Just blah!

Not too much going on here. Just getting really excited about moving. I can't wait to start saving money! It will be so great to live with a family again. I didn't realize how much I miss my family until I visited them a few weeks ago. You know when you're younger and you just can't wait to move out and live on your own, well, now that I've been there and done that, I'm just happy to be going back to a family environment again. Don't get me wrong, living by myself has been great, but at the same time there's no one to come home to, no one to share my day with, ya know!?

Church was great today. Worship was really good. I walked to the back during worship today and saw teenagers just standing there, not really worshipping, kind of zoning out. I miss the days where they were so into worship. The days when Kurt led and the kids just adored him! Or the days when Josh or Noelle would lead and there was so much energy in the room. Don't get me wrong, there's definintely energy when the other leaders lead, and it's a great time of worship, but there just seems to be something missing lately. Maybe it's just me and I need to change my frame of mind. Jessica is an incredible worship leader

I'm at work right now, and man! It's just dead here! I've been fighting off this cold for about 3 weeks now, and it was finally going away, but today I woke up with a sore throat! COME ON! I'm so tired of feeling yucky like this! Ok, no more complaining! I'm healed in Jesus' name!!

Work is so slow tonight! I just can't believe it! Getting so sleepy that I'm starting to slurr the words, which isn't good! Cause I'm still taking reservations!

Ok, well, I'm off in 30mins and I can't wait to go to bed, longest day ever! (Ok, not really!)

I'm moving!

Yup, you heard it here first! I'm moving out of my cute little house, into the McAlpine's lovely house! I just want to be able to save some money for once, and so they have agreed to let me rent a room from them. I am so excited! I know it means moving ALL of my stuff again, but it will be so worth it! I will totally miss my house, but it's going to be great living there and paying less rent than I have been for awhile. It'll be a huge blessing for me and the McAlpine's.
Please pray that the transition is smooth! When I move my new kitten will go live with my parents for awhile.
So, my dad just had a shoulder replacement surgery. It went so well for him. It brought him closer to God, because the other day he accidently took two doses of meds within a half hour or hour, and he said he finally understood that God wanted him to have a better life and that he wants to live for Him completely instead of part way. I'm so proud of my dad! He's come so far. The last time I was over there he and I had a great conversation about his relationship with God. I hadn't realized the things he'd been through w/God when he was younger. Or the things he had said against Him. My dad has so much knowledge! I am so excited to see what God has for him.

Slacker!

I realized I haven't written in this for awhile! What a slacker I am!
Speaking of slacker, today I had the hardest time getting out of bed for church. I have been fighting this cold since last Saturday! Evil cold!! I missed church last week because of it and the week before I missed it because of work. The main reason it was hard to get out of bed though is because of this work schedule I'm on, starting at 2:30 and getting off at 11:00 means I don't usually go to bed until 1 or 2 am and getting up at 9 or 10am. It was weird to be back there at church this week. It was great to see everyone!
I actually got to hang out with friends last night for like the 3rd time since I started this job a month ago. It's crazy working nights, I love it though! We watched The Rundown. I love that movie! The Rock is hilarious in that movie. After they left I watched Crash. Wow, talk about a heavy movie! You should watch it. It's a great thinking movie!
I have next Sunday off, I'm so glad! OH, and I'M GETTING A KITTEN!! Woohoo! Actually, I haven't completely decided yet, but if the kitten is a girl I'll name her Hannah :)

Is it really Monday!

So, with this lovely work schedule of mine I've been forgetting what day it is. Luckily, it hasn't affected me in anyway. I love the hours though. Today is # 5 of 6 days, so I only have one more day. To top that off, I am getting a Heated River Rock Massage tomorrow! I am really excited to try out our facilities! Then I'll have Wednesday off and probably work another 6 days before my next day or two off. Oh, did I mention that I'm getting a full day of overtime this week as well?!?! I'm very happy about that!

I can't wait until the leaves fall this year. It's such a beautiful sight when they are flying through the sky. . . . . that is until one day you're driving along the way, minding your own business, when one of them flies right in front of your windshield blocking your view. Of course, you've run out of windshield wiper fluid and when you go to wipe it away, it leaves dry streaks along the windshield. It's a beautiful thing! :)

I need to get more pics on this thing! I'll try and do that soon.

