Update... and a Prayer Request

Well, the first month of school is just about over and everything is going great. I am pretty crammed with school work and classes, but the busier the better the sooner the time passes the sooner I graduate from high school! I'm taking AP Biology, Spanish 3, Church History, American History, Algebra 2, Integrated Physics and Chemistry, Art, and American Literature. All-in-all, I feel like I have everything pretty well under control. Lots of rest and lots of help from God this year and I think I will do pretty good.

I have a prayer request to send out to all those who read this blog. My little sister Isabella, 7 months old, (from my dad and step-mom) is going to a pediatric neurologist on Wednesday, October 3 to get some tests run. She went for her check up and the doctor told my step mom that she could no longer feel a soft spot on her head. This could very likely mean that Bella has Craniosynostosis. The short of the long is that the skull is closing too quickly before the brain is finished developing. So the brain will continue to grow without the proper amount of room to do so. In almost all cases of this, the child will have to have a surgery in which they cut from ear to ear, not touching the brain, but opening up the scalp to give the brain room to grow. If this was caught early enough, she could come out of this surgery pretty clean, with just a scar to show for it. Otherwise, she could suffer from vision loss, hearing loss, disabilities, deformities and so on. Please pray that the doctor was wrong and that little Bella does not have this disease. Please pray that if she does, God would guide the surgeon and nurses' hands and that there would be no long term effects on my little girlie. Thank you so much! I will keep you updated...

James 1:2 "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith will develop perseverance."




I also have some awesome news. This morning at church, Papa and I were baptized!!!! WOOHOO! It was definitely a great experience to just be able to stand up there and profess my belief in Christ for everyone to hear. I was so nervous all morning before-hand, but when I got up there it started to fade away and I couldn't even hear the crowd clap or anything. It was like it was just Jesus, Papa, Mr. Chesemore, and me up there. It was such a special time to be able to share in that wonderful experience with my Papa (step dad). God has really brought his and my relationship SO far over the past 5 years. That we were able to do this together, is an amazing testimony of God's faithfulness and steadfastness in our lives!

The End...

Well, we just got back from the beach last night. We had a great time! Aside from the really bad sunburn my brothers and mom and papa got. I was the only one who didn't get burned, except for a little bit on my cheeks... Fenwick Island is so nice and a great place for families, a quaint little Island. I'm not a huge fan of just laying on the beach, so I usually like to get up and go for a walk in the little "village" or go to the room and watch T.V or go to the hotel pool, and if the water is right, I love to go in the ocean, but it has to be just right for me. The water was pretty wild on the first day, and ok the second day, but the third day it was awesome!

The family pretty much just hung out and did whatever, but we did go mini golfing on the last night and then got icecream afterwards. YUM! We had ice cream every single day, yes we are all fat in the mind... All in all we had a great time! It was jsut really nice to be with the whole family. :)

Here are some photos of the vacation...
































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And now, summer has come to an end. School starts Thursday for me, and has already started for others.... My last highschool year.... Let's make it good!!!!