November 3

My sister Emily and I got kinda bored this afternoon.... So we decided to make this video(:

Homeless Event

I did a homeless event with my church a while back. Here is the paper I wrote about it. (I had to write a paper for our Church).

Imagine not knowing where you next meal will come from. Imagine not knowing where you are to sleep tonight. Imagine having to make sacrifices everyday just so that you can survive. The High School youth group got the privilege of not just imagining all of that, but experiencing it. We went homeless for thirty hours. We ate lunch and dinner at the Mission in Holland with actual homeless people. We got to engage in conversations with homeless people who had amazing stories. When it started to get dark, we headed back to the Church to sleep outside in the woods on card board boxes. The girls and the guys split up into two groups. The guys had made it back before the girls, and when we (the girls) arrived back in the woods, we were very surprised at what we saw. The guys had caught a squirrel, and were roasting it over the fire. Some people actually ate the squirrel, while others looked at it with disgust on their faces. This homeless event changed the lives of many of us. We realized that we have so much compared to some people. Some people have absolutely nothing, however, they cling onto the Lord with everything that they have. I about fell to my knees when I saw these homeless people worshiping the Lord at Hart Side Church. They focus on nothing but the Lord. I could see Jesus shining brightly through each and every one of them. This proved to all of us that God is here with us, even though we can not see Him. God is holding each and every one of our hands. These homeless people taught us that God is bigger than all of our fears put together. God will rescue us from the darkness, and bring us back to a light that will never burn out. That is how big God’s love is for us. 

Music Video

Holland Christian did not have school last Thursday, Friday, Monday, or Tuesday, so me and my siblings and a friend decided to make a music video on one of those days off. I hope you enjoy it!

October 6

I do not have any courage whatsoever right now to write. I have tried over and over again, but for some reason I can't. So, for this post, I'm just going to encourage you to look over to my dads blog if you haven't already. It is www.briankristi.blogspot.com. On there is the video of my moms funeral/burial service.

Emily

I'm writing a paper for English. I'm writing about how to keep strong when you lose a parent. I used my younger sister Emily to help me write it. I asked her a couple questions. . . part of our conversation went like this: "Emily, do you think Mom is ever going to come back?" The simple word that she said next almost broke me down into tears. She said this. "yes." She thinks my mom is coming back. I wanted to tell her that our mom is not coming back, but I just couldn't. I don't know if I made the right decision or not. I wish that I could tell Emily that she's right.... that my mom is coming back. But I can't. She's never coming back. as much as I miss her. I know she's never coming back. No matter how many times I ask for her, it's not going to happen. I want to see her, I want Emily to see her, I just wish she was here. Life would be so much easier.

September 19

Well, I finally finished all the paperwork for going to read the Bible at Oak Crest. I'm going there tomorrow to turn it in, so hopefully I'll be able to start really soon. I'm really excited to start, but I'm also really nervous because if you've ever met me, you will know that I'm not the most... strong-willed person ever. I'm like my mom I guess, I like to stay in the "background" of things. So, this is a huge step up for me, I would have never imagined myself doing this 5 years ago.

My dad took my school pictures a while ago, so here's a couple of them.  I'll post Nathan and Emily's pictures once my dad takes them. 

September 6

School is going really well, I really like high school. I actually wake up excited to go to school(:
I love English. I have it 8th hour, so I get to look forward to it all day :) It's a great way to end the day. In English, all we do is write. That's why I like it. Here is one of the many writings that I wrote:

Shine Bright

The bright, astounding, shining sun brings warmth to my heart. If the sun can shine so brightly day after day, then so can I. I can shine with the love of Jesus, and so can everyone else. I appreciate the sun because it encourages me to try and shine with the Love of Jesus. My mom told me this when she was laying in the hospice bed “I’m not going to give you a list of things that I want you to do in your life. I just want you to always trust in Jesus.” I replied to her saying, “I will, I promise.” So now I won’t only trust in Him, but I’ll shine for him. If I can get other people to shine for Jesus too, even God will have to put on his sun glasses to be able to look down at us. We will shine brighter than the sun itself.

Recently, I decided that I want to do something that will impact this world. I know I already have a blog, but I want to do something more big that just write. So, I decided that I want to somehow lead people to Jesus. I asked my dad if I could go to a nursing home and read the residents there some scripture from the Bible. I know they're old, but if I want to lead as many people to Jesus as I can. Who knows, maybe I'll end up changing a life or two. I don't know how it will go, but I'm really excited to find out. Anyway, I ran this idea by my dad and he said that it's a great idea. I'm really excited to get started.