Friday, woohoo!!

Just a reminder to watch Suzy on Tuesday nights on NBC. It's on at 8:00pm here, so for times in other states or time zones go to www.nbc.com


So, today was my 2nd day of a 6 day shift. I am so excited for this coming week! I will have overtime, woohoo!! I am getting along so great with co-workers, and I really like what I do. Today I was on my own taking reservations. Of course, there were people around me to ask questions when I had them, but for the most part I did it on my own. Thank you Jesus! I couldn't have done it without Him! :)

So, my parents found a church by where they live. It's part of the Assemblies of God church, and it's Spirit Filled. I haven't gone to it yet, but my dad really likes it, which means it must be great, he's even pickier than I am, if that's possible! (Must be where I get it from). Just found out that on October 17th he's going to be having extensive Shoulder Surgery, so if you all could pray for him, that would be great. And a prayer for my mom would be good as well, since she's going to be under alot of stress :)

Well, I'm off, time to relax for the evening! Good night ya'll!

Just another day....

Sitting here at work, just another day on PBX (hotel operator).

Hope all is going well for all of you! Did you watch on Tuesday The Biggest Loser 2 as Suzy kicked some butt? 20 pounds!! That's awesome! I'm so proud of her! It was weird to watch someone I know on TV.

Noelle, Taylor & Josh visited last weekend. They came to church on Sunday. It was great to see them. I hope the gang in Nevada will visit soon as well :)

Gotta go for now!

Beautiful!

God has given us such a beautiful world to live in. Sometimes I forget to stop and acknowledge just how great it is!

This picture was taken by Buford! Beautifully done Bu!

Life & Such

Life as I know it:
Well, right now I am busy training at my new job. I'm meeting lots of new & interesting people, people from all walks of life. Yesterday, as I sat in the breakroom eating my lunch I got to hear a few people discussing Astrology and the realization hit me that this world is so lost when they don't know Jesus! They were talking about their individual signs and how it directly related to who they were as people and how "right on" the description of who they were in those signs. I wanted to turn around and tell them, "don't let some stupid 'Astrology' chart define who you are as a person. Don't let something like that affect your 'moods' & 'attitudes' " It was horrible! I am so thankful that they soon moved on from that topic of conversation. It helped me to realize, once again, how far removed I am from this world through Jesus! I am so thankful!
Enough about that..... So, one thing that I forgot to report on to all of you is that my parents got Baptized at our Church picnic this year! It was awesome!! I am so proud of them! I am also really proud of my sister, Renea! I visited her church 2 Fridays ago and it was awesome! It's called Calvery Community Church in Sumner. A little bit of a drive, but it was so worth it! If I don't work on Friday evenings I'm going to go again.
What else can I talk about?
To answer a question that I'm sure at least 75% of you would ask me if in person.........NO, I'm not dating anyone :) No prospects either, that I know of. :) God's timing, right? Right! So, there's your answer :P

Have to go for now!

Oh, big shout out to Karon! I love ya & miss ya!

Salish Lodge & Spa Rocks!

I promise it does, I'm not sure biased because I work there now!

I am so excited, today is my 4th day on the job & it's great! Thank you to all that prayed for me! You guys are awesome!

I got the job!!

Woohoo!! I don't have time to write, but I got the job at the Salish! I start tomorrow!

Interview at Salish!

So, today I had my interview at the Salish Lodge and Spa! It was great, I don't know yet if I got the position, but it sounded promising when I left! It's such a beautiful place! I hope that is where God wants me! God is good, I'm sure He'll let me know what's next in my ever changing life :)

Hope ya'll have a blessed day! It's so sunny today, I love it!

Links & Stuff

I finally figured out the link thing! Woohoo!! If I forgot you, I'm sorry, but I might not have known you have a blog, so let me know what it is! Buford, do you have one?

So, this week has been pretty full of looking for a job. I am applying everywhere! The job I really want is at the Salish Lodge, as Front Desk Agent. We'll see how that goes.

