Week 1: Florida Blvd. Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

wow.. the end of the first week has come and gone... it felt like it just started...

the show was great!! The kids were wonderful in their roles in 2 Tickets to Hollywood... this years summer musical.... it's about two sisters in the 1930's who accidently end up auditioning at monumental studios for a new role in a famous actors new movie.... they get mistaken for twins and end up in a bind when one sister lies and the lie spreads and the sisters have to tell the truth...

It's a wonderful story of redemption and forgiveness.... :-)

2nd... BIG NEWS.. I got to have a "role" in my first EVER Frick and Frack show... it was AMAZING... granted. it was an offstage speaking role... but nonetheless... it was fun!!! :-D

The kids had a great time and the staff did as well... we only had one little boy who got worked up and had to sit back stage during the second half of the show.... but it's amazing what a notepad of paper and a bag of markers can do for a 5 year old who is bawling his eyes out in the middle of the show... :-) haha... poor little Brennan... he got better... and we ALMOST got him back on stage... but he didn't want to.. so we sat with him back stage and watched him draw when we weren't working...

it's those times when you just have to smile.... and know that God is everywhere in every situation and can help you handle every little problem the devil throws at you...

tomorrow starts week 2 in Ruston, La at Temple Baptist Church...

the church service was great this morning... the college pastor was filling in for the Senior pastor... and the sermon was about not just being a half way christian... but to cheer for God.... ALL THE TIME!!! we cheer for sports teams but yet when it comes to God... our cheers are not always out loud... We'll sit in sleet snow and hail for a football game... but we skip church for rain... hmmm... seems a little silly to me...

i enjoyed the service... the worship was blended and very energetic.... one of the nicest services I have been to in a long time... :-)

okay..well it's late... and I have an early morning tomorrow... write more soon!!! :-)

In Christ,
Katie

Week 1: Florida Blvd. Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

hey all!!!

tomorrow's the day.. (well technically it's today...but whatever...) I am so excited for camp to start!!!

I can't wait for the kids to walk through the door ready for a week of music and acting... all in the love and adoration of Christ.. :-)

The staff and I went to the church service at FBBC... it was great worship and wonderful preaching by the pastor..
The pastor spoke on being prepared and ready to move when God calls.. even when the calling is not immediate... he used the passage in Joshua.. where the Israelites are guided through the Jordan river using the Ark of the Covenant.

After the service, we unloaded the trailer and started our tasks of setting up to get ready for the camp day... I helped assemble our (sometimes frustrating) stage...but it all came together well with the help of my other team members...

We then had lunch and finished our tasks...dinner followed...

I traveled to Wal-mart with Neesa and helped with the shopping....when we got back the rest of the staff was just finishing up some last minute touches on the choreography...

Then Phillip and Neesa did a sound check for worship tomorrow...and most of the staff returned to our housing (more about that later... :-).....) except for me, Christina, Phillip, Neesa and a lovely rookie staffer named Madison, who was running the Powerpoint.... we decided to take a trip to the lovely Sonic up the road....well it turns out they closed at 10... but they served us anyway because Phillip and Neesa said that it was only 3 minutes til.... so we got our slushies and drove back to the house.... :-) where the entire rest of the staff was slightly jealous...haha.. but they got over it...

well the real stuff begins tomorrow... i'll probably tell you about the first day... and then the housing...cause it is pretty AWESOME!!

okay...well i'm heading to bed... early morning...

I shall write more soon!!
In Christ,
Katie

Week 1: The beginnings...

hello all!!

haha... i decided to call this post the beginnings because technically day one of camp has not started yet... but we are in Baton Rouge, La