"Tattooed"

This weekend I got the awesome privilege to go Mark and Jenn's church in Milton and help with their Disciple Now. It was incredible! The theme was "tattooed" and we talked about being "marked" for Christ and the verses in Leviticus (yes, people still read that book. It still has good stuff to say. :0) and I Peter where it talks about "being holy because God is holy."



Me and Becca





Brandon is very photogenic. :0)



Brandon and Brittany



Emma and Becca



Taylor and Sam



Kathy and Brandon



Me and Ashley



The whole gang. :0)

That night, after eating tacos, we watched the first session of Louie Giglio's "Tattooed" series and it was great. He talked about being marked by Christ and we talked about in Galatians, when the Jews and Gentiles were arguing over whether Gentile Christians should have to obey the law and how now, the calling is even higher. We went from a series of external rules, to internal "holiness." (Be holy because I am holy.) The latter is much more difficult. I can't really explain it all because I'm not good at that kind of thing, but it's Louie Giglio, so you know it's good.

The girls and Becca (a youth worker from a church in Bagdad, Florida) and I went to a host home and had some discussion time and we designed our own "tattoos" and talked about what we would have if we got one.

The next night Brent came over and I haven't seen him in about 3 years so that was fun. He was on me, Mark and Nick's team the first year we all went to Ukraine. We all just talked and played random love songs on my laptop and stayed up really late. Oh, and we all put on fake tattoos, which was super great.



Me, Brent and Nick in the background.



My amazing, upside-down, pink ninja tattoo



Oops, Brent blinked.



That's better. :0)

So Sunday morning me and Nick Jones spoke in church and that went really well. I thought people were pretty responsive and the youth shared what they learned and that was good. Then Mark and Jenn took us to lunch at Ruby Tuesdays and I headed home. I miss all of y'all!

The Koloring Klub's new branch

Let it be known that Kenley's Koloring Klub has founded a new branch in the northwest vicinity of Tallahassee. The new branch has a wide variety of koloring books featuring today's up and koming artists. There is even a "Kreatures of the Sea" section. While krayon kolors are kurrently limited, a new 96 pack is in the works and should be arriving sometime next week. Jenna Myrick has surveyed the new klub and some of her artwork is being featured this kwarter.


"I think the new winter kollection is going to look really great. It's something we kan all look forward to. The limited kolors may be an obstacle to some, but to me the options are limitless. I think you will all appreciate the new techniques I've employed." -Jenna Myrick, featured koloring artist


Our Winter Lineup:

A Questionaire

1. What is your occupation? Slave to Florida State University


2. What color are your socks right now?

Not surprisingly I am not wearing any, but I don't own any white socks. Mine are all multi-colored. No one sees your socks anyway. Might as well jazz it up.


3. What are you listening to right now?

the opera of my cat (he's not very good) and the old easter musical from a couple years ago


4. What was the last thing that you ate? some cherry tomatoes.


5. Can you drive a stick shift? Well, sorta. I learned to drive stick on Linda Wyman's car in Sarah's neighborhood and as we're driving down a hill, linda says, "Oh, the brakes don't really work, by the way." They didn't. It was the scariest thing ever. We slid through like, 3 stopsigns. Fortunately no one was coming.


6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? I love macaroni and cheese and robin's egg blue. Those are from the Crayola 96 pack.



7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? I don't know if "spoke to" would be the right term. My mom handed me the phone while my grandma was babbling about nonsense and I chased her over the house trying to give it back.

8. Do you like the People who sent this to you? Of course. Except when they try to pay for things that are not theirs to pay for. Especially when they leave it hidden behind fictional movie characters.


9. How old are you today?

I had to think about this. I'm 21. I keep thinking I'm 22, because the only time I hear reference to my age is when people say, "Calyn, you're going to be 22 this year." So I keep thinking I'm already 22.

10. Favorite drink? Diet Pepsi vanilla. It is so good.


11. What is your favorite sport to watch? college football, hands down.



12. Have you ever dyed your hair?

Yes, but it turned out pretty much the same color. I guess it's just meant to be red.

13. Pets? Unfortunately. 2 cats and a dog. The dog I'm good with, one of the cats, okay, but the other one, well, let's just say I won't cry at his funeral.


14. Favorite food? Mint chocolate chip icecream.


15. What was the last movie you watched? the Patriot with Lerah.



16. Favorite day of the year? I love St. Patrick's day. You get to wear green and green is just an all around great color, and the Shamrock run in Tallahassee is that day, and I love all things Ireland. I really like easter too, because I was always in easter musicals that day and that was fun.