Yeah, some Spammers got to my comments, sorry if that was confusing everyone. Don't know how to make sure that doesn't happen again. Might need to make this board not public.

Hope you all have a great week!

OH!! I almost forgot! I am going to the Mariners Game today. The weather is horrible, but it should be fun!

I almost forgot! My Portland Adventure!

Last Friday started out with all of us meeting at Starbucks to get coffee before we left for Portland. I can't even begin to tell you how surreal it felt to just casually sit there and drink an Iced Coffee and talk. I felt so out of it, could be that I woke up at 5:30 in the morning :) Anyways, we all piled into the 2 vehicles and headed out. I was really glad that Tina was along, not only because I just love her, but because it meant we got to stop for a bathroom break :)
Once there in Portland, about 3 hours later, we introduced ourselves to the people in charge. Taylor, oh so graciously, introduced me as Mackenzle, his nickname for me. Yeah, I didn't spell my name wrong, it's pronounced Mc-Ken-zle. The guy there was like, excuse me?! I said "No my name is really mackenzie" and Taylor and Josh were like, "you can call her Kenzorg too!"
Anyways, we started unloading stuff. Ok, I thought I had alot of stuff when I moved?? Wow, Josh had so much! But it was fun. The Administrator/Organizer freak in me couldn't stand looking at their room for very long, so after the 3 of us made an exciting trip to WinCo, we unpacked a bunch of stuff. We met a really funny guy named Daniel, but he goes by Double D, he's their Dorm Leader who lives two rooms away. He is hilarious! Had us laughing for quite awhile. (NO, there's no interest there, just giving details)
Oh, and then there is this guy Drew, even funnier! First thing Josh says to him about me when Josh introduced us was "This is Mackenzie, if you know of any cute single guys around here, she's looking for a husband!" I am not even kidding! He totally said that!

I'm sorry this is getting so long, but it was quite the adventure!

So, jumping ahead a couple hours; Noelle and I hung out on the lawn in front of the girls dorms for awhile. We had a little girl time and talked. I haven't laughed that hard in awhile. She is the other half of my brain you know ;) Sorry, inside joke!

Around 6 we all left to meet some people at the Lloyd Center (Mall), and then we got onto the MAX. The MAX is hard to describe, it looks like a monorail/subway/train/trolly all mixed into one. It goes really fast down the street & is alot of fun! The first thing all the people that we were with do when we get on it is start singing some funny Christian song, I'm talking total OLD SCHOOL Christian song. It was as if they were letting people know "WE ARE CHRISTIANS, WATCH OUT!" It was hilarious!
We were on our way to a Minor League Baseball game at the PGE Stadium. (Later I found out that PGE stands for Portland General Electric) The game was the Oregon Beavers VS. the Salt Lake Stingers. Great game, lots of fun, the Beavers lost though. The people we were there with were hilarious! After the game we got back on the MAX and then off again, only to walk around Downtown Portland to find a pizza place & a gilato place. I stayed with a few people at the pizza place and then everyone ended up there eating pizza. And just when the 4 of us (Taylor, Noelle, Josh and I) were ready to go back to the dorm, the others that hadn't been at the Gilato place wanted to go back, so of course we all suffered through sitting there while the others, who hadn't woken up at 5:30, chatted along. We finally told Drew that we needed to go, and he escorted us to where I was meeting Jacquie Martin. As we were walking Drew explained to me how Downtown Portland's grid system worked, because I hate it when I don't know where I am, and now I know the general idea of how it works. I was waiting for Taylor or Josh to make a comment about Drew and I walking & talking but they never did, surprising!
I finally met up with Jacquie & went to her totally cute apartment!
The next day, Jacquie & her roommate dropped me off at the dorms & then we all hung out with Josh's parents. After a lovely trip to Home Depot & another computer place that I can't think the name of, Taylor, Noelle & I went to the Lloyd Center to go shopping, while Josh hung out with his parents.
Finally the time arrived when I had to say goodbye to my dear friends. It was so hard! I gave Noelle & Taylor big hugs and teared up a bit and said goodbye. And then when I was walking towards Josh to say goodbye he was talking to his parents. I said to him "I'll see ya later" and he said "oh, that's right, you're leaving too, that's so weird, I forgot you were leaving." We all walked out to the car & Taylor finally did the little dance that I've been waiting for him to do for months, it was great!
Car ride home was good. I got to be Jan's sounding board, she's just the sweetest thing! As the cars around us were being dumb, I got to see another side of Wayne as well.
I finally got home around 10:15. Long 2 days! It was so much fun though. It was nice seeing a better side of Portland, rather than the crabby people I had met before.
Well, now that you've read my novel about Portland, I must go! I hope you had fun reading my adventure, feel free to ask questions for more details (Like you need anymore details after that story!)!

