Open Doors

Franny,
Congratulations!! You should be proud of the things you have accomplished and the person you've become. I took this picture on a plantation in N. Carolina about 2 years ago. These slave quarters remind me that many of us take for granted all of the invisible "doors" that have been opened for us; & that this was the only door opened for so many others. I know that you have the heart & the mind to do so much for yourself & for others. May your love & compassion continue to break down barriers & open doors for all who enter your life.

All of my best
-Mr K.



This is an inspiring letter that I got from Mr. Keckeisen on the day of my open house. I found it in my prayer journal today. This is a picture from Old Town, but he attached a picture of the slave quarters he talked about in the letter. What he said is so true about taking for granted the "doors" that have been opened for us. I have had so many "doors" opened for me that the little kids in the feeding center will never see just because they were born into a different place and family. It makes me sick when people try and act better than another person because of the situation they were born into. Umm, you did nothing to determine the country and family you were born into therefor you are no better than anyone else just because your "Amuurican" and people who think like that should be hit across the face with a 2x4.

Siete Cosas From The past Couple of Days...

1) I Had an allergic reaction to something I ate.
2) My face swelled up like a balloon (I got put on steroids and I'm fine).
3) I Decided that I love summer, being outside for BOB tonight was awesome.
4) I had an extremely awkward conversation with a senator in the elevator at work.
5) I learned a lesson.
6) I have realized how much of a blessing Kelli Hillard is.
7) God is such a mystery, too amazing to ever begin to figure out.


Estoy contenta!

Four Eyes!

I went to the eye doctor today, turns out I need glasses, and I look like a total nerd in them.... cool!

Hah, who knew?

Your Inner European is Dutch!

Open minded and tolerant. You're up for just about anything.

Who's Your Inner European?

That is a really good picture to portray Dutch people, because we all look exactly like that. Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond... go orange.

You have got to be kidding me.

My frickin street is going to look like this again because Thursday-Friday are predicted to have highs in the 30s and snow showers. Curse you, Michigan.

Decisions

So tonight at the Riv High school meeting we talked about decisions. I have a pretty big decision in front of me right now, I feel like I need some wisdom. I don't feel at all capable to make this choice. If you get the chance please pray for me.

The Four Loves

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket — safe, dark, motionless, airless — it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside of Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell."
-C.S. Lewis

Old Pictures

I just came across a bunch of old pictures on my old computer.. they made me happy/sad:

<3

No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took
And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some
Someone else's heart
Pumping someone else's blood
And walking arm in arm
You hope it don't get harmed
But even if it does
You'll just do it all again

-Regina Spektor

:)

Farewell my friends, see you in a week! I will try and post pictures while I'm there, if possible. Adios!

The date on my blog is in Dutch, how cool am I?

Girls, come on now.

Sorry this post is kind of self explanatory but I still feel like writing it.

One thing that God has put on my heart lately is the way that I dress. Seeing some of the girls I know, especially the younger ones, show off their "goods" with the way that they dress honestly hurts my heart. WATCH WHAT YOU WEAR. Lets have respect for ourselves and for each other by keeping our bodies sacred. The world's attitude says to leave as little to imagination as possible and our minds are being flooded with images that tell us to flaunt what we've got, but God said:

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. -Romans 12:2

I know that when I first became a Christian I never really thought much about this, I just wore what I thought was cute, but if you have that attitude, you should change it, NOW. We have to remember who sees us when we dress like that, and we need to help our guy friends out by not putting temptation in their faces.

I suggest wear something like this all of the time:




or this would work too:



Not really, but GIRLS, COME ON NOW, we can do better than this Hollister, Abercromie, what the world wants you to look like kind of crap.

The Late Mitch Hedberg

"You know, there's a fishing show on TV. They catch the fish, but they let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, but they do want to make it late for something."
-Mitch Hedberg


Dev and I saw "Catch and Release" last night. Not your typical chick flick. It was a pretty good movie, but it was depressing. It took place in one of my favorite cities in the world, Boulder CO. The scenery was beautiful.

Hmmm....

So God does answer prayers... :)

Wow I have not updated in months. I have been very busy with school and babysitting and now volleyball is starting. Life is pretty much the same though. I recently tried geting involved with a ministry at Riverview called stephen's ministry, but then I found out you have to be 18... :/ bummer, but oh well because i will be 18 in July. My career goal is to be a counseler and I think it is so amazing to listen to how people feel and have compassion for them and try and help them feel better. So I am pretty sure I am going to apply for that this summer. Exciting. Stuff has been happening lately at holt High School, cool stuff. It seems like BOB has really taken off and so many people are hearing about it and talking about it, which leads to---> going to it. Even if they are just there because there friends are there.... THEY ARE THERE and God is working in their lives. Ahhh it makes me so happy. I have also heard a lot of criticism at the lunch table and such. That has also been a blessing though because it is a chance to stand for Jesus.

The other day I was driving home from volleyball and a litte weener dog in a multi-colored sweater ran out in front of me. He stopped just on the other side of the road to like tease his owner. Then when the owner got like 3 feet close to him he started running in circles all over. The funny part was his sweater... dogs are so cute.

Lj's/Xangas of my fellow high school girls

So Audrey and I were looking through the live journals and Xangas of High school girls, and some of them made us chuckle. We decided to make our own example of one.
This basically sums up the typical high school girl's Online Journal:
______________________________________________________________________________________
heres a few picz of me just playin around being bored, I look really bad HAHAH LOL, I like just woke up from a nap, so I mean my hair is kinda messed up and my eye lashes are totally not curled.

This is Auderz, she was like totally not ready for this pic. hehehehe. This is me and Auderz hehehehehehehehe. Kisses, muah LOL. We are so CCCCuuuuraaaaazzzyyy! OOOMMMMGGGG we look so bad!

"all a Girl really needs:

are her best friends * a

closet full of clothes

and* a cute boy to kiss."

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Requirements for a high school girl's online journal:

1) You must have a bunch of pictures of yourself hitting seductive poses.

2) Each picture must have an explaination of how bad you look in them, when really, you spent 3 hours getting ready to take them.

3)The colors of the text have to change frequently enough to give the reader a seizure.

4) You must only use internet grammar. On plural wordz, replace the "s" with a "z".

5)Each entry must be topped off with an extremely touching and meaningful quote, like the one in my example.

We are the Champions!

I love this sport

DISTRICT CHAMPS!!! We defeated Okemos after double overtime and a shootout! We play Portage Central on Tuesday.

helloooo

oh its always better when we're together

We beat GL tonight... now we are on to Everett, then most likely Okemos. Aaghhahhhhaaa (my cry of excitement).

This week has been impossible

Mission Impossible



I have been so stressed lately with school and soccer and life in general. AHhhh! I slept in until 3pm yesterday because I was so tired out from the whole week. We beat both Okemos and EL in the CAAC tourny which makes us tournament champs, but we played like crap in the regular season so we took third overall. So now we start districts on tuesday and we will most likely be playing okemos in the finals. I'm excited!

My lovely car

This is what MY 91 buick looks like.



BUT... my wonderful parents are getting me a NEW CAR for my birthday (July 6th).... YAY!

It has been a good year, many memories in the "Blue beast", also known as "the blueberry", the "blue bombshell", and "the hurricane".