The Blasphemy Challenge

I was going to write a post about my time in Ukraine, but them I saw this:


and I realized I had to do something. Since my camera is acting up, I decided to write a blog post. This video breaks my heart, and I just want to say one thing.


I do not deny God, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ. I am a Christian, and I am proud of it.

1, 529 people have made video responses, joking about this and acting like hell is going to be greatist place on earth. It's not. Hell is fire. Hell is death. Hell is eternal seperation from God, and hell is painful. It will never end. I kills me to see that almost 2000 people have turned their backs on God because He's "not logical." Actually, over 2000 people have; but I'm focusing on this group on Youtube.

God is logical. He created Logic. There is scientific evidence that He exists and the Bible is true; so much that I can't post them all! There have been countless books written by people who tried to scientifically deny his existance, and couldn't. These books include The Case For Christ and Evidence that Demands a Verdic.

Back to the people on Youtube. After even just watching that video, how can you want to deny God? That video itself says that Hell is horrible! How can one want to go to hell? It's not going to be a party. It's going to be eternal seperation from God. It's going to be lonely. It's going to be eternity in the lake of fire. It's going to be painful. How can you choose that over heaven? Heaven is forever with God! Heaven is fellowship with God forever! Heaven is Paradise! Heaven is Perfect! How can one not want to go there? Yea, being a christian on earth may ne hard. It may cause you persicution. But the rewards are great!

God is real. And I believe it.

Faith has internet!

So, yea. Internet's back! Tomorrow is our last day of ministry; we'll be in a village called Kubanka. Fortunetly it's close to Odesa! After that, we're going to a missionarys house for dinner, then they're taking us to another missionaries house for a desert night with all the missionaries from their organization in Odesa. If that was hard to understand, I'm sorry!

Friday morning we leave for Kyiv, and we're spending the day there. On Saturday, we leave for the US via Amsterdam! We get back LATE that night. I'll have a week of some MUCH NEEDED R&R, then school starts the 25th! I can't believe how fast this summer has gone! Well, actually I can, since by this time Suday I'll have been in 7 different countries counting the US and Airports!

I FINNALLY finished Of Mice and Men! (I've been working on it since Peru!) It's... interesting. I'm not sure what to make of it. We had a layover in Philly, and I left my copy of it on the plane, so when we got to London (Layover only; dad tried to work a few day's in there, but it was to exspensive. :( ), I had to buy a new copy! It was about ten euros, so about $20!

I love Ukraine, but I can't wait to get back to the States, and sleep in my own bed, and eat chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter and real butter (they only have margerine here) and Kraft macaroni and cheese and drink hot chololate and cold soda and read Breaking Dawn and most of all be back in my own time zone!

We have a long day tomorrow, but I'm ready!

~Faith

PS: The spellchecker on blogger isn't working, so sorry if words are spelled wrong.

[insert snappy- sounding title here.]

Guess where I'm typing this. No, really, guess.



Got it?


I'M IN UKRIAINE! Thats, right folks, I have internet access!! My parents are on their way to the village (I have know idea what the name is, and we go to different ones every day, and their weird names.) and I'm staying back with one of the missionaries. They were kind enough to let me use their computer to check their email! [ THANK YOU!] We have internet in our appartment, but it's not working. I'm able to check blogs here, but not youtube. Oh, well.

Anyhoos, I don't have anything left to typ--


OH YES I DO. (I really need to stop typing in caps...)
The weirdist thing happened last night. I had just finished the second chapter of Desecration (from the Left Behind series) and I decided to read my Bible. I opened my Bible and just as I was saying "God, what do you want me to read today?" The power went out! I lit some candles and read Psalms 5 and Revelation 5, and then prayed. As soon as I said Amen, the lights came back on! I really don't know what to make of that!

That's all I have to say. As soon as we get internet in our appartment, (hopefully tomorrow)I'll probably be back to posting regular updates and posts, as well as keeping up with my subscriptions better!

~Faith

Because I'm To Lazy To Type Anything...

...and I'm going to Ukraine tomorrow and wanted to get a post in.

...and I'm to lazy to do a proper VLog, I decided to do a You Tube cliché and record my reaction to a video. Which video, you ask? I recorded my reaction to....

[ Drumroll, please!]


THE HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF- BLOOD PRINCE TEASER TRAILER!!!!!

omgomgomgomgomgomgomg!!!!


