A Very Indescisive Person's Blog

Oklahoma, Team Reunion, Indiana

2011-11-29T13:20:00.000-08:00

So since the girls retreat, we went to Haskell and Tulsa Oklahoma, where we saw a whole bunch of old friends. We also saw my great grandad Jack, and my aunts and cousin. I also drove a truck home by myself. It was fun.
Then we went to the team reunion, where we saw everyone from our origional team, the Rieses, the Millers, the Neals, and the Reeves. It was really fun, and I also gave my Uncle Tom his jar of dirt from Stonehenge. He really enjoyed it.
So far in Indiana, we've done a whole bunch of stuff. We still have to celebrate Michal's birthday, and we're going to Chicago to do it! Also, it's snowing! I'm so happy! We had a snowball fight and I was hit really hard, as usual. My Uncle Jim would have broken my nose if he were here. I had a whole bunch of fun though! I also found that ice skating is one of my favorite things to do.

West Texas Girls' Conference, Lubbock with the Browns, Junction with Uncle Smokey and Aunt Theresa

2011-11-15T08:51:00.000-08:00

Okay, so here are pictures from the West Texas Girls' conference. It was really fun. We went on the bus with church friends, then we heard some speakers, including Christa Black, who is singer. I got a CD of hers that isn't even out until December, I think. She signed it.
Then there's Lubbock with the Browns. That was really fun, and Michal and their oldest daughter Gillian got along really well. They're fun, as you can see.
Then we went to Junction to see Uncle Smokey and Aunt Theresa. They manage a truck stop, a good one, and it was fun to go around there and pick up free stuff. We also drove up to Lover's Leap, which was a typical Indian girl couldn't marry the pilgrim so they jumped off a rock together. It was a beautiful view. We also saw tons of deer and I saw a six point Buck. He was beautiful. We also saw a river.

Halloween!

2011-11-02T07:36:00.000-07:00

Okay, these are pictures from Halloween. They don't need much explaining. Except the one of the dog in bows, We went to the Branches for their Trunk or treat then back to Denton for Halloween, and little Maddie and I put bows on their dog Texas.

Just so you know...

2011-10-25T16:09:00.001-07:00

Just so everyone knows, we're here in Denton until the beginning of November, so it may be a few weeks before another post shows up. Next will be from either Oklahoma or Searcy, the team reunion! EEP! That has got to be a furlough highlight!

Michal's Tombstone

2011-10-18T09:00:00.000-07:00

Maddie: Wouldn't it be funny if people got fake tombstones to put in their yard with their kids' names on them?
Mama: Um, that would be morose, not funny. They ususally put things on there like 'Here lie Grimmy Jones, nothin' left now except a pile o' bones.'
Maddie: Or, 'Here lie Tuttle Nutter, death by peanut-butter!'
Michal: Or, 'Here lie Jane Grace, she ran a race, and tripped and was never seen again!'

(roaring laughter)

Denton, Texas, Krum High School Football Game

2011-10-15T12:01:00.001-07:00

Last night, I went with my friend Sami to her school football game. It was so fun! I got to meet all her friends and they were pretty nice. When I say pretty nice, I mean nice but loud.
The game was really fun, despite the noise. I got ice cream and even though it was a little cold. We won, 60 to 0. The other school was dominated, and I feel bad for them because they hardly had anyone there, their band was only okay, and they didn't even score. These are some pictures I took.

More England

2011-10-10T07:42:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't been blogging much, but all of you who have gone on furlough before should know why.
Videos aren't working on my blog at the moment, so I gave up and decided to do a picture blog instead. It's not bad, plus I'm better at pictures. The first is Buckingham Palace, then Big Ben, then the Eagle and Child Pub (frequented by C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien) and then the Great Hall where the Harry Potter dining room scenes were filmed in Oxford. I think that's the order, this blog posting thingie just shows a bunch of numbers and letters, not the actual pictures. More on Denton and St Louis up next!

England so far

2011-09-22T00:08:00.000-07:00

I have to make this short because we're leaving soon. I'll post some pictures, but my first video was lost on my camera (which, in its defense, is about four years old.). Here is what we did so far.

Two Days!

2011-09-15T05:45:00.000-07:00

We only have two days until we leave to go to Lome.
We have three days until we get to Accra.
We have five days until we arrive in England.
I'm very excited!

I'm still planning on doing a video blog, and I'll try to keep up as much as I can with it. I'm planning to do now just one video on Enlgand, but maybe a few. Some of the things were doing are going to see Stonehenge, the Tower of London (I don't know if you can take pictures in there, if you can, I will) and the London Eye, which I plan to do a video of. We're doing much more, but it's not set in stone.

How the video blog will work is that I'll do a video every week or so of what we're doing and post it on the blog. The title of the post will most likely be wherever I am. If you want to keep up with are trip and see when we're coming where, this would be a good way to find out.

