tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75126024904198019302024-03-13T17:02:55.379-05:00Kathi's MusicKathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-64024496299301447052013-09-01T22:21:00.000-05:002013-09-01T22:21:38.697-05:00Build Your Kingdom HereWow, it's my last day in the US and a lot of 'This is my last time doing ...' are popping up in my head!<br />
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I got to do a lot of fun things, got to meet old friends and also some new ones - for that I am so incredibly thankful!<br />
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Here are some things that I did this summer:<br />
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<li>enjoy the Minnesotan weather</li>
<li>be thankful for AC </li>
<li>meet my baby sister</li>
<li>meet YFU friends - George, Karla, Rebecca, Pippu, Eva, Hung and Micah</li>
<li>go to the MOA three times</li>
<li>go to Chicago</li>
<li>rejoin Junction 180 (youth group)</li>
<li>visit Calvary </li>
<li>get the best <a href="http://stephsoundoff.blogspot.com/2013/09/kathis-quilt.html" target="_blank">quilt/blanket</a> anyone has ever seen - thank you Bonnie!</li>
<li>go camping two times</li>
<li>see God's beautiful creation</li>
<li>drive 156 miles straight (with an AUTOMATIC car - one thing I've missed pretty much all the time was my precious clutch)</li>
<li>go up to Moorhead to visit Laura</li>
<li>learn again how to listen to eight conversations at once</li>
<li>meet Jess (twice!) </li>
<li>enjoy people's faces when they eat German chocolate :)</li>
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There was probably a lot more fun stuff, but it's so hard to put everything in words!<br />
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I am so glad that I was able to come stay with my family again, meet old friends and make new ones :)<br />
This was an awesome summer that is over way too soon! I learned a lot and feel so blessed with all the ideas and memories I get to take home!<br />
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We sang this song in church at the beginning of my stay here and ever since it is one of those songs that I can just always listen to without getting tired of it :) It just always fills me with joy! <br />
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<b><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbdJXKqVgtg" target="_blank">Build Your Kingdom Here</a> </i></b></div>
Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-20443643920632847352013-08-06T23:26:00.001-05:002013-08-06T23:26:29.265-05:00Ready or notWell I wasn't really ready for another birthday yet, but I guess that didn't really matter :)<br />
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I had an awesome day, starting with going down to The Cities to meet Jess after just a little more than to years. Mitch went down there to pick up the Horol Missions Team from the airport and I thought it would be a nice opportunity to get there!<br />
We met at Caribou to talk and catch up on each others lives, so good!<br />
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When we got back home I could already smell my birthday cake and I was really excited to have carrot cake again - something we need (more of) in Germany!<br />
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Somewhere between coming home and eating dinner Tirzah asked how old I was now and when Mitch said 'She's 19 now', Tirzah said 'Oh so you're a mom now?'. Best quote of the day! <br />
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I got to choose my favorite meal for supper just like every other Theis kid, thanks to Steph for cooking and baking for me!<br />
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While eating Mitch started a round of "Memories we have of when Kathi first came here" which was really fun to remember little things of my exchange year!<br />
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After supper we had the cake with ice cream - yummy!<br />
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Now I just got home from a friend's goodbye party who is going to Uruguay this year - yay going abroad!<br />
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Thanks for all the congratulations, I had such a great day!<br />
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<i><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzcOlxE5RMc" target="_blank">Ready or not</a></b></i></div>
Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-30322245724905823092013-08-04T15:14:00.003-05:002013-09-08T17:19:42.470-05:0010,000 ReasonsIt's been way to long!<br />
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After two years I finally got back home. Kimmy said that today when I talked to her in church: "I didn't know you are home yet." - that made me smile!<br />
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I arrived at MSP at 6pm on Saturday July 20, 2013 after a long journey from Germany over the Netherlands, to Iceland and finally to America. As Steph mentioned in <a href="http://stephsoundoff.blogspot.com/2013/07/kathi-is-here.html" target="_blank">her blog post</a> already the timing was perfect and neither of us had to wait for a long time :)<br />
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We stopped at the Albertville Outlet Mall on our way home where I bought new Nike shoes since I didn't bring any tennis shoes. Luckily I didn't have any problems with the time difference so that I just went to bed and woke up when everybody else did.<br />
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Church the next morning was so much fun! Just seeing everybody again and their reactions of seeing me again :) I saw Tracey and walked over to her and she looked so surprised! "I thought I would never see you again in MY LIFE!", is all she said for a while.<br />
Missed my second church family so much!<br />
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On Friday Allie and I went to Panera for lunch. It was so nice to talk to you again girl! Sally picked me up later that day and we went out for dinner and saw a movie later. I just missed my little Japanerin and her humor :)<br />
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I didn't get a lot of sleep before we left on Saturday morning to go camping down by Rochester at Whitewater State Park. I just realized that the last time I went camping was probably two years ago when I went to Sonshine :) Steph also posted about our camping trip in multiple blog posts with 100 pictures os make sure you check <a href="http://stephsoundoff.blogspot.com/2013/08/pardon-mess.html" target="_blank">that</a> out!<br />
