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These past three days have been amazingly amazing! I was only at the Compton church for two days but I got so attached to those kids! OMG! There were kids crying when we left and it made me feel so bad! But those kids really made me think about how lucky I am. I had to think before I asked any questions to the kids because they are not kids that have everything. I asked a little girl if she was going to take her craft to her mom and then i'm like.....oops.....maybe she doesn't have a mom. It was extremely eye-opening! I love those kids so much! I also bonded really well with the team that was there. They are so much fun! I made like 5 new amigos who I love to death! I really got attached to one of them so it sucked when I left. But I had so much fun! We went to the aquarium and the beach today! It was fun! But yeah. We had so many good times! The only bad things that happened was on thursday night.....one of the chicas was sick and started throwing up so we stayed in the bathroom with her until we got kicked out and told to go to bed which was at like 11:30. And my neck absolutely killed me everyday apart from today. It was probably aggrivated by three of us sleeping on an airmatress that was meant for two people. Last night I had my own air matress so my neck felt much better this morning though! Apart from that...the past three days have been awesome!


***this is my...100th post!!! woohoo!***

hangin out

Today was awesome! Getting to hang out with August, Danielle, Bethany, and Katie! It was super fun! I had a pretty fun day today. Just chillin! Apparently I am not going to be home again until saturday because I got myself into staying with the team that is going to Compton for VBS. i will leave tomorrow afternoon sometime and stay with them and help them until friday night but then they are going to the aquarium and the beach on saturday and I want to go with them so I will probably stay friday night too. I'm pretty excited! Okie dokie......thats about all I have to say!

tiredness

This is a scatter brain post so I will split it up into "paragraphs".Last week was extremely sleepless for me! So last night all I wanted to do was sleep! But I didnt feel like sleeping so i stayed up until 10:30. Not too late but later than expected considering I was half asleep at 8:00. i got up this morning and went to church and during part of it i fell asleep!! Not good. I'm not tired when I am busy but as soon as I am not moving I fall asleep! It sucks.

So I have to decide if I want to do another mission trip this week. It's in Compton and I really wanna do it so that I can hang out with my friends but I am so tired and all I want to do is stay at home. But I know the people want me so I dont know what im gonna do.

I have my first driving lesson on Tuesday! Yipee! Im excited! I had a bad dream about it last night though! =[

So one day during this past week......i was sitting outside with one of the guys on the trip. This is our convo [not exact words]
Ben: So are you excited about going home?
Me: Uhhh....Not really.
Ben: Why?? Aren't you excited to see your mom??
Me: Yeah I guess but I hate going home to the apartment...It just doesnt feel like home
Ben: What....you dont like America?
Me: No i do like it but I just miss my friends in NZ.
Ben: Well there must be something wrong with being here if you dont wanna go home!
Me: I dont know. I just hate going home. Id rather stay here

Okay so I was thinking about this convo and im like.......he is right...there must be something wrong. I finally figured out what it is. I love having people "my age" around. When I come home its just my parents. I really enjoyed this week because of the people I was around. I can talk to them about anything and I miss that when I'm here!! So yeah. Thats all for now.

oceanside...long post!

I got back from the mission trip I was on [in Oceanside] last night but didn't get home until....like 5:30 tonight. I had an AMAZING time!!! It was so much fun! We laughed so much! Wow...the whole week everyone would stop what they were doing and hold up a plate [or something like it.....to serve as a barrier] whenever I drank anything or attempted to pour myself a cup of orange juice. I kept laughing when I drank and crazy people holding up plates DID NOT help my situation. But.....i survived the week without spitting anything at anyone.....but.....i did spill juice all over the table this morning. As i did that everyone goes "Finally! We have been waiting all week for you to do that!". I had an awesome week! I will semi-outline my week for you guys:
-Sunday: went to Kamilles house.....picked her up. Drove to LAX....picked up Ben and Martha. Drove to the place we stayed the night [Gardena]. Went to my youth leader's church....packed the trailer. So much fun!! NOT!! got to sleep at like....i hav no clue....it was late!

-Monday: Woke up at 6:30!! what a way to start summer! Then we got ready and went to Denny's. So much fun!! We were so crazy there! Then we drove to Oceanside. Halfway there realized that Kamille was asleep....Martha had her eyes closed.....youth leaders wife [mrs S] was asleep....Jeremy was asleep and Ben was fighting sleep. So only 2 out of 7 of us were awake. attempted to sleep....didnt work! So we got to the church...it was in a mall type thing. I loved the church! So we set up took a nap and then started VBS. The pastor there is awesome! He had 6 kids who are alll so cute! [well the younger ones anyway]. Got to bed at like....11:30ish

-Tuesday: woke up at 7:30. Drove to church. Set up crafts etc. Napped. Did VBS. Watched a movie after kids left. It was called "Last Flight Out" I liked it. Got to bed at 11:30ish

-Wednesday: basically same as Tuesday. But w/o movie. Got to bed between 11:30 and 12:00

-Thursday: Same as Tuesday. But we went to the beach and walked out on the pier. Talked heaps. We watched a different movie called "Road to Redemption" It was HILARIOUS!! We ordered pizza at like 9:00 and ate it while watching movie and writing thank-you cards. Got to bed at like 12:30/1:00

-Friday: Woke up at 7:30 got ready wnet to church and started packing stuff. We did all the usual stuff and then took a nap. We did VBS and then began the final packing. Said goodbye. Left Oceanside at like 9:30. Dropped kamille of at 11:00. Went back to Gardena....unpacked blew up air matress.....SLEPT!!

-Saturday: helped get house ready for next team coming in tomorrow. Dropped Martha off at the airport. Went to Costco. Went back to house and unpacked all the food. Then mom and dad picked me up.

this week has been the easiest week ever! I had so much fun and cant wait to spend the rest of my summer with Ben...Jeremy...and the Solomons! Yay! sorry this post is so long....makes up for my posting absence!

summer

So now that summer is finally here....I feel really bad for not being busy and doing homework! It's so wierd! I feel like I am forgetting to do some project or something! Wow...I am crazy! I am so excited for tomorrow and this week! It is going to be so much fun! We get to go to the beach on friday! Whoopee! Yay! I am so excited! The only thing that I am worried about is that we are going to be sleeping at someones house....so they said we don't need sleepingbags because they have enough beds for us. But what happens if it is like a dirty house and I really don't want to sleep in the bed?!?!?!? That is like making me paranoid but I guess that if they are willing to offer us the bed then it will probably be okay. Okie dokie well yeah...thats all! <3

p.s: I wrote properly!!! Aren't you proud of me?

things i realized 2nite..

1. I miss hughes sosooosososososoooooooo much!!! we went 2 dinner at ninos and when we were walking out i saw a guy hu was in my class at hughes!! then i remembered all the good times we had braiding his hair!! it made me miss hughes ssoosososooo much!!!
2. i hate living in LB! i always see peeple that i went 2 hughes witha dn its just wierd since i havnt seen them in 2 years!! and they dont recognize me or wateva. its just wierd
3. i have changed so much since i have been at valley!!!!! u hav no idea!
4. i love remembering things frm new zealand like the places we went for my dads work and stuff. i miss it!!!!
so yeahh. those r some things i realized while at dinner tonight! so yeahh. <3

ps: i have 2 prayer requests....1. my friend bf was in a car accident last nite and is in the hospital
2.my neck. it is so sore and i need it to get better fast!!! thnxx!

ITS SUMMER!!!!
YAYA!!! HAVE A
GR8 SUMMER EVRY1!!!
but my neck is sore which sukss!! o well....im HAPPY!