I absolutely can't wait to get started on this cool project! I also can't wait to see all my American friends again! It's just really under two weeks until we arrive in Denton, Texas. If you have any questions about the video blog, or any requests as to something I should get on film, please comment with your suggestions. Thanks! I love sounding all official about that.

Waiting...

2011-08-25T03:17:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty much waiting for furlough now. There's nothing going on around here, but, there's only 23 days until we leave for Lome, then Accra, then England, and that's going to be very cool!

Just to let everyone know, I'm planning on doing a video blog when we get to America. I can do that now because things upload so fast there!

Book Information

2011-07-14T04:33:00.000-07:00

I have decided to write some about my books. I'll also share a little too.
I'm writing a few books, but the two that are the best are going pretty well. On second thought, I'd better not share anything about the story or plot because they're not copywrited. Okay, I'll just have to tell about the progress. right now, the one I'm writing with a friend is around one hundred and eighty pages long! the one I'm writing by myself is around fifty or sixty. They're coming along very well, and Abby and I are even planning teh second book in the series we're writing. I decided that I want to be an author when I grow up, or possibly even when I'm a kid. Why am I explaining this on my blog? Because I'm tired of this conversation:
Me: I'm going to go write now.
Other person: What do you write?
Me: Books.
Other person: Oh, wow! What are they about?

Then it takes forever to explain everything. So now that everyone reading my blog knows, when I see you again, don't repeat this conversation!

I'm Back to No Titles But I thought of a Good New One for my Blog

2011-07-01T02:52:00.000-07:00

I really am a very indesicive person. I can't think of title names, now I'm not satisfied with the name of my blog, so I'm changing it. I can't figure out the answer very quickly when some one asks me what one of my favorites is, unless it's a very obvious thing, like food (cupcakes). So that's why the new name of my blog is "A Very Indescisive Person's Blog." It fits.

In a few days, we're leaving to visit Tamale in Ghana. There, we'll meet with some people who want to start a homeschool group. It's where a lot of missionaries get together three times a year or so for two weeks and do school together. It's not just school though. We might do school plays or stuff like that. I'm really excited because all my friends moved away. I'll get to have lots more friends and I already met one of the girls there via email. It'll be a good opportunity, not to mention fun! Plus, one of the ladies asked us to bring cookies, and I get to make one of my favorite recipes! Cookies make school fun even. I think this will be one of the most fun school opportunities yet!

I'll try to tell you what happened so far this year. In January, my dad's parents came to visit. It was really fun and they were here for my birthday, so it was cool to have them there for that. In February, we went on our last team Safari. It was really fun and we went camping, but still got to take turns in the Miller's one shower. That meant about five girls rotating in and out with a small amount of hot water. Fun. No, really, it was fun! In March, my daddy had to leave unexpectedly for America for two weeks due to some family problems you all probably heard about. I was sad, but our former teammates Mr Bryan and Ike were here to visit, so that cheered me up. They got a chicken from one of the villages and kept it here for a while. Buster had lots of fun. In April, my mom's mom came to visit with her friend. We went to the WAMR 'conference' at teh beach too. We really go more for the fact of beach and good food, but if you're from one of our churches, don't tell anyone that. In May some interns came to build bread ovens for the village of Lasa Thou. They were very fun and we played Mafia a lot. One of my new favorite games. In June, nothing really went on at all. We had a nice quiet month, and in August, my uncle Jim and his friend are coming to visit! Yay! It'll be nice to see them, especially because in just a few more months, we'll see them again on furlough. We're leaving in September and so far, our furlough looks like this.

We fly into Dallas and go to Denton for a while. We'll go to Indiana for Thanksgiving, St Louis for Christmas, and back to Indiana for new years or just an afterwards visit. We're trying to raise the money to go skiing during this time, so I really am praying about that! It would be so fun! I'm not sure when everything else fits in, but we're also going to Memphis, North Carolina, D.C., and a whole bunch other places. It'll be hard to fit everything in, but we'll manage, maybe.

I'm pretty excited for furlough, but I'm also excited for the next two events happening here in Africa. I'll just have to look forward to those.

I was going to say something else... Oh, yes! I'm doing well on my books. I got past my first writer's block, so now I'm breezing through it. Abby and I are almost done with the one we're writing together, and then we have to get it copywrited, and maybe even published! As for the one I'm writing by myself, I'm going slowly, but surely. I'm trying to make it interesting, but not to complicated either! I tell you, being an author sure isn't a fallback!

Daddy's Birthday

2011-05-19T11:08:00.000-07:00

Right now, my dad is making my mom sing duets from Moulin Rouge. It's entertaining. I have the part at the end of Elephant Love Medley, so I have to go.

Prayers

2011-05-17T14:04:00.000-07:00

Please pray for our neighbors and close friends. Their husband just died today, and now the mother, who works three days a week at our house is left to care for her three children, two of who are special need. They don't have a lot of money, and are supported by Christian Relief Fund. They are facing a lot right now, and they weren't even with him when he died. I think they haven't seen him in a few days if not weeks, but never will again. Keep them in your prayers. They are going through a lot.

