Strawberries

I just finished eating a really big red strawberry. And it was actually sweet- how they're supposed to be. I hate when you get ones that are just white and tasteless inside. So yay for sweet strawberries!!! I've decided that they are my favorite fruit. Watermelon is really good too. What fruits do you like?

Powerful Love

You made the sun that warms the earth
Your mountainous clouds billow and transform
their home, the blue sky, goes on forever- only You know its end

rich brown trunks stand strong for You
You make crooked branches bob and wave
their green leaves bounce and dance in the wind

surging ocean waves rise and curl
they wash the beach and leave white foam behind
but Your power is greater than the seas'

You created these things, so they obey You
You have control and keep it all together
the world is your canvas; Your artwork surrounds us

You've given us more than we can take in
Your glory is displayed in Your creation
it demonstrates Your love for us- Your everlasting love

News!

I forgot another detail about my summer. This Friday (the 10th) our girls chamber group (9 girls and I) from ACC are going to be singing on Channel 8 News at Noon. It's for our upcoming D.C. trip. So tune in!
Thanks!

Summer!!!

Hi Guys,
What exciting plans for the sunny season have you made? I'm going to Washington D.C. on the 21st and coming back on the 27th. This is for Ames Children's Choir- it's the 10th anniversary, and we're going to be celebrating the ??? anniversary of a war... Yeah, I don't know my stuff as well as I should.

Then on July 10th I'll leave for Tijuana, Mexico with my youth group. We're going to put on VBSs for the local kids, and we'll all need lots of prayer. I know it will be an awesome experience and very rewarding. I also know it will be hard because we girls have to wear skirts that are long enough to go below our knees (culture), we can't wear sandals in the villages (broken glass, etc.), we are sleeping in tents (but I like tenting), and we'll have cold showers. Why would anyone even want to go? We want to help the people there and show them God's love. For me, it's so good to get away from regular life (TV, money, trying to look "good" or impress people etc.) to build relationships with people and God, and focus on Him instead of everything worldly. I'll be home (cultureshock!) on July 18th with a farmer's tan (we have to wear t-shirts), but my shinguard tan line from soccer camp (July 5-9) will be somewhat balanced out by the skirts. Funny how those things work out. ; )

I have Gilbert and Carrol basketball camps June 25-28 and August 1-4. Hopefully I don't have a burn-out! I think it will fire me up more than make me sick of it, but the season is after cross country, so I'll have awhile to wait.

Harmony's wedding is on August 20th, and I get to be a bridesmaid! At the very end of that month, Felicity's baby is due! They're pretty sure it's a girl, and they're going to name her Ava Joy (Ratajczak, pronounced Rat-a-check).

When I'm home, I'll be lifting weights and running to get in shape for cross-country in the fall. Ms. said we'll run 5 miles for the first practice (August 22nd), and that'll be the shortest one that week. Considering I've only been running 3 miles, I need to get my rear in gear! Also, I'll hopefully be working at the Nissens' vineyards and bean fields. Oh, and I'll be taking trumpet/drum lessons with Mr. Covell. So that just about covers my 3 months of freedom, and then it's back to GHS as a freshman. That's kind of exciting b/c I won't be in Jr. High, but mostly bad b/c it's school in general. Oh well... Have a GREAT summer, call me, and don't think about the inevitable.
Love,
Kim