Washington D.C. trips

Thanksgiving

We got to see some of our good friends from St. Louis!! the Hamilton family are precious to all of us.

Shot and Haircut pictures!!

Luke thinks this is fun...NOT!

Kelland is crazy for shots...hmmm!!!

Shots, Beautiful Weather, 5K, Henna Tattoo & A Yellow Jacket!

Yesterday we got out of school early to go get shots. Me, Luke & dad had to get 1 while mom got none. Now for those of you who don't know, which I'm sure a lot of you don't know, but Luke HATES shots. He just about passes out when he gets them. So to see him getting ready to go into the room was really funny. He did good though. We have to go back 2 more times, so be praying for Luke! hehe.

Today is soo Beautiful! it's so crazy to think it's a November day. This morning while mom, dad & Luke went to a hair cutting class I went & ran a 5K. Aww. I felt soo good after running it! Me, Gracie Lynn & Jon were running partners! At the end we held hands and crossed the finish line together. it took us about 37 minutes to run it all. After that I took a shower then went & hung out with friends until lunch.

When I went to the Indian Market I bought some Henna for me & Trinity to use this weekend. Well after lunch we headed over to my quad to get it so my mom could put the designs on it. Well Trinity wanted me to go first just to make sure it worked & just in case my mom messed up it would be on me not her! hehe. Now for the Henna to stain your skin you gotta keep it on there for an hour before wiping it off. Me & Trinity decided to go to the library to check our e-mail. We were there for a while then headed over to the Global Center to hang out & stare at each other & thumb wrestle. We walked in & started to walk around when all of a sudden.. Now sometimes I can't tell when Trinity is joking with me or not so it is sometimes hard for me to believe her when she says silly things like what you're getting ready to read...

...Trinity says "Oh my goodness Kb!!" I was like "what?" She said "There's a yellow jacket on your head!!" "No there's not!" "YES THERE IS!!" So I shook my head. Then she's like "It's on your bum!" I looked but didn't see anything so I thought she was just kidding. Then THATS when I felt it & Trinity said "It's on your leg now!" I looked and there it was. crawling from the back side of my leg to the front of my leg!! I just stood there, even though I wanted to freak out. I waited until it got more on the front side of my leg & I told Trinity to give me her shoe. She took it off and threw it at me. Then I *SMACKED* the yellow jacket off my leg across the room somewhere. After it was off of me I started to freak out! Haha! it was really funny!

Self Defense Class---- International Markets anyone?!

Alrighty so last night I started taking a self defence class which is every Tuesday night. It was fun & we didn't really learn a lot yet, but we have 5 more weeks of if. Our teacher was soo funny! I love that guy. At some times it was hard to understand what he was saying, but eventually you caught on! hehe. We learned 5 different moves.

Today the youth class went on a field trip to some International Markets! It was really fun. First we went to a European & when you walked in it smelt really good! there were many different things to choose from. Lots of candy too! Well when we got there Mrs. Deborah realized she forgot her money so she sent Chris back to the school to get it. But the school was 15-20 minutes away, which meant he would be back for 30-40 minutes. Well when Mrs. D was ready to pay she brought the stuff up to the counter & started talking to the lady. Then she told her she didn't have her money with her but would leave the stuff & come back, because we were walking just right down to the Hispanic shop. The lady told her she could just take it & come back & pay for it when Chris got back. We were like are you sure? She told us she trusted Mrs. D. She could see it in her eyes she could trust her! it was Really cool! Eventually Chris got there & we payed for it of course! Well next was the Hispanic shop. There were lots of different things too. I've eaten cactus before & found it there so I bought it so my class could try it! Third we went to the Indian shop. it was very little. not a lot to choose from. But there were some small bracelets she let a couple of the girls have for free. She was very giving. I bought some Henna tattoo stuff which was $2.59, but she told me she would give it to me for only $2. it was cool! She bargained with us! hehe.

For lunch we went to a Mediterranean restaurant/market. What we had was like a pizza thing & some type of bread wrapped in beef, which was alright. After lunch our last stop was an Asian shop. We walked in & since C & G are from China the first thing they said was "It smells like home!" it was cute to see them all excited!! we were there the longest & there were many different things! Mrs. D started to talk Vietnamese with the lady at the counter! it was cool! Something REALLY funny happened while we were there, but I promised a certain person I wouldn't put it on here. SORRY! hehe. :]

In the end I ended up buying something from every store! It was really cool to see the so many different cultures & religions! And we were gone all day we didn't have time to do any school! woo hoo! hehe.

Tonight at supper we were done eating, but just sat around to talk & hang out. Randomly Trinity says "Who could wear that outfit?" Me & C looked to see what she was talking about & saw this Huge outfit that was apparently made for someone large. C said "Kb could wear it!" I looked at her & said "Do I LOOK fat to YOU?!!" She started to laugh then was like "Noo. I didn't mean it like that.. you would wear something like that in Africa considering the fact it's from Africa!" hahaha it was sooo funny! we just laughed after that!

Alrighty well I got TONS of stuff to do! aggg!! keep praying for us!

