Starting Up Again

  We are starting up another busy year of workteams. We have had 3 so far and next week we will have our 4th. I have enjoyed all of the groups and appreciate all that they have done, but the 8th grade group (teens my age) from Bowling Green, Kentucky is probably my favorite so far. I got to work all week with them and went on almost all of the outings they went. I was especially grateful that they  seemed to accept me into their group.  Here is a pic of me working with them...we are putting up forms so we can pour concrete, then insert glass. We got a TON done! 

                                      (I am in the green shirt in case you missed me)
                                        And here are some more pics...

   Zac (above) is officially crawling around fast!

Pickle (left) was hurt a few days ago. A folding table fell on his foot and popped the toenail out of the cuticle, lucky for us there was a nurse on last team, and she helped bandage it. (It is currently black.) He says that it is starting to feel better.

 Well I probably should be going, but I hope to blog again soon, and thanks for reading!

Happy New Year's

  Happy New Year's everyone! Wow I cant believe this past year has gone by so fast!
   So while we have been here in Texas we have been up to a LOT! 

   One day we went horse back riding.Pickle got to feed one of the horses. Also we
all rode horses. Ali
got tired and Bubba
swiched with her.

Chill'n with our cousins

  

                                      Will and me at the Fort Worth Museum's 4D exhibit.

 

                                       Here are some of my cousins and my great-grandma

                                  Crazy Pickle (right)

The boys playing "Beware of the Dog"  (above)            

  Here we are with friends "Horse Watching"
                                           




Ok, so as you can see we have been busy and this is not even half of what we have done! This year I have made a new year's resolution, I am going to start  running. Befor I have not been a fan of running, but I saw a cute Under Armour at Academy and I told Dad that I would start running just to wear it... So yeah....I am going to start Saturday. Wish me luck! I gotta go now.
 PS. Tomorrow we are flying back to Jamaica! We leave my grandparents at 6:30 or 7:00 am! Our flight will leave at 9. I cant wait to get back to warmer weather! Bye:)

I'm Still Here

 I'm still here, we have had a lot of fun lately.
Ali is now 7, Bubba now 3 (big boy), I'm now 14

Erin and Pinkie Pie Pickle

 Knights Pickle and Bubba

 We have had a great time also with our inter who will be leaving on Thursday...We will be celebrating Thanksgiving here with other missionary friends.
 Today in Children's Church we had 43 kids in one room, its the recipe for CRAZINESS! And tonight is Awana. Awana is a club, at church, where kids come to play games, memorize Bible verses, and have Bible stories. Our inter will be doing the story time this evening. Can't wait!

This Week

 

                                                Yesterday I took my braids out.

 Jake our intern helped me

             Then I played with my hair!

          It was crazy friz! Also I wore it

               to chruch today.

             You know people should never

         truly grow up, don't worry  about others think.

 

Well I have to get ready for Awana, later.

September Has Come And Almost Gone

 We just got done hosting our September group called Samaritan's Feet. They were a great group of 15! They were all nice and I was happy
they brought their own interpreters so I didn't
have to. They will visit all our CCCD campuses.

 

 Dad and the leader who we nick-named "G" Man 

I got  to meet another Lexi!! (even though she spells her name Lexie she was fun)

 

      Shoe time!! This group brought over 800 pairs! Then they washed the staff and student's feet.   

 Bath time for our dogs!

 

    Well, we have almost been here for 2 years. It is hard to believe, but true.  We have had a busy last few weeks. Zac, two weeks ago, had to go to the hospital. It was a long night and morning, (we went to bed at 3 am) but we are all happy that he is ok now. Also some more news is our pastor (here at the school) and his wife are going to have a baby soon, and we have 2 new students. And best of all my best friend's family just had their 6th kid! Congrats! In addition to this all  my grandma will be coming the 3rd week in October. And we will have our first guy intern coming in early October, we have had him befor on teams and can't wait to see him again.

                                                                                                           Bye for now and God bless,

                                                                                                                      Lexi aka LabaLaba :)

August

 This month we have done a lot. My dad's birthday was on the 7th. Also, yesterday instead of school we had field day. It was a lot of fun, but afterwards I felt very tierd!!! Here are some pics... 

Also we skateborded, jump roped, ran, flew kites, but somehow we did not get pics of those things.

Well, I can't think of much else to say, really I can't even though I am a laba laba.

