A Life...

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Wedding of the Year...

This past Saturday was my friend Noelle's wedding. I have known her for so long, and to see her get married was so amazing. When I was at winter camp in January I got a call from my dad saying that Noelle was being courted. I started freaking out because Michael Bower, the young man courting her, was someone I have know for almost all my life. Not only have I know both of them for like ever, but they have know each other forever too. It was so sweet to see the two of them come together as a couple after seeing them as friends for so long. Anyway, the wedding was so sweet, and I am so excited to see what God has planned for their future!!

Lighting the "Communion Candle"
Awww, the first kiss. Me, Julia, Fumie (she flew out from Japan for the wedding), and JACK!!!

Some of the wedding crashers...I mean attenders (sorry this picture is so small, i copied off my friend's facebook album).

Operation Christmas Child...

Last Friday, our homeschool group went to volunteer at "Operation Christmas Child". OCC is a Christian organization that sends shoe boxes to needy children around the world, so that they too can have a Christmas. Our job was to sort through the boxes and take out all "inappropriate" items. Inappropriate items were things that can melt, explode under pressure, or expire, things that would promote war (like camo, little soldiers, etc...), things that were would not help spread the Gospel (skull and cross bones, scary dragons, little demon creatures...you get the picture. These things were classified as "evil"), and things that could break.

It was so fun to serve in that way, and know that these boxes are going to children around the world. The boxes we sorted that day went to the Philippines!!

Enough said.