firstfruits

"Don't be deceived, my dear brothers. Every good any perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created." James 1:16-18

pray. .

Pray for Aunt Sara.

"Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD" Psalm 31:24

i love mr. robert's belly

so i checked mapquest.com today to see just how far Newberry, South Carolina is from Ambassador Camp. 3 HOURS AND 32 MINUTES! I would be completely willing to ride that far if only i didn't start at four thirty in the afternoon once i had performed at my first band competition of the year.

this weekend was pretty fabulous. I got to see a good many camp people, although it will not begin to make up for the lack of Hobo next weekend.

"Charm can fool you, and beauty can trick you, but a woman who respects the Lord should be praise" Proverbs 31:30

band today. .

our first full run through of the season=a hill i'm so glad we're over!

I'm pretty exhilarated! :-D

holes

i was reading a friend of Ashley Porter's blog the other day and it got me thinking. .

you know, since we have been youngesters in Sunday School we have been taught that we have a God shaped hole in our hearts that only he can fill. So many times we try to fill that space up with relationships or material things, but it never ever works out because He is the only thing that can fill that emptiness in our lives.
Well, how amazing is it to think that God has a Stephanie shaped hole is His heart that only I can fill? Someone can try to fill up my space, but the Lord yearns for a relationship with ME!

"My soul yearns, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God." Psalm 84:2

thrift store shopping, rawtown coffee, ear piercing, fiesta, and silliness

so today was good. even though i stayed in Cheraw all day, somehow, Anna Grace, Chloe, Shari, Saumel, Kate, David, Jed, Taylor, Rebeka, Banks, and I found things to do all day. It was pretty amazing. And assures me that I really do have fun friends in Cheraw.

passion.

i want this world filled with passion for the Lord. I want to make that my prayer. I want to see Christians grow in Him and feel completly comfortable with other believers. I want walls to break down; be open, completely.

innocence

i miss everything about camp. i really miss the innocence of it. That's one reason I think I want to work with children; their innocence.

I think I will call someone I love. .

the football game (this post has very little to do with the actual game).

i didn't want to go to the away game today. i was hoping it would get rained out or it would be to muddy to play from the rain. Well, we ended up having it. . and guess who i got to see!
ALYSSA AND ERIN!
it was fabulous. I needed to see and talk to those two and oh how marvelous it was! goodness, i wish our time together had been longer!

home.

i have a lot of things I miss.

I had a dream last night and Hilary was in it. . that's probably why I missed her and camp so much today, especially my girls. I'm ready to go home.

thanks for the chill music, andrew.

Caroline asking Andrew about his return to camp this summer: "when are you coming home?"

HURRAY!

so i was talking to a friend tonight on AIM. I met him at SummerSalt a few years ago and we've kept in touch through email, IMs, etc. Lately, I've been praying for him because I felt that he had lost that fire of the Lord that I had seen before. Our talks didn't include how God had been working in his life.

"well im gettin my life straight with god slowly but i am and everyday i get more and more over dani"

Praise the good Lord above! I was so glad to hear from Justin today! Especially news that blessed me so much! I'm so glad that he desires a relationship with the Lord!

first

I don't know about the rest of you girls, but i sure do love when guys take initiative in a friendship. those are the sort of friends that i tresure.
To the guys in my life who have done this lately, great job! ;-D thanks

"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."

Romans 5:1-5

my two favorite cheraw boys

my throat hurts from laughing so much with andrew and kevin. oh how I am going to miss those boys! those college kids.

pictures

so i was looking at rebecca's xanga and my camera (which reminds me of her) and i thought that i should update with some random pictures that i've taken with my camera since i got for my birthday and all. .

Kate and me. She has been my third roomie at band camp. I've never had the same one. Oh how we both missed Chloe like CRAZY! Band just isn't quite the same. And the two of us acting REDICULOUS during sectionals. . . and people wonder why we don't have those runs down. actually the two of us have most of them.
My favorite twin acting goofy while wearing. . somebody's sunglasses. .? I'm not sure if they're big enough to be dana's.

Shari and Amiee. I basically love them both. Shari just moved to here from Michigan and she is super smart. The Lord has blessed me with a new Christian friend that I am so excited to get to know! Oh, and she's never eaten at Bojangles!

See that little red dot? Well, that's a gummie bear stuck about twenty feet up on a wall at Francis Marion University. They were going to see if it would stick to the ceiling, but the wall worked.

Some of the seniors rocking it out during our pizza night. Tons of laughs!

Band camp was pretty fun. . but it was different from any other year. I can't really pinpoint why, but it was. Maybe it was simply because I was a junior. .

camp for a month

well, i think i've almost grasped andrew white's obsession with ambassador camp. it's "amazing" (camp i mean, not his obsession). I miss it and everyone there like CRAZY. my goodness, I want to be back. I mean, I did live there for a month.

I MISS AC!

Bored?

Well, I'm home from Ambassador Camp for the night (and I now understand Andrew's obsession). I don't even like that I will not be staying in my bunk tonight. Anyway, I've got a boredom solution for you. If case anyone gets bored you can write me a letter and send it to:

Stephanie Moore
c/o Ambassador Camp
P.O. Box 200
Lake Waccamaw NC, 28450

And if you don't won't to send it on your own then a few of you guys get together and send me one. Of course, I don't expect too much from this, but it would be nice. Send me a letter because getting a letter at Ambassador Camp is like getting extra dessert!

deserving

everyone should have a sumter parallel.

you know. .

sometimes cliches are right. even if you don't wanna admit it.

i love that to God I am absolutely beautiful! I can't wait to be that way to a Godly man. but until then I'll pray for him.

Life has been crazy, but i can see a line between the world and what God wants for me. Of course, I know what is right, but I want to study it more than I have lately.

the wreck

That's right. Andrew, Anna Grace, and I were in a wreck last night and I can't praise the Lord enough that all three of us are alive. We've all got some sort of damage done to us, and unfortunately Andrew's new car is messed up. I don't remember anything about the actual accident. I don't know what it was like having a truck run into the car. The only thing I do remember is waking up right before they took me inside the ambulance and realizing it was night time. Although, I wasn't really waking up, I was hysterical according to Andrew. I just didn't remember what was going on. I have a broken ankle, stiches on my left arm, and badly bruised hip. Andrew as a broken wrist and staples on the back of his head. Anna Grace had a minor concussion and I imagine she is pretty sore just like the rest of us. Either way, I am so glad that all of us made it though the wreck. You usually hear about friends of your friends getting in wrecks, but you hardly ever imagine that it could be you. Remember to buckle up!