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Speaking of pictures, I brought my SLR camera that uses films - so no digital pictures to post here :) I will scan and post a few after I get home and got them developed but for now you'll only have my texts and Steph's pictures.<br />
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Anyway, we got home from camping on Wednesday and I left again on Thursday afternoon to go camping with the Youth Group up North in <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=schroeder+mn&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl" target="_blank">Schroeder.</a><br />
The landscape up there is just so beautiful! It was so much fun! We focused on "being still and know that He is God", going through different Psalms and the Lord's Prayer. Besides that we went cliff jumping, swimming, hiking and climbing - such a great trip!<br />
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I just got home last night and was very happy to finally be able to sleep in my bed again. However, Tirzah claimed it back during my second camping trip so that she really wanted to sleep in it too - we ended up sharing it which was really funny since she is about half my size but used twice the room!<br />
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Church this morning was again really awesome, I met Kimmy - so great to see her :)<br />
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I'm going horseback riding now and to Youth Group later tonight... Life is GOOD!<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXDGE_lRI0E" target="_blank">10,000 Reasons</a></i></b></div>
<br />Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-84748565066689909912012-05-24T16:24:00.001-05:002013-08-04T13:52:05.661-05:00It's your life<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Birthday Mitch :)</span></div>
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Miss you and I wish I could be there!</div>
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- Kathi Barbie ;)</div>
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<b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rp_bA6Dk04&feature=BFa&list=PLBCDD79A24B8D95DA" target="_blank">It's your life</a></i></b></div>
Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-62028456264258879682012-04-25T16:03:00.002-05:002012-04-28T12:38:42.424-05:00The Story<div style="color: #6aa84f;">
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Happy 45th Birthday Mom!</span></i></div>
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I enjoyed go seeing a movie with you and I hope you did too :)<br />
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Love you <3<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1WFCivgEgs" target="_blank">The Story</a></i></b></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-51340651557819029492012-03-30T09:52:00.000-05:002012-03-30T10:02:52.477-05:00Just The Way You AreWow, it's been quite a while since I posted my last post.<br />
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What was '<a href="http://www.kathismusic.blogspot.de/2012/01/wonderful-to-me.html" target="_blank">Wonderful to me</a>' then actually costs me a lot of time right now so I guess that's one of the reasons why I didn't blog. That and the fact that nothing really exciting happened...<br />
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BUT it was Eden's birthday yesterday and I thought I should post something about that :)<br />
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<i><u><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy belated Birthday to...</span></span></span></u></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">... the best roommate you could ever think of</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">... a very special friend</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">... a teenage girl</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">... my little sister</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I really miss you and I hope you had a great day!</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span> </span></span></span></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-88371384765099263132012-01-08T07:52:00.000-06:002012-01-08T07:52:28.825-06:00Wonderful to meOkay, I think I might post pictures of Christmas some other day. All the pictures are on my computer and I usually write my blog posts with my laptop - I'm too lazy to put them on my laptop also - so I guess you're just going to have to wait :D<br />
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However I really wanted to post about this:<br />
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Yesterday I went to a YFU - Youth For Understanding - meeting (of members). Here in Germany YFU separates the whole country into different groups (national committees) and I'm part of the one called 'Westfalen'. On <a href="http://www.yfu.de/images/stories/FAM-bearbeitet/landesgruppen.gif" target="_blank">this</a> map, you can see where the different committees are. The meeting lasted about 10 hours and we had a lot of different things to talk about. We also voted for a new head of our group :) Since YFU is a non-profit organization/association almost all of the people working for it are volunteers. I think there are about 30 people working in the main office full-time but the rest is volunteering :)<br />
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We also have various representatives for different aspect. For example there is one representative for publicity. That person's job is to organize presentations about YFU (e.g.: in schools,...).<br />
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Then there are also representatives for:<br />
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<li> cooperation (keeps members motivated and helps wherever he/she can) </li>
<li>publication (responsible for the yearbook and some other stuff that is released by YFU during the year) </li>
<li>interviews (has to find rooms, team members, etc. for the interviews of the applicants who want to go do an exchange year)</li>
<li>preparation (organizes the orientations for the students that are going to leave)</li>
<li>follow-up (organizes the orientations for the students that just got back)</li>