             Bye for now,

                        Lexi

Cuz You'r Hot and You'r Cold

Well, today I experienced hot and cold. Here in Jamaica its hot and yesterday in Texas it was 106. Its funny because today at church I had goose-bumps, when not even 24 hours ago it was 106 in my home town, but as soon as the AC was turned off I was sweating again. It reminds me of life. In particular Job's life. He had kids, wife, animals, and a lot of possessions. Then God, testing Job, allowed Satan to take away his possessions, family, and animals. Then Job got sores, his wife and friends told him to curse God, but he didn't. He remained faithful and God rewarded him with more than what he to begin with. Job's life was a paradox, but through the good and the bad, the hot and the cold, he still praised God. I hope that I can do the same in my life.

Right now my family and I are experiencing a paradox. My great grandmother died 2 Wednesday's ago. We miss her but I'm happy t say that she IS in a better place where she does not suffer in this painful world. And I can't wait to see her, all better, in Heaven.

June and July

Ok, so we have had a fun our first month back in Jamaica.  The students have been gone so life here was getting boring. Here are some pics to sshow what we have been up to.

      

  Playing cards with our intern Kayla

Washing the cars in the rain because the water was off.

                                                                              

This is Ali her graduation       

And more..

    

                                    Swimming and having fun                                       

Bubba riding Pickle's bike...Big boy now

Well I need to go get ready for VBS at our church. I'll try to write more later.

This Month

Well, this month we have been busy that is why it has been a while. But now I have a story to tell. This is one of my favorits and I hope you enjoy it.
  Imagine that you are a girl, a jewish girl. And King Zerxes, the king of your province summons you to come to the palace. What would you do? Here is what Esther did. She went to the palace. The king was pleased with her and gave her beauty treatments for 12 months! Wow, would you enjoy that?  Well after that the king became pleased with her and she became queen. But Esther kept her nationality a secret. Now your cousin is not liked by one of the king's advisors. The same cousin that raised you. He finds out that Haman, the advisor, is angry with the Jews, well your cousin in particular, and wants to kill the Jews. Now the king approves of this scheem. Mordecai, your cousin, hears about this and tells you that you must help your people, your Jewish people. He tells you to go to the king, he tells you this might be your porpose of becoming queen, he tells you to be brave. Back then you could not go to the king unless summond. But three days later Esther went to the king, and asked him and Haman to join her for supper. When they came for dinner she asked if they would come again tomorrow. Haman went home that night happy that only him and the king were invited to dinner with the queen, but he is still displeased with Mordecai. So his wife sugested that he has a 75ft tall gallow built to hang Mordecai on. Also that night the king could not sleep well, he had the record of his reign brought to him and read. He remembers Mordecai had once saved his life, so he asks the attendent how had Mordecai been rewarded? Nothing is his answer. The next day the king asked Haman "What should be done for someone the king delights to honor?" Well Haman, thinking of himself, says he should be dressed in the King's royal robe and ride one of the King's horses. And the horse should be lead through the city with the man on its back. The king said to do this to Mordecai...so where is Esther? That night she holds another meal for the King and Haman. Then she pleas for her life. The king is angry with what Haman has done and he is hung on the same gallow ment for Modecai. After that Modecai takes Haman's place. And that is not the end, the King decides to let the Jews live, and gives them rights to defend themselves. 
   Do think this really haappend? Well yes it did. Why is this my favorite story? Well because I think it was cool that Esther stood-up for her people and was not afraid to. I hope you like it. You can find this story in Esther chapters 1-10.

           That is all for now, it is almost dinner time. The students here have now left for summer break and it is very quiet.   Later       ~       Lexi

What's Been Going On

 Sorry it has been a while since I last blogged. I have been busy and will tell you about it.
  Zac' my newest little brother is doing great!! He did not cry a lot on our way to Missouri. We had to go to Missouri to return a rented van from a ministry called Righteous Rides. It was great but when we had Zac our family became a family of 8...the van was only 7 passenger. God first provided a small 5 passenger car, from then on out we had to take 2 vehicles.Then they sold the car, that same day a guy from church let us borrow a truck.. We were taking two vehicles everywhere. Then we meet a man at Beautiful Feet  (a place where the homeless in downtown Forth Worth can get some food) who let us borrow his 8 passenger van...Thank God for it!!!   So Yesterday we brought the 7 passenger back to Missouri, Then we came to Illinois to visit some supporters and friends.  Later we will go to one's graduation party.
 Other than this not a lot of anything else has been happening except for seeing some friends, family, and horse-back riding with my BFF...It was a TON of fun!!! Also I went to Barns and Noble with my Aunt to get the next book in my favorite series called Out of Sight Out of Time. It is GREAT!!! I have reads it 3 times in almost a week.

                  Well I should probably go now...Hope to write again soon,
                                                                      Lexi