1 Corinthians 11:31

"so whatever you eat,drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."

The past few weeks of school have really been a test for me. Our chorus teacher was on suspension for 3 weeks and at the end of the third week was fired. This was very hard for me due to the fact that he has a special place in my heart since I have 3 chorus classes. This man was the one teacher that was always an inspiration and always gave 110% every day. Unlike most of my teachers, he actually wanted tO teach us and loved why he was doing.
When he was fired everyone decided to quit everything they were involved in and for a while I had that same mentality. Over the weekend I spent a lot of time on my knees weeping and praying. I came to the realization that I was in the wrong which of course is what my mom told me to begin with. I realized that as much as I love my teacher I did not try out for all of these things for him, I auditioned because it is what I love to do. This was a very hard thing since all of my friends are planning on quitting and have been voicing their opinions very loudly.
Slowly but surely our family has been ripped apart. We all say we respect each others opinions and decisions but everyone is still against one another if they do not believe the same thing. One of my friends in particular really got her feelings hurt today. She is probably the most amazing Christian high school I know and of course has handled this situation completely right from the beginning. Today a good friend of ours voiced his opinion pretty loudly and was very rude. It really hurt my fried and in all honesty it hurt me to see her get hurt. She was just trying to be helpful and this friend really showed his true colors by coming back with a sharp remark.
All of this to say I have really been digging into Gods word through all of this. I came across this verse this morning during my wuiet time and it has really helped me get through the day today. It made me realize that even in the bad times I have to push through and give me all because everything I do is for the glory of God!

The summer job of a LIFETIME!

    Today I started filling out my application to work as an osage at my favorite place on earth, KANAKUK. From my first week at kamp i knew I want to be a counselor one day. Now is my chance. Since I am only a senior or at that point will be a college freshman, I can only be an osage. An osage is a girls counselor in training. The guys are just called counselors in training or a c.i.t which that makes sense but for some reason the girls need a special name. I have mixed emotions about all of this.
    I have been praying about this for the past couple of months and I know its what God has planned for me. When I started filling out my application I was so thrilled! As I went on I really started to question myself on some stuff. I figured it was going to be an easy application but it is really in depth and is really make me take a deeper look at myself spiritually and emotionally.
    My in person interview is in two weeks and I have to have my application ready so that I can hand it to them when I get there. I am so nervous and will definitely be saying a lot of prayers until then. My best friend from kamp is also applying so hopefully we will both get accepted and get to work together. How amazing would that be? I can not wait for the results but until then ya girl is going to be a nervous wreck. I will not find out until March so ti is a kind of long process. I hope I get the call to have the summer job of a LIFETIME!

1 Corinthians 6:11

" And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."

Blessed beyond measure

   

"Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for Him and not for us." 

    The past two days in madrigals we have had free days. With all of our free time my best friend kara young, me and our friend holly have worked on a song and recorded it today. It was so awesome to be able to pull a piano in a closet and sing about Jesus. I am so blessed to have friends that enjoy doing that and that I can share my love for the Lord with.
    I am also blessed for a school that allows us to be so open with our faith. Every friday in government we have "Inspiration day".  This is a day when our bell ringer is a word of inspiration. It is normally a bible verse. Even though our teachers can not directly talk about God, I always have that one teacher that seems to find his or her way around it to make an impression on each and every students heart. I do not know what I would do without these inspiration fridays sometimes. They are always a reminder of everything the Lord does for us and how little we do for Him and how we can change that.
    I thank the Lord every day for blessing me with friends like kara and a school that works its ways around the law when it comes to faith.



If you would like to see our video go to karaeyoung.tumblr.com and it is the first thing that pops up.

o-town

    This past weekend my best friend Elizabeth and I made a trip to oxford to visit our friends that are going to school at ole miss. Oh my goodness it was so much fun. Friday we stayed with our friend Taylor that is a current freshman. She is living in crosby which was actually pretty nice compared to the other dorms there. We went to eat with a bunch of people from Tupelo just to reunite and stuff. Then we went out for the night. We tried to find something to do but really there was nothing going on on campus so we just chilled around the dorm. It was so much fun. We solved the problems of the world. Her roomate is so cool and so are all of her new friends. Her floor has bonded and they are all really cool.
    Saturday was the kicker. Me and Liz spent the day shopping and just chilling around the square. She had to go home that afternoon but I decided to stay with my cousin Sadie. I had a blast. We went to the Justin Moore concert at the lyric which was amazing. We had backstage passes and got to meet him. Some of Sadies sigma nu friends went with us. They are probably the sweetest guys I have ever met. They treat her like a princess which makes me feel a lot better about her being there. After the concert we went back to the sigma nu house and chilled it up with the guys. Sunday was the end to my perfect weekend. I went to church with Macon and Paige (sadies cool friends) and I got to see my best friend Maggie for the first time since easter. It was great getting to see my old friends.

Liz, Taylor, Liz 

Liz, Margaret Anne, Liz 

Da crew 

Me and my shadyyy lady 

Us with Justin Moore!

The boyz!

    Last weekend made me so ready for college, but it did not help me decide where I want to go. Monday was miserable because I did not want to go back to high school.  I am so sick of high school and all of the drama. I am ready to get out of here and make new friends and have the freedom to do whatever. I am really excited about next year and can not wait to see what God has up his sleeve!

woodstock

Every year the seniors host dance to raise money for their senior trip. My group hosted woodstock and we set a record forthe most people at a dance! We had to get there 30 minutes early because we were the hosts and that was probably my favorite part. We blasted all of our favorite songs like the wop and danced like crazy it was so much fun!

Peace Peace double Peace 

probably the cutest picture we have taken all year 

We love eachother 

our relationship 

typical

Tupelo vs. Lafayette

Where is kara???

Our good friend Kara young did not get to make it to the game because she was leading worship at disciple now.

my gurl emily 

the tcps kids and the boonville girl 

"We are the 3 best friends that anyone could ever have!!!"