Happy 19th Bithday...

... To the best sister in the whole world! (No, you can't even beg to disagree!)

Since we were little (I should say "littler", cuz we're both still short!) we've played, worked, argued, (she is MY sister, you know) read, and basically everything we did we did together.

She's was my hero. I always wanted to be just like her, ('till she decided to marry a Chinese man! :D) even though I never did become like her, she still is and always will be my hero!

I truly have never know a girl as wonderful as her. To put it simply, she's amazing!

If she's your friend you have an amazing precious friend. She'll believe in you, and always think the best. If you do something wrong "there must be some mistake", and if you do something right, she "knew you could do it"!

Some of my favorite memories with her are telling her about books I just read or am reading. I remember telling her stories from Robin Hood while we both almost died laughing - to Pride and Prejudice, as I wondered if somehow Jane Austen knew her - she just HAS to be Jane! Or explaining the Ivanhoe plot once more just for the fun of it. Having her roll her eyes at me as I quoted a section from Macbeth.

The witnessing we did together Halloween night, and at fairs. Like the time she dared me to go up and witness to a group of about 20 teenage boys - wow, that was scary! :D

And then the day came when her life dream looked like it was coming true. She was getting on a plane and heading to China as a missionary - because she loved Jesus, and as she would have said it "so that the Lamb would receive the reward of His suffering."

I knew I would miss her, what I didn't know was how much. I told her when she left she wouldn't come how single. She didn't believe me. But I was right. She left May 20th, and in September she became engaged to a Chinese man. (that I had never met :'/) I couldn't be more happy for her. But neither can I help but feel said at the same time. I will miss my sister.

She's Rachel!

I Love you so extremly much! I know you have no choice but to be my sister, thanks for bearing it as best you can! ;)

Deeper Conference Part 2

Alright. I guess an apology is in order. It's been forever since the promised post about the conference, and the rest of our trip to GA. It's really isn't an excuse to say I've been busy. It's the truth. :P So there. Get over it. I'm not even going to apologize. :D lol.

We got to the conference around 11:oo pm. It didn't start till 1:00 pm - but we got nearly a front row seat. That was so worth it. :D
Before it started I got to meet Ray Comfort, and I got a picture with him. Yes, he is just the same person as you see him on his DVD's. I was actually very impressed by him. For some reason I always thought he'd be someone with a really big head, but he wasn't at all. He really seemed to care about people, taking time with each one ect.

Ray was so funny though, because when Chris went to take the picture of us Chris said "Whoa, this thing is way zoomed in!" So Ray (with his arm around me) started RUNNING backwards, and was just laughing so hard. :D

(Ray and Me)
Anyhow, then Chris and I spotted Paul Washer, so we went over then and talked to him for a bit, (and told him about a dear friend of mine from WI that says Hello! :D) and then it was time to start.

Paul Washer

(Paul Washer and me)

(Paul Washer and Chris)

I got to meet Trish too, she was so sweet! :)

The actual conference was really wonderful. It was inspiring and challenging. God really blessed me there.

I learned so much!

I think the two messages that blessed me most were Paul Washer's message on re
al Christianity, and Todd Friel's called "Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt - you can trust the Bible".

I really appreciated the things that Paul said about false conversions, and how in so many church's they spend their time trying to convert a goat into being a sheep. Also, the CLEAR gospel message that he gave was just beautiful. What Jesus went through for me. Not His physical suffering, but the separation from the Father, and the sin of the whole world upon His shoulders!

(Paul preaching for Todd's "Wretched" show)

Then what Todd shared about really just the amazing-ness of the Bible. 66 books over thousands of years, and yet all are in agreement. The propheys that were fullfilled. Wow.

Oh, and I should mention that we brought him his Honey Crisp apples, and he seemed very happy and excited about them. He said he and his family had been talking about them for months! :D ;)

(Me, Todd and Boaz - Yes, he did "shrink down" quite a bit for this picture because I told him I liked getting pictures with Ray better 'cuz he's more my height. Todd responded "We can fiz that!" :D)
I would write more about the conference and all, but since I have taken so long to write this post, I have already told most of you all about it, so I don't think it's worth it to just totally repeat myself. :P

The Fontenots

The next thing we did after leaving the conference was go to some dear friends of ours to visit them. I am dead convinced they have to be one of the sweetest families on earth! :)

We got to there place around 7 pm, we ate supper with them, us girls did some singing, we all played tag out side, (I hadn't played tag since I was like 12 :D) and just had a ton of fun! It was an amazing night.

I think the best part was being able to see my adopted sister, and amazing, wonderful friend Caiti again. She is one of the best friends I've ever had!

(Caiti and Me)
The one thing, though that I didn't think was very nice was that they MADE me drink coffee. Ok, I had promised that I would - but that's another story that I won't get into! :P

And then, I got to meet my dear, dear friend Laura! That was wonderful!

I could name each one off, Bekka, and the whole Fontenot family! (Soliee is amazing at the piano - after we finally got him to play. Much begging on out hands and knees. :D lol)

Then 10:30 pm came all too soon, and Dad said we had to go. :'( But I knew we were going to there Church Sunday morning, so that was a concilation! :D lol.

(Me and Bekka)


A Bunch of us :D

The boys! :)

We went to there Church. It was wonderful. Full of tons more sweet people. I really enjoyed it a lot.

The unfortunate truth though was that after Church we had to head back to WI. Us gals talked, (I better not say chatted or ya'll think we were on line.) took pictures and gave goodbye hugs - tlll next time. Which could possibly be at Rae's wedding. :D

Quinn and Me Quinn, Me, and Caiti

Me and Abby! ^ I <3 this girl!

Bekka, Sarah, Me, Quinn, and Caiti!

I can't wait to see all ya'll (isn't that the way you say it?) again! I miss you gals so much! <3