growing up.

im at the point in my life, that im just fully trusting God and letting life happen for its self and just live a life for God. 

everything happens for a reason, and im not going to try to be friends with everyone or try to be center of attention.

there is no reason for it, im content with life.

God has taught me so much in the past few months and brought so much change into my life.

in each situation, weather i made the right choice or not, ive learned from them.

and well this life isnt about me, its about a life for God. 

im not perfect nor want to be.

things will be okay in the end.

and im glad ive gone thru the things i have and wouldnt change them for a thing. 

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hugs

today i quit my job at the school district and got a new job as a nanny an hour later.

then went to my old district job to visit my kids, and a few of girls spotted me out the window as i walked up the ramp and came running out to hug me!!! and then the rest of the kids mobbed me.

i couldnt be happier to have so many kids missing me. im going to miss them. they used to make my bad days all the better with one hug, smile, laugh, random story, those kid things. i did my job and impacted there lives.

God seriously answered my prayer with giving me a new job, i just got to wait and see when i get a permanent position, that is close to home and more one on one. i hope i get some rad family and kids. im praying that things work out well, i just got to trust Him.

very sore!!!!!!!!!

here is one of my shots finally!

i actually think i have a better one but dont feel like uploading it.

anyways, its 7:45 pm and we're just taping boxes to start packing
but before i do that ill update you on my day

i went out w/ my uncles to a few stores, seriously im sick of shopping
if i forgot to get someone a gift im sorry, ill make you a card with a picture from vietnam.. :]

after riding around, it started to rain... like i said before people here dont really slow down
well my uncle and i were riding back to his place, when we took a sharp turn
and totally locked the wheel and fell over
lucky i was wearing a jacket and my arm just has some scratches and my leg has a few bruises
my head hurts but i was wearing a helmet. ill feel more soreness tomorrow

but im just glad that we are both okay. my other uncle who saw it happen
didnt even think i would stand up right after but i did and just laughed...
the last week here, ive managed a sprained right ankle and now my left side.
had to even it out right?
plus it was bound to happen, i always get hurt
i just hope nothing is worst than i think it is...

i come home in two days!!!!!!!!!
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muine

me and the beach!

the sand duns

this is what they call sand boarding

this is my update, plus i come home soon and can actualy tell you my stories in person!
so not to many post left... but i come home really soon!
im counting the days. i seriously am so excited to get on a plane.
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its offical

(not my photo sadly, but one from the lunar festival by my uncle)

my photo skills are back into the working, since ive been here. ive been really encourage to actually figure out how to use my camera to the best of its ability, and capture some images that i dont think i would have before. finially putting some of those photography skills to work, after i fustrated the heck out of it when i was in photo class.

on another note, im for sure my ankle it sprained. im trying to lay off it for a little bit. but its hard when i want to leave the house and adventure more for the last few days that im here. ill get it checked when i get home... maybe.

thursday, friday, saturday, sunday.... family dinner, goodbye dinner with some friends, and adventuring and packing. plus finding time to spend a few hours with my little cousins who really want to hangout. then monday morning at 5 am, i should be on a plane to come home!

i still dont know who is going to pick me up. my mom said my papa is going to pick me up, but i think willie wanted too. haha, i really dont know. it would help if i could have real conversations with people. contacting over the internet is not the same...

waves crashing

so im in muine.... its a ocean beach area.
so i woke up early this morning and we drove here
in my aunts new grandis.... mercedes

im in the middle of vietnam and so far
the hotel im at faces the pool and past the pool is the ocean!
so ive gone swimming in the pool and in the ocean

there are actually waves here but not really for surfing, but lots of wind and kite surfers here

oh and sandboarding isnt like snowboarding
its pretty much like sledding down sand duns, you so could take a snowboard up there
but the girls who took us, dont go to school cuz its to expensive and the most down to earth girls
ill tell you guys more later, maybe
well sand sledding is so much fun, but i pretty much decided everytime there is sand and my body freaks out
good things dont happen, i need to get that checked but im okay

i think i sprained my ankle though, it really hurts
and im coming back to city tomorrow, wish i was staying longer....

but 6 more days and then im home. :]

pictures!!!!!

surprise beach trip, me and my uncle wi

me, and the two vu's, they drove two hours to join us at the beach

wedding day two, out of order... i got the boutique!