In case you haven't guessed, I'm a BIG Harry Potter fan, and it's more exciting for me beacause HBP is my favorite HP book. Now, normally, I view the books and movies as separate entities entirely, and let the movie sink in before tearing apart minute differences and comparing, but this time (and when the Twilight movie comes out) I'm going to be sitting in the theater reading along. Actually, I'll probably just treat it like I normally do, and not read along, but, still,.... I don't know where I was going with that train of thought....

Anyhoos, my reaction!

Yes, I was exaggerating for the camera. Doesn't everyone?

Also, as I've said many times before (I think) I'm going to Ukraine tomorrow! Since hearing the time of my flight (6:30 PM) I've decided that I think I like flying to Europe! Of course, I'll probably get horrible jet lag because I don't do overnight flights to well, but still, I don't have to get up at some obscene, ungodly hour in the morning! We have a layover in London (YAY! *squeel*) and then we're in Ukraine! The only things I'm not really looking forward to are a)I'm going to be playing with kids in a skirt (culture) and primitive outhouses. (COMMUNISM!)

Of course, I'll take lots of pictures and share them with you! (I'm not making any promises, sorry.)

On a lighter note, my dad took me to Old Navy and practically begged me to spend his money! (music to a teen girls ears! LOL.) I just wanted a pair of skinny jeans, and he bought me two pairs, and two skirts! I'd take pictures and show you, but they're in the wash right now. I also got a haircut and a long overdue lip wax. The haircut was long overdue, too. I could actually tuck my bangs behind my ears and put my hair into two pigtails and the bangs would go into the pigtails and not fall out! I got layers and my bangs trimmed, and it looks so good!

Well, I'll see you in two weeks, maybe sooner! We're staying in an apartment, and I don't know if we'll have Internet access or not. I'm pretty sure we will, because the woman whose apartment we're staying in has a weblog, so I'll see. I want to take my laptop, but I don't know if my dad will let me. Hopefully he will!

~Faith

My First Award!

Territerri ( of Terri Terri Quite Contrary) gave me this wondrous award:

IZE FEELZ LOVED!

So. The rules. [ DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!!!!]

1) Put the Logo on your blog.

2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.

3) Nominate at least seven other blogs and add their links to your post.

The first two rules- check! However, the third one presents a bit of a problem... I don't have that big of a readership base, and therefore, I don't know if the people I give the award to will read it. I SHALL PRESENT THEM WITH IT ANYWAY!!!

As a blogging nerdfighter (clickyclick here to learn about nerdfighting) I feel the need to give this award to Kayley, one of the two nerdfighters that I read. However, I'm not sure how she would react to it... Somehow I get the feeling she wouldn't like it that much... TWO BAD SHE GETS IT ANYWAY CUZ SHE HAS A BRILLIANT WEB BLOG!! ( I really need to stop using CAPS in this post...) I discovered Kayley on one of her Youtube accounts, fiveawesomegirls, and started watching her personal channel, owlssayhooot. I found out about her fashion blog, and started reading, even though she didn't post much. As soon as I found out about her other blog, I started reading. I don't know why I love reading her so much, I just do! Her blog is Quixotic Idealist.

The second person I recently discovered thanks to Hank Green, one of the two brothers who invented nerdfighting. ( <----- Link to their channel!) That person is Marion, also a nerdfighter. I love reading her blog, and she's only a year older than me! I really love reading/watching teen blogs/vlogs, cuz it's nice to know there are people like me out there who are my age! Wow, that's cheesy. Anyways, Marion's blog is Octoberist Pensieve.

Thirdly, I give this award to.... JEN AT HUCKDOLL'S HOOD! Jen was the second person I started reading in this wonderful world of blogging! She's hilarious, down- to - earth and real, and isn't afraid to say what she thinks! I wish I could be like that.... STUPID PEER PRESSURE!!!Not really- well, kind of... I suppose I'll have to do a post on that later.

Number Four! And the first of the two Authors I shall give this to!! As you know (or may not know...) I'm an aspiring author, and a reading fanatic. Therefore, with my teeny-tiny blog roll, (15 blogs, some of which are just websites in blog format), I feel compelled to give this award to the two author blogs I read. The first is Libba Bray, YA author. Libba Bray is the author of one of my favorite trilogys, A Great And Terrible Beauty. Mrs. Bray is so funny! I love her blog, just like I love her books!

