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Sunday, November 27th, 2005
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8:11 pm
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| Monday, August 29th, 2005
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6:32 pm
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Things are starting to look up again. I had a little depression in that last entry, but when I found out that my friends in my old school were working their butts off I decided that I'm pretty lucky lol! This weekend we're going up to Memphis to visit some good family friends and then we're going to spend Sunday in Manila. Should be interesting to see people I haven't seen in forever. I'm not sure how it'll go... I really miss Amanda and Cíntia. I knew them for so little time but they're so special to me. *sniff* I remember how they came to the airport to see me off and we all bawled...we stood there and cried while everyone else looked at us and thought "teenagers!" lol Anywayz...I've been in touch with a lot of great people lately so I'm pretty happy, plus church is awesome. :-)
current mood:  jubilant
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| Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
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6:45 pm
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I wanna go home...*sigh*...*another sigh* Even if I have to speak Portuguese 24/7, it's still worth the trade.
current mood:  homesick
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| Saturday, August 20th, 2005
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2:02 pm - Casting Crowns!
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I got tickets to the Casting Crowns concert!!!!!! YAY! It'll be on September the 10th right here at the BCF...and I live on the same block! I tried to get some the other day but they were all sold out. However, my WONDERFUL father found a student who had a couple extras so we bought them from him. I can't wait!
Right now I'm taking an online substance abuse drivers ed. course and I have to spend a certain amount of time doing it so I'm wasting time. (I always finish the lessons before the time is up because it's soo easy--Say NO to Drugs! lol.)
current mood: energetic
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| Friday, August 19th, 2005
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5:46 pm
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Sometimes I can actually get envious of people who live their little sheltered lives in the same spot, around the same people and never ever have to worry about change or anything else that goes on around them. grrrrr.
lol. okay, i DO have to admit that an mk's life has its advantages and i'm grateful for the "cards God dealt to me..."
current mood:  restless
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| Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
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6:35 pm
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Yesterday it was Courtney's birthday so we went out to eat at Outback in Dothan. I was thinkin about not going but in the end it was a good thing I went. I felt more like a part of the group and I got to know some of the girls a little better. And besides, the food was great. :-)
The other night God really spoke to me and helped me to see how I can glorify him in school...I'm really excited about all the opportunities that I'll probably have this year.
Oh yeah, I had my first piano lessons here today. The teacher seems really young and nice so I think I'll have a good time and learn a lot.
current mood:  cheerful
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| Thursday, August 11th, 2005
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6:16 pm - this has been the longest week of my life
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School started Monday. You would think that since I've moved around and changed schools so much that it would be real easy this time---but it's not! I mean, why get too attatched if I'm going to move back to where all my friends are in 6 months anyway? I don't want to look like I'm not adjusting or I'm antisocial or something, but I don't want to overdo it either. I already know it's going to be hard to adjust when we move back to Brazil and I don't want to make it harder on myself. The other night I was sooooo homesick. I really missed Brazil and Amanda and Cíntia and church and school...you get my point. I prayed a lot and the next day I was pretty calm and collected. After all, God had to have some reason to bring my family here to Graceville. For instance my dad is going to be teaching four college courses here at the BCF and maybe he'll really bless or prepare someone that God wants to use. You never know. Anyway, I DO like it here but I wouldn't want to live here forever. I can already tell that it'll be difficult when I go to college...hopefully I'll be able to come visit Brazil during my vacation or something.
current mood: blah
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| Friday, August 5th, 2005
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7:58 pm
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Well, Orlando was great. We went to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. I had an awesome time. Tomorrow we're going to Macon to visit Kim and Clark and pick up Mom from the airport. I bet she's really tired after working so hard this week. Can't write more because I have to pack so I'll write in more detail later...
current mood:  calm
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| Sunday, July 24th, 2005
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5:20 pm - traveling...again
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Tuesday our family is traveling to my grandparents'house in Punta Gorda (FL). My dad will stay there for a day or two and drive back, my mom will stay a day and fly to Brazil for a volunteer missions trip, and Ricky and I will stay there for a week and then go to Orlando to Sea World and Universal Studios. When we come back we'll have to go the open-house at our school and figure out how to survive the next six months...