Two months, and no title still.

2011-02-26T05:16:00.000-08:00

Sorry I've been a bad blogger, but I'm writing books, reading books, trying to get my friend to read them, emailing authors, trying to get a decent education, and lots of other stuff as well. Lately, not much has been going on.

Since my last post, not much has been going on. I had my brithday, and we went on safari. We didn't see too terribly much. We saw a lion sitting in the middle of the road, male and growing mane. He didn't move until we came up in the car.

In March, my friend Ike is going to visit( and his dad), and we're going on a trip to Lome.
In April, we have WAMR and Grandmommy visiting.
In May, Lifebread Interns.
In june and July, Harding interns.
In August, we'll be rapping up work.
In September, we'll be going to England, then the US!

I read The Diary of Anne Frank, and that was really good.

Ok, I'm watching Star Wars Episode 1, so I have to go. Bye!

Sapphira Adi

2011-02-24T09:24:00.000-08:00

I just drew a picture of my favorite book character, Sapphira Adi.

I'm completely giving up on titles.

2011-01-13T08:51:00.000-08:00

As I said above, I just give up! I'm working too hard on my book to actually think of titles!

Essowe(our french teacher) had her baby! She is so cute! Her name is Dora, and I really like it. I don't think it suits me very well though. I think Maddie suits me, or at least an M name.

Our dog, Buster, has turned into a mean dog. Anyone besides our family ( and Abby Miller who is here five days a week and looks so much like me that I think Buster gets us confused. Aidan doesn't really like Buster so Buster ignores him.) can't pet him much. The problem is, he just getting old. I don't even really go up to him, I call him and if he wants to he'll come to me, but if he doesn't, I just let it go. No use having your own dog nip at you.

Grandma and Grandpa(Dad's parents) will be in our home on Friday! This is their first trip to Africa! I always enjoy those last couple days before furlough, when you're cleaning out the fridge, and doing a bunch of laundry, and packing up everything! I think I like having to rush around just as much as I do having a bunch of spare time.

I have always been a reader, but I've not always shared my opinions. So, I am going to think of my favorite five books.

1. My own books!

2. Daddy Long Legs, By Jean Webster

3. The Inheritence Series by Christopher Paolini

4. The Mother Daughter Book Club Series by Heather... I forgot her last name.

5. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

You can try any of these, I think they're all on Amazon.

This is getting on my nerves

2010-12-29T02:51:00.000-08:00

I really don't know what to write about. Not much in my life is interesting at this present time. Let's see. i had a dream that I met the person who invented bubble wrap. That's interesting. I am still writing books, but they are really coming slowly. Christmas was great, but we didn't get more than ten presents cause none of our packages arrived. I got more presents from Hannah than I did my family, and I only got two presents from Hannah. Well, I did get to eat a lot of pie this week because we had pie night on christmas eve. THAT was fun! Well, gotta go!

Article

2010-11-09T03:28:00.000-08:00

On my internet school course, I wrote a story that my teacher wanted to publish in the school newspaper, it is so cool! It is a true story, and it was scary! Check it out!

Ghana was cool. We saw Despicable Me, it was really fun! i didn't get to post because it isn't a good idea in an internet cafe!

Halloween!

2010-10-30T03:50:00.000-07:00

Ha! I thought of a title!
The Stolls have gotten here. They are going to spend Halloween with us. We are having it a day early because we are traveling to Accra to take Mrs Sherri back. We are going to see Dispicable Me. Michal, Dad, and Mrs Sherri said that it is HILARIOUS!!!!!!! Well, gotta go. I will see if I can post in Accra!

More Normal Stuff, Why Do We Have To Even Use Titles?

2010-10-28T04:18:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we carved pumpkins for art class. It was REALLY fun. Michal and I did a cross-eyed pumpkin that has a mustache. i am writing this in school with my mom's computer, otherwise I would have a picture to put on here. I modified my blog, so now it looks more interesting. For the fish, if you clisk in their tank, it will release food for them. their names are Bill, Bob, Billy, Bobby, and Ferdinand.
Today after school, we are going to SIL, and if you don't know what that is, go to older posts to the post called Interns/Granddady Jack. It has a picture at SIL. My book is coming along well. I think that I will try to publish it someday, but not soon.

See Previous Post

2010-10-22T09:38:00.000-07:00

I haven't been able to find the time to write a lot.
Right now we are having our first visitor!!!!!!! Her name is Sherri Parker and she comes from our supporting church, Singing Oaks. She is really fun. I haven't been doing much.
I am excited that WE ARE PLANNING A TEAM REUNION!!!!!!!!!!!!! That would be soooo awesome! I don't know when or why though. It's kinda undecided. But that would be soooooo fun!
I have started English on the internet at a school called Keystone. it is HARD. My teacher told me that she thinks that one of my assignments would be good enough for the school news paper. I sent it but I don't know if it was accepted.
I will try to blog more but I'm telling you, don't count on it. I'm really busy lately.
I seriously need a long list of stuff to read. ANY SUGGESTIONS??????? Please tell me! I like historical fiction. I also like normal fiction or fantasy. Thanks!

