HAPPY NEW YEARS!!

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!!!

My Day Today

Well, today's my last day here in IN. Tomorrow, I leave IN and Matt returns to IN. Haha. Well, even though most don't care what I do, I'm going to tell you what I did today. :P My bros, parents, sis, and I went to the AMC theater to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. That was awesome and I can't wait for the next one to come out. (It's a trilogy) Paul bought some popcorn ($8 can you believe it!?!?) and we shared it. It was REALLY greasy. Then we went back and chilled. We are staying up till 12 IN time and 1 NY time. :D Can't wait for the loooooooong 12 hour drive home(can you tell that I'm being sarcastic?) but excited to see my Grandpa.

The Song of the Week Is...(#32), and Zach's bday party

10,000 Reasons. aka Bless the LORD O My Soul
I heard this on the radio and it is so pretty. 

 Ok, now to my day. We went to my brother's church, Suncrest. It was very interesting. On the way back, we picked up my nephew's birthday balloons. They were angry birds balloons. Angry birds were the birthday party theme. We cleaned up the house, set the table, decorated, and off to Jak's Warehouse. It's a huge building with a TON of games. We did the sky walk, (that was ScArY!!!) mini golf, laser maze, laser tag, and other fun games. Then we picked up the pizza and headed back to the house for the party. I will post pics for you guys to see! Though most of you don't miss me, I miss all of you and miss playing for the teen choir. Hope practice went well! (You might've had a replacement for me.)

My Trip So far...

Hello! Well, nothing much is happening. Tonight, we are going to a Japanese restaurant. They are going to cook the food in front of us. I'm excited. My time here is fun but I really miss all you guys back in NY. I can't wait to see everyone on Wednesday night! I have tons of pics to share with you guys. It's hard when you're on vacation and your Bible reading schedule gets messed up. I have been squeezing in time to read my Bible and try to get some prayer time in. Hope you guys are keeping busy! Love and miss you all! :D 

My day

Today, we went shopping at Fleet Feet so my bro, Paul, could buy some running shoes. Then, we went to the mall and we went to a bunch of stores. We went to this store called Charming Charlie and its an AwEsOmE accesory store! On the way to Fleet Feet, my bro, Paul, Jen, the boys, and I almost got into an accident. we were heading down the road(at a good speed since the speed limit was like 50-60) and this idiot backed out right in front of us until Paul blared the horn at her. After the mall, we dropped off everyone at the house and Jen, Daria, Anna, and I went to Target abd Kohls. I found this ADORABLE dress and jacket at Target and Kohls. Busy day but fun!

My 2nd Christmas

Wow, I have been blogging more this week than I have ever done! Today, my brother Prankster *aka Tom* and Daria flew in from Denver, CO. We opened presents and I got an Airforce hoody, an Army hoody, a $25 iTunes card, socks, a knitted, adorable bracelet, a REALL cute purple,sparkly,knitted sweater, (sorta similiar to what you Senecals have:), a black shirt, (or is it Navy blue?) and I forget what else. I am enjoying my time here but I miss you guys a lot! Stay tuned! (I sound like a tv program. :P)

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WoW!

Wow! So I hear that Katelyn got snowed in and couldn't go to church last night! Plus, I hear that we have 18" of snow in Newark! So sorry for those who have to go out and shovel it. Not to make you guys jealous or anything but we have NO snow here in Dyer IN and Abigail went swimming on Christmas. I shall return to the snow in the New Year! (please pray that I have enough snow here just so I can throw a snowball at Prankster *aka Tom:)

I'm here!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so last night, at 8:30, we left for Indiana. I was not expecting to leave so soon but it seems we didn't want to drive through the bad blizzard that was heading our way. I feel so sorry for those in NY who will be affected by the storm. Apparently, it took me till past 1 am to FINALLY get to sleep. The total amount of times I woke up was prob. 5 times or more. Please pray for my sister Daria who lost her grandmother on Christmas day. This Christmas will be one to remember. With all these sad events going on, it's hard. The shooting in Conn., the burning of the houses and shooting of firemen. 2013 will be an interesting year. Will keep you guys posted!

So Long, Farewell

Tomorrow morning, at 4 am, I will be heading for IN. It seems thatwe are leaving a fay earlier than expected to try to beat the bad snow. sadly, i wont be able to say goodbye to a loved one b4 i go. :( so see you in the new year!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!!!!❤❤❤ Merry CHRISTmas everyone!