10 Things that are different from Brazil
1.Central Air Conditioning
2.Daylight until 8 pm
3.64 TV channels instead of 8
4.No softball-sized toads in the house
5.Electric stove
6.Self-service gas stations and shoe stores
7.Drinking water from the faucet
8.Drinking directly from a soda can
9.Dishwasher
10.Self check-out lines at Wal-mart
current mood:  amused
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| Thursday, July 14th, 2005
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2:35 pm - Final Destination
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I am FINALLY at my final destination--Graceville, FL. We got here Saturday...right when hurricane Dennis was supposed to arrive. Luckily it passed west of us and all we had was a lot of wind and rain. Our house is small but perfect for what we need. After all, we're only going to be here for six months. The BCF (Baptist College of Florida) where my dad works is just around the block so we get to use their gym and their music rooms whenever we want. Graceville is REALLY small though so sometimes we have to drive as far as Dothan, Alabama (30 minutes away)just to get to a mall. We already checked out our school a little bit. It's small too, but that's a good thing because that'll make it easier for me to adjust. It's weird though because i'll have a few classes like Trig. with the seniors. Oh yeah, my school offers drivers ed., which i'm obviously going to take so i'm going to try and get my permit tomorrow. YAY
current mood: accomplished
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| Thursday, July 7th, 2005
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5:26 pm
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Today it's been very quiet because Ricky, Dad, and my grandfather all went on a fishing trip. It's sorta like a b-day present for my bro. Anyway, so I've pretty much got the whole house to myself. It's been really weird chatting with people from so long ago and realizing how much everything has changed. Somehow it seems like I'm the only one not changing...
current mood:  contemplative
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| Wednesday, July 6th, 2005
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7:27 pm
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Okay, it's been awhile sooo...
MLC was great. I made a lot of friends and had a good time. After it was over we drove up to my dad's parents in Maryland. I really love it there. There's a lot of farm land that is owned just by us Elligsons. There are tons of corn fields and forest trails where I was able to drive the fourwheeler. Also I was able to watch all of my older male relatives (great uncles, second cousins, etc.) sitting in the living room and watching them talk and laugh about war, fishing, hunting and childhood pranks. It's a
really neat atmosphere, and they're really great people. My great uncle Mike builds, flys and repairs remote control airplanes. But not the little dinky kinds, i'm talkin about serious planes that can fly for a mile or two and are sorta hard to control. He's always crashing them. And my cousins are great too. We had a lot of fun with Rebecca and Brian. My dad's sad though because a lot of the farm land is being sold and used for housing developments. All those great berry bushes may be taken out one and everything would change. Anyway, moving on...
My uncle Mike (as in my mother's brother)got married. We went to his family reunion and I got to meet some of my crazy great aunts who are still spiffy enough to play in a killer game of volleyball against the rest of us!
Last but not least, now i'm at my grandparents' house. It's a huge house with a screened in area and a pool. We'll be here for a few more days and eventually move into our new house.
Phew I'm finally done. xau
current mood: cheerful
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| Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005
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4:00 pm - I'm here...finally!
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Okay, I'm finally here! Sunday evening we flew to Sao Paulo, then we flew 9 hours to the Atlanta airport. Atlanta was REALLY REALLY weird because there was sooo much English! It's strange not to have to concentrate on what people are saying (although that Southern Georgian accent was definitely hard to get used to!) It's also weird to be able to listen to other people's conversation without concentrating lol.
We flew from Atlanta to Richmond and when we arrived there some people picked us up and brought us to MLC (missionary learning center). The first couple of days my family relaxed. Now, however, my parents have "classes" and I have youth group activities all day long. I'll only be here a week. Afterwards we'll probably go up to Maryland and spend time with extended family. The youth here are pretty awesome. I guess we're all kinda in the same boat. It's cool to have so much in common. We played some killer games of Spoon lol. I never knew it could be so darn violent.......
The first thing I noticed when we got here were the PAVED roads, lots of trees and hills and no smoggy clouds of pollution following you everywhere. I don't miss Brasil all that much yet, but I'm sure I will soon. Right now reality hasn't really hit. It feels like I'm taking a two week vacation or something. There are some things I'm already beginning to miss though. For example: Every one is ON TIME and in a hurry here. It's hard not to show up late when you've been living in a very laid back country so long. Usually i'm on time...but I guess that's only by Brazilian standards. Also, it doesn't get dark here til 8:30 at night! I'm so used to eating dinner in the dark. I mean, when you're close to the equator there aren't any daylight savings or anything so the sun rises at 5:30 and sets at 5:30. It's really hard to get used to it all. Anyway, I'm glad to be here.
current mood: cheerful
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| Thursday, June 16th, 2005
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5:43 pm - leaving very very very soon
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Just a couple more days til we leave. AAAHHHHH! I've been going to so many despedidas (farewell parties) that I am now emotionally unstable. Come to think of it, I'm always emotionally unstable :-)! So nothing new there. Sunday after choreography the youth group girls through me a party. They cried, I cried and there was cake and brigadeiros. Couldn't get any better...
Today was my last day of school. Also sad, but I'll be back soon and I don't have as many close friends from school anyway. It's so good to have absolutely NO homework!!!!