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We voted for all of those and a couple other ones - it's hard to find the right translation so I just didn't list them. Anyway I was voted to be representative too and I will take care of the parents :) Meaning I will organize meetings/orientations for the parents of the students that will leave to go abroad this summer. It's my job to be available to them in case they have problems and I will have to find a location and team for the meetings. I'm really excited for that even though I thought it would take up too much time in the beginning. I was asked if I was willing to do it a few weeks before the meeting yesterday and after I thought about it for a while I really wanted to do it! I think it's a great way to get more involved with my exchange organization :)<br />
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I'm going to take some pictures now for my art project ;)<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngFDFCvBTgE" target="_blank">Wonderful to me</a></i></b></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-13976659724858541762011-12-31T10:11:00.001-06:002011-12-31T11:04:54.074-06:00Something BeautifulSo here it is - later then I expected - my blog post about December 25th. <br />
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On the 25th we did our gift giving at about 1pm instead of doing it on the evening of the 24th. Usually that's how you do it in Germany, but since my mom is a nurse and had to work that night we just did it on the 25th.<br />
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This is what I got for Christmas:<br />
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<li> 5 pair of tights</li>
<li>3 books</li>
<li>2 DVDs</li>
<li>a gift certificate for a jewelry store</li>
<li>chocolate</li>
<li>2 rolls of film (black and white) that I need for an Art Project</li>
<li>a gift certificate to our 'local' book store</li>
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Here are a few pictures of the gift giving :) <br />
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Loved Christmas!<br />
Post about the 26th comes soon, but now I have to get ready for New Year's Eve :) Guests coming in an hour ;) <br />
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<i><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en45u0POegQ" target="_blank">Something Beautiful</a></b></i></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-69929960894651301762011-12-27T05:13:00.001-06:002011-12-27T05:13:21.592-06:00Power of the CrossChristmas was amazing!<br />
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My mom had to work on Christmas Eve and I thought we should do the gift giving on the 25th like I had it last year in America :) So for Christmas Eve Mama, Papa and me first went to church at 4pm, then we ate at my grandparents house (the ones who live right next to us) and after that my mom left for work and me and my dad headed to my aunt and uncle's. We had a fun night with them, my cousin and my grandma! We played 'Who am I?!' where everybody gets a post-it note (with a persons name on it) stuck to his or hers forehead and you then have to ask question about 'yourself' that the other people can answer with yes or no.<br /><br />For example on my note it said 'Joan of Arc' so I was Joan of Arc, but because it was on my forehead I didn't know that, everybody else could read it though, So when it was my turn I asked questions like:<br />
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<li>Am I a person? (yes)</li>
<li>Am I still alive (no)</li>
<li>Did I die more than 100 years ago? (yes)</li>
<li>Am I female? (yes)</li>
<li>Did I live in Germany? (no)</li>
<li>Did I come from America? (no)</li>
<li>Was I from France? (yes)</li>
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Then you just have to go on asking or try to guess who you are. Joan of Arc was the only female, dead woman that I could think of that lived in France so then it was pretty easy... My dad was Bruce Springsteen, my aunt Angela Merkel (our president), my cousin was Galadriel from Lord of the Rings, and my uncle was Steve Jobs. I really like that game :)<br />
After that we talked for quite a while and also my other aunt and uncle (my dad's brother and his wife) came over for about an hour or so... Then we played 'Black Stories' for a while. It's similar to 'Who am I': one person draws a card and reads out the title and short sentence about the story from the first side of the card. He himself then reads the back of the card and the other people have to ask him questions that he can answer with yes or no until they know what happened in the story.<br />
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I guess it was around 1am that dad and I left and we then went to bed pretty quick :)<br />
I will post about the 25th and 26th soon - with pictures :D <br />
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Hope you are having a fantastic time in Ecuador and - besides your birthday - a nice Christmas and a Happy New Year :)</div>
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I love you so much and I'm really, really proud of you - for mastering all the hardships over there in Ecuador ;)</div>
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Looking forward to celebrating your next birthday WITH you! </div>
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It's so inspiring and fun to read my bible right now. Sometimes I just don't feel like it at all, but I really enjoy it recently and I thought it would be great to combine reading the bible with another book. So far I enjoyed reading <a href="http://kathismusic.blogspot.com/2010/11/every-day.html" target="_blank">'Lies young women believe'</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Your-Scars-Are-Beautiful-God/dp/0736916105" target="_blank">'Your scars are beautiful to God'</a> in small group but apart from that I never really found another book that inspired and touched me the way those two did.<br />
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So if you have any that you would recommend reading PLEASE comment or email me ;)<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lS-OmI3h2E" target="_blank">Say, Say</a></i></b></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-46424134441662941452011-12-11T14:29:00.001-06:002011-12-12T11:28:21.333-06:00Don't stopMy blog got a new design :)<br />
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I like it a lot and I really hope you do too and will continue reading my blog.<br />
I thought it could use some new color and gadgets so that's why it's green now and has "What I'm writing about" at the right side. I also like it better when the Archive is on the left side and the main blog posts in the center of the blog. If you have any other recommendations about how I could make it look even better, just comment this post or email me ;)<br />