LOVE YOU & MiSS YOU!!

*kisses*

Love Kb :]

Our Small Group Worship

On Sunday mornings, we have worship in the great room of Quad 4. We are a group of believers in Jesus who meet to sing praises, share testimonies and study the Holy Book. These times have been sweet and very memorable. We are loving our new 'family'!!

Some things we've 'Scene'

Some Funny Stories!!

Oh my goodness!! okay soo many funny things have happened since I've been here, but I just haven't had the time to put it on here! Where do I begin??
Alright one day me, Jess & B were outside swinging on the swings & Jess would run threw me & B trying not to get hit. Well she almost made it while I was swinging up, but she didn't move in time when I came back & i hit her and she flew part ways across the playground!! hahaha. I felt soo bad, but when I went over to her she was totally fine & laughing!! Then one time me, Trin, C, B & Jess were hanging out playing a card game. We got tired of it so then Jess & B left & Trin got up to see if her mom had any more cookies. She came back with nothing. We were really tired so we laid in the middle of the pathway & rested! After a while we decided to go ahead and go to supper. I was getting my shoes on, but something inside didn't feel right. I checked what it was & it was a BUNCH of candy wrappers!! I was like Trin!! She started laughing and then I realized when she went to her quad she got candy, brought it back [without us knowing about it], ate it, then put her trash in my shoes! hehe. Oh and one Monday at school Mrs. Deborah was getting the laptop out for me so I could do my school. Well anyways when I was done with it I put the laptop back in the cabinet & locked it. Well the next day when we were gonna get it out we couldn't unlock the lock... because I had put it on backwards!! We had to get Mr. Dale & Mr. Ben to come in & get the lock off. By doing that they had to take the handle off! I felt soo bad! But it was soo funny!! During supper one night us girls were eating outside [as always] and me & G asked anybody if they needed anything cause we were going inside real quick. Well we thought we heard everyone say they wanted another roll, so we were like okay how many more is that? We added it up & since 2 of the 6 girls wanted 2 it added up to 8 rolls. We went back inside & G got the rolls & went outside while I got some crackers! When I got out there the girls were laughing & I was like "What are you laughing about?" They said they were laughing because G got 8 rolls when they only needed 5! So there were 3 left over! All of a sudden Trin was like "Let's have a toast." So we raised our glasses & toasted & everyone drank from their cups but me. They were like "You gotta drink other wise it's not a toast." I was like "I'm not done eating yet. I can't take a drink!" They were like "Well I guess we gotta do it again!" So we did & this time I decided to fool them & pretend to take a drink. When we sat out drinks down they started laughing their heads off. THAT'S when I realized they had put something in my drink! I asked them what they put in it & they said salt! How nasty is that?! hehe. At school Trin was putting glue on her hand, letting it dry, then would peel it off. Well she was doing it, but the glue kept oozing out & I just kept wiping it on her hand until it would stop... but it wouldn't stop! We were freaking out when Mrs. Deborah said "Why don't you just close it?" We were like "Oh yeah duh!" hahaha. we felt dumb! Last night during supper we were outside eating when we kept seeing this bird flying over us. We were kidding around & saying "It's a bat!! ahh it's a bat!" But then we looked at it closer & it Really WAS a bat! When we told Trin this she tried jumping out of her seat, but got stuck between the heavy chair & table. She finally got out & jumped in my lap screaming!! It was sooo funny!!
Oh yeah but before supper me & Trin & her 3 other siblings were out on the playground when for some reason we wanted to see how many people we could get on 1 swing. I was on the bottom, then GL on me, then Trin, then Eden on me & last was Noah who stood on the side!! we got 5 people on 1 swing & we started swinging! it was soo funny & people were watching us laughing & giving us weird looks! hehe.

Okay well I hope you enjoy reading these funny stories & I hope they make you laugh!! I'll have plenty more to put up later!! i love you guys soo much & miss you tons!! *kisses* Love Kb :]

Another Boring M?

These last few days have been awesome! We've looked at the definition of a church (since we will be planting churches on the field), and studied from God's Word how churches were started in the book of Acts, what a new church start looks like today, and finding persons of peace in a village or town. We've done an exercise to help us get an idea how that is done. As we've studied these topics I've reflected back on the beginning days of when the Lord led me to start the biker church, Have Bible Will Travel. In those days I did not know anything of how to start a church. But as we've been studying how to start one, I see that I did everything right. That was totally of God! I just did as the Holy Spirit led me in those days. All glory to God!
Tomorrow I will finish up a second day of English as a Second Language (ESL) class. I did part one last Saturday and part two tomorrow. The class will last from 9am to 5pm! Then I will be certified to teach ESL to internationals.
The training here has been incredible. The spiritual warfare workshop was fantastic. Although each day is exhausting it is incredibly rewarding. I just wish that every genuine Believer could go through this training. I remember years ago when usually during the fall that our church would bring an international m. in to talk about their work and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (which supports all 5000 plus workers). I would be totally bored with a capital B! I'd think "When is he or she going to be through talking?!" If I had known then what I know now, I would have said "Tell me more!! What else can I do to help?!" As I was looking around the room today after a break in one of the classes I was in awe. I looked and thought to myself "This is a room with 264 workers, and I am one of them!" I want to encourage you my friends and family that when you hear an international worker speak about his or her opportunities, don't have an indifferent attitude towards them like I did. I hope that by you knowing us and loving us that the next m. that you see and hear that you will not only think of us, but more importantly that you will think of what they do -- what we will be doing -- We will be telling others, who have not had the opportunity of learning, how they can know for sure that they can go to heaven for all eternity! Blessings to you! Randy

*gasp* Is Fall REALLY Here?!!