Thinking of titles takes too long so just read the post for goodness sakes!

2010-08-21T14:16:00.000-07:00

OK, WRITING IN ALL CAPS AVOIDS THE SHIFT AND I HAVE TO TYPE CORRECTLY SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THE KEYBOARD AND LEANING OVER THE COMPUTER BUT LOOKING UPWARD AT THE SAME TIME. THE CAPS LOCK JUST AVOIDS THE SHIFT. ONLY LAZY PEOPLE DO THIS SO FOR THE KIDS AT HOME, NEVER USE THE CAPS LOCK !!
AS FOR THE POINT, I HAVEN'T WRITTEN LATELY CAUSE I ONLY HAVE TWENTY MINUTES ON THE COMPUTER AND I HAVE A LOT TO DO IN THAT TWENTY MINUTES SO PLEASE EXCUSE MY LACK OF WRITING SINCE APRIL. I WILL TRY TO POST TOMORROW BUT EXCUSE ME IF I DON'T.

The Passover

2010-04-01T08:53:00.000-07:00

Last night, we celebrated the Passover dinner with our team. I really love doing it. We aren't Jewish but we think it is a good experience. We had Haroseth[apples and nuts and some spices], and unlevened bread and lamb too. We also got to find yeast bread and throw it away. It was fun and I will look forward to doing it next year. But next year we will be doing it without the Reeves. Then without the millers. We are going to get new teammates though. The Richardsons, and Stoffs, and Heads are coming. That will be fun. But I am a little worried. I usually have friends my age everywhere we go[except when we're traveling in Europe]. This will be a big change but I am hoping for the best! I will just let God guide me and if parting with Abs and Hann is what he wants: SO BE IT!

normal stuffs

2010-03-30T13:32:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged in a while. This is probably too small for you to read. IS THIS BETTER? I AM NOT SHOUTIN'. I JUST WANT TO MAKE MY THOUGHTS CLEAR, NOT TWO MILLIMETERS HIGH. I JUST FOUND MRS. TRACEY'S BLOG! HAPPY DAY! LOCKLAN IS SO CUTE! HE IS HER NEW SON.

I AM WRITING A BOOK. I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION SO FAR EXEPT FOR THIS: I WROTE IT. LEAVE COMMENTS! I WILL TTTRRRYYY TO WRITE ON THIS THING MORE OFTEN.

my presents

2009-12-26T01:56:00.000-08:00

for christmas i got a lot of things.

-tiny wooden chinese dolls[family ariloum]

-ipod zune

-ipod speakers

-outfit

-burmudas

-shirt

-hannah montanah movie

-tinker bell and the lost treasure

-loony tunes

-season one road to avonlea

-puzzle

-geisha costume

-itunes card

-fluffy skirt

-american girl night gown and robe

-and lots of other stuff,thank you to everybody who sent presents and stuff!MERRY X-MAS!!!!

christmas

2009-12-23T02:09:00.000-08:00

I AM POSTING AGAIN. IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS. I AM EXCITED. UNCLE JIM IS COMING TOMORROW AND I HAVE DECIDED TO LOCK HIM UP BEFORE HE LEAVES AND FEED HIM LIMA BEANS SO I CAN KEEP HIM. I AM POSITIVE HE WON'T MIND. I WISH THAT I COULD BE IN AMERICA WITH MY FAMILY.I'D RATHER HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS THAN A DUSTY ONE.

:)

2009-11-03T11:16:00.000-08:00

Halloween was fun, I was Athena, she is a Greek goddess. We went to school dressed up and when we came home we carved pumpkins and watched halloween clips and ate cookies :) Miss Sarah is typing this for me and just taught me the smiley face :) I'm going to do lots of smiley faces :) :) :) :) :) ... yeah that's good.

Haha. Haha. Stop typing everything I say in real life! Miss Sarah is typing every single thing I say. Stop that! Haha Haha :)

The End :) :)

spicy nacho bake[ if you are not good at handling blood, don't read this]

2009-11-03T08:31:00.000-08:00

lots of time has passed. and i need to blog about this but i don't want to. well, let's just say hannah went to get stitches, and i ended up watching, and since then ,i get pale at the sight of any cut. i fainted, threw up, and got the life squeezed out of me by hannah. anyway, we are having spicy nacho bake for dinner and i am excited about that.

meatball tuesday

2009-09-22T11:10:00.000-07:00

today i realized i am being a very bad blogger. i have to write a really long post because so much has happened and i don't have time to do it. for a couple of things abbs and hann are here,abbie has left, the teachers, are here, school has started, and the richardsons are here.