getting into the full cultural experience... day one of the wedding

the bride and i

the 5 am wedding ceremony

the groom and the bride... more pictures to come.... maybe

ocean breeze

yay! finally tomorrow at 3 am im leaving for munair?
well its a beach resort
were going to be staying in a hotel with a ocean view with breakfast and dinner
and supposely we are suppose to be going sand boarding!
i hope its like snowboarding but on sand :]
im going to be there til thrusday, so three days away from the city
(im so not a big city girl)

then when i get back i have three days to pack up and finish buying some gifts
and by then it should be monday and i get on plane... your sunday
then ill be home hopefully all goes well and i dont get stuck in the typoon
where im suppose to stop in tiwan, then come to cali!

i pray that i dont have to stay longer and that i have a job when i get home
but its all God's will and plan.

im alive

i havent been around internet for idk how long.
but last i was sick....

any ways. i did end up going to a surprise day beach trip
where there were actually some really small waves
i got to take a boat trolly up the river to the ocean

but the next day i once again had a fever and stayed home

then later that week went shopping for people back home
ive decided i dont like to shop any more... it takes up to much time
but i got to ride on scooters!

then this weekend, yesterday and today was my uncles wedding
crazy... 5 am ceremony cuz they country side doesnt allow weddings in the day
and then 10 am reception, where my uncles got drunk very early in the day
later that day, it was the lunar festival where kids go out side with lanterns
celebrating the full moon! but where i was mostly the kids made paper boats and put candles
in the center and let them float down the river! there were so many kids making boats and sending
them down the river, that there were traffic jams all over the streets where ppl stopped to watch.

that night i stayed in a hotel with my uncles and got a room to myself!
kinda lonely but fun
and then more wedding stuff all day
like a offering the get the bride home
another reception
and more drinking.....

i come home in a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

spa?

today my aunt linh took me to a full spa day!
it was so relaxing and interesting trying to speak to the people working.
i feel like im being treated like a little princess here, everyone keeps on doing things for me
and buying me things i dont need... i guess this is a vacation.
even if i cant speak the lanuage!!!

any ways im not so sick today, i still have a headache though
but i think i was getting sick from scootering in the rain to much... i cant help it when it rains!
God makes it rain randomly here... kinda like hawaii.

on another note, i come home in two weeks... if you havent heard already.
plus it doesnt look like ill be going to the beach again, because there is a lot of wedding stuff to be done here
and after the wedding, its packing up and a few more small adventures and then i come home.

oh and im not so as tan any more... its always cloudy here and i mostly go out at night.
someone might of won this one... :]

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sick!

ive been sick for the past two days
yesterday i had a fever. :[

ive decided being sick when your not home... it sucks!
i want to go home.
or who wants to take a flight out here and take care of me...


maybe ill feel better this week, cuz were going to the beach!
and maybe to a school, that teaches the poor!
and a wedding this weekend.
then one more week and ill be home!

rain!

thats my update!
its about the rain, i got to ride around town with my uncles and aunt.
we got poured on! as wet as i got, it had to be the funnest ride ever.
people dont even drive slower when it rains, its just crazier i think.
it only rained for about an hour, but it managed to mess up my hair... haha
not like im trying to impress anyone, least its still soft... with out conditioner.

anyways. its night time here, i manage to find a few more stars.
they really do exist here, just not like homes.

oh and i found a baby lizard in the upstairs bathroom...
im going to catch one of these guys before i leave because they are way to cute!
or ill just get a picture of one...

well tomorrow, i get to adventure with my uncles and aunt again
and at night with some friends?

chime?

i was told i was a chime last night... well thats what it was translated as.
he explained that im always smiling and that he thought that i was cute.
so although im in another country and can barely speak the language... i still manage crushes...
and to make a few friends, even when there cousin leaves they still want to hangout. :]

well i am smiling a lot, i even smile when i manage to knock over a drink on the table trying to have a pillow fight across the table in a cafe shop... haha. plus there are to many strange creatures crawling around and so much pretty things to look at here. i also think that there are many secret ninjas here.... haha. i make myself laugh and smile at the most random things.

i noticed too, they dont really get to see the stars here. i spoted the north star and that was it... its to cloudly! rarely clear but the rain is at least kinda fun to play in. even if i get yelled out to stay under where its covered.

i miss everyone back home!
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turtle spider

i had a dream about a turtle spider, that i hit, but since it was a turtle it went back in it shell and was unharmed when i ran over him with my scooter... it was such a werid dream. i hope they dont really exist.

well the internet isnt working in my house, nor have i really been around.

ive been staying at my uncle vi's house and hanging around his restaurant and visiting family a lot, and seeing how close and not so close the family is. this side of the family is really caring, which i would have never known since i have not met them before this trip.

today i went to a textile place and picked out fabic for a cute custom outfit and went to visit more family. oh and i get a yellow traditional dress for free! i think my grandma knows just about everyone in this town or they know her! i guess she was a really big business person when she lived here and helped out alot of people.

i come home in less than 20 days!!!!
and i want a hug!!!! i miss hugs. they dont seem to hug around here. i dont get it. i need to fit that.

