Open

We carved our pumpkins today with our next door neighbors. Mine is the one in the middle on the bottom row. It's a wave and a sun.

Yesterday I met my Best Buddy at school. Her name is Amy. She loves Elvis and Zac Efron. Her favorite Spongebob character is Gary, the snail.

This week some representatives from Invisible Children came to Branham. Something that I've always wanted to do was go to Africa. The people that came showed us a movie about the terrible child soldier issue that is happening there. We learned about Joseph Kony. We learned about the brokenness. We also learned about hope. I bought a DVD that came with a bracelet. The DVD is about a girl named Grace. She was a child soldier who was forced to be a sex-slave to one of the LRA commanders. She escaped at 13 years old with multiple bullet wounds and a baby in her. Grace has a beautiful smile. Although she has suffered so much, she named her baby Opoyo Rwot which means "thank God." Grace's bracelet is green. Green is for Grace. I will wear Grace's bracelet to always have a reminder of the suffering that is going on in Africa. These kids are no longer invisible to me.
Anyways, back to the fact that I've always wanted to go to Africa, this inspired me even more. I feel like my heart is being pulled to that place.


My heart and my eyes have been opened this week by Amy and by Grace.

1 John 3:18

I feel like I could sleep for the rest of my life. I'm so exhausted. The week has only just begun. I hate complaining like this. I'm just not in the happiest mood ever cuz I'm sleepy. I guess I'm kinda grumpy.

I feel like I have nothing of worth to say today. So I'll let the Bible and my photoshop art do the talking.

Accepted

Today I got a letter in the mail.
I've been accepted into Northwest Nazarene University.
One down, three to go!

This week is going to last forever. Today was such a long day.
Graduation, please arrive soon.

What do they call this?
This perfect love?
They can't brand it with a stamp.
They can't hold it for ransom.
What is it's name?
This unending grace?
They can't capture it with a net.
Or sullenly clip it's wings.
This love, this grace.
It's yours, free of charge.
It's a non-profit organization.
It's a moneyless transaction.
It's free of late fees and premiums.
You're never in debt, never betting your bottom dollar.
You lose nothing, you gain life.
What is this love?
It's the cape clad hero.
The show stopping finale, the star of the show.
It's the loser and the winner.
It's the executive employee.
The first class flyer, the humble coach rider.
It's the man on the corner with the sign "God Bless You."
It's you, it's me.
It's everything.
With every breath we take we cry out for it.
Our whisper, our tears, they say "We need this, we need this."
Our songs, our hopes, our dreams.
Our minds are shouting, our hearts are longing.
Our eyes are searching, our hands are reaching.
What is this love?
His name is Abba.

Photoshop Collage

Busy...

This has been a really busy week and I know that there are many more busy ones coming up. I have finished applying to Point Loma, NNU, Olivet, and I'm almost done with George Fox. This is nuts. I took the SATs for the second time last weekend. I took my Senior pictures last week and got the proofs in the mail today.
Crazy things are happening. Soon I'll be graduated.
I must admit that I'm a little overwhelmed-but I'm more excited.
I've been waiting for this all my life.

This week I have a big speech on immigration.
In two weeks basketball season starts, I take the CAHSEE, and I go to Point Loma for my admissions interview.
Busy, like I said.

Poems

These are other poems from my MySpace blog. I'm sort of abandoning MySpace so I figured I should put them on this blog.


Divine Heartbreak
Please take my hand.
It's my love offer to you.
I won't ever let go.
I promise hope, too.

Open your heart.
It's easy to see.
That the one thing you're lacking,
Is obviously me.

I have never left you,
my loves here for taking.
But your simply rejection
Is the sound of divine heart breaking.

You say I could never
understand your pain
but every tear you've cried,
I've cried the same.

Daniel's Song
And I guess it's
4 more years and 61 days
til I get a buck
and the bills get paid
It's funny how things
just waste away
when you're sitting still
at the end of May.

It's been 5 months
since we've been there
I miss the feel of the
wind in my hair
the sun used to shine
and our feet were bare
hey how about
you take me there?

I called you last night
and you said bye
I hung up the phone
and I almost cried
how you've changed
now that your eyes are dry
makes me stop
and wonder why.

Well now its
4 more years and 61 days
til I get a buck
and the bills are paid
and its been 5 months
since we moved away
but I still think of you
and I hope you're ok.

P.s. This isn't all of them. Still more at http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll

Proverbs 18:21

Flowers

I made this in photo shop. I didn't make the background image but I added the words and the shadow girl.

I want to say more...

but this is just going to be one of those off of the top of my head kind of blogs.

Yesterday the Point Loma application online became available and I've started the process of applying. I just want to make sure my essays are amazing before I submit.

I want to write poems again but I'm lacking in the inspiration department.

Blogging is actually quite amazing and I have plans to utilize this thing a lot more these days. :)