Christmas Eve Youth Group Party

On Christmas Eve, my parents allowed me to go to the Youth Group Party. It was from 9:00Pm until 9:00Am. I had fun being there. I was awake the whole night. We played games and watched a movie. My favorite game was when we were in groups and someone in our group had to shake the box that the leader gave us and guess in how many bites we could eat what was in the box. You could have chosen 1 bite=3points, 2 bites=2 points and 1 bite=1 point. When it was my turn, I guessed that I could do it in 1 bite, and I did. I had 10 gram crackers. I had to put all of them in my mouth before I could start chewing or swallowing what was in my mouth. My throat was dry. After finishing eating the crackers, I went and got a bottle filled with water and drank all of it, because I was so thirsty. That night I drank pop and so much water that I had to go to the bathroom every half an hour.
We had fun by spraying each others with silly strings. I was all over it. We also watched fire works and worship the Lord. I really enjoyed being at the party and hanging out with the new kids. I think that God gave me a good opportunity to meet new friends and just relax and have fun. We also read a bible verse from Luke 18:9-14. It was about a Pharisee and a Tax collector. I think that God really showed me that I was a Pharisee and not a Tax Collector, but he changed my life and now I am a Tax Collector.

Learning to grow up

Today mom, Tanya, Alexis and I went shopping at Wall-Mart.
A month ago or so, my parents decided to help me to learn a lesson on how to spend money when you have a budget. They said that they will give me $10 per week that I can spend for a school lunch. I had a great time choosing what to buy or what not to, because now, these days everything is very costly. I think that I will learn a good lesson from it and when I have to move out on my own I can handle a budget of $10 a week, or $2 a meal. Also I have to start doing my own laundry. If I have no clothes it would be my fault not someone else. I'm glad that mom and dad are trying to teach me these lessons because I know that most people don't have them, and sometimes that is what gets them in trouble.

Christmas

My sister Tanya and I have been in America for 2 years and almost 2 months. Today we are celebrating our 4th Christmas together. I am really happy that God had sent me this family.
This year I am playing basketball, and I really enjoy it. Our team consists of 12 girls. We have played 6 games total, and lost only 1 of them. We lost to Willamette High School. The score was 61-39. I enjoy riding the bus to away games, because I like to talk to my friends.
I enjoy going to school. Every morning at 6:57 Am, the bus is waiting for me by the drive way. Most of my time on the bus I spent talking to Delano or listening to music.
Today my family and I had an amazing Christmas. My sister Kim woke me up at 7:00 Am, just to tell me that the Santa had eaten all the cookies, drank most of the milk and left her a letter.
Merry Christmas to Everyone!!!

This week was really though for me because we had tryouts for a freshman basketball team. The tryouts were after school from 3:40, until 5:30. I enjoyed practicing. I can't believe that my coach Mr.Monger was Tanya's last year P.E. teacher. After 5 days of tryouts, I was sore. My legs were killing me, but I made a team . My friend Jenny made it also. We were on a basketball team together last year and this year. I met a new friend whose name is Mabinty and she is good at basketball also. We are becoming good friends. I enjoy having her as my friend, because she is kind, and she acts the way that a true friend should do. I'm doing great at school. I was seek the last week so I wasn't singing in choir. Everything is doing okay and I'm happy that I will play on a basketball team. My basketball practices are everyday from 3:45 until 5:30 at Cascades school. After school is over, my team and I would have to walk to Cascades school. It is close to High School. I'm really exited and looking forward to becoming a better basketball player than I already am.

High School

I really enjoy being in the High School, but I have to be able to take on more responsibilities. My dad allows me to drive to school in the morning, but not everyday because I want to be in the bus with my friends. I have really good teachers. Almost every Friday we have assemblies. Assemblies are my favorite things to do while the school is in session. I met a lot of new kids. On November 9th we are going to have tryouts for the basketball teams. I hope that I will make it. I can't believe that you have to tryout for a team! I enjoy my PE class because we have been playing badminton and now we are playing volleyball. Next semester I'm going to take guitar lessons. Every Wednesday at 7:45 I have voice lessons with Mr Wong. I used to have them on Friday's at 4:35-5:00, but during that time I will be practicing basketball.

It is Alexis she is 8 years old.