Tonight we're eating dinner at David and Danielle's.
And last but not least...Brazil is currently kicking Greece's butt at the confederation soccer tournament. YAY. Of course I'm not very surprised. Next stop World Cup!!!!! (again :p)
current mood:  ecstatic
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| Wednesday, June 8th, 2005
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4:00 pm
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Lately I've been discovering that in this world some people are committed...and some aren't. It can get soooo frustrating when you work really hard in everything you do (at school, home, church...), while other people seem to get by just fine without doing anything. But I guess that's life. In the end all of that work will pay off somehow.
current mood:  frustrated
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| Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
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4:45 pm
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Right now I have stitches in my back. Ouch. I had a very minor surgery (it took 10 minutes), so no big deal. And I'm still numb from the anesthesia! (spelling?) Doc said I can't do any vigorous physical activity for a while, which means no more Phys. Ed. for me the rest of the year. Oh, darn. ;) I'm just a little worried because I have a choreography to present on the 12th and I hope I'm healed up enough to do it...
Tomorrow is the National Honor Society ceremony. There are about 5 or 6 of us from my class. It'll be nice, but probably boring. I hate staying at school any longer than I have to! Oh well.
current mood: blah
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| Saturday, May 28th, 2005
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1:59 pm - Girls' Day In
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It's been a VERY nice week.
Wednesday night I went with Cíntia after school to see Star Wars 3. It was pretty good, but I still enjoy the older episodes more lol. Then we ate pizza. It was great to be with Cíntia. We always have something to laugh about.
Thursday was Corpus Cristi, so there was no school. I spent my entire day going through my room and trying to get everything organized...practically impossible.
Yesterday I had to go back to school. Half of my class didn't show up because they wanted a four-day weekend. (It IS pretty pathetic to have a holiday on Thursday and then go back to school on Friday!) By the end of the day, only 6 people were left. After school I went to grupo familiar. I realized that school had kept me so busy that I hadn't even talked to my friends from church that much. It was good to be in touch with them again.
Today was especially nice. Some of the girls from my youth group (Amanda, Alexanne, Sylvanna, and Natália) wanted to get together at my house before I left. They rented a movie and we used the projector to make a huge screen on our wall. We also made these book-rememberance things. Each page of the books had one of our handprints on it. We painted our handprints (each person had a certain color)in each book. We wrote our dreams and how to accomplish them inside our handprints, and then notes to whoever's book it was. Afterwards we took some silly pictures with Nordestino hats lol. I'm so glad that God always provides me so many friends wherever I go.
current mood: bouncy
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| Monday, May 23rd, 2005
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8:24 pm
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Rain...rain....more rain...streets flooding...tiny cars stalling all over the place...an hour drive to my school today...plants drowning...gigantic softball-size toads in the house (I'm not exaggerating! Chris, you're my witness. =p). Yep. *sigh* I guess you could say the rainy season has officially started.
current mood:  groggy
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| Saturday, May 21st, 2005
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9:28 pm - Surprises
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Today was Natália's birthday, so our youth group planned a surprise party after choreography practice. We decided to keep quiet and pretend we had totally forgotten it was her birthday. When I got to the church, she had the sniffles and I could tell she was really upset that no one had remembered. Awww...bichinha. (Her own brother hadn't even said happy birthday.) I felt really bad about it but I knew she would be very surprised later. In fact, after practice, when she walked through the door and saw everybody there with the cake and all, she REALLY started to cry. (But it was the shocked, I-can't-belive-it type crying.) Anyway, I was glad that it was special for her. She is so awesome. She's two heads taller than I am, plays the drums and break-dances lol. She's accepted me ever since I walked through the church doors, and I'm really going to miss her laugh when I'm in the States.
current mood: happy
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| Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
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4:55 pm
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Today was a pretty good day. I've been reading Mark (for the hundredth time!) but the amazing thing is that I'm learning something new every day. Sometimes I read stories that I've heard since I was 5 years old- and I see things from a different view or see them more clearly than before. Also, I'm seeing how all those somewhat boring books of Leviticus and Numbers foreshadow the coming of Christ and our relationship with Him. (My dad's been helping a lot with all that extra PhD theological info! lol) If the Bible hadn't been written/inspired by God, it would have taken a genius to create so much symbolism, fulfilling of the prophecies, etc. especially considering the huge time gap between the Old and New Testament! But it WAS God and it's so awesome to have heaven-sent instructions to life!
...I guess for a while I had stopped reading the Bible every single day, or if i did, I didn't contemplate on it. But now it's so much easier to make time. My whole life just runs better when I have a devotion!
School is also going much better now that most of my exams are out of the way! So now i am very very happy!!! =)
current mood: ecstatic
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