I love to Read

These are all the books i want to read throughout the year. :)

1.My 30 Days Under the Overpass: Not your Ordinary Devotional

2.Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

3.Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America

4.The Shack

5.Sensual Orthodoxy

6.The Three Musketeers

7.East of Eden(done)

8.Starving Jesus: Off the Pew, Into the World(done)

9.From Stone to Living Word: Letting the Bible Live Again

10.A voice in the wind(done)

11.My Sisters Keeper

12.The Kite Runner

13.Pride and Prejudice

14.So you don't want to go to church anymore

15.Be still, my soul: Embracing God's Purpose and provision in suffering

16.Mere Christianity

17.Jesus Calling: Enjoying peace in his presence

18.He loves me! Learning to live in the fathers affection

the book i am reading right now is: Pride and Prejudice

Devotionals

I am going to start doing devotionals starting today. I am so happy about that I am hoping to get more in tune with God and just i am hoping that it helps me live in the moment and just love life. Which recently i have found that living in the moment is hard and i just need to keep thinking ok God i know its hard but i know what it feels like i know your always there helping me through life and just guiding me in the path that i need to be on.

Shmaim post song

Living in Shmaim-Post(sung to the beat of Living on a prayer)

Once upon a time

Not so long ago

Aimers used to live in Shmaim-post

Aimers used to hike

They've been down and up...its tough,so tough

Kitch staffers work in the kitchen all day

Working for the campers,they bring home the memories

For-ever,For-ever

They say we gotta hold on to what we got

Cause it doesn't make a difference

If we like it or not

Weve got each other and thats a lot

For-ever - well give it a shot

Whooah, were half way there

Whooah, living in Shmaim-post

All day long - we'll make it I swear

Whooah, living in Shmaim-post

Accommos got there four awesome trucks

Now Aimers are learning how to live

at home- so tough, its tough

Aimers dream of living life

When they cry when they leave

Leaders whisper its going to be okay- at home

They say we gotta hold on to what we got

Cause it doesn't make a difference

If we like it or not

Weve got each other and thats a lot

For-ever - well give it a shot

Whooah, were half way there

Whooah, living in Shmaim-post

All day long - we'll make it I swear

Whooah, living in Shmaim-post

We've got to hold on ready or not

You live for the moment when its all that youve got

Whooah, were half way there

Whooah, living in Shmaim-post

All day long - we'll make it I swear

Whooah, living in Shmaim-post

Whooah, were half way there

Whooah, living in Shmaim-post

All day long - we'll make it I swear

Whooah, living in Shmaim-post

Living In the Moment

This summer i learned what it is like to live in the moment and just be myself and love it life. It is something i have been working on for a long time and has been a hard thing for me to comprehend because having never lived really in the moment before i had no idea what it was supposed to feel like or anything. This summer when i was up at Camp i learned what living in the moment felt like by experiencing it. I was at church and after the sermon i just felt so peaceful and just happy. I had never felt that way before and i just knew that it was god showing me look this is what it feels like to slow your life down and live in the moment. I loved it so much. It changed my life and now everyday i live life to its fullest. I don't live for the past or the future i live for today. Just one day at a time. I thank god everyday for letting me feel that sense of calmness and serenity. It is something i will never forget and cherish that moment forever.

Senior Year so far...

Is absolutely amazing.I love being a senior.So far its only been a week almost two and i am still trying to figure out this whole thing of it being my last year of highschool, but i think i am getting it. Trying to live every day for what its worth and just love life everyday. I like my classes,my teachers are cool and weird sometimes, but awesome. I know this year is going to be awesome and amazing.

Calvin Crest for a month

I can't believe it but i was a camp called Calvin Crest that i absolutely love for a whole month.

