Short discription of Kansas City Trip

Kawichiwa to you all!!!!!!!!!!!

(I highly doubt that was spelled correctly)

Quick note to you grammar freaks, this keyboard that Im typing on realy stinks, so there may be a lot of misspelllings on this post!



Anyways I havenbt updated my blog in a while! Lemme give you guys a quick heads-up about what I've been doing:



Just last Wednesday the Persist group and I have taken a trip up toi KJansas City, Misouri to visit the IHOP communtiy! We got to see how all their pancakes and sausage links were made and we got to see all the machinery to that plops the batter and grease on the... No, wait, I lied. We did NOT visit the International House of Pancakes HQ or anything of that sort. The IHOP we went to stands for, International House Of Prayer!



It tok 13 hours to get from Austin to Kansas City, and we left from here at 7:15 in the morning. THe trip didnt seem that long, but I'll tell ya, my rump and back wil never be the same everf again... We had fun though singing songs, listening to music, playing games, and a whole lot of sleeping, and just being together as friends.







So anyways when we arrive at our final destination in our rented house (finally) we chill and sleep until the next day when the actual fun began! PRAYER MEETING!!! The building was so cool, there were tons of different kinds of people there just taking some time to honor God. But the even cooler thing about was that there are always different bands and worship teams leading worship there 24/7..... The songs never stop! :)

In the evenings? It gets even better.

We went to this thing called Awakening services that took place in a separate IHOP building. It was a HUGE service of singing, dancing, aand gettting crazy with the holy spirit. I mean, the holy spirit was really moving in that place, people were collapsing down to the ground, screaming out loud, shaking themselves like crazy, even dancing like they were really drunk. There was a strong sense of freedom there and you could just whatever you wanted to have fun with God.

So we did the same things the bnext day and then the day after we went back home. (This time it was a 12 hour drive instead of 14!!! YAY!)

Bye bye! Iu need to grt back to my Persist group now!!!

iRandom

SKILLET THE BAND IS AWESOME!!!

iRandom.

That's all I have to say today.

Oh yeah i had like a ton of energy yesterday and I was going pretty hyper during the day... And it wasn't cuz of the mocha I had in the morning, it lasted all day. Know why? Cuz I asked God an abundance of energy, cuz the day before I was totally dozing off and was super tired all day. So then I wake up at 5:30 and I am crazy energetic all day even though I didn't get much sleep that night and I woke up super early (I HATE waking up early, surprise, surprise!). I enjoyed the energy very much, but it was starting to annoy Persist-ers and my parents....

8(^O^)8

So yeah I asked God for more of His caffeine today, only I'd prolly like a lighter dose this time so that I'm not annoying ppl.

(\/)oYo(\/) Look at this lobster!

Fact: The name Bethany is number 318 on America's most popular girl's names.

iRandom.

Goooooooood Morning!!!!!

Listening to some good music early in the mornin'. :) Experts say (well, I do at least) that music instead of caffiene or soda in the morning gives you a boost. Erm, just don't listen to anything soft, then you'll be fine.

Well, today imma startin' with the random fact of the day:

RANDOMFACT: The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field
((I wish I could jump like that....))

m(_ _)m <(zzzzZZZZZ)

Anyways, even though I didn't get a ton of sleep last night, I am DETERMINED to stay awake during Persist today! Yesterday I was so tired, I couldn't pay attention very well and I fell asleep during silent prayer!! Ah well, this time I planned ahead. :3 I asked God last night before to get more energy for the next day, and so far He has! I woke up at 5:30 and now it's 7:17 and I feel great! No caffiene whatsoever! Mebbe it's the music.... Who knows? ;) *wink, wink*

...And we're back!

Hey yo whazzup, homehz?

Day 6 of Persist, here I come! Last Thursday was Treasure Hunting day. For those of you who don't know what that is, Treasure Hunting is when you pray and ask God for "clues" to help you find a person to pray for. Then you go out somewhere and try to find those people! So anyways the Persist group went to Highland Mall to do our Hunt and so many incredible things have happened! Also the mall was incredibly not crowded, so people were pretty easy to find. Well, I like malls better when they're not crowded anyway. So one of the people in our groups got Earth Bound Trading Co. as their clues, and the first store we saw when we walked in was (guess what???) Earth Bound Trading Co! We were laughing so hard, ah, good times! We found people that were on our lists and some of them took prayer, but some others didn't want to be caught dead with us praying for them... That's the thing though, whenever you go out to do something like this you cannot expect everyone to accept it, I mean, Treasure Hunting requires stepping out of the comfort zone, faith, and guts! They're sooooo much to tell you guys about my trip that I don't have enough room to put it on a post! But, hey, I can always tell you guys about it in person. Feel free to ask about it, iI would love to tell you about it even if you're a complete stranger.

RANDOM fact: "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

Oo! Oo!!!I believe that today is Callie's birthday!!! Woo-hoo, she'll be 15! For those of you who don't know, Callie is a friend and fellow intern here at Persist. She has amazing stories to tell and her blog is more well-written than mine... So here's a link,

http://calliewallpersist.blogspot.com/

Random fact #2 (DOUBLE FEATURE!): Vegetarian..... an Indian word for he who cannot hunt.

er well, I got this from Micah... He says it is not infact an Indian word, fyi.

Day 4... Prayer request

Hey guys! Just arrived at AHOP in style---my dad's 3-seater truck with 4 people in it; me, my dad, and two of my brothers. These 4 people just so happen to have really wide shoulders, aaaand long legs, so all around we were really squished. Ah well. We tell weird jokes about being so close, listen to some cool music, and have elbow-jabbing contests and then the ride to Austin is kinda worth it. (Don't tell the boys I enjoy them)

;)

Anyways, yesterday I was thinking about Lady GaGa... haha yeah I know that's kinda weird, I am no fan of hers, but she seems to be in a lot of people's heads lately. She's got fame and fortune wrapped around her finger and she really stands out in her shows cuz well, her fashion sense is, wacky.... and incomprehensible. Her music is super catchy, ya know it's easy to sing along to and the beat gets stuck in your head, and she's one of the few pop stars who can actually sing. But that all seems to be a problem.

Now calm down, don't start getting all up in my face cuz I'm going against ya'lls "gaga for GaGa" ways, it's alright. I am not about to paint her as an enemy, whether she is one or not, but guys, she really needs prayer. A lot of Christians are embarrassed to bring up celebs in prayer sessions, heck, I know I would be... But right now she's got lots of control. TONS of people everywhere enjoy her music, and she feels she has to reach out to teens who "never could fit in" and "being a freak" that others can "hang out with and not be afraid to be free". I respect where she's going at, but what she's doing is making her own brand of narcissism and self-destruction. She believes strongly in fame, and is a constant slave to it. She said herself, "I believe in fame, and I swore to myself that I will stay on it and give my whole life to until the day I die."

It's depressing to see her gifts wasted on such a search for significance in all things empty. She is worshipped and loved only by what she does, not who she is. That's what's so great about God. He's good in EVRYTHING he does, AND who He is. God loves Lady GaGa, and we need to keep her in mind when praying. I think she is just searching for answers. She's found "freedom" in the wrong places, but maybe one day she will grow weary for all the wearing-and-tearing at her life, and God will she her a much better path to peace.