packing :)

Today I dug my suitcases out of the closet down the hall and started putting all my clothes in them :) I am SO excited that in a week I will be at my favorite place in the world, home! I didn't really realize it till I came here, but I took home for granted. Home is the best place in the world. I can't wait to be surrounded by people I love :) It will be so wonderful! It seems like it is taking forever to get to Wednesday! I wish it would just be here already! 

Tomorrow (Sunday) I have classes, and also on Monday. I usually get those days off. But they have to cram all of our classes together in order for us to be home for Thanksgiving. Oh man speaking of Thanksgiving... I am so excited to get REAL food! No more cheese, pita, and mushy rice for me! :)

If you guys could pray for my flight on wednesday. I haven't traveled by myself before and am a bit nervous. I have a lay over in Las Vegas so that should be interesting :) 

Anyways, I can't wait to be home! 

See you all soon!

yay!

i come home in 5 days! i am so excited to see everyone! 

love you all! and see you soon! :) 

- Ky Ky

9 days!

it is officially nine days till the day i come home! and i can't even begin to tell you how excited i am to get on that plane. i am so excited to see everyone. i finally get to meet jack, and see co co!!! 

anyways, yesterday i got back from superbowl. basically, a bunch of youth groups come and watch a hockey game and then after that a message is shared and then after the message is fun games that last till 6 in the morning. 

after the message was shared the speaker asks the kids if they want to come forward they can, and the counselors (me) were waiting outside to talk with them. I talked to two girls, who came together. One was 13, and the other 14. The 13 year olds mother died not too long ago so she just wanted to make a new dedication to God, the other trusted Christ for the first time. So i explained the Gospel to them and made sure they understood what it means to Trust in Christ. After that, I prayed with them and they went back to the arena. 

A girl named Christie (my team leader) and I went to a bowling alley and helped out there. We basically got to run the place. We got the kids their bowling shoes, passed out pizza, and drinks, and helped with the prizes. It was a lot of fun. At around 3 I took a caffeine pill, bad idea! (when I told joey want i did, he wasn't very happy with me haha, supposedly they can make your heart stop and you can die, and you can get addicted to them So i promised him i wouldn't take one again :) i couldn't fall asleep for anything on the way home. everyone was knocked out and i was just sitting there with my eyes wide open. finally we got back to the BI around 12 and I went back up to my room to wait for Kate. When she got back we went to lunch and then came back and slept 2 1/2 hours till dinner. After dinner I came back and slept till this morning haha. I feel so gross but I am not tired anymore. Kate is CRAZY she was down in the lounge till 12 am! She is still sleeping as i'm writing this :) 

Anyways, I was up for more than 24 hours.... and I was seriously so CRAZY it was funny! 

I need to get ready for Church now, so I gotta go. I can't wait to see everyone next week!

Open Air Evangelism

As most of you already know by previous post on Friday and Saturday I was in New York City doing Open Air Evangelism with my Ministry Team for Word of Life. It was a very amazing experience, and one that I will cherish forever....

On Friday after lunch we all gathered in the bus to leave for our 4 hour journey to NYC! I was beyond excited not only to go to New York City, but to also have the opportunity to witness to the lost. Well, 4 hours had past and we arrived at our destination. We quickly dropped our stuff off at a little old Church we stayed at, right in the heart of New York. We then set off to the AMAZING Time Square. For those of you who haven't been there, it is SO awesome and beautiful!! I highly recommend you take a trip there sometime in the near future. But anyways.. we got with our partners and they set us on the street. I always had a guy watching me. The one that was keeping an eye on me was actually from New York City, so that was really cool. It was really hard for me to have the confidence to go up and talk to people. Finally after some time I decided that I should at least pass out tracks, so that is what I did. The night ended so incredibly fast and it was time to head back to the Church. 

The next day we got up and got ready for another day of witnessing. We went to Bryant Park, which was really cute. There was a little ice skating rink right in the middle. I really wanted to go ice skating but then I remembered why I was there, and it wasn't to do that :) It started raining pretty bad so we quickly got on the subway and headed to Grand Central Station. This was a whole different experience in itself. There was SO many different types of people, it was really scary. Again, I felt very scared going up and talking to people one on one so I continued to just hand out tracks to people. 

The best part of this whole experience was seeing my fellow classmates talking to people about Jesus, and seeing how the people reacted to what they were saying. In Grand Central Station, sitting across from me was a mom and her two daughters. I really wanted to go talk to them, but right when I was about to, some of my friends beat me to her. So, I just sat back and watched them. It brought tears to my eyes seeing how they accepted what they were saying. After my friends left, I just sat there and watched the mom explain to her children what they were saying. Sometimes it can make a persons day, if you just go up and say a friendly hello. 

There were about 26 people that trusted Christ from our group alone this weekend. We have an amazing God! 

I didn't have the time to take pictures when I was there, but I am going back soon with my parents and Joey. So, I will be sure to get some then :)

By the way: The Martina McBride song is for my mom :) 

Tomorrow!

Tomorrow I will be going to witness to the people in new york city. i both scared and excited for this expericnce. keep me in your prayers. i will be sure to post lots of pictures when i get back!