the trip to get abby and hannah was not soo event ful. we got them, had a good time, and i finished harry potter and the chamber of secerets after devouring the first one in twenty-four hours. well,the trip back was the most eventful trip i have ever had and may ever have. for one thing, i was squished in the car, in the same seat as hannah, with a screaming baby, and about ready to fall into a ditch. i spent the first half with abby which was very upseting to a complaining hannah who was whining about abby getting the longer trip,well, lets just say she was wrong-by a landslide!! the brige collapsed and so we were stuck in about 9 hours of traffic and a screaming baby. so we got home at about 1:oo a.m.

also hannah and i started a club where we share a diary and switch it every day. we also have friendship neaklaces and a secret box belonging to the club.

shmankakes pankakes

2009-08-30T10:52:00.000-07:00

shmancakes pankakes, is what we are having for dinner tonight! PANKAKES!! YUMMMM!!! the teachers are moved into their house and it is finally just our family.

today i accomplished several things. i drove for an hour to find out that our village wasn't having church, hiked two thirds of a mile to figure out another church wasn't having church, and then they did- for three hours! then we walked through a river to get to our car. how wonderful!

lasagna, yummy,lasagna

2009-08-21T11:05:00.000-07:00

ok i know i have been a horrible blogger,but please don't hold it against me. i haven't had much time-well,actually i have but some things are just more fun than blogging. also i would like to make it clear that i do not post at to in the morning,the blog just thinks we're in america.

anyway, i am doing good. i have started piano. it is not always fun but it will be soooo much easier to learn it now than when i'm older.

i am happy for two reasons. #1 i am having a wonderful lasagna[ and that is why the title is the title] for dinner tonight and found a chocolate cake in the frige and am going to have a BIG piece after dinner. #2 i get to go with daddy to accra to get abby and hannah!!!!! i am very,very and 100 times more very happy about that.

WOW OW WOW WO WOWOWOW

2009-08-06T12:21:00.000-07:00

ok,i am really need to blog but i am sooooo stinkin' tired. i have been a really bad blogger. we are almost finished with vacation. we already went to the 'grove'. i went to the mall and got the 'high school musical' soundtrack. i just need the second soundtrack and i will have a complete collection. i am listening to it right now. ok i will update tomorow i hope. now i have to check some movies for the movie theater and take a shower.

Evala

2009-07-19T04:15:00.000-07:00

Evala is a big deal in Togo. it is like a coming of age cerimony. Everyone does it. that is all the boys do it. i went yesterday with brett, the interns, matt, and grace. it was soooo cool. i was like 10 yards away from the president! i was going to faint it was so cool! it started with everyone dancing and then they started to fight. also in ghana obama. i would've loved to meet him. i was the closest i have ever been and probably ever will be in my life. it was soo exiting!!!

4 days

2009-07-18T06:16:00.000-07:00

4 days left till the interns leave. The summer went by speedy fast. I soooo want to get to the beach already! This time we are going to have a full house. We are also going to take Abbie on safari. we are going to Mole. it is a game park in ghana. i know this is short but i really gotta nap.

Im Here For You

2009-07-16T13:27:00.000-07:00

a really good friend of mine is having some trouble. i just wanted to say that i had a similar problem. and im only ten! i was 9 at the time. just saying im here for you!

memphis BBQ

2009-07-16T08:49:00.003-07:00

I AM GOING TO WRITE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. IT LOOKS COOL.

SO YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY SOME OF MY POSTS ARE THE NAMES OF FOOD. WELL,THEY ARE MEERLY ALOT OF THE FOODS I MISS.

KEVIN AND JENNY ARE COMING FOR DINNER TONIGHT. THEY ARE NEWLY MARRIED PEACE CORE WORKERS WHO ALSO WORK AT THE AIDS CLINIC. MOM WANTS U TO CLEAN THE HOUSE TOO. WELL FOR MY ROOM-ACTUALLY I AM NOT GOING TO SAY. I KNOW MY DAD READS MY BLOG. FREQUENTLY. SORRY PAPA.

Memphis

2009-07-16T08:47:00.000-07:00

Finally

2009-07-15T03:23:00.001-07:00

Well, Abbie is here now. She is really nice. I also got my chocos from lands end. They are pink. They fit perfectly. I also ate all the fruit snacks before anyone could take them away.

Iam about to go to joshua's house to play. They got some new people on their team. They are americans too. well gotta go.

Grilled Tortilla Wrap

2009-07-12T02:32:00.000-07:00

Well it is a cool morning today. That is a good thing because it means rain. right now i am watching ''Mariposa'' with Michal and mama. I am at the part where the sckezite swallows the lite. Good greif! attendants and advisors can be trouble! Plus my dad found out about the fruit snacks! He said''they've found out now! I wondered what that fruity smell was!''