Still trying to get used to being home but here is some things that i can tell you about my wonderful experience. The first session for AIM had a total of 21 aimers. So many people but yet so much fun. I was assigned to work in the kitchen for the whole entire month that i was up there. At first i wasn't to sure if i would like the kitch but i decided what the heck its a new experience. I ended up loving the kitchen once i started working there. The staff was amazing.

All the staff was absolutely amazing. Our leaders were:Carrie Bowers,Tori White,and Matt Klump. They are awesome amazing people. I miss them so much. My awesome prayer partner Kristen omg what can i say about Kristen she worked in the kitch and she is so awesome. I love having her as my prayer partner. I know i can talk to her about anything. I trust her so much.

One of my amazing experiences up there was on one sunday at church after the sermon which btw was amazing,we had the oppurtunity to wash someones hands or have one of the staff from the office wash your hands and pray with you.I immidently thought of Kristen my awesome prayer partner i went up to herand asked her if i could wash her hands and she said yes and so i washed her hands and then she washed my hands. That service was so amazing and so

wonderful i will never forget it. That is just one of the many wonderful experiences that i had at AIM. It was just a wonderful end to the summer.Next summer i am going to apply for summer staff and i am hoping to work in the kitch.

AIM 09 Testimony

AIM 2009

This summer I was on a program called the Endeavor program. Its where you stay for 2 AIM sessions. It was an amazing experience for me.I learned so much after being there for 4 weeks. I worked in the kitchen for the whole month that I was up there and that was awesome.

I had never worked in the kitchen before and I fell in love with it. The first session I was there for AIM we had 21 aimers.It was so awesome. Such a big group but in the same way it was amazing just getting to know that many people. For the second session I was up there we had only 12 aimers.On the Sunday when I was up there for my second session there was a part of the service that we could have our hands washed or we could find someone we knew and we could wash there hands and they could wash your hands.I immediately went up to my prayer partner Kristen and asked her if I could wash her hands and she said that I could and together we both felt the presence of god was there. I felt like he was telling me something. Just to live in the moment and live life to its fullest. To me this came at a wonderful time because just the week before I had been worrying about and still am worrying about my friend David that is in the

Army and just a week before that he had left for Iraq. So for me having God show me what living in the moment felt like was a huge blessing in my life. Personally that was a huge growth for me in my spiritual walk with Christ. For the second session of Aim we stayed up in outpost which we name shmaim post. Outpost is a hike up from where crestview is. At first when I heard that we were staying there I thought omg seriously we have to hike up there everyday.

Come on. But after just one night of staying up there and sleeping outside and just looking at the stars I knew it was going to be great. Yes it was hard hiking up there about 3 times a day but it was worth it. This was my last year Aiming. Next summer I am going to apply for summer staff.

I have so many awesome memories from AIM and I love it so much. From now on I am going to live in the moment and just everyday for what its worth. That is my AIM experience. I am going to read something that I wrote up there after one of my bible studies with my leader Carrie. Its called seeing clearly.

Seeing Clearly

Before AIM I wasn't seeing very clearly. I wasn't allowing myself to look at things different ways. I just had one set way of looking at things. I can see now that there are many different ways of looking at things. During AIM I have learned to look at thing with a new perspective. Just remembering what my leader from last year Bethany told me. Just live everyday for what its worth. Just take it one day at a time. Its going to hard but I know what it feels like now. After AIM I am going to start living life the way its supposed to be lived just one day at a time. One step at a time. I can't ever explain the feeling I have when I'm up at AIM. I always say to people oh, well you have to experience it in order to understand what its like, but this summer I realized that is not always right. Just by doing what i am doing right now sharing this is showing Gods love that you feel at AIM.

Kitch

This is my awesome amazing prayer partner kristen and i worked in the kitchen with her and the other kitchen staffers all month while i was at camp. It was fun amazing and awesome. I want to apply for summer staff for next summer and i want to apply for kitchen. :). Kitchen was so amazing and just awesome i loved it so much.In the kitchen i worked on the salad bar and many other things. It was just an awesome expierence.