Kids Cafe Picnic

Well Tuesday was our final kids cafe till september. So we took the kids to Hempstead State Park for a bbq and some fun time. They all loved it and I think the instructors even had fun!!! haha.. It was a beautiful day and it was the perfect way to end the season. I'm looking forward to next year!
Please keep these kids in your prayers. Most of them come from broken homes and are exposed to far more than they should be.
I really love these kids and I feel so amazing when I think of how much of an impact we are making in their lives. I pray that our numbers grow and that more and more kids come to the corps. Not just in Hempstead but in the entire Army World. I think that we need to raise these children spiritually and show them that they are loved by God. Proverbs 22:6 says "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Well lets do it then!!!!!!

Music

This evening was the final rehearsal before the youth band records ALL weekend long! So it was long and tiring and kinda stressful considering my sister who plays the same part as me was sick. I was all alone on my part and right in front of the bandmaster (aka my dad.) That was some scary stuff!!! Anyway about halfway through the rehearsal we started playing all the solo pieces. Doug began to play his flugel solo I Surrender All. It is such a beautiful solo and hearing it resonate throughout the CMT was almost breathtaking. Who would have thought that in the middle of a rehearsal amidst all the stress and counting measures and marking sharps that I would be blessed. Well I was and now the amazing words to this song have become my prayer.

All to Jesus I surrender
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In his presence daily live.

I surrender all, I surrender all;
All to thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.

All to Jesus I surrender,
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken,
Take me Jesus, take me now.

I surrender all, I surrender all;
All to thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.

just some pics

I'm a little too busy right now to think of something deep and meaningful to write so I'm just going to post some pictures lol. I got my hair cut a couple weeks ago. This is a mini photo shoot of me and Stephen in the car. THis is what happens when you are stuck in new york city traffic with a camera :) Enjoy

OH yeah! One more thing. I came across these verses in my devotions yesterday. They are from Zechariah's Song when he was filled with the spirit and prophesied in the book of Luke. The end of it is my favorite part.
Luke 1:76-79
76And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
77to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace."

Don't exactly know why I decided to include this... I guess I just really liked it :)

I'll go where you send me

This song is like the story of my life right now.

An image flashed across my T.V. screen
another broken heart comes into view
I saw the pain and I turned my back
Why can't I do the things I want to?

I am willing yet am so afraid
you give me strength when I say ...

I wanna be your hands
I wanna be your feet
I'll go where you send me, go where you send me
I'll be your hands
I'll be your feet
I'll go where you send me, go where you send me

And I'll try, yeah I'll try
to touch the world
like you touched my life
And I'll find my way
To be your hands

I'll abandon every selfish thought
I surrender everything I've got
You can have everything I am
And perfect everything I'm not

I am willing, I'm not afraid
you give me strength when I say ...

I wanna be your hands
I wanna be your feet
I'll go where you send me, go where you send me
I'll be your hands
I'll be your feet
I'll go where you send me, go where you send me

And I'll try, yeah I'll try
to touch the world
like you touched my life
And I'll find my way

This is the last time
I turn my back on you
From now on I'll go out
send me where you want me to
I finally have a mission
I promise I'll complete
I don't need excuses
when I am your hands and feet
I am your hands and feet

I wanna be your hands
I wanna be your feet
I'll go where you send me, go where you send me
I'll be your hands
I'll be your feet
I'll go where you send me, go where you send me
I'll be your hands
I'll be your feet

I will go
I will go where you send me
I will go
I will go where you send me
I will go, go
I will go, go
I will GO!
Go where you send me

I wanna be your hands
I wanna be your feet