Busy, busy, busy!

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted so long. As many of you know, my dad and I went to Colorado Springs for a week  for Summer Heritage at Bro. Burgess' church. We left last Monday afternoon and got back early early this morning. Like, 2:30 :) Well, the two weeks before we left were extremely hectic. Not only did we have quite a bit of company, we also had to do all the last minute shopping trips for things we needed for the trip.


As my first time flying, I was more than a little nervous at first. But, after about 2 minutes and a couple of bumps, I was more relaxed and enjoying the flight. It amazed me how fast everything on the ground became very, very small. I did take quite a few pics so I will be posting them as soon as my dad gets his laptop unpacked.

We flew out of the Akron/Canton airport to the  Charlotte airport, then from Charlottle to Denver. Our flight into Akron was about 20 minutes late, and having only a 36 minute layover in Charlotte, made us miss our flight. So the lady very graciously scheduled us for the next flight to Denver....two hours later. Well, the two hours became three as the flight to Denver experienced some delays. We flew into Denver at about 12, then we had to rent a car and drive to Colorado Springs.

The experience was wonderful! My dad,  being a preacher, is on a preachers' forum online. When we got to the hotel he discovered that some of his very close friends on the forum were in Colorado Springs. So on Tuesday we got together with them and went to Royal Gorge. Now let me say this, Bro. Kelly Nix has one awsesome youth group! I felt an immediate bonding with Lauren, Jennifer, Courtney, Becca and Marissa. I didn't talk to Jonah and Kevin much at the Royal Gorge, but since then have talked to them more and have discovered that they are also very, very wonderful.

Wednesday night was the first serivce, and Bro. Jason Calhoun preached about disease in the garments. His main point was young people need to get into the fire of the Holy Ghost and let God burn out the diseases and sins in us. Thursday morning Bro. Brian Jones preached about "Turning the Hearts of the Children to Their Fathers" I cannot describe to you the awesome power of God that was in that message. On the way to church my dad and I had had a discussion and Bro. Jones quotes some of the exact things my dad said and I KNEW that the message was for me. God changed my life forever and it started on Thursday morning. After Bro. Jones preached, Bro. Kevin Archer preached. This is just horrible, but I can't remember what he preached and he didn't give a title. I'll have to listen to the message later and tell you what it was about.

Thursday night Bro. Ron Garrett preached about the cry. His main point was about young people, especially, crying out to God in their affliction. It was a very powerful move of God. Friday morning, Bro. Burgess preached "When I Speak They Are For War." He really, really stressed young people standing up when no one else will. Moving up in God even if some of the carnal young people don't want to and stop talking to you. It was really great! Bro. Burgess is amazing! :)

Between messages on Friday morning we had a really great time of worship and the Holy Ghost reeaally moved! Bro. Archer got up and preached "Possession Mentality." He preached about possessing the promises God has given to us. He gave reasons that we can have a possession mentality. It really really spoke to me again. On Friday night we had a really good time of prayer, and really there was no worship serivce. It was a constant prayer room for most of the service. When Bro. Garrett did preach, he preached about some young people getting a burden in their hearts for more than just themselves. For getting themselves and focusing on the calling that God has placed on their lives.

There really are no words to describe how life-changing Heritage 2010 was for me. I can't wait for church in Titusville tomorrow night. Look out, Devil! I'm on the war path!

On Saturday we met up with Bro. and Sis. Wheeler, and their two sons, Nathan and Josh. We went to God's Garden ( renamed by us. it's actually Garden of the gods) and the Flying W ranch. The Wheeler's were such a blessing to us, I'm so glad we met them!

Well, I have tons of pictures to post so I'll be doing that later. Thank you for reading all the way to the bottom ;) Until next time!

4th of July

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to say Happy 4th of July to you all. Also, I wanted to encourage us all not to forget why we celebrate this holiday, and the reason that we have it. Let's not forget the many people who will not be celebrating tomorrow, but will be grieving because they lost a son or a daughter in the fight for freedom. If you see a soldier, don't forget to thank him or her for the great sacrifice they've given so that you and I could have the freedom to do as we please. I can proudly pledge my allegiance to this country and to the American flag.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

And to the republic for which it stands. One nation

Under God, indivisible
With liberty, and justice for all.

God bless our soldiers and God bless the U.S.A!

Amish Airline

Hey everyone! I know this is really...umm...mean maybe? But I saw this picture the other day and thought it was hilarious!

Relaxing a.k.a. Being Lazy

Well, as ya'll know it's summer vacation. And since it's summer vacation, I've been living the dream life! Staying up til one, or two, or three, sleeping in until 12, not having to be any where at any specific time! Whew! I'm loving it! Today was the earliest I got up so far this summer. I woke up the first time at 7:40, pushed snooze, then got up eight minutes later. I didn't even change out of my pajamas til around 8-8:30ish PM!! lol Jesten came over with Megan, Brittany, and Brianna, so I had to get dressed to entertain company. If I lived like this every day I would be SO spoiled! But, whenever school starts it will be no longer. Well, I just had to let every working person know what they're missing ;-P Love ya'll!!
~Amber~

Miss Hannah Putman

Right now we're in Revival with Brother Jason Putman. His daughter, Hannah, has been spending a lot of time at my house. Yesterday we were bored, so we decided to go outside and take some pictures. Here's my pitiful attempt at being a photographer. Enjoy!:-)

Don't ask me why, but Hannah wanted a picture with the fire hydrant...very strange:)

Little monkey :-)

My poor, poor babies

Today we got our kittens back from the vet's office. On Monday, they were spayed and declawed. I missed them immensely while they were gone. No little fur balls to come in and scratch my eyelids off in the morning with their tongues. No kittens to walk under my feet while I was busy in the kitchen. No annoying little meows that meant, "Pet me! Pet me! Feed me! Love me!"

Now that they're back I feel quite sick to my stomach. They are both limping and and favoring their right paws. Diamond adjusted to being home more quickly than Chloe, but I think Chloe is coming around. We just fed them some tuna so hopefully they'll be a little happier being home than when they first got here.

Well, I'm gonna be going now. I hope to post more, but with being in Revival and the bake sale on Friday and everything, I'm not sure how much I'll get around to it. Bye for now!

God is Our Refuge

In my last post I mentioned the tornadoes that we've been having. On Friday we were all down in our basement waiting for the storm to pass over. I was on the computer when my mom came downstairs after she answered the phone and told us that we had to go into the basement because of the tornado. The first thing I thought of was my Bible.

When we were in the basement I got so much comfort out of God's Word. I read from Psalms where David talks about God being a Buckler and a Defense. One of the girls that was here was terrified. As I was reading she started crying.

I really don't know how to explain it, but through the whole thing I had so much peace. Even while I was scared I knew that God was going to take care of me and that I could just be calm.