Almost there... FIVE! The next blog is that of a Nerdfighting YA author! APPLAUSE APPLAUSE! The blogger? Maureen Johnson! I haven't actually read any of her books yet, but that's just cuz I can't find Suite Scarlett ANYWHERE! It's CRAZY!!! Anyway, The minute I go to a borders or a target, I will purchase one of her books! Anyway, Maureen is so funny and sarcastic, and I love her blog!

SIX! The next person is.... Charlie at charlieissocoollike! Charlie is also a nerdfighter, and Tuesday on fiveawesomeguys, which is how I found him! His vlogs are HILARIOUS, and I just found out about his website/blog.

Finally, seven: KALEB NATION!!! Kaleb is also known as the Twilight Guy, the first guy to publicly read Twilight, and now he's on to New Moon. I found him as TG, and found his other site/blog, Kaleb Nation. Kaleb is an author, and his first book comes out in 2009. I cant wait!

So, those are my seven people who get this award! Next award:

The Share The Love Award:

The rules of this award are: SHARE THE LOVE! Share this award with all those blogs out there that you love. All the people who make you smile. All those that make you laugh. All those that make your day. Please include a link to this post and ask the recipient to do the same.

Miss Terri (Sorry, I feel like I should call her miss...) Gave this award to all of her readers, and I shall do the same!! (You have NO Idea how hard it was to come up with seven people for that last one! )

Well, I'm going to comment on on the blogs I gave the brilliant blog award to so they know they got the award!

~Faith

No More Peru...

For some reason, posting my journal entries has become a bit of a chore. I used to love sharing them with you, and it was hard not to post them all at once. But now, I just don't feel like it. Maybe I'll post them later, but for now, I won't be posting them. When I go to Ukraine, I'll journal, but I don't know If I'll post them.

So anyway, since it's summer, and I don't do much but sit around, I don't really have anything to post. I think I'm going to run a bit, actually.


~Faith

PS: Is there anyway I can scan my...


OMG!!! MY MOM JUST SAID GAS IS 3:68! HOLY CRAP! (It's sad that we find that cheap...)

So anyway, is there any way I can scan my signature to use on my blog?

The Peru Choronicles, Parts

Notes:

1) I found my Travel Journal, as you can see by the title of this post. Guess where it was? Under my bed. Since I'm leaving for Ukraine on Friday, I'll be posting multiple entries so I can get it done.



2) I talked with my dad about the job at the pizza place. He agrees it's a good idea to ask about a job there. It's actually a pizza buffet (those are pretty common in my area, and they're a great idea- all you can eat pizza, salad, and drinks for under $5! And it's not just normal types of pizza either- they have mac&cheese, taco, BLT, plus dessert pizzas- apple/cheery strusle (sp?), death by chocolate, chocolate chip, m&m, etc!), so I'll probably be mainly busing tables, but it's a job. If I don't get the job, I'll apply for the job at the deli, or I'll search around. However, no matter how desperate I get, I am NOT working at a fast food restaurant. NEVER.

And with that...

Saturday, July 5

( d a y s i x )

1) We did our drama in 3 different places today. The last stop was completely random, and 35 people got saved, which was more than the other two stops combined! In the past two days, over 1000 people got saved!

2) I'm kind of getting lazy on my journal entries, because I'm so tired, so sorry!

4) Tom morrow instead of working, we're going to different seminars. I'm going to one about Brio magazine, and another called Go Into All the World.

5) Tomorrow there's going to be a talent show called "Talent Only a Mother Could Be Proud Of) One girl on my team is going to be whistling through her teeth, and anther is going to be blowing up a balloon with her eye. Gross!

I don't know about you, but I'm REALLY want some sleep. Good Night!

~Faith

Sunday, July 6th
( d a y s e v e n )

1) Today we got to sleep in! WOO- HOO! Since it's Sunday, instead of working, we had E.I.E.I.O.K. seminars, or Everything I ever Intended On Knowing.

2) We had a morning FUAGNEM today, and it was AMAZING! Susie seriously needs to come speak at my church sometime! She spoke on being a bond slave for Christ, and we were all given the chance to. Everyone who did got a necklace, as well. I did, so now I'm a bond slave for Christ!

3)Tonight we had the talent show. None of the acts could be described in words!

Listing the day in words works really well, I don't know why I didn't think of this before!

Good night!

~Faith