It's been a long week!

I never completely understood just how important it is to have Godly friends and people in your life until this last week. It's been a rough week; you could literally call me a basket case this week, happy one minute and sad the next. One minute I'm so happy to be here in Maple Valley, the next minute I'm ready to pack all my stuff up, put the cat in the car and move away. The one thing I've loved these last 6 1/2 years of being a Christian was going to Youth every Wednesday night, and even that this week felt weird and out of sorts. I found myself questioning, why am I here? (Not here as in alive here, but here as in RLC Youth, Maple Valley, WA). The more I try to get away from the idea of moving, the more I am drawn to the idea of it. Pastor said to me last Friday "You know you don't have to move & change your whole life just because everyone else is, it's ok to stay here & continue," I wish that statement felt more secure in my heart, but so far it feels more the opposite of what is true.

Off to Portland they go!

Tomorrow I am helping Josh, Taylor & Noelle move down to Portland. It's going to be an interesting time, a little surreal, but it will be fun to spend time with them & help them move.
I'm so excited for the 3 of them. God has so much for them & it will be great to see how they grow in their walks with Him.
So, I thought it was only 7 of my friends leaving me in such a small time frame (Yeah, ONLY!), but I found out Tuesday that 3 more of my friends are leaving as well! So, do the math, that's 10 people! Thankfully 2 of them are just switching churches, not leaving the state, but I still don't want them to go either! Like I said in a previous post, change change change. . . My life is all about change right now. I wonder what God has instore for me, some people were joking that I'm supposed to go down to Nevada too, but I'm not so sure yet about that. We'll see what lies ahead! Please pray for a safe trip tomorrow! Love ya'll!

Summer Camp!

Here is a pic of some of the leaders during one of our morning mtgs.


Check out Taylor & Kona! What's up with that?! The boys at camp definitely bonded this year!

One of those days

You ever have one of those days where nothing could go wrong, great day, everything is going your way......and then BAM! The enemy just tries to come in and take it all away from you! I am so tired of being him trying to rip me off! Anyone else feel the same? Sometimes I deal with what my sister calls Mind Monsters. I guess it means I need to get more into the Word! Time to get on my knees before God and seek His face!

Nerves of steel? I wish!

So, the singing thing! It wasn't a real audition, it was more like the leaders getting to find out our strong points. I did ok, I could have done better, but I got nervous. I sang in front of 3 people; singing all by myself without a piano, with a piano & then accompanied by one other person.
Being on worship team is so great, especially on youth nights. The team we have right now is just incredible. We all work together so well. It's too bad that 3 of our key people are leaving in a week to go to school. There has been so much change lately! In roughly 2 months time I'll have had 7 of my friends leave to live out of state! Can you believe it? Having Kurt & Mary leave was hard enough, now I have 5 more that are leaving! You guys are killing me! :)

I thought I would include a Summer Camp pic, to show how many people were there this year! 82 people! 83 if you add Kurt, can you see him in the pic?

Singing solo, oh wow!

So today I get to "audition" for worship team. I am SO nervous! I know I shouldn't be, but I am! I am horrified at singing alone! My friends say I need to be confident in singing, and I know I should be, but I just feel so exposed when I'm alone singing! Lord help me! I know He will be there with me, that is all the comfort I need!

Ok, it's almost time, here I go!

Kenzorg's Blog!

I am so excited to do this whole blogging thing. I hope it's easier to keep up on than email! Thanks for the idea Olivia, Mary & Jess!