Thursday, February 13, 2014

Gone and Back

        


 OK soooooooooo I haven't blogged in like forever!!!! And here is why- We went back to Texas on Nov. 13 (surprise!!!!) We went and crashed my uncle's b-day party!!! most of our family was there and trust me, they were all either in tears or in shock!!!! lol!! We had fun celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas (both were spent with both sides of the family), and New Years!!! It was tons of fun seeing family, friends, shopping, eating lots food I haven't had in forever, seeing my dog, and SLEEPING IN!!  We got back to humid Jamaica on Jan. 4. We got home and we realized we didn't have our house keys. So we had to wait until Dad could go and get them...But tis good to be back, sleep in my own BED (emphasis on "bed"), and already have a team here!! The deaf students are starting to come back to school as well! Also today was my brothers' fist day back to school!! I think they had fun because the came back happy. Alright Im gonna stop talking now and let ya see some pics that were taken back in Texas......                                                                                                                 

       This is one of my better out-of-the-plane-window pics                                 Pickle at the airport

 
 

3 generations of girls in my family





           
A cute pic of Zac


 Me and my Grammie




                           Ali and her friend...
                                                                             Me and my Buddy :)



So we had fun and I took a lot of selfies! All 6 weeks were fun, but went by wwwwwaaaayyyyyy to quickly!!!!!!! I'm glad to be back to my Jamaican home!
Already we have had over a 100 people on campus! Right now we don't have a group :/
But we will in a little over week!!!!

Monday, October 21, 2013

Soon Come

 
 
 
 
 
    Well I haven't blogged in a while and I'm sorry...I have been busy with school...
 Our team season is winding down. We only have two more teams for the year :/ Also we will be going back to the states for Christmas, we leave on December 4!!!!!!  We all are excited, but we have some needs- We need a vehicle that will seat 8 people and a place to stay. God has provided so far and I know He will continue...
 Yesterday we celebrated Ali's birthday (she will be 8 on Wed.) ! Her birthday cake was a Texas Sheet Cake topped with Oreos and pink shimmer icing!!! Mine and Bubba's (Matthew) are coming up soon too! Mine is on Nov. 5, and Bubba's the 7th.
 
I have decided to post a pic of the family....
 
This was taken at JDV (the Jamaican Deaf Village). We are all wearing Hog Wild shirts.
Hog Wild For Jesus is a ministry in Alabama. Here is a YouTube link to see what they do- 
 
 
I recently did Council Time in our Awana program . It was called "Soap and Pepper".  It was fun and I think our kids enjoyed it! I took a bowl of water, this represented the world before Adam and Eve sinned: clean and perfect. But after they sinned the world was full of sin and all who live in it have sin in their lives too, so to demonstrate this I added pepper. Now I asked a child to come up and stick their finger in the water, what happened? The pepper all rushed onto their finger, just like we are all sinful from the moment we were born. But we all have hope! (now I called up someone else) The soap we used represented Jesus and if we have Jesus in our life we are kept save from all evil in the world!! Soap was put on a finger and then we put the finger in the water (remember the finger now represents a Christian) and the end result was that the soap (Christ) 'repelled' the pepper (sin) and not one speck was one the finger! This is a great way to show God's forgiveness using household items! Go ahead and try it!! 
 
 
 I'm gonna close with this: I have herd all that is going on in America and I just want to give a few verses of encouragement to all who are about to experience some major changes...
 
  Isaiah 49:3- He said to me "You are my servant in whom I will display my splendor"
 Matthew 5:10,12- Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is  the kingdom of Heaven ...Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in Heaven, for in the same ways  they persecuted the prophets before you.
 Matthew 28:20- "And surely I am with you, even to the end of the age."
    Also read Isaiah 53!!
                                                                  Bye for now
                                                                         Lexi

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

 We had a beautiful rainbow





 
Ali with Shannon and Hollie
 
Pastor Titus and his "shiny" head!
I had fun playing photography with a rose.

                                                                                                                     Rose and my guitar
                                          One of my favs                                     Pretty lizard!


                                                 weird but cool bug












Awesome moon pics!!

                          


                                                               Cool Sunset!!
                                                  
            
We went to Ocho Rios the first week of August and I (of course) had fun with photography!
 This is a Doctor Bird, the Jamaican national bird
This is a bored photographer...
 


 The view from where we stayed in Ochie

                                   

                    So here are some pics that were taken while we were in Ocho Rios

 
Swimming in the pool     


 




 

                                                                   Eating Lunch

 

 Zachary going through the menu :)



                                               My brothers asleep and bubba using my mask

We celebrated my Dad's birthday. We tattooed our hands with puppets and they sang Happy Birthday

                                              This is the night view from our place

                                And this cruise ship pulled into the harbor as we were leaving.
 
So we have had fun this month except the fact that I have been doing A TON of schoolwork.
But I guess its ok, also today I signed a song in church. It was Wonderful Merciful Savior by Selah.
                                                 Well that's all for now
                                                          Lexi