Agony! ! ! ! ! ! !

It's not fair!!! I was supposed to go on a canoe trip to the Caddo river in Arkansas and it got canceled !!! There are severe thunderstorms coming in and my youth minister didn't want to end up stuck in Arkansas without being able to canoe because there were to many storms. I am in pain! I hope that he has just postponed the trip and that it is not canceled. I had a friend invite me to spend the night tonight so I think that I'll call her and tell her that I can go. *tear* I have been looking forward to this trip for a year and now my hopes are crushed. With sadness,
-ellentia


ps I did a spell check jc, all of the words spelled correctly are not my fault

Hello!

Hello everyone! I have not posted in about a week so I thought that I would write (type) somthing. Yesterday jc came home from a cannoe trip. She left Frieday and got back yesterday. She had a blast and only got a few injuries including a sun burn, blood blister and various scrapes and scratches. The good news about her getting to have the coolest weekend ever is that I am going to get to go on cannoe trip #2 this weekend. I am looking forward to the trip but sometimes the kids in my youth group can make me really mad because of the things they say and do. Oh well, I can just cannoe in the front and not have to worry about it. Two days ago, Saturday, I had a softball game at 11:30 and I got sun burned on top of my shoulders. I have very light skin and I burn easily and so even with sun screen on I got burned. I enjoy softball a lot and it is currently the only sport I play, but I also like to ride my bike. That is compleatly irrevalent to this post. Anyways, I play catcher and second base and when I'm not playing either of those positions I am sitting out or playing in the out field. Well, I can't think of any thing else to type so I will close. Untill later, goodbye.
-ellentia

Yesterday we went on a trip to New London and Tyler. First we went to New London to see the musem on the school explosian and it was really neat. there was pices of debree and differant storys about people who were in the explosian. One of the things I liked about the musem wa that it not only covered the explosian but it also covered the basic history of New London and what happened in the next few decades after the explosian. It was a very sad experiance because of the hundreds of children and teachers that were killed in the explosian. After we went to New London we went to the Tyler zoo. At the zoo it was probably 95 degrees and we all got really hot, althought non of us got sunburned because we all put on sun screen. My favorit animal at the zoo was probably one of the big cats, such as a Bob cat or Jaguire. I love watching big cats, although I would never like to meet one in the wild. when we came back to the car we discovered to our shagrin that w e had a flat tire and so we spent another thirty minuats in the parking lot putting on the spare so we could drive to a place to get it fixed. But before we could get it fixed we of course had to go get something to eat and so we found an Olive Garden. after we ate we went to the mall and while we waited on the tire to be fixed we shopped at Sears. I found a pair of shoes that I really liked on the clarence rack but they were about two or three sizes to small. They would have been perfect for the canoe trip to. After about thirty minuts the tire was ready and so we got ready to go home. By this time it was probably about 8:15 and we decided that we had to make one more stop at the local Braums while daddy and jc went to a sporting goods store to look for dry bags for the cannoe trip. They unfortunatley didn't have any so they had to console themselves with ice cream. Then, finaly, at about ten, we were ready to make the hour and a half long trip home. On the way dad put in a tape called "Failer is not forever and success is neverending" or something like that. I fell asleep despite all efforts to stay awake to listen to such an exciting and adventuresome tape : - P. After we got home I went strait to bed but jc stayed up really late. So there you are, my story of yesterday. Thank you.
-ellentia

Happy Easter!

Yesterday, Frieday,, was not just any old Frieday, but it was good Frieday, the day Jesus Christ was crusified. It was a day of sadness and suffering for all who love Him. A day without hope. Today is Saturday, and according to the Jews, it is the Sabbath. Today, Saturday, Jesus was inside the tomb. Today people are sort of happy-sad because we know that Jesus died for us but at the same time we know that we don't deserve it and so we are sad. Tomorrow is Easter, the day that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. Tomorow is a day of happiness and renewed hope. We will all rejoice for our savior is alive! When He died on the cross on Frieday, we were sad and had no hope. Saturday we were in the middle, not hopeless but not rejoicing. Sunday, we will have our hope renewed and we will be ready to serve the Lord with everything we have. Where are you? Are you living like it's Frieday, or are you living like it's Sunday? Yesterday, Frieday, my youth paster gave a sermon with this theme, I thought that it was one of the most powerfull sermons he has given in a while and I enjoyed it a lot. Happy Easter!
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Ah! The effects of being with other people for an extended pieriod of time

I'm back! I have been gone for the last few days to a speech and debate tournament. I had a lot of fun. I competed in two events and I did better in one of them then I thought that I would. Everyone who went from my debate club learned a lot and we all had a good time.

Ten of the things that happened on the trip (in no order) :

1. We discussed the possability of being able to go in a east-westerly direction
2. I let a 17 year old guy and a 11 year old girl braid my hair (a big mistake seeing as I was in the middle seat of the van and they were in the back)
3. We herd about trap doors in elevators
4. I repaired two peoples coats and my shirt cuff when thier buttons came off
5. I got tripped by a hang-up suitcase's hook
6. We found out what happens when you wave to other people on the road while your in a traffic jam in Dallas
7. We discoverd that we all have debate sindrom
8. A member of our club made it to the semie finals in expository speaking
9. We all got little or no sleep
10.And last but not least, we learned a lot about speech and debate

Every one had a great time and we all enjoyed meeting new people at the speech and debate tournament. I will post later, bey!
-ellentia