchase? MLIA

Today during Religious Education at school I told my teacher I didn't believe in God because I prayed for almost a whole year that I would get a bike last Christmas, and did not get a bike. He replied "Silly boy, your doing it wrong. You don't ask for a bike, you steal one then ask for forgiveness." Hello new favourite teacher. MLIA

Today in chemistry we had a lock down. My elderly teacher immediatly began rummaging in a drawer for something. She pulled out 24 hammers and handing one to each of us said, "I don't know about you guys but I'm not going down without a fight." My school feels safer. MLIA

Today, I was called to the main office. They said I had a family emergency and that I was given permission to go home by my mother. When I got home, I called her right away to see what was going on. She told me she forgot to harvest her strawberries on Farmville and she wants me to harvest them before they die. I was too late. MLIA.

Today, my English teacher told us we had to write an essay on what we wanted to be when we were little. Most of the girls wrote Princesses,and most of the boys wrote race-car drivers. I was looking through my diary when I was 6...apparently I wanted to marry Big Bird, raise an army of mutant gummy worms, and take over Candyland. I got 100% and a Pokèmon sticker. MLIA

Today, I went chainsaw shopping with my dad. We were looking at electric ones, but my dad complained about how he can't go on a murderous rampage while attached to a wall. The looks on the surrounding customers made my day. I love my dad. MLIA

Today, I bought a fancy new black SUV Hummer. When I went to pick up my son from school, I put on a black suit, dark shades, and my blue-tooth earpiece. I waltzed into his last period class 10 minutes before it was over, and announced "Agent 03, It's time to go" At which point he nodded and packed his belongings and ran out. The face on his teacher was priceless. I hope my boss understands why I had to miss work. MLIA.

these made me laugh. (: i love how easily amused i am

in depression mode because i miss camp greatly day!

soooo today is a day that comes around about 4 or 5 times a year. It's called "in depression mode because i miss camp greatly day" yeah. It's a bittersweet day. So since i declared today one of those days...this is what i did: i woke up to a camp song (Follow the Son) on purpose, i wore my camp shirt to school, i wore my camp head band, my camp flip flops, i chewed camp gum, in study hall and on the bus ride home i listened to camp songs and ONLY camp songs, in gym, celia and i sang camp songs so we could get them stuck in our head, it was successful because i had different camp songs stuck in my head all day (: and then when i got home, i listened to more camp songs, i looked at camp pictures, i watched all three of my camp videos, and before i go to bed, i'm going to read all of my camp journals. this is what i do on days when i miss camp.

camp adventure is seriously my favorite place on earth. it is amazing and awesome and great and wonderful and fun and hyper and crazy and wow and sha zam and sooo much more! i love it! and i love everyone there, and everything about it and everything that happens there and i rrrrrreeeeeeaaaaaalllllly wish it was july (or june) so i could go RIGHT NOW.

okay, now that i have wrote this...it is time for me to do more dreaming about good ole camp.

camp. camp. camp. campcampcamp. campide camp camp. cammmmp. cammmmmp p p. okay i'm done (:

Everything Skit

one of my all time favorite videos (:

Baptism

A week ago today, I got to experience one of the most amazing things ever; I got to see my sister, Megan, and my mom get baptized! Neither on e of them were planning on getting baptized when we walked into church, but during the service, my mom decided that it was time for her to take her next step. Then, right before my mom got into the pool to get baptized, Meg decided she wanted to get baptized too! I was so excited for both of them!! Two of the people I love the most got to take their next step together...amazing! I love them both sooo much and I am so proud of them! God has amazing things planned for them and I am so glad that I will be there with them to see what he has in store.

Not only did I get to see my mom and Megan publicly proclaim their love for Jesus and their desire to follow him, but I also got to see so many other believers do the same thing! I am so thankful that I am able to go to a church where I can see how God works in so many peoples lives. "Greater things are yet to come, greater things are still to be done in this city" -God of This City, Bluetree

"You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ." Galatians 3:26-27

A friend loves at all times -Proverbs 17:17

olivia, jordan, me, celia at CAMP ADVENTURE! (:
horrible picture...sorry guys! we need a better one!

friend [frend] noun
1. a person attached to another by feelins of affection or personal regaurd
2. a person who gives assistance

True friends are hard to find. It took me 12 years to find a group of 3 girls that I consider my best friends. They are wild, crazy, amazing, fun, awkward (:, AWESOME! I love them so much! These amazing girls are Jordan, Celia, and Olivia. It took me up until this past year to realize just how much they mean to me and how much I need them. They are amazing. I can tell them anything and everything and I know they won't judge me. I know they will always be there for me and I can come to them with any problems I am having in my life. They give me another perspective and they also give some of the BEST advice! I can share stories of my life with them and not feel like I'm being judged. Without them, I would not be who I am today. Most importantly, my friendship with each one of them has bround me closer to Christ in so many ways. That is something I will value for the rest of my life. These girls inspire me everyday. I look up to each one of them. They are amazing and I thank God everyday for putting them in my life.

Jordan, Celia, and Olivia:
You guys are amazing women of God. Thank you for all you do for me and for His kingdom. He has great things planned out for each one of you and I hope that I will be there to see His plans for your life unfold. I love you girls with all of my heart! I will ALWAYS be there for you, no matter what! Our high school years mayb be some of the toughest years we go through, but we have each other. I am so excited to see what God has planned for our friendship! (: