One of 6

Last night I when to a surprise 16th Birthday party for my friend Chase. Awesome night by the way. Anyways there was an airbrush tattoo guy there. I ended up getting 6 tattoos through out the night! I have: my life verse (Psalm 30:11-12) on my right arm, a dove on the side of my neck, a rose (my middle name) on my right ankle, feathers on my left arm, "Hosanna" written across my nickles, and finally as always Olam Ahava on my wrist. Ok I admit it the last on I already had on and I drew it with a Sharpie. But I still count it as one of my tattoos. And for those of you who don't know Olam Ahava means everlasting love in Hebrew.

Oh and the picture. Just for your enjoyment. Sorry you can't see it very well, I tried my best.

Red Light, Green Light

For the past couple of days I have been singing at Summer Spectacular (VBS, Saddleback style). Here's how it works we (the band) do 3 songs in the morning then 3 in the afternoon. After the first set we eat breakfast then go back in the tent where we sing. We like to use our spare time in there by well doing a bunch of random stuff. But something we always do is, play a group game. Today's game.....Red Light, Green Light.

Now we play this game a bit different. For one thing, ya can't laugh or smile. Another thing Taffy (HSM band leader), will try to make us flinch or laugh. For instance he came up to my friend Kyle and started dinging "A Whole New World" from Aladdin and wrapped a pink feather boa around him. Or he'll pop a balloon in your face, weird stuff like that. That is why we will not be asking Taffy if we could play Red Light, Green Light anytime soon. Or never again.

Oh and about the picture, just kinda shows what Taffy put us through. In this case my friends Hannah and Kyle. Once his work was done he to people to take pictures of them, haha. This makes me laugh every time.

Shamwow

So one of my brother's (Zac) spent some of his birthday money to buy 8 Shamwows. Don't ask me why, just continue to read this post and try to understand his weird ways. Any who, ever since then tall three of my brothers have been "spilling" their water on the floor and then cleaning up their mess with their brand new Shamwows. Not to mention they have also been showing me the absorbency powers of the Shamwow.

I know,

I live a strange life.

But I love it.

How Can I Say This?

I have not written a good long post in a while (not promising that you will love this one). I think it's because my life hasn't been interesting to blog about. I don't know, point is I think it's about time I blog a long one. So with out further of due, lets get started (sorry I couldn't think of anything better to say).

I really love my TOMS. Even if they are a wee bit too small for me and that it's time I get new ones. Fortunately I have to wait until next week because I am watching a neighbors house and they won't be back until Tuesday. Then I have to wait until the 1st to get them personalized. All I know is that I want Olam Ahava (in Hebrew text) somewhere on them. I'll think of something.

I'm in the middle of Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire. I really love the book. The weird thing about me is that I will only read at night when everyone else is sleeping. I don't like reading during the day because I dislike being tired in the middle of the afternoon.

I am in love with the song "A Drop in the Ocean". If one of my guy friends sang that song to me I will love them forever. It is so dang cute.

Speaking of music I am so excited for the new Hillsong album to come out.

I have a busy week ahead of me. Me and the rest of the HSM choir will be singing at Summer Spectacular (Vacation Bible School). I can not wait.

I have not done drivers ed in such a long time. Half of me would love to be able to drive around and what not. But the other half is too lazy and hates being lazy and feels like I don't deserve it for that reason. At the same time it also feels like a competition. Whenever i hear about one of my friends saying that they are doing driving stuff I think, "Ahh, lucky". I mean it's easy but also just plain boring. Well no one promised it'd be fun.

I'd like to get a new phone a.s.a.p. I could since my contract is almost up but I'm not sure when I'd have the time to go to the Sprint store and get one.

Speaking of buying things there are 2 major items I'd love to have right now. A Mac Book and a Nikon camera (the big one). The camera is everything I want in a pro camera: small, easy to use and the best part only 280 bucks! I can get that money no problem. But the Man Book could be a problem. I mean it's $1,200. I was thinking I could pay a fraction of it and the rest is for both my birthday AND Christmas present. The down side, my birthday's not until December.

At Girls Day a group of my friends and I realized Halloween is not so far from now. That subject was brought up because we were talking about Pumpkin Fest (HSM's Halloween party). Then we were thinking of what our costumes should be. I was thinking maybe '80's or a mouse. For that I'd wear my black/gray dress, rosy cheeks, blah, blah, blah.

Olam Ahava

In English means everlasting love. I came across the 2 words when I was reading a Psalm and I instantly fell in love with them. Then I thought, Wonder what that looks like in Hebrew. So I went on Google Translator and found out. It looks pretty awesome. Now I am addicted to writing it all over. In fact I am going to get my TOMS painted on the first and somewhere it's gonna say Olam Ahava (in the Hebrew text that is). Also if I ever get a tattoo this would be it. Don't worry mother, I'll wait until my 18th birthday. But for now I'll be writing it on my wrist every now and then.

Post Script: In the picture, excuse the awkward arm. And a little F.Y.I my arm is not fat in real life at all.

I Love my Friends!

Chase and I aren't creepers or anything...pshhh

Oh Refinery Photo shoots you never fail to make me smile.

:)

Monday, Monday, Monday

My friend Meredith and I will be going to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I am so excited that I made shirts for us to wear when we see the movie.

You may be asking yourself why I made the shirts.

Ummm because it's A W E S O M E!

Out of Place Much?

A few days ago I went took a little trip to Fashion Island.

Just when I thought I was having a normal day, well I spoke too soon.

Why? Because I saw 3 Chinese monks.

Shaved head, sandals with socks, long robes, the whole 9 yards.

Weird right?

Right.

Mango Fever

The mangos i had in the Dominican Republic were unlike anything I've ever tasted. So sweet, so delicious. And no I'm so missing them. So when my dad came home from the store he pulled out a bag full of mangos, YAY! I was excited when I tried one this morning. Now I knew they weren't from the DR (they were from Mexico) so I didn't expect them to be real sweet. Don't get me wrong they were good, but I still miss the Dominican Republic mangos. Oh well, thanks anyways dad.

Thought About it.....Bad Idea

You may or may not remember that I said that I planned on going to the Harry Potter Premier. Well let's just say, things don't always turn out the way you plan. You see I sing for PDYM on Tuesday and Thursday night. So to go and see Harry Potter at midnight on Wednesday and probably not come home to maybe 2:00 AM. And then have to sing the next night well I think you get the point about now. If you don't get it then stop looking at the screen and go see a doctor because you may be suffering from extreme stupidity. But don't you worry there is hope and with proper help you can find a cure.

Facebook Status

If you have a facebook then you know that on the status box is a little question the says,"What's on your mind?". Now if i did that with my status just now i'd run out of room to write. So i'll share that with you. Enjoy.

• Someone just walked into the bathroom. Don't know who, some creeper.
• My hair, ew. I feel like it grew a lot since i left. I really want to get it cut a.s.a.p
• Harry Potter(i will be talking about for the next few bullet points) : My friend and i had a long conversation about it. That's when you know you're a HP nerd.
• I took a quiz on Facebook saying "Which Harry Potter Character Are You Most Like?". My result-Neville Longbottom. I like that character, I was happy with the result. Sure it would have been cool to be Hermime but Neville's cool.
• I just realized that the movie comes out Wednesday! Ahhh I'm so dang excited.
• I think my DR friends suffer from SD: Separation Disorder.
• I don't get it. I mean we (the peeps from that went to the DR) decided to wear our PDYM shirts to church tomorrow. Doesn't it make more scene to wear or DR shirts. The ones with my design on it? Oh well.
• SNL (Summer Nights of Laughter) is tonight. Some of my DR peeps are going and my friend Slater is in it. I'm so excited for tonight.
• I want to go to Urban Outfitters. Now would be nice.
• I'm worried. I have a list of songs that I need to learn and sing for PDYM Tuesday and Thursday. The list is at my house, I'm at my friend's beach house until Tuesday. I need to get the songs on iTunes.
• Wait PDYM is on Tuesday. Probably a bad idea to go see the midnight premiere of Half-Blood Prince.
• I miss the DR. I wish I was able to hop on a plane and fly over there.

Well, that's all folks.

It was in God's Hands

When we got to the church to set up for PDYM on Saturday my friend and I decided to do the Lifehouse skit. We kinda planed on doing it but never got to practice before we left. So we asked the leaders if it was ok and they said yes but there was a catch, we only had 2 hours to practice it! In a hurry we rallied up anyone else that wanted to be apart of the skit and as we went around those who didn't which to join said, "You guys can't pull it off. It took El Toro a month and a half before they were ready." But did we listen to them, heck no.

We finally got everyone and the first thing that hit us was how we were supposed to practice if we didn't have a lap top to view the video on You Tube. A few seconds later one of the leaders from the church we were helping came in with her Mac Book and let us borrow it. F.Y.I we practiced outside in very hot and humid weather. The good news: there was a rotating fan n the celling.

As we practiced we hit yet another problem: costumes. We needed: a robe for God, a flower for the boyfriend, a hat for the guy who represented greed, a bottle and paper bag for the drunk (ME!), a dress for the model, and a hat, knife and marker for the suicide kid. Moments later....we got them from other people :)!

As we were practicing and watching the video we had a problem with timing! We came to the decision that there was a part of the song when she threw down the knife and tried to go to God. All we had to do was wing it until that point. After 2 hours of hard work and dancing, we were ready....or were we? When we got backstage we were so nerves, so many things could go wrong: the song never plays, we don't get to the part in time, everything! All we could do was pray and let God take total control of it. And let me tell ya....WE ROCKED!!! Nothing went wrong! The timing, the movements, everything was perfect! We were so thrilled to hear the cheers of the audience.

After we were done so many people came up to us crying, telling how great it was and how much they were moved! That was the greatest feeling in the world so great, i cried myself :). It was also great to hear from our team when they said that even our team leader was crying, everyone was. When i went up to my friend Bryce he said, "That was amazing! You did so good!". And to all those guys who said we couldn't do it, boy did we show them! Hahaha!

After the trip my friend Jordan put up some pictures of us doing the skit and put them up on facebook. It was good to see all those kind comments such as: "Better than El Toro", "You guys were amazing!" etc. etc.

God is so Great :).

And F.Y.I if you want to see the video go to: www.hsmdr2009.blogspot.com. And remember I played the drunk.

P.S. Sorry for the supper long post. My origanl plan was to just mention the video. But the story was too good to miss. So enjoy and your welcome. ;)

My Trip in Pictures

the awesome team
the cute kids

i love these guys

this shows how awesome some of my guy friends are

"D R What!"

Bryce and i are friends but i'm not gonna lie, this is one heck of a gem. :)

Chase and Bryce :)

seriously how cute can these kids get?!

my favorite :)

Home Sweet Home

I'M ALIVE! A little jet lagged but alive! Wow, that week was so incredible, so amazing. I have seen God work in such incredible ways not only in my heart but also the hearts of the rest of my team and the people of the Dominican Republic. I can definitely see myself coming back next year, oh or maybe even Africa.Now here's the thing right now my family and i are staying at our friend's beach house for the next 8 days and i don't have a way of getting my pictures. I'll figure something out. And when i do you will be able to see all the things i saw on my trip. Not to mention i will be posting about some of my favorite stories from the trip as well. It's so great to be home and see my loving family. Not to mention the American food that i missed so much ;). It was really great to be able to go to HSM vocals practice and be welcomed by some of my friends that i missed so much with open arms and encouraging words. When i saw them i was so eager to tell them all my stories. At that time i wished that i could put everyone together to sit down so i can share the amazing things God has put in my heart. Well that's all for now folks. Pictures will come soon, i hope. But before i go i would like to thank everyone for all their love, support, and prayers. I will leave you with a quote, "I never knew i could feel this much".

Love in Him,
Maddy Rose Vujnov!