Today Mr. Scott came in and gave us some tips of photographery. We took some really awesome pictures!! Afterwards I hung out with the girls for a while, but then had to leave to meet my accountabiliy partners Alissa and Kelli! [who are soo awesome and have become my new big sisters!] Aggg!! I really need to finish my quilt! I just can't seem to find time! hehe. Tonight during supper I got there sort of later than the girls did, but they still somewhat waited for me. Anyways I got to the table and sat down next to Trin. She asked B if she could trade places, but B said no. I was like okay.. Then I would ask Trin something, but she wouldn't ever answer. Then I realized she was pretending to be mad at me. She thought I for real thought she was mad at me which made it funny! Anyways she had to go someplace and got up to leave, but as she was leaving she spilt her hot chocolate all over me! She started to laugh and was like "Okay I was just pretending to be mad at you, but I didn't mean to spill my drink on you!! I'm soo sorry!" It was all good and we all started laughing and cleaning up the mess SHE made! hehe. The pants I was wearing were black so it didn't stain! [thank goodness] So there I was standing in the caferteria with wet pants and Trin comes up to me before she leaves and is like "Honey, that's suppose to go in the potty.... not ur pants!" It was soooo funny! I just love that girl!! Okay well I just finished a book report for tomorrow. [talk about procrastinater] And then I have to work on my power point. woo hoo. hehe. Man I need to stop doing these last minute things! I still miss you all like CRAZY and only have 7 weeks left. I really wanna see you all soon, but I'm having a GREAT time here!! *kisses* Love Kb :]

Happy Birthday Mom! :]

Today at school Mr. Dale was there!! woo hoo. he had been at a conference the past week so we were all very happy to see his silly self back! We got out early today I guess because of it being election day. [even though most people didn't even have school.. oh well] Well my parent's went into town to go do some banking things & me & Luke went and hung out with our friends. Luke went over to quad 4 with Ty, while me, Trin & E went to the woods/creek!! It's really rainy today, but that didn't stop us girls from going to have some fun! On our way down there we were walking down this hill and going kind of fast, well I was walking then all of a sudden a rabbit from nowhere ran off!! I had been 3 inches away from stepping on it!! AHH! haha. it was freaky! Well we were walking further and further down the creek, but then we had to turn around because we all had jeans on and E had tennis shoes and there were no more rocks for us to step on. Well we went back, but found another way to go so we went that way. It wasn't quite as wide as the other way but we still went. This time the water wasn't that deep so we walked pretty much in the water. I went first & I stepped right where it was muddy. [of course] And my shoe came off and started to float away but we got it just in time! hehe. At one part it was a wide gap, but since i had flip flops on I stepped in the muddy water, but so did E & she got mud all over her shoes! hehe. it was soo funny! she washed them off and we decided we'll explore that way some other time when we ALL have flip flops on. I had to carry E on my back until it was safe enough for her to walk! hehe. We had a lot of fun! Tonight we're going out to eat at Panera [I think] for my mom's b-day! YAY! I'm sooo excited! I mean the food here is good and all, but sometimes you just get in the mood for something different! okay I guess I should go. The computer's battery is about to die! hehe.
Love you all soo much && miss you TONS!!
Love Kb! :]

HAHAHA! okay here is one of my funny stories that has happened in Virginia. Okay so it was one night during supper and us 7 girls were eating outside. It was sort of cold & we all wanted hot chocolate, but didn't want to get up to get it. So Trin & Gab decided that they would go get it for everyone. Now there were 2 different kinds: Swiss Miss & Nestle. Nestle didn't have any sugar & we told them NOT to get that kind! Anyways after about 10 minutes the 2 girls came back with a tray full of hot chocolate. Now Trin said "Now they didn't have Swiss Miss so we had to get Nestle." We all complained and were like "Awww Trin that doesn't have any sugar added!" Then with great Excitement & proudness of herself she said "Don't worry! We got SPLENDA!!" It was SOOOOO funny how she said it I couldn't stop laughing. Now her new nickname is Splenda!
Oh today I got a letter from Joel!! WOO HOO!! my buddy! It totally made my day!! Oh and tonight when I was leaving supper people were sort of freaking out and when I got closer to the door I saw there was a small terrier dog... in the cafeteria!! haha. People were saying "I'm not picking that dog up to get him out." So I came over picked up the dog took it outside with me and heard someone say "Oh. I guess thats a way to get it done!" Hahaha! I saved the day! hehe.
Alrighty I guess I should go.
Love you all TONS!! *kisses*
Love Kb