My dad will kill me.

my room is a mess. my bed is made of paper.

but that is ok. I think. I may get choked by the papers surrounding me... so goodbye world if I do.

a long day in our sweats.

Katie and jessi ... so close.. yet so far away

40 days & 40 nights.

Oh my ta-goooodness... as the Sears family would say. There is only 40 days until we leave for our trip. How awesome is that. Only 10 days left of school. I can not believe how quickly time flies by.

Below are some fun pictures of Laura, Katie and I at my grandmothers cabin last spring. We are hoping to have another day of fun at the cabin before we leave.

Want to help out for this summer? For my games i am needing a few supplies.

1. Small (normal sized) Marshmallows ( 10-12 bags)

2. Starburst (6 bags)

3. Fun dollar store prizes for students who win the games. (20)

If you see any specials let me know or grab some stuff and i will pay you back. Thanks a thousand.

 

On a last note.. Friday night we are meeting with our good friend Mark who has helped with the camps the past two years. He is packing up his stuff in September and moving to help teach at the new university in KS... pretty awesome. We havn't seen him since last summer so this will be a great time to have a fun little cookout with Laura, Katie, Trent and my mom and have a little reunion!!!

Mark & Ibish ... pondering

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Crazy.çmendur.

This is me. This week. hahah 2 weeks left 2 weeks left ( I must keep telling myself this)

So this week I made a Rad Albanian music c.d. and I feel embarrassed to say that Ii have been rocking it out everyday in my car.

I would say that I get maybe 10 words out of every song... But likeAmericann songs .. they are all about love (dashuroj), about the heart (zemër) and forever iii(gjithmonë) since I know these words I feel like I get the great meanings of these songs hahhaah.

Time.

It is crazy how quickly time is going by. I have 3 weeks of school left. (including finals) and 7 weeks until i leave for Kosova. I think once school is over i will notice how short of time i have until i acutally leave for my trip. My family is going to Montana for a .FAMILY TRIP. and i get home on sunday night and leave the tuesday after that.. so less than 48 hour turn around... it is going to be intense but i am sure that i will be ready for it. I am excited about montana, it wil be a really fun time with my family before i have to be gone for so long. We have really never gone anywhere like this before. We do the normal family trip to Flordia, but lately it hasn't been everyone just a few from tha family that can go.

my summer location.

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- Proud to be an Albanian REMIX

 

Stress Reduction Kit

Funny... please no one bang their head on the computer screen.

This week was a challenging one for me. There was much much much studying involved and I found myself having much more stress than I really needed. I read a verse today that i really liked and wanted to share.

1st Peter 5:5-7

5Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,
"God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble." 6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

As I read this verse in a study on Humility I found my self reading to verse 7 ( the study only called to read 5&6). I feel like in our lives we are too proud to just cast ALL of our anxiety on the Lord. Thinking that we can handle it ourselves. If I had just cast my anxiety on the Lord this week maybe I wouldn't of been so freaked out and worried all week. That doesn't give me the right to just not study and say " the lord will get me through the test and i will pass" but it does give me the comfort that the Lord does care about me and that i can lean on him when i am feeling all of life's anxiety. I am glad my eyes kept reading to verse 7 because i think it is very important.