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view from a church on the hill.
this is what it looks like on a clear day.
havent seen a day like this in a while.
rain or shine, ill still find something to smile about.

rain

water parks in the rain! almost as cool as swimming in the ocean in the rain but not really it was close thou. while i was at the water park today, it rained liked poured!! here are my new friends and uncle.

i probably wont see them again, cuz the one that goes on all the adventures with us is going home in a few days. its been a fun making new friends. the people here are some of the nicest people you will meet... there were a few others too, which ill have to post a picture later. oh and i got to scooter in the rain too! also eat with a family on a street! haha. so many stories.

dont forget i can drink out here. the drinking age is 18, although i look like 15 to everyone here too! they dont even check id.

anyways, i hope i am able to keep in touch with my new friends and here from the ones back home! im half way through my trip, ill be home in no time at all!

beautiful

God is indescribable to me.

im on way to many adventures for my mind to handle
but all i know is God has opened my eyes to so much.
maybe ill update you guys later
water park tomorrow, who would of thought in vietnam!

sorry mom!

Sorry mom! i got on scooter... well this is the first one with a picture of me. i wont tell you how many ive been on. nor how many accidents ive been seen or almost been in. im still alive and not hurt yet. well least im driving with a girl, ive found out all the girls ive driven with are really fast drivers and better drivers than the guys. in the photo is my aunt, who i met for the first time tonight.

i think i have an obession with ice cream. this has to be day four of having ice cream. you cant see the ice cream in this picture, its actually inside the coconut!!! yummy in my tummy.

its raining again and i just got back from riding around town a half hour ago. tonight was such a fun ride. i really enjoy how the wind blows against my face, but dirt always gets in my eyes. plus it actually wasn't hot outside, really nice cool weather, which was really nice since i was stuck at home all day, but i got to watch movies! yay for new movies on dvd here.

ice cream... day three.

here is a picture of me and my uncle next to me and some friends
and my ice cream
just in case you forgot what i look like... haha

most of you guys are once again sleeping.
ive realized when your sleeping... im not
and half of the time, your in yesterday for me and im in tomorrow for you.
haha. thats kinda cool

well today i went shopping.
well attempted but didnt really like anything
finally got a shirt with pockets! that my new friend picked out.
he is 19 and lives here, he cant really swim so i said i would teach him, maybe he can teach me something.

got to drive the scooter but i got to scared to actually be the driver
to much is around me to distract me, plus being a rider is way more fun
once again i had more ice cream, instead of coffee at the coffee shop
but it reminds me of home and isnt as good as coldstones!

ive decided i have a lot of free time here, with to many rules here
everything is to dangerous for me... haha

well i hope everyone at home is doing well in school, and enjoying the weather and the beaches and the night sky. im praying for you guys. ill be home soon.

:]

im in the mood of writing.
its raining here, and i could go outside and play in the hot water
but i just took a shower and its ten o'clock here
while its eight in cali and most of you guys are just waking up for school

no matter where i am in the world people still think im fifteen years old
im looked down upon for not knowing my own lanuage
but that doesnt make me not intelligent
plus it doesnt matter God has me where he wants me in life
He loves me for who i am, no matter what others think
even if they are suppose to be family

two weeks away from home and ive been homesick once...maybe twice
but havent gotten to sick yet
road on the scooter/motorcycles my mom told me not to ride
ate lots of weird food....didnt like half of it
but dragon fruit is really good and very pretty
( its hot pink, and the inside is white with black things like sesame seeds)
been to four different catholic churches
havent spent any of my money... cuz they wont let me

havent really bought anything...but probably come home with dresses...
but ive seen the sun rise more times then its set
seen the moon twice and no stars...
as much as i miss home... the important things will still be there when i get back
and im not alone here, as much as i feel that way at times
God is with me every step of the way.
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