Hello! I thought I'd just give a quick update before I got crackin with my school.
PRAISE THE LORD! HE IS RISEN! =D
On friday (good friday), my family and I took the day of work/school and my older sister and I just enjoyed watching movies =), it was great! We watched "The Greatest", which was a bit of a tragedy/romance movie. After that we watched one of our all time favourites "A Knight's Tale", featuring Heath Ledger! I absolutely love that movie! Then a few hours later, my sisters and I got ready to go out. Then we left for our church, which was having an appreciate night for our awesome friend/middle school pastor, Megan =). She was definitely surprised!
Then on Saturday, I was kind of bored actually =P, because I knew I had school to do, but really wasn't in the mood, and I really wanted to get out of the house and do something. However, I had woken up at like 12-12:30ish. So I ended up wandering around the house for a few hours, just doing random things, which included watching some really stupid mystery movie with my brother (it was stupid because it was about highschool girls and boys who lived at a boarding school, and then there was someone making everyone sick. The stupid thing about the movie was that the "highschoolers" looked like they were 13 or something, or in middle school still.) Then I spent 2 hours on my backporch in the sun working on a math assignment (which I still haven't finished). Then my dad brought home samosas, and then him and my brother and younger sister left. Eventually my mom and my older sister came home (my mom was picking my sister up from the ministry she works at), and we watched "The King's Speech". SO GOOD! It may be boring for younger kids because its more of a older period movie, which takes place just before WWII. Also, its about a prince who becomes king, but he has a stammering problem. So the movie is basically about a speech theropist that helps the king to speak (using all his funny/unique techniques).
Then Sunday, we went to church (it was great as usual! =) ), but it didn't really occur to me that it was Easter Sunday, so I didn't dress up as fancy as I would have if that thought would have passed my mind. Then after church, my family went to my grandparents house, which was nice as well. We got to see some of our cousins, aunt, uncles, grandparents again =). Once again, our grandma stuffed us all full to the gills =P. The food was excellent though! We even had dessert =P. However, we didn't really do anything super exciting. My cousins were quite occupied with the presence of my brother. So my sisters and I mostly just listened and talked with the adults, and then eventually our cousins and my aunt and one of my uncles left. So it got even quieter because the hockey game was on. So eventually I just ended up going into one of the bedrooms in my grandparents' house and made myself comfortable on one of the beds, and work on some math. =P
Anyways, its about time I started working on school! I have lots to do!
PRAISE THE LORD! HE IS RISEN!
God Bless! <3
Kat
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Youth... U Own the Night!
Hello! So the Thursday went well! =) I am very pleased about how it turned out =).
Well, I got to the church at 4:00ish. We set up the music equipment and the soundboard and such, and we rehearsed a bit, but it was very very rough sounding, which made both the girl leading the team and I kind of nervious and stressed out. At first it wasn't sounding the way we had planned on Sunday, so that was kind of discouraging. However at 5:30ish our drummer finally showed up and we rehearsed until 6:00. We had 30 min. to eat before we had to get back to rehearsal because our violinist had to leave for dance class which made the rehearsal more stressful. However, once youth started and everyone gathered into the room, the lights went down (except on the stage) and everything fell right into place =), the music turned from rough to wonderful. That was a miracle right there! So we did some worship, then two guys did some rapping, then we did some more worship, then another guy went up and read the verse, then I spoke (it went a lot better than I had thought! Too bad I almost started crying! Although, lots of people said they liked my speech, so its all good!) then two other grade 11s spoke, then we did more worship, then another girl spoke. After that we had open mic time to allow other students to come up for shout outs or responding, and to my surprise SO MANY people came up and shared! It was incredible! =D
Also! On Saturday, my dad took my sisters and I to the States to go dress shopping =D! It was long, but successful! I found a dress (a coral coloured dress), and some shoes to go with it, and I got a grey v-neck t-shirt =). I also got some frozen yogurt =). Anyways, yeah, that was a good, but tiring day =).
Then today was weird, church was awesome as always, but I was just having so many problems. First of all, for some reason my tongue was and has been kind of weird lately, the front of my tongue likes to push against my bottom teeth when I'm singing and sometimes talking, which causes stress, and makes me sound weird when I'm talking or singing. So it has made it annoying and a little difficult to sing. I really pray it is only a temporary thing! I don't know what it was though, my mom said it might be a stress thing, but I dunno =/.Then all morning my eye was itching like crazy! I was doing my best not to scratch it though, because I usually end up with a puffy eye if I start rubbing or scratching it.
Anyways... I need to go, dinner time =)! I'll try to post again soon if I find something interesting to talk about =P.
