two months

It's been two months. Two months we picked up our lives and started a new chapter in the beautiful country of Guatemala. Two months since my last Dunkin' Donuts coffee. Two months since I've my best friend. Two months since I last sat around with my baby cousin, snuggling on her chubby face. Two months since... Well, I think you get the picture. I love life here, and in these last two months God has grown me so much. He's blessed me with incredible friends, my awesome family, a house, breath...and so on and so forth.We've made so many new friends and have experienced things we never imagined we would. Living in Guatemala makes every day an adventure, but it's an adventure that I'm ready and willing to embark on.

graduating class of 2011!

that's right people...I'm almost to the finish line!

*life*

have you ever just stopped and thought about how amazing it is that we are alive?
I was listening to my dad speak last night at my youth group and he was talking about a book called crazy love by Francis Chan. He spoke about how absolutely amazing it is that we live on this earth, this round ball of dirt and whatnot that spins incredibly fast and we go through each day like its no big deal.We go through each day like its completely normal and safe for something to be turning at a extremely fast speed with other objects (like that huge ball in the sky we like to call the sun). Have you ever stopped and marveled that in the middle of every single rain drop is a tiny speck of dust and that is why it forms the shape it does? Have you ever stopped and compared two snowflakes? No snowflake has a replica. There is only one kind of that one snowflake. Amazing, huh? and just stop and think. there is absolutely no way that this stuff, everything could have come from no where. God is such an amazing creator!

its summer...in approximately 11 school days, i will be considered a senior. late nights, mornings and days spent at the beach. burns.friends. summer. right? maybe for a little bit, but this summer---this summer i'll be getting for a large move, anticipating my venture to portland maine in july praying that no more accidents will occur and that

just thinking

have you ever stopped and wondered why is it that in the winter when we have temperatures that dip down into the negatives we wish for the heat of the summer. yet when we find the degrees climbing higher and higher in the summer we wish for the coolness of winter. why is that? why is it that in the soft springy-ness and freshness of spring we don't wish for the cool wind and bright clear skies of fall? or just where God stores all that rain and snow? why does an airplane stay in the sky, because it doesn't seem like it should. where does all the water in the ocean come from? have you ever stopped and marveled at the fact that God loves you--no matter what you've done and that he created us for his glory? just thinking.
{job 38}

lifes happenings lately

				dress to impress or just to embarrass. points for class. crazy games. who's gonna win? juniors or seniors? freshmen or sophomores? this week at RHS is spirit week. So far it has consisted of sport day,music day, character day, and today was decade day. I decided to humor my mother and dress like I was from the eighties. and yes, it was complete with big hair and a "Save Farris" pin. It has been such a fun week for me as I have never experienced spirit week in a high school before. You may wonder why I decided to write on this topic.... well here's why.
	Last friday I was told that I would be unable to attend our end of the week pep rally because I'm not considered a registered student at my school( I also take three classes at home so they considered me a home-schooler.) So my friend Brandon decided to start a petition on facebook so that I would be able to attend. As of right now there are 60 people that are supporting me in this cause. "hey abby are you going to the pep rally on  friday???" thats been the question that seems to be looming in the air around me all week long. and my answer was "I just don't know yet!" that was until today anyways. today I was called into the office as I was leaving. They told me that I'd be able to attend tomorrow! thanks to all of my supporters and see you at the pep rally s

love.love.love

love.love.love. here are some quotes on love :)
love each other and you will be happy. its as simply and as difficult as that.

"When you are in Love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams." Dr.Seuss 
 

  We were given: Two hands to hold. To legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find. 

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 

We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. 

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.