So long, world!

I'm leaving in the morning! Suuuuuuuper excited! And by "morning," I mean leaving my house at 4:30AM. Gag. But. It IS for the best summer missions organization EVER so I think it'll be ok. In other news, pretty please pray for me because I hurt my back, it's killing me, walking makes it worse, and I'm going to do A LOT of walking at the Lord's Bootcamp in lovely ol' Merritt Island. So prayers would be much appreciated. And! If you ever wanna watch the evening Rally (AWESOME) then click here and watch beginning at 7:15ish EST. Mmmk? Have a great summer - I know I will! Talk to you all again in August!



Leah

P.S. This is one of the leaders on my team - Andy. He's the one with the level in this picture:)

Well today was exciting.

Today I was planning to go visit my grandparents, who live about an hour and a half away. But my car has been screwing up six ways from Sunday, so first the Mother Ship and I went to Advance Auto Parts to get a new battery. First the nice tattooed man tested the old battery for us and announced that it was operating at 1/5 its normal power.

Oh.

So that's why my car doesn't want to start.

K. Roger that.

So I put a $94 battery in the thing. Actually I got Tattooed Man to put it in. Which he did for free, bless his heart. This battery is on top of paying $89 to fix the window. When they disconnected the wires to the mirrors by accident. So now I gotta go get that fixed as well. And get a new timing belt, because it's a '97 and we still have the original one in there. And I gotta get a new water pump. *gasp* *choke* *sucking noise* Hear that? That's my bank account.

So Leah, why do you have to get a new water pump outta the blue like this?

So glad you asked.

Well, Little Silver Baby has been overheating quite a bit lately. Mostly when I sit in traffic. So I turn the car off till we start moving, or pull over and turn it off if I can, or turn the heat on high and pray. It's great. Today I sat through two traffic lights on the way home from my grandparents' house and the needle was 3/4 of the way up the little gauge thingie so I called my dad and cried and pulled in a Chick-fil-a to let it cool off. Thank the Lord for a safe place to sit and wait. After about 30 minutes I went and started it while on the phone with Padre and prayed the whole way home. It's a wonder I didn't wreck from watching the temperature gauge.
Padre said it needs a new water pump, hence the new addition to my car bills. I hate being an adult. Gag me. Bills stink.

So today was almighty exciting. Ha. Spare me the thrill.

Can I have a boring life please? A dull life sounds so good right now.




Leah

Fantastic.

My sister (who I share a room with) is sick. Again. What are the odds of me NOT getting this before I go on the missions trip? *sigh* Not good. Well you know what the cure for bad odds is. Pray. So I'm going to pray and I'll let you know what happens.


Leah

But I thought I was done with homework!

To be a leader at Teen Missions International, you have to complete quite a bit of homework. There are ten worksheets for "The Way of the Cross" book, seven for the "Seven Deadly Sins" (btw I don't believe in the 7 deadly sins and neither does TMI . . . they're just useful to study for leadership purposes), and two for "Pseudo-Discipleship." Oh, and you have to memorize 50 Bible verses. It's easier for me because I've been before, so the verses are still up there, I just gotta do a little refresher course. The homework is pretty time-consuming, but I've gotten a lot out of it. Talk about convicting . . . I have some serious praying to do this coming week! Just FYI I won't have internet access or my cell phone while I'm gone, so I'll be MIA for a while, starting next Friday. Check back in mid-August:) I'll post lots of lovely blogs about the trip and graduate school (which I start the day I come home. What was I thinking?).

While I'm gone, would you pray for the team? Here we are:

Andy
Carrie
Leah
Unknown Mystery Male Leader
Daniel
Drew
Emily
Isaac
Jake
Scot
Caileigh
Taylor
Lauran
Anna
Gloria

Pray for safety and health, and for souls to be saved. Luggage not being lost would be awesome too:) Thank you!

Leah

This is a terrible blog post.

I think I am the worst blogger on earth. Actually I'm just a teacher and have no life. Plus trying to prep for this missions trip takes up the free time I don't have. At least, those are my excuses. I'm going to try to blog after my dear friend Janna's wedding on Saturday. Going to see the grandparents on Monday! Woo! And then Tuesday Moose and friend Joy and possibly the Artist and I are going to Busch Gardens! Party party! Wednesday I'm getting a massage (praise the Lord!) and Thursday I'm going to pack all day and finish my leader homework for Teen Missions. And Friday I'm off to bootcamp! Wahoo! So excited! And! Random thought addition! Punkin' started a blog, so go check it out here! Need more exclamation points, anyone?!



Leah

Back from the beach!

Saturday morning my mom and younger sister and I drove 3 hours to the beach. The boys are doing manly things in Washington state, so we decided we'd go do girly things at the beach while they're gone. So we did. We laid out in the sun, swam in the ocean, got sand in EVERYTHING, and I got burned, as always. And I saw dolphins for the first time in my life! The only downer was that there was a wedding reception at our hotel Saturday night and they played REALLY loud music until almost midnight. Other than that it was great. Well, minus the sunburn. But I really enjoyed it and it was super relaxing. Yay. :)


Leah

Not bad for the technologically pathetic.

I'm on Twitter! Only two years behind the whole world. Follow me if you like:)

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Leah