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My poems March 23, 2011

As some of you may know I love writing poems.  I just love, love, love writing them. They aren’t amazing or anything but they are fun to write.

So getting to the point of this blog… I decided to start posting my poems on a blog. I was going to open another wordpress but it wouldn’t let me since I have one with this e-mail already. So I went to blogger.com and opened one up just for my poems. The cite is www.erika-poems.blogspot.com

Feel free to check it out and read my poems. I am going to try to update it with a new poem everyday. I can’t guarantee they are going to be any good but I just love writing poems and I wanted to be able to share them with my friends!

And all of a sudden… September 14, 2010

So there is this kid that is in VPK at my school/work. He is the coolest kid ever! I love him so much! I babysit him and his sister… Sometimes I just want to take them home with me. He responds to me better than he does his own teacher(sometimes). He kind of freaks out on her sometimes and I’m the only one that can calm him down. I don’t know why but that’s the way it is with him. BUT I LOVE HIM SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! (And his sister… but this isn’t really about her. I’ll blog about her another day lol)

Well, recently they took him somewhere to find out why he has sudden tantrums and freaks out with his teacher for no reason. It turns out he has Aspergers Syndrome(AS), which is a type of autism. I flipped out! I went home (today) and started researching. First I wanted to know what it was and how do you know when someone has AS… Then I started researching if it was curable. Then I realized, I have something better than any “Cure” a doctor could give this child.  I want to tell them about God and His healing power but I don’t know what they believe and I don’t want to scare them right of the bat… I just know God is going to use me in this family and I’m EXCITED! I can’t wait to see what He is going to do for this family.

A few weeks ago I was at a prayer service and God gave me a vision. He showed me three families I was going to help (harvest-if you understand what that means AWESOME, if not don’t worry about it)… and THIS FAMILY was one of the families He showed me! So I know that God had put me in these people’s lives for a reason! And I’m excited to see His Healing Power take place in this child’s life! “And all of a sudden” this family’s life will be changed forever… that is what I’m believing for!

Random :P September 14, 2010

Ohkay! SOOOOOOO, Phil Wickham has four new songs out! They are soooooooo good! If you like him get the new songs because they are really good! My fav is “In My Love”! One of the versus says…

“I know this road is deep
And I know you’re tired and weak
But the God of perfect peace is right here

He is the shelter from the storm
He is the rock forth and secure
He is hope forever more
Have no fear…”

And then the song keeps going but that part (And the chorus) was just so awesome!

Also I took my first College Algebra test today…  I was SUPER nervous! I thought it was going to be super hard, but it was actually really easy! I’m feeling a A+! Well maybe not an A+ but I am feeling and A!

I want brownies… For some reason I’ve been craving brownies the past few days… with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge on top… OOOOHHHH MAN!!!! lol I know I’m super random… but that’s ok!

Life… Where have you gone?? September 12, 2010

Well I no longer have a life! lol School, Work, Homework, Reports, Speech’s, and Volunteer Hours… That is my life at this moment! I don’t remember the last time I had to give up my entire Saturday to do homework, AND i didn’t even get it all done! Yeah, Busy! I can’t wait for October to come I have 2 simple weeks in that month… Then it all picks up again! Note to everyone out there, Speech is not the easiest course out there. lol I signed for speech thinking it would be an easy course to take, I thought that would be a good 4th course for the semester since it would be so easy… I was wrong! lol But I’ll get through it…maybe… lol jkjk

On top of crazy busy schedule, there are some crazy stuff going down in lives around me that affect so many things in my life… I don’t know, maybe I’m sounding selfish, but some things that people do affect many others around them and I don’t think they realize the consequences of the decisions they make… But Hey there is a purpose and reason for everything that happens… I just have to “TRUST AND DEPEND on my God” (Isaiah 50:10b)! And I hope others do the same.