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I realized that I don't write really often so I also decided to at least try to change that.<br />
Hope I will be able to do that :D<br />
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Oh and I forgot, I also added labels to my posts, I didn't get through all of them yet but I'll finish that as soon as I can... I thought it would help to bring some structure into all of this :) <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I wish I could give you that cake :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hope you have a FANTASTIC 29th (!) birthday with a different cake. If you got my packet already, enjoy the chocolate, if not.. well I hope you don't have to wait much longer! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Say hello to everybody over there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Love and miss you incredibly much,</span></div>
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The church is called <a href="http://www.czbielefeld.de/home.html" target="_blank">'Christian Center Bielefeld'</a>. It's really close to me and I went with a friend (my brother's best friend's mom Brigitte who we will also be celebrating Thanksgiving with next week ^^). We both felt so welcomed right away and it was such a great community and sermon :) I decided to buy a German Bible, since the only German one I have so far is the German-English one Steph and Mitch got for me on <a href="http://kathismusic.blogspot.com/2010/12/we-wish-you-merry-christmas.html" target="_blank">Christmas</a> (there's a picture) and since it's both English and German it's pretty heavy to carry around every Sunday. So now I have a <a href="http://media.dav-medien.de/30221957Z.jpg" target="_blank">smaller one</a>. Also they asked in the beginning before the sermon if there is anybody new that was there for the first time. We then both got a little packet with a welcoming letter, some information about the church, two gift certificates for coffee at the little coffee bar they had there and one gift certificate to get a free New Testament. When I payed for the Bible and got the free New Testament, I also got another book for free. Then when we left the church with the friend who invited Brigitte and me she both gave us a book called 'Jesus unser Schicksal' (in English: Jesus our destiny). So I left the church with four books even though I only bought one :)<br />
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I was so excited and now I am so incredibly happy that we were able to go.<br />
I'm also listening to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Giglio" target="_blank">Louie Giglio's</a> 'UnThinkable You - Journey with God' right now.<br />
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We watched '<a href="http://kathismusic.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-great-is-our-god.html" target="_blank">How great is our God</a>', 'Fruitcake and Ice Cream' and 'Indescribable' during Youth Group before and I just found 'UnThinkable You - Journey with God' yesterday. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m3B3T1S8CL3WMN/ref=ent_fb_link" target="_blank">Here</a> is a link to a short video about the different sermons.<br />
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Wow, there are a lot of links in this post and here is the last one for today :)<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWiQHPW4FVY" target="_blank">You are holy</a></i></b></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-71288019907394439132011-11-07T15:56:00.001-06:002011-12-10T12:55:43.900-06:00You're BeautifulToday one year ago - November 7, 2010 - I was baptized! <br />
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I can't believe it's that long ago already! When I look at pictures (for example my profile picture here) it feels like it was last weekend that I gave my testimony to the church!<br />
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It was such an amazing day and I know that I won't forget it! <br />
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I love the song! It's so true and really encouraging for me ;)<br />
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<ol></ol>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-62064784575279447932011-10-02T06:17:00.001-05:002011-12-10T13:03:11.568-06:00All I Have is ChristWow, I'm back in Germany for more than two months already and today was the first time that I went to church since July 24! I decided I wanted to check out the church I went to with my family - that would be once a year: Christmas - before I came to America, but I kept finding 'excuses' why I couldn't go.<br />
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I got so mad at myself because I didn't do anything, I think in the last 2 months I read my Bible once completely on my own - I listened to the sermons from Calvary that are online so I read a few passages along - so I did quiet time once. I don't even know why I think it's so hard, it really isn't! Back in America I thought it would be so though to find a church that I would like to go to and stay confident in my faith.<br />
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I didn't go to church the first Sunday because we took my brother to the airport (he went to Ecuador do to voluntary work for a year) and after that I just found a whole lot of reasons why I didn't go.<br />
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Last Monday me and my mom visited my Godmother, because it was her birthday, and I talked to her daughter for quite a while! She asked me if I wanted to borrow a couple of books from her and she gave me "When God Writes Your Love Story" by <a href="http://www.ellerslie.com/Eric_and_Leslie_Ludy.html">Eric and Leslie Ludy</a>. I started reading it yesterday when I took a break from studying for my drivers license test and I really like it - I'm only on page 48 though... I am a really slow reader. Anyway, when I read it I realized how much I pushed God away the last couple of month and I started watching <a href="http://www.fireproofmymarriage.com/">Fireproof</a>, knowing it would remind me of the greatness of Him! I felt so good when I went to bed last night :)<br />