P.S. the pictures are at coconut grove

Ridin' The Bush Taxi

2009-07-09T03:07:00.000-07:00

Well it's just after french. When I'm done i need to go clean up the junk-chamber,A.K.A. my bedroom. Also, Mr.Randy Alderman's daughter,Stephanie, is coming to see us. It's kinda weird because i haven't seen her since i was 4 and out of nowhere she calls when i am 10 and says she wants to see us! yikes! All i remember is that she was my baby-sitter and her dad knows how to drive planes.

Also Uncle Jim's bus broke down and none of us blame him for not wanting to take a bush taxi. they fill those things till people are sitting on the top till they say they're full!!

Maddie's fruities

2009-07-08T04:17:00.000-07:00

News from the ''Traveling Around Times'' brings you this breaking story that American Togo citizen Madeline Elizabeth Kennell has been hiding two half eaten packages of fruities fruit snacks for THREE WHOLE WEEKS!!!!!

Citizen Madeline K. ,for three weeks, has been hiding two half eaten fruitie's fruit snacks for exactly 21 days. ''I thought they would find out by the second day'' says maddie. '' I was wrong!''

Sunday Meatballs

2009-07-05T07:41:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I went to a fourth of july party. After that,we came home and did a ''jumping on the trampoline'' photo shoot. ANYTHING FOR THE FOURTH!!!!!! [sorry,inside joke with the girls]

the fourth

2009-07-02T03:04:00.000-07:00

Well,today is a day off. The girls and I are going to the market today. Allison and Maleah both want these purses and I think Chealsea is just going to go.

We also got a package from my grandparents. I got some hair stuff, a detroit tigers jersey,lip gloss, nail polish,and an apple note pad. We also got some movies for the whole family.

I am exited for the fourth of july party. I wish we had some fireworks. Then it would be a real party.

When I lived in america, we would have a family reunion at the lake. It would be my moms family. We would rent a lake side cabin and when the fourth came, we would go down and swim in the lake to watch the fireworks. I miss my St. Louis family.

P.S. I didn't find a picture of the lake

another typical day

2009-07-01T02:45:00.000-07:00

Today we are going to a village called Ketao with the girl interns. I do not know all the details of what we are going to do, but I think it will be fun. After that we will do a craft or a movie or something. Then we will go to the orphanage. This morning we introduced our littlest pet shop and webkinz to Allison,Maleah,and Chealsea. Chealsea said she liked my gecko,Dr. Geico,and my turtles,Skwirt,Turt and Violet. We also had a magical dinner last night. It was intern make-a-meal. Matt and Maleah made chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes, green beans, and bread. BUT, before you say this meal is better, you have to hear dessert!!!!! Ready? Ok,it was brownies with vinilla ice cream and hot fudge sauce. MMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!

Memphis

2009-06-25T11:21:00.000-07:00

i am having a hard time. I really miss Memphis. I miss my ,house,church,school,magnolia tree,and lots of other stuff. I miss my friends Taylor,lizzie,ashten,darrel,katie,adeng, and all the people at holmes road,my church. i am really wanting to move back.

can't figure out a name for this one

2009-06-25T02:27:00.000-07:00

well things are going well here. Yesterday we went to the orphanage. I had a better time then usual. The first thing that was different was that we had our lesson under the tree which was alot cooler than in the building where we usually do it. The second thing was Jacob,Maleah, and Chealsea went with us. We also had a short lesson and then we played wifel ball. At the end of the game I went to play on a bunch of rocks with my african friends. This morning I am wearing a blue tank top, a hot pink skirt, black tights, and a side pony tail. Now that I think about it , it seems kinda retro to me.

Inturns\ granddaddy jack

2009-06-24T06:34:00.000-07:00

Right now we have inturns. Inturns are college students who come and live with us during the summer to see how we live. We have 4 boys and 3 girls. We also have some friends in the states who go to a bible study with some people who have a daughter named Abigail who has been going to, i think ,India for the past few years and is now going to visit here and live with us. she is coming in july and is going to stay later than everyone else and go to the beach with us.

I would also like to say happy birthday to great-granddaddy Jack. He is turning 90 on Monday. He is 90 and can still drive and doesn't always have to wear his glasses. LOVE YOU GRANDDADDY JACK!!!

Teachers

2009-04-15T11:42:00.000-07:00

My post is about my teachers. They are really nice.

Teacher Awards:

Funniest: Mr. Bennett

Prettiest: Ms. Bekah

Cleverest: Mr. Daniel

Hannah

2009-03-19T08:28:00.000-07:00

Hannah is one of my 3 best friends here in kara. Recently she turned 10. At her birthday some people brought real live horses! I rode a horse named Sabrina. After the horses,we had cup cakes and ice cream. Then, we played Pony Pony Horse. It was like duck duck goose exept with horses. After that, we had presents. We gave her a pink webkinz horse. Then we played and had a cookout. It was fun!