17. How do you vent anger? I call Lori, and/or go running


18. What was your favorite toy as a child? Uh...my brother, probably, no, probably this game we had called "scram ball." When your mom babysits like, 13 kids in the summer, group games are a lot of fun.


19. What is your favorite, fall or spring? Fall. Football season starts.


27. Top 3 favorite movies? Shawshank redemption, Lord of the rings, X-men (technically that's 7, but whatever.)


28.Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? Loritchka


29. What did you do last night? Haha, played monopoly with Kenley, Tori and Diane (I WON!) and colored in coloring books and then scanned the pictures with Kenley because his refrigerator was getting too full and put them on facebook. We are pathetic. But oh, so cool.


30. Favorite scents?

Christmas in general is a good smell. I like peppermint too.


31. What inspires you?

When people talk about things God is doing that I can take part in.



32. What are you afraid of? Failure. I'm still wondering what my boggart would look like in Professor Lupin's class with that one. Oh, and most definitely aliens.



There's some more, but I'm kinda bored now. I'll have to think of better questions.



33. If you had to have dinner with Dennis Rodman or Barry Bonds, who would you pick?

Probably Dennis Rodman. We could go somewhere really fancy and he could wear a nice dress.



34. How did the chicken cross the road?

'

I, for one, have never actually seen a chicken crossing the road, so I don't know that I necessarily believe that chickens do in fact, cross roads. How do we know the chicken ever made it?



35. How old are you before it can be said you died of old age?

I would say, like, 74. Old enough where you have to have one of those little pill-holder things.



36. If you have a cold hot pocket, is it just a pocket?



I would say, yes.



37. How come people tell you not to stand in front of an emergency exit when if there was an emergency surely you would run through it?



I have often wondered this. It’s probably because they want to be the first one out.



38. If an African elephant comes to America, is it an African-American elephant?



Only if it was born in America. If it is from Africa, it is still an African citizen. Once it gets its citizenship and passes its test, then it will be an African-American elephant.



39. Do people who use sign language see little hands in their head when they think about what somebody said, or do they hear the words in their head?



This is a great question. I do not know.



40. If a king is gay and marries another guy what is that guy to the royal family?



A scandal



41. If you were stuck on a desert island, what three things would you bring with you?



A yacht, a GPS phone, and a fishing pole

Sweet Reunion

This weekend was pretty much the best ever. Veronica and Olya flew in from Kyiv for the Passion conference and they hitched a ride with Jake and Taylor down to Tallahassee. To say we had a good time would hardly do the weekend justice. Carli came up from Orlando and we filled the weekend with lasagna-eating, dance partying, karaoke, scavenger hunts, running through the rain, singing to Jesus, watching old-school photo slide shows on Jake's mac, echillada scarfing, chicken fighting, roadtrips, walmart runs, and sad goodbyes.


Our shout-out to DePek! Derek, there are 16 candles and a tea cup, just for you!

Me and Jenshka hanging out at Kenley's. Kenley put us all up for the weekend, all 11 of us. PPPPASIBAAAAA, KENLEY!!!

Carli is too cool for her own good. She could kill you with those eyes if it weren't for the safety feature on the lens.

Mmmmm, worship time with Jake and Taylor. Why can't we do this every day?

Awww, Alec and Kenley sitting still long enough for me to take a picture.

We went to Walmart to get stuff for a picnic in the Capitol building. It was pouring rain the whole weekend, but we still managed to get a picnic in. Olya found this amazing cheese with a pirate on it and we thought immediately of our Johnny Depp look-a-like friend, Oleg Magdych. Nice find, Olya.

This is us at the top of the Capitol building. We were behaving ourselves at this moment. Seems to me this was before the chicken fights started.
Lori and Veronica by the 22-story lookout. It is pretty sweet, if you've never been there.

Olya and Veronica got a hold of my camera and took about 20 pictures. I'll just put one. ;0)

I took the girls to the best store in Tallahassee- The Country Dollar. It is amazing.
We are hot.

I need some hata-blocka's, Carli!

Me and Loritchka drove the ladies up to Atlanta and we stayed at my Uncle and Aunt's house. Veronica freaked when she saw my Aunt's "Gone With the Wind" collection. She cracks me up.
Veronica while we were talking to Jake and Tay-Tay one last time.

Me and Lori- sleep deprived, but photogenic as always.

Me and Veronica in the airport.

One last hurrah at the Atlanta airport. We're getting devoured by the dinosaur. Is that your dragon??? :0)

Mark Twain said, "Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with." I am glad I get to share my joy with you all. I am truly blessed with friends I hardly deserve. Ya Vas LYUBLYU!