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Then this morning I woke up at 8.45am to get ready to BIKE (I usually hate biking, I'm just not the biggest sports fan, but it is so nice outside and my parents were still sleeping...) to church. It is so cool that I went this Sunday because it was the best sermon I ever experienced in Germany! The church has a sister church in Ghana and works together with a missions organization. They had a choir from Africa come to our church and the songs were so beautiful. Plus it was a very long sermon (2 hours) compared to the usual ones (45 minutes) so it was a lot closer to what I am used to from Calvary :) And another awesome thing: they translated most of it in English for the choir. I know it sounds weird but I still understand English way better than German. There are a couple of old words that are used quite often in church that I don't know so it was nice to have the English translation :D<br />
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My school offers a retreat for 10th grade (my grade) every year to a former monastery. They take 30 people every year. Here in Germany we have Religion class in school, but if you want to you can pick Philosophy instead beginning in 9th grade. If there are more than 30 people signed up for the retreat they'll prefer the students that chose Religion and if they still have to many, they will draw the names. I'm really excited for this and hope I'll be able to go.<br />
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I love all of the Animation videos from Sovereign Grace Music, but this is definitely my favorite one so far.<br />
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Please pray for me that I take my time to read God's Word more often and trust in Him!<br />
I miss you guys ♥Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-23281502686848638872011-09-27T11:38:00.000-05:002013-08-04T13:42:41.251-05:00ParadiseSchool started :)<br />
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Actually it did about 3 weeks ago already (September 7th), but I didn't find the time yet to write a post about it!<br />
Since our school system is a little different, we don't have the same schedule every day, so this is mine:<br />
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<li>Geography</li>
<li>Geography</li>
<li>Social Science/Economics</li>
<li>Social Science/Economics</li>
<li>Biology</li>
<li> Biology</li>
<li>- LUNCH BREAK -</li>
<li>PE</li>
<li>Religion</li>
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<li>English</li>
<li>English</li>
<li>- OPEN -</li>
<li>- OPEN -</li>
<li>Social Science/Economics</li>
<li>Biology</li>
<li>- LUNCH BREAK -</li>
<li>- OPEN -</li>
<li>Math</li>
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<li>English</li>
<li>Art</li>
<li>- OPEN -</li>
<li>- OPEN -</li>
<li>History</li>
<li>History</li>
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<li>German</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>Religion</li>
<li>Religion</li>
<li>PE</li>
<li>PE</li>
<li>- LUNCH BREAK -</li>
<li>Math (extra lesson because I just don't get it xD)</li>
<li>Chemistry</li>
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<u><b>Friday:</b></u><br />
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<li>Art</li>
<li>Art</li>
<li>Math</li>
<li>Math</li>
<li>Chemistry</li>
<li>Chemistry</li>
<li>- LUNCH BREAK -</li>
<li>History</li>
<li>Geography</li>
<li>German</li>
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We start school at 7.45am and our breaks between class aren't all 5 minutes long, so here are the times to my schedule:<br />
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<li>Period: 7.45-8.30</li>
<li>Period: 8.35-9.20</li>
<li>Period: 9.40-10.25</li>
<li>Period: 10.30-11.15</li>
<li>Period: 11.25-12.10</li>
<li>Period: 12.15- 1.00</li>
<li> LUNCH BREAK for 1 hour</li>
<li>Period: 2.00-2.45</li>
<li>Period: 2.55-3.40 </li>
<li>Period: 3.45-4.30</li>
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That means I get out of school at 3.40pm on Monday, technically 3.40pm too on Tuesday but I have saxophone lesson right after so I'm not home before 4.45pm. On Wednesday school ends at 1pm for every student because the teachers have conferences and on Thursday I'm out at 3.40 again and Friday it's 4.30pm...<br />
School days are sooo long, but occasionally we get some periods off when teachers aren't in school because they are sick or on a class trip. Because my English teacher was gone last week I didn't have to go to school till 11.25am :) That was nice. I miss being able to sleep long in the morning because school doesn't start until 8.20 - I miss Apollo!<br />
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Well anyway it feels good to be back in school after my super long vacation this year (from May 26-September 7... my classmates only had from end of July to September :D).<br />
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I'm also repeating my year that I 'missed' in school here while I stayed in Minnesota. Turns out to be a really good decision, because a lot of other exchange students I know that are continuing in their old grade are struggling already! My new grade is awesome even if a lot of my classmates are about 2 years younger than I am - I got into 1st grade with 7yrs., most kids are 6 :)<br />
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I talked to 8th and 9th graders and their parents about doing an exchange year on our annual information night about exchange programs and it was sooo much fun sharing a couple stories.<br />
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Well anyway I'm a little busy too now with getting my driver's license so I don't know when I'll be able to post again...<br />
Hope it'll be soon though!<br />
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Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-9610832669143779492011-09-06T12:13:00.000-05:002011-12-10T13:04:55.295-06:00The hardest partSo now that I got the Family Trip post out of the way I still have a lot more to catch up on!<br />
At first I really had a lot of stuff to do so that I didn't get the chance to blog more but then I also didn't really want to finish the post, because it made me a little sad thinking about everything again!<br />
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I had so much fun on our trip and the whole rest of the year so that it's really hard to just finish it up like that.<br />
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Anyway. 'The hardest part' was going back to Germany, not knowing when I come back to America (it's definitely a 'when' and not an 'if' though!).<br />
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I was pretty busy with packing my 3 suitcases - which I started doing about a week before I left. And even though there were 3 suitcases with lots of room I still had tons of clothes I gave to Holly and Hope because I just couldn't take them with me :)<br />