God Bless! <3
Katie
Well, I got to the church at 4:00ish. We set up the music equipment and the soundboard and such, and we rehearsed a bit, but it was very very rough sounding, which made both the girl leading the team and I kind of nervious and stressed out. At first it wasn't sounding the way we had planned on Sunday, so that was kind of discouraging. However at 5:30ish our drummer finally showed up and we rehearsed until 6:00. We had 30 min. to eat before we had to get back to rehearsal because our violinist had to leave for dance class which made the rehearsal more stressful. However, once youth started and everyone gathered into the room, the lights went down (except on the stage) and everything fell right into place =), the music turned from rough to wonderful. That was a miracle right there! So we did some worship, then two guys did some rapping, then we did some more worship, then another guy went up and read the verse, then I spoke (it went a lot better than I had thought! Too bad I almost started crying! Although, lots of people said they liked my speech, so its all good!) then two other grade 11s spoke, then we did more worship, then another girl spoke. After that we had open mic time to allow other students to come up for shout outs or responding, and to my surprise SO MANY people came up and shared! It was incredible! =D
Also! On Saturday, my dad took my sisters and I to the States to go dress shopping =D! It was long, but successful! I found a dress (a coral coloured dress), and some shoes to go with it, and I got a grey v-neck t-shirt =). I also got some frozen yogurt =). Anyways, yeah, that was a good, but tiring day =).
Then today was weird, church was awesome as always, but I was just having so many problems. First of all, for some reason my tongue was and has been kind of weird lately, the front of my tongue likes to push against my bottom teeth when I'm singing and sometimes talking, which causes stress, and makes me sound weird when I'm talking or singing. So it has made it annoying and a little difficult to sing. I really pray it is only a temporary thing! I don't know what it was though, my mom said it might be a stress thing, but I dunno =/.Then all morning my eye was itching like crazy! I was doing my best not to scratch it though, because I usually end up with a puffy eye if I start rubbing or scratching it.
Anyways... I need to go, dinner time =)! I'll try to post again soon if I find something interesting to talk about =P.
God Bless! <3
Katie
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Worship, and Speech... Oh Life is Full of Surprises!
Hello everyone! I know I'm always apologizing in every entry for not posting, but I feel bad about it, and I think people deserve my apology for not posting as often as I should.
Anyways, I finally have some stuff to talk about.
Well, this week the grade 11's at my youth are owning the night, so we get to plan the night and everything that happens throughout it. So.... I volunteered to play guitar and sing on the worship team, AND I am also speaking! I have never done anything like it before, and it is definitely a little out of my comfort zone. But I'm nervious/excited about it because it is something I have been hoping to do for months now =P, and I finally get to do it! I actually wrote my speach as soon as I got home from the grade 11 meeting =), and editted it the next day, just so it doesn't sound like it was written at 1 in the morning, which it was =P.
So! The other day, I got the music for the worship team, and to my surprise, some of them were in keys I have never played in before. So I e-mailed, and even phoned my worship leader asking him to help me. =P I was kind of embarrassed by the message I left on the phone though, it came out a lot different than I had planned in my head =P, he probably noticed I don't talk on the phone much because of that message =P. But he got my message and replied to my e-mail almost at 1 in the morning =P, and he said he would help me =). So today after the service, and after we took a few minutes to talk to people, then him and I went to the Choir room and he helped me with chords, strum patters, transposing music to use for a capo (which I got yesterday =P), and wrote down chords. He was a HUGE help! Thanks to his help with the guitar for the worship, practise went excellent! =) Now we have a rehearsal on Thursday, and then its time to worship like we never did before! =P
Anyways, Haha, I was thinking about giving you an update on school, but I decided this post would be about just positive things =P. Please pray for me and the grade 11s owning the night! We would really appreciate the prayer! Especially for the worship team, and the people (including me) speaking!
Please leave me a comment letting me know how you are doing! =)
God Bless! <3
Kat
Anyways, I finally have some stuff to talk about.
Well, this week the grade 11's at my youth are owning the night, so we get to plan the night and everything that happens throughout it. So.... I volunteered to play guitar and sing on the worship team, AND I am also speaking! I have never done anything like it before, and it is definitely a little out of my comfort zone. But I'm nervious/excited about it because it is something I have been hoping to do for months now =P, and I finally get to do it! I actually wrote my speach as soon as I got home from the grade 11 meeting =), and editted it the next day, just so it doesn't sound like it was written at 1 in the morning, which it was =P.
So! The other day, I got the music for the worship team, and to my surprise, some of them were in keys I have never played in before. So I e-mailed, and even phoned my worship leader asking him to help me. =P I was kind of embarrassed by the message I left on the phone though, it came out a lot different than I had planned in my head =P, he probably noticed I don't talk on the phone much because of that message =P. But he got my message and replied to my e-mail almost at 1 in the morning =P, and he said he would help me =). So today after the service, and after we took a few minutes to talk to people, then him and I went to the Choir room and he helped me with chords, strum patters, transposing music to use for a capo (which I got yesterday =P), and wrote down chords. He was a HUGE help! Thanks to his help with the guitar for the worship, practise went excellent! =) Now we have a rehearsal on Thursday, and then its time to worship like we never did before! =P
Anyways, Haha, I was thinking about giving you an update on school, but I decided this post would be about just positive things =P. Please pray for me and the grade 11s owning the night! We would really appreciate the prayer! Especially for the worship team, and the people (including me) speaking!
Please leave me a comment letting me know how you are doing! =)
God Bless! <3
Kat
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