life comes at you fast.

"when peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
it is well, it is well, with my soul.

it is well, with my soul,
it is well, it is well, with my soul.

though satan should buffet, though trials should come,
let this blest assurance control,
that Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
and hath shed His own blood for my soul.

it is well, with my soul,
it is well, it is well, with my soul.

my sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
my sin, not in part but the whole,
is nailed to the cross, and i bear it no more,
praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

it is well, with my soul,
it is well, it is well, with my soul.

for me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
if jordan above me shall roll,
no pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

but, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
the sky, not the grave, is our goal;
oh, trump of the angel! oh, voice of the Lord!
blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!

it is well, with my soul,
it is well, it is well, with my soul.

and Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
the clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
the trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
even so, it is well with my soul..."

-- horatio g spafford: it is well with my soul

pray for my dad

his edema is getting bad. he may need to check in to the hospital to help control it.

he's in a lot of pain, and he's having trouble breathing.

happy july 4th!

ok, so it's been a while. not much has been going on until this last week. we spent a week and a half redoing my sister's room, so it's totally different colors now, the furniture's in different places, and i think when all was said and done we took out around 10 of those huge black garbage bags -- the ones for like leaves and stuff -- around 10 of those full of trash were thrown out. not to mention a huge amount of stuff went downstairs into storage -- stuff she's had but hasn't seen since we moved in six, almost seven years ago. so we did that. i've been working on stuff for the church, like the youth room and the church's web site (which by the way is all new and you should check it out, even if you're nowhere near the area and will probably never stop by -- biblebaptistgalveston.org) and some other stuff.

anyhoo, wednesday i got a call from my employer that they were having their summer math tutoring thing and they had more kids than usual and the teacher running it needed help. so he asked if i'd be available to help thursday and next week. well, i could help thursday, but i can't next week (because i'll be out of town; i'll explain later), which he thought was great, because i apparently i was the first person he thought of, which i was flattered by until i started thinking, "did he think of me because he thinks i'd be a good choice, or because he thinks i need tutoring?..." so anyway, thursday! i had so much fun! i didn't actually teach any of the lessons; we split them up and she would teach the lessons and i'd help the kids on the work they were doing on the lessons they just learned. it was so awesome, and it made me so excited for the fall! yay!

actually, it makes me a little sad that i can't help this coming week. she definitely needs the help, and i had a lot of fun and could use the experience. but i can't because this week comes -- drumroll please -- the long awaited vacation! yup, early tuesday morning we're leaving this hotter-than-hades-island and going up to branson, mo for vacation! my mom and i are very excited. plus we get to see some old family and friends while we're up there that we haven't seen in a while. it's exciting. we're gonna relax and shop and see a few night shows and go to silver dollar city a few days and, most importantly, i'm not gonna think about everything i have to do before the school year starts when i get back. speaking of, i'm in desparate need of a car and i have no money. please pray for me. my parents my be able to help me out, but that's kind of a last resort kind of option. so, please pray that i can find a car that runs well and is not expensive and that dealership will let me finance out payment on. kinda that vicious cycle -- need the car for the job but won't have the steady income for the car until i start the job...

anyhoo, i hope you have a fantastic fourth! i plan to read some. which is what i've been doing in my free time (i've never denied that i'm a nerd), but my mom thinks that if i keep reading like i've been i won't have any books left for vacation. so, she stole my books!! the theif. i'm going after them later...call it operation: bookworm. wish me luck... :)