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My last Sunday at church and Youth Group made me pretty sad. I asked Josh if I could come up front during Youth Group to thank everybody and say goodbye. When I did that everybody gathered around me and prayed for me and that already made me cry :(<br />
Thinking about it again right now makes me wanna go back right now - especially with school starting tomorrow :D<br />
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On Wednesday we had a <a href="http://stephsoundoff.blogspot.com/2011/07/kathis-goodbye-party.html">Goodbye Party</a> for me which was pretty amazing! I have no clue how many people came to say goodbye but there were a lot and it was so nice to see everyone ones more before I left!<br />
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That night I finished up packing everything while Mitch was playing XBOX 360. I asked him when we will leave and he really freaked me out when he said 8 AM. We ended up leaving at 7 and that was totally enough time but still made me worry a little that I might miss my plane which took of at 10:56AM (you now being there 2 hours earlier made it 8:56 plus driving for about 1 1/2 hours is 7:26 and then usually you should plan with traffic so I would have left at 6 xD) Anyhow we were just fine and not that I would have complained if I missed it and would have had to stay in America a little more :)<br />
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I felt a little sick that morning and like I would throw up every moment (probably because of all the emotions...) so I decided to sleep on the way to Minneapolis.<br />
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Arriving at the airport I checked in my suitcases and then we still had some time to take pictures - which you can see on Steph's blog :) Then it was time to say goodbye which was definitely the 'hardest part' of the day and the worst goodbye I ever had! Not knowing when you see your family again really isn't fun at all!<br />
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When I walked down to my gate I was crying pretty bad and a airport person even asked me if he could help me somehow. I was so messed-up I forgot to go through the security check correctly: I left my shoes and belt on, didn't take my laptop out of my bag at first, didn't empty out my pockets...<br />
Oh dear I made some people mad :)<br />
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I bought an 6-hour-energy-shot because I forgot to buy one earlier. It's good to have when you have such a long way to go and don't want to be sleepy when you arrive :)<br />
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Then I went to my gate (E6) and waited till it was boarding time. I sat next to a woman who was really nice and we talked a lot about being an exchange student etc. It was nice talking to her and it kept me from being to sad. She had <a href="http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/ear-planes-disposable-ear-plugs/ID=prod353009-product">EarPlanes</a> and said she would give me her extra pair if I wanted it. It helped so much and I was really glad she gave them to me.<br />
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In Chicago I went straight to my gate because I was afraid to miss my flight like I almost did coming to the US. I met another exchange student from Germany who was there with Rotary and a missions group who went to Ukraine for 3 weeks.<br />
In the airplane I was sitting right in front of the 'wall' between the business and economy class so I had a lot of room for my legs :D I wasn't able to watch the movies or anything because we didn't have a screen in front of us but I just watched a couple movies on my iPod :)<br />
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Arriving in Germany I had to wait a little long to get all my suitcases and my saxophone but once I had it I got to my family really quick! My parents, my brother and my aunt and uncle picked me up and it was a fun way back home!<br />
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Well now I'm home for over a month already and it's weird thinking about heading back to my German school tomorrow. I also started having driver's lessons so I can get my license as soon as possible. Fun times!<br />
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Again I will recommend Steph's blog post <a href="http://stephsoundoff.blogspot.com/2011/07/tears-giving-way-to-joy.html">about me leaving</a> on July 28th! <br />
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The first stop was visiting Mitch's grandma in Yuma, Colorado. It was really cool with all the open area around. Steph said: 'When anybody tells you again the world is too populated tell them to go to Colorado.'<br />
I won't write really detailed in general just because I have so much to post about otherwise and I don't want to sit here for four hours and write everything down. Steph did a really good job describing what we did during our trip so I will just link her post. So this is her blog post about <a href="http://stephsoundoff.blogspot.com/2011/07/first-stop-yuma-co.html">Yuma</a>.<br />
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After Yuma we drove to Estes Park in the Rocky Mountains (still Colorado). There we had the Theis family reunion with about people. It was the family from Mitch's grandparents (his dad's parents) and down. <a href="http://stephsoundoff.blogspot.com/2011/07/second-stop-estes-park-co.html">Steph's post</a><br />
It was really cool to meet everybody and get to know 'my whole family'. I'm so glad I decided to extend my stay for a month because otherwise I would have left on June 23 and wouldn't have been able to meet all of them.<br />
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After the family reunion we left to go to Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. It was incredible! Here are Steph's Blogposts: <a href="http://stephsoundoff.blogspot.com/2011/07/yellowstone-day-1.html">Day 1</a>, <a href="http://stephsoundoff.blogspot.com/2011/07/yellowstone-day-2.html">Day 2</a>, <a href="http://stephsoundoff.blogspot.com/2011/07/yellowstone-day-3.html">Day 3</a>.<br />
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Well okay originally I wanted to also upload my pictures from the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone, but I don't have enough room on my laptop to even have a preview of my pictures when I double click on them so it's really hard to post them... sorry. Maybe I will eventually when my laptop is fixed but I can't promise that... we'll see I guess :)<br />