Abby

2009-02-20T07:49:00.000-08:00

Abigail Miller is my best friend. She lives in africa too. She has light brown hair,blue eyes,and freckles. She sorta looks like me actually.

my birthday

2009-02-04T09:43:00.000-08:00

my birthday was a sleep over. Abby and Hannah got to come. I had a strawberry cake with strawberry icing and strawberry sprinkles. I had tea lite candles instead of normal ones because yuo cannot get them here in africa. We gave our build-a-bears a fake bath,because if they are build-a-bears you cannot put them in real water. Then we watched Pollyanna. Then hannah had to leave. So only abby slept over. In the morning, we had mini cinnomen rolls and played barbies. It was the best 10th birthday sleepover ever!

barbies

2009-02-02T04:17:00.000-08:00

barbies are one of my favorite toys. I have about 36-40.Of course Michal shares them.My favorite is a speed racer Speed and Trixie set.It is my favorite movie.if you want to see it,go towww.barbiecollecter.com,go to shop,and on the botiqe click dolls,dolls,dolls,scroll down and it is somewhat near the bottom.I don't have it but it is on my birthdayand christ mas list even though both of those events just happend.[p.s. plese leave lots of comments.]

Christmas

2008-12-28T00:58:00.000-08:00

My Christmas was good. When we decorated the tree Essowe, Anne, Grace, and Sitsope came over. Essowe is Anne and Grace's mother and Sitsope is our babysitter. We had a fun time decorating the tree. It was funny when Grace put the angel on the top of the tree because my daddy had to pick her up to hold her high, but the angel kept falling over.

On Christmas Eve, instead of Christmas dinner we had Christmas lunch with the Reeves and we got to go swimming- on Christmas Eve! After we went to Hannah's we came home and got ready to go Christmas carolling. We only went carolling to a couple of places we knew where Americans live. My favorite place was the last house we went to where they gave us lots of candy. And they gave everyone one candy cane but they gave us all of the candy canes.

On Christmas day we opened all of our presents, and we were so anxious that we almost did it before Matt and Grace (Hangen, our new teammates who are staying with us until their house is ready) woke up. Santa gave us lots of art stuff like paintbrushes, smocks, paint containers, paintable frames, and Cat in the Hat journals. My favorite present that I got was a trampoline. Mom made hints that started with the Wonder box and then led us outside. I was only three feet away when I noticed the trampoline!

I also got some cozy blankets, a Polly Pocket set, a reindeer Webkins which I named Dasher, a really pretty fairy book that I wanted from my Grandma and Grandpa. I also got a pink sparkly shirt, and some bulletin/ dry erase boards to hang in my room.

It was a great Christmas but I missed my family. I got to talk to them on Skype and Uncle Jim was here so that made me feel better!

Swimming at La Palm

2008-05-28T05:19:00.000-07:00

I went to La Palm the other day and I swam all day. La Palm is a hotel whatever other thing you can think of place. They have a pool, a casino, a hotel, an ice cream shop and a chinese restaurant where they juggle fire and eggs behind their back. At the pool, there is a bar where there are seats underwater!! There is like an inch of water above the seats and you swim up and order drinks! It is so cool!

My Friends the Ries Family

2008-05-28T05:16:00.000-07:00

The other day a family from our team left. We took lots of pictures, and there was a lot of crying, too. It was kind of weird because all of the girls the little girls on the team were hugging on Isaac and chasing him around more or less. And also, I took a picture with everyone except Graham, he didn’t want to take a picture. Mr. Bryan picked Michal up and she practically hit her head on the ceiling. I was really sad because after I go visit them in the states I’ll probably never see them again. Of course they’ll come to visit in a couple of years but I’ll probably never see them again after that. Hopefully they’ll stay with me at my house when they come to visit.

I have a memory for each one of them. The first memory that popped into my head is about Isaac. It was when Isaac was coming to visit at my house and we were babies. I was laying down on a blanket and Ms. Tracey laid Isaac down next to me and we took a picture, then we were both laying down on the blanket. I enjoyed quite a few things about Isaac, but I will only share two. I remember how generous he was and how he always wanted to share with someone. The other one was how Isaac was the tallest in our class and how I could never reach to the top of his head.

The memory of Graham that I remember was how he was usually a smiley baby. I think Graham is a good friend because he’s very truthful and loyal. And Graham is ALSO taller than me!

The memory of Owen that I have is when he came to visit me in my house in Memphis, and he would pull my hair and throw things at me. Owen is very cute, and he’s also very brave. And he is not quite taller than me.

The memory I have of Ms. Tracey (which is quite recent actually,) is that Abby and I used to ask to do her hair everyday. We would always do it in a silly way and ask her to leave it like that all day long. I like Ms. Tracey because she is very loyal and nice, and she is also very young inside so she is almost like a kid. She taught me a lot of things that will be important to my later life. Things like World War II, and how Joab killed everyone he saw practically.