Christmas Social

Last night, our church had a Christmas social. Apparently, I ended up sitting in front of a row of guys. Pastor preached a message, then Bro Cialini started the program. Mr Case sang The Birthday of a King. After that, Luke, David, Jeff and I did He Is Born. While Jeff and David got ready, Mr Brown did a Christmas Monologue. Then, Jeff and David did Christmas Connection. While Mr Ruthven sang O Holy Night, those who were in the next skit changed. The "Hallelujah's" went to the right side and apparently, Katelyn ran into Brittany who ran into me and I almost ran into Hannah. With our Monk costumes on, we couldnt see a thing. We then did The Silent Monks-Hallelujah Chorus. After that we sang (in our Monk costumes) While You Were Sleeping. Afterwards, we went down to the gym. I got serve the punch and you would NOT believe how many people want ice cream. Especially Senecals. :) Then a very unexpected thing happened. Brian Foster came over to me(with Katelyn as a witness) and said "Heyyy, do u want a kiss?" and Im like "WHAT!?!?! " and then he hands me a chocolate kiss. Then he's like " The expression on your face was priceless!!" and then he goes and tells Jeff, Joe, George, Michael, whoever was in that group, and of all people, Mr Brown. (Steve Brown) And a VERY funny interaction between Courtney and Christopher happened at the drink tabke. :D

The Song of the Week Is....(#31)

He Is Born

Christmas Baking!

Ok, so for the past two Saturdays, I've been baking like crazy! So total stuff i baked are:
2 batches of peanut blossoms
2 batches of peppermint bark
2 batches of shortbread bites
2 batches of oreo truffles
2 batches of buckeyes
2 cakes
1 french coffee cake
1 batch of holiday pretzel treats
And I know Im forgetting something. But boy is that tiring! Heres a pic of the pretzel bites. :)

A letter From A Friend

Dear friends,
Things are going ok down here in Florida. We recently purchased a house (trailer) and we have begun fixing it up by painting it. My room is finished being painted and needs to be decorated. My bathroom is also done being painted. It just needs to be decorated. The power was just turned on this Friday (YAY!!!). So now we are working on the living room because we have painted all the ceilings a few times each. Both my mom and I are really excited about our new home!
The pastor down here in Florida has allowed me to play the piano on Wednesdays so this last Wednesday I play for invitation and offering. He also let me borrow the electric piano nobody uses (which has been sitting in the boy’s bathroom for at least a year). The teen girls went on a teen activity to Brandon, FL to go on “a Walk Thru Bethlehem “. Which it is basically a play but you walk around in it. It was so cool! The almost 2 hour wait was worth it (even though we went to subway and got ice cream during that wait). We got home at almost 1 AM.
So today my dad and Chuckie are leaving to go back to NY my dad will be coming back to FL after Gabi gets settled in her new house. Totally off the subject but has any of you guys heard me say ‘sandspur’? Well they are weeds I guess you could say that grow tiny little spurs on them. They grow all over the yard so you can’t walk barefoot until the “lawn” is mowed a few times (the reason for the quotation marks around the word lawn is it’s not really grass it just grass-like weeds.) So I guess this is all that's happened so far. I will write back to you all very soon!!!


Sincerely your friend,
Abbey

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

John Sullivan Truman Wesley was born 12 minutes to noon on 12/12/12. He is sooo adorable!! Check out Mrs. Wesley's blog to see a pic of him! It's carribeanmissionarywife.blogspot.com

The Song of the Week Is....(#30)

Till The Storm Passes By

 

Funeral

We had a memorial service for Mrs. DeLyser today. Poor Bryannah. I knew that she was really close to her mom and will miss her. Many will miss her. I thought I'd share her mother's quote. 
"Cancer is the tool GOD used to save Lisa"
                                                              Lisa DeLyser 

Mrs. DeLyser

Yesterday morning, Mrs DeLyser passed away from this world. :( I meant to post this yesterday but forgot. Please keep her family in your prayers.

The Song of the Week Is...(#29)

Angels We Have Heard On High

 

Youth Revival

Last night, the teens, Jacob, Zac, Tommy, Bekah, Elisabeth, Bethany, Anthony, Bro. Cialini, and Mr. Brown went to Walker Bible Baptist for a youth revival. When we got there, Rebekah Huber and I had quite a noisy reunion. (literally) Plus, we got front row seats!(those who wanted to sit in the front row did.) We did some awesome singing, and saw a funny skit involving baseball bats. Bekah's idea about the bats. (oh yeah, that's my friend!) We also heard some good singing like How Will They Hear, Lord, Give Me A Heart For Souls, and others. Bro. Clark's message was great! Giver or Taker. Plus, there were some "interesting" people there and tons of fellowship!

A Soldier's Silent Night

I just love this and thought I'd share it with you.

 

The Song of the Week Is....(#28)

A Soldier's Christmas

This is a song that I wrote.

Teen Soulwinning/Activity

Well, the teens had an activity yesterday. It's been over a month since the last one. We've been busy with the Missions Conference and other things. It was freezing  yesterday but we managed to hang door hangers. Plus, I almost got run over by a car! (stupid car:) Then we played volleyball which seemed like forever and I "hit" the ball in a most peculiar way, with my head. It seems that Anna hit the ball, bounced off the wall, and onto my head. Then we played extreme handball. That was fun!When we got to the part where there were no goalies, I scored two goals! That's a first. It was a blast and playing with Paige, Nina, and Courtney was a blast!