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Anyway the song was Mitch's idea. He told me about it while we were driving to Yellowstone and I like it a lot!<br />
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<i><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp0BhTgxZzg">On the road again</a></b></i></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-87817611194889210312011-06-28T19:55:00.001-05:002011-12-11T06:55:05.586-06:00The Little Things...that will happen soon!<br />
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Tomorrow at 4am we will leave to go on our big family trip to Colorado where we have a Family Reunion! We will also travel around after that (Yellowstone, etc.). I am so excited to be able to see more of the US before I leave!<br />
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Three days after we come back I will leave for Sonshine (July 13-16), a christian music festival where Skillet, Switchfoot and lots of other cool bands - all in all there are 100 I think...<br />
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I'm very excited for all that!<br />
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Alright I have to pack the rest of my stuff for tomorrow now!<br />
"See" you in July.<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL1tMpVnVNs">The Little Things</a> </i></b></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-85982737959503576792011-06-28T11:33:00.000-05:002011-12-11T06:55:49.260-06:00Give me your eyesOperation St. Cloud was great!<br />
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I'm really sorry that I didn't post about it earlier, but I just never felt very motivated to write everything down. If you read Steph's Blog you already know that it was a really great idea. It was basically a missions trip but we did all the ministry work in St. Cloud. We stayed about 20 minutes from town in the <a href="http://www.riversideresort-rabbit.com/">Riverside Resort</a> in Richmond, Minnesota.<br />
The five girls of our team, Kenna, Kaitlin, Katie, Rachel and I, stayed in <a href="http://www.riversideresort-rabbit.com/cabins/cabin14.htm">Cabin 14</a> and the 7 boys, Jordan, Will, Darris, Colton, Trey, Caleb and Josh stayed in <a href="http://www.riversideresort-rabbit.com/cabins/cabin10.htm">Cabin 10</a>.<br />
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We left on Monday at 11am from Calvary... well actually that's when we met there to pack everything up so we probably didn't left until 11.45. We head out to go on a Prayer Drive - we stopped at the <a href="http://www.dreamcenterstcloud.org/index.html">Dream Center</a>, Downtown in front of the <a href="http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4104031-Travel_Picture-Saint_Cloud.jpg">Court House </a>, <a href="http://jdb.server296.com/files/311.jpg">Federal Building</a> and Catholic Church; <a href="http://www.centracare.com/hospitals/sch/index.html">St. Cloud Hospital</a>, Place of Hope, and at Southside Park where we did the VBS. We then also walked around and handed out flyers to kids for our Vacation Bible School. We then went to our Cabins where we unloaded everything, played volleyball (lots of fun!), ate, took showers, talked about the next day: what we would do for VBS etc., and we had Devotional Time and a Camp Fire.<br />
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A 'normal' day looked kind of like this:<br />
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7.30am Getting up and ready<br />
8.30am Breakfast<br />
9.00am Devotional Time<br />
10.00am Prepare Lunch Bags<br />
10.30am Leave the Resort and drive to St. Cloud<br />
11.00am Set up for VBS<br />
11.30am Go out and ask kids to come<br />
12.00pm Start playing with the kids<br />
12.30pm Do the craft and snack after that the drama and lesson<br />
1.00pm Pack everything up and drive to Lake George for Lunch<br />
2.30pm Leaving the Park and going to the Dream Center<br />
6.30pm Heading back to the cabins<br />
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What we did at the cabins kind of changed in time every day but we basically discussed what we did so far and what we wanted to do the next days.<br />
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I really enjoyed the whole 'Operation' :)<br />
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<i><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2cYxOkR2-g">Give me your eyes</a></b></i></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-83922610878644617372011-06-09T11:28:00.000-05:002011-12-11T13:59:06.427-06:00Everything BurnsFirst of all the lyrics don't really fit, but the title totally does!<br />
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I have a huge, very bad sunburn on my legs and arms :(<br />
I decided to go outside to read my book <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights">Wuthering Heights</a> (thanks Laura for borrowing it to me), because it was only about 75°F - compared to the 100°F from Tuesday - I thought it wouldn't be so super warm that I would get a sunburn... well bad thinking.<br />
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I think I had about 2 hours total of sleep last night because I can't sleep on my tummy, but my sunburn is mostly on the back of my legs so sleeping on my back wasn't really comfortable either.<br />
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It's burning a lot and it's really, really, really red :(<br />
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I tried taking pictures, but they don't look anything like it really is. I also wasn't really motivated to keep taking pictures until I have a "real" one :D<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaHkuQFElmw">Everything Burns</a></i></b></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-48857287736963749042011-06-07T11:04:00.000-05:002011-12-11T14:00:07.641-06:00Glorious DayLast Friday and Saturday - so two glorious days actually - I stayed at Laura's house. <br />
Mitch took me over there at around 5 or 6pm and pretty soon we walked to <a href="http://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/">Dairy Queen</a> because it was so hot outside! It was great!<br />
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When we were home we started watching <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795421/">Mamma Mia!</a> and later on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410297/">The Lake House</a>. We had so much fun and I think we finally fell asleep at around 1.30am :D<br />