Oh and totally off subject, but I “discovered” this band today called Fireflight! They have been around for a while I know, but they are like a Christian Paramore! That is the only way I can describe there music! They are really good… if you like that kind if stuff! AND!!!!!! Chris Tomlin has a new song out called “I will Follow”! It is one of his best (after “Our God” of course)! SO GOOD!      I’m listening to a lot of Andrew Wommacks stuff too, while I do my homework and stuff… He is really good! If you haven’t heard of him LOOK HIM UP! His teachings are really good!

So Close… September 9, 2010

I was so close to being able to go to “Night of Joy” this year! I got all excited thinking I was gonna go! I did a dance… NO JOKE! But I can’t go because my dad won’t go without my siblings. Which is completely understandable! But man, I got excited thinking I was gonna be able to go. I just wanna go friday night not every night… but it’s wouldn’t be right for my dad to go with me and not my other siblings… Poo! lol

Awesomeness September 8, 2010

God is so good! So today I had to go around town trying to find a school to volunteer at for my volunteer hours for one of my classes in school. I was looking into all the Christian schools in my area. Well at my old job they have my background check (which you need to volunteer), so I stopped by there before I started going to the schools. It turns out she is good friends with one of the directors at Daytona Beach Christian Academy.  So she called her friend up and now I am doing my volunteer hours there. In the end I didn’t have to run around town.

Oh and today was speech day, we were supposed to do our “Icebreaker” speech today. We were supposed to bring something from home and talk bout it. I brought my vuvuzela and was going to do it on that. But we ran out of time before I could go. I’m actually thinking about changing my mind and either doing it on the purity ring my mom gave me that was her purity ring, or my “Passion-Awakening” piano book… I don’t know though… any suggestions???

Sweedish Fish September 7, 2010

I love SWEEDISH FISH! I just wanted everyone to know! lol

PIANO September 6, 2010

So I’ve been taking advantage of this little free time I have and have been learning a few songs on the piano. I don’t know much, just chords, but it is so much fun! I know tons of worship songs now and I’m super stoked! I’m even more excited because I just learned “Awakening” by Chris Tomlin from the new Passion cd! I’ve been trying to learn this song for months and I finally learned why it didn’t sound right before… Stupid Aminor Chord! lol

I don’t mean to brag but my brother and sister are doing AMA to the ZING on the guitar! haha Like they are learning so many songs by ear it’s CRAZY!  My sister learned the intro and chorus to “Invisible” by the Jonas Brothers and the chorus to “I’d Lie” by Taylor Swift. She is still learning the rest of the songs but to learn that much by ear it’s AWESOME! And my brother just plays everything by ear… You name the song he most likely can play it! lol

Besides that… Life has just been ok for me. School started… Yeah enough said! lol

Nothing Really September 5, 2010

So right now life is pretty CRAZY! School started this past week and I finally got back into the flow of things. It took me a whole week but I did it! And right now I wish it was summer! lol But not next summer, this past summer. I had such a great summer with new and old friends. I just hope that this time in my life will go by quickly… School I mean…

Prayer meetings at church have been awesome! Can’t wait to see what God is going to do @ Cumbre!

By The way for anyone who reads this, this was supposed to post the 4th not 5th of September… Just sayin’! lol

Smile… August 24, 2010

Have you ever had a friend who made you smile really BIG no matter what? You know that you face lights up when with them or in their presence. I never thought that could really happen to me, but it did… TWICE! First was with a really good friend of mine. We were just hanging out with a big group of people just chillin’ at a restaurant and they made me so happy. I smiled real Big my mom asked me why I was smiling so big. I told her I didn’t know, but later I realized that the person I was with made me really happy. I haven’t smiled like that in a long time. Just thinking about them makes me smile.  

Lately, I have been spending a lot of extra time with God and just being in His presence. I have never felt such joy being in His presence. I encourage everyone who reads this… take some time and spend it with God. He will put a smile on your face like never before. Everyone will notice I promise! It was an even greater joy than the joy my friend gave me. that same day God had showed me an awesome scripture…

“Here is a place of rest; let the tired people come and rest. This is the place of peace.” Isaiah 28:12