I remember that Mr. Bryan was funny and was very good with kids. He was very protective and I remember when he baptized Isaac. It was in the Kara River. He baptized Isaac just like Daddy baptized me, so I believe that will start a little tradition there on the Kara team.

When I remember my friends, I remember how good and friendly they were. I hope they come back someday.

My Safari

2008-04-24T06:13:00.000-07:00

On my safari I saw elephants, cob, bush buck, water buck, baboons, roan, cape buffalo, wart hogs, monkeys, jackal, different birds, and hippos. It was fun. I went with my friend Abby, her dad, Mr Matt Waller, and my family. What I liked seeing most was the elephants. Mr. Matt kept getting them irritated while we were sitting on top of the car, it was scary so we yelled "Go! Go! Go!" but he didn't go until the elephants didn't care anymore and went away. My pictures show me on top of the car with elephants in the background and an elephant reaching up into a tree to get some leaves to eat.

After the safari we went to a waterfall. It was cool. There was a waterfall that my mom jumped off of a rock near it. We got to swim in the water and we found little rocks that we claimed and played neighborhood. There was one rock that I claimed that looked like a Little Mermaid rock and we used it as a slide and slid into the water. It was hard to get from rock to rock because there are so many rocks in the part where I can touch, which is the only place I go. You cannot swim in that part. The rocks are hot where they are out of the water and slippery where they are in the water! The End.

Happy Birthday Grandmommy!

2008-04-06T02:23:00.000-07:00

Today is my Grandmommy’s birthday. She is very nice to us. She gives a lot of presents to us and settles our fights. When I go to stay with my Grandmommy we like to go to the mall. When Aunt Paula comes there is no doubt she will be shopping all day,and I love the mall. I look forward to swimming at Grandmommy’s house and jumping on her giant trampoline in her yard. She has a nice house and there are lots of plants. Every summer she grows tomatoes and she invites me to help her plant them. I like to sleep on her couch which is comfy and soft and she lets me watch Disney channel late at night. One time when we were there at Christmas she let me sleep a foot away from the Christmas tree, and I barely saw a red and white coat. I suspect it was Santa Claus! I love my Grandmommy so much!

Villages

2008-03-25T02:33:00.000-07:00

We had an All Church Retreat last weekend, it lasted three days, but we only went two days. Before we went I thought it would be boring sitting there listening to someone say things I don't understand, but it was really fun. We went to church like we do in the States. They had everything we have except the church building, and the Lord's Supper was different. For the Lord's Supper they picked up what they were going to have, blessed it, and then they had the Lord's Supper.

On Saturday, we went to the village and Michal and I played with really pretty rocks. Then it started to storm and we had to go inside a school building. The school building was big and yellow, it had holes in the walls. There were chalkboards but no desks. They were using the desks for seats for the retreat. All of my friends came, and we got to play. We saw a termite mound and we went to look at it, it was huge. It was taller than my dad! We found a stick that was about twelve feet high and we used it as a flag pole for our fort we built. When you're out in the village, there is nothing but land and trees for miles and miles. You can run and play all you want- that's exactly what we did.

Next weekend we're going bonding. Bonding is going to the village and staying a couple of nights so you can get to know what the village is like. Michal doesn't want to go bonding so we told her it is just camping in the village, but she still knows it's bonding. She's too smart. I am looking forward to seeing how they get food. It is such a long way to the city and they do not have cars or motorcycles. And I want to see if I can balance a bucket of water on my head, which will be a very neat experience!

Thank you to Claire, Patrick, and Mrs. Fran who left comments on my blog. I will answer your questions.

Bruchko...

2008-03-22T13:43:00.000-07:00

At my school in Kara we have a book list with books we have to read. When we get done with one we have to read another. Bruchko is one of my favorite books I’ve read so far. Bruchko is about a boy who is captured by the Motilone Indians of Colombia. His adventures in South America are beyond anyone’s imagination. He meets a friend named Bobarishora and he can’t pronounce his name so he calls him Bobby.

Reading this book made me rethink everything in my life, and I could not find one thing that was as bad as he had. My favorite part in this true story is when Bruchko was lying halfway dead on a rock by the beach. He had prayed to God a few hours before, and suddenly he found bananas floating in the ocean. That makes me want to have more faith in God. Even though I’m already baptized, there is always room for more faith in God. It also makes me want to think about the good things that are happening instead of worrying about bad things.

P.S. Please leave lots of comments!

Write about 5 things that you can imagine yourself doing in Africa.

2008-01-28T07:12:00.000-08:00

1. I imagine myself chasing chickens in circles 'till I die.

2. I imagine myself drawing the ocean waves by the tide.

3. I imagine myself watching the sun set.

4. I imagine myself reading a book in a tree.

5. I imagine myself painting a monkey on a boat.

Maddie

I feel like we made the right choice moving here.
I feel good and comforted.