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The next morning she had a hard time waking me up ^^ She said she let her alarm ring, put it on music, she played music on her phone and hold it next to my head, and then she eventually poked me and I woke up. It was funny because I just put all her other waking-kathi-up-attempts in my dream. So when she played music, I was listening to it in my dream and when the alarm clock went of I just dreamed that some random alarm clock went off - but definitely not mine :) I told that next time she should just start playing songs from my cell phone because those are the ones that I use as an alarm and I will be up right away.<br />
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Anyway, we had breakfast (outside!) and we then started to work in her garden. It was fun! I watered all her flowers and sprayed water on her too :)<br />
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It is so incredibly hot lately and there are way too many <a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5096/5526654883_d1b7aae23f_o.jpg">Minnesota State Birds</a> around! It's always somewhere between 70°F-95°F (21°C-35°C).<br />
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At about 12.30 we stopped and took showers and got ready to leave and go <a href="http://www.stclouddowntown.com/">downtown</a>. We rode the bus which took us about 4 minutes. We walked around and stopped at a couple antique stores - I just love them they always have so much fun stuff!<br />
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Anyways at 2 o'clock I had an appointment with <a href="http://charismasalo.le1.getliveedit.com/pages/Jodi/">Jodi</a> to get my hair cut. It just got to annoying - to long, so super warm around my neck now since it's so warm, but still to short to be able to put it all up in a pony tail!<br />
I told Jodi that I want it short and she asked me 'How short?'. I told her to just cut it really short :D She said 'Okay, I like that that's so much fun.' (just cutting, she said it's more art that way.) She is so funny.<br />
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I really like this new haircut! My last one was exactly 3 months ago (March 4) on Saturday.<br />
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I tried to take pictures of the new haircut but I really don't like them so you'll have to wait until there is a good picture :D<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXp6xcY5IqU">Glorious Day</a></i></b></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-58884860334890320632011-06-06T23:11:00.000-05:002011-12-11T14:01:45.752-06:00Inner PeaceOkay Sally, since you decided not to pick up your phone and didn't let me talk to you, I will have to write this blog post for your birthday!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Happy Birthday Japaner!</span></span> </div>
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I enjoyed our time together at Apollo sooo much. It is just so funny to be around you. You are one of the best friends I've ever had and I want to thank you for being such a great person :)<br />
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I will never forget the time that we spent together:<br />
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<li>all the Pep-Band events</li>
<li>going out to eat with Tony</li>
<li>concerts</li>
<li>band rehearsals</li>
<li>A-lunch during Trimester 2</li>
<li>the car ride to the school and home</li>
<li>Graduation</li>
<li>the Graduation Party </li>
<li>the different dances </li>
<li>Kung Fu Panda 2</li>
<li>and all the time that we will hopefully spend together before I leave :)</li>
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I'm so glad I got to teach you some German and I just love listening to your German talking! I'm proud of you for learning sooooo quickly it was just crazy how fast you picked everything up and started talking to me in German so that I couldn't answer because I already forgot my German :D<br />
I hope you'll have fun with my German dictionary!<br />
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Stay as awesome as you are my little Panda!<br />
I know I will miss you a lot so don't you EVER forget me - you promised to come visit me in 3 years!<br />
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Ich liebe dich :)<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cqnwsOCYpk">Inner Peace</a></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">P.S.: I promise you, you are good enough to sit in THAT classroom, you won't have to watch everybody through the windows and wait to go to the dummy classes with the scary special teacher ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">P.P.S.: I love the way you pronounce the German 'ch'!</span></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512602490419801930.post-3881631748074452332011-06-03T14:46:00.000-05:002011-12-11T14:02:43.555-06:00Hope AlwaysThe pictures that the photographers took at our graduation are finally <a href="http://www.jolesch.com/csEventPhotoBrowse.aspx?EventID=55605&Group=0&Cat=0&PartID=97">online</a>.<br />
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I wanted to order the <a href="http://www.jolesch.com/plaqueInfo.aspx?EventID=55605&ID=&ImageID=10913517&Plaque=2013100,">plaque</a> and put a Bible verse on it. Now I have a maximum of 60 characters that I can use, so a lot of my favorite ones are already out. I try to only take part of the verse, but it's not really working.<br />
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For example, I really like Psalm 32:10:<br />
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<i>Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.</i></blockquote>
For that one I would be able to put "But steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD" on the plaque.<br />
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Or Hebrews 13:6<br />
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<i>The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?</i></blockquote>
For that one "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear what can man do to me", would be what I can put on it...<br />
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Well there are a couple of others and I thought it would be fun to make a poll about it :)<br />
So I will do that and in case you have any other ideas, PLEASE comment on this post!<br />
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Thanks!<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMrOKkRR8WE&feature=BFa&list=PL1ECBD9D71C670A13&index=11">Hope Always</a></i></b></div>Kathihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09783127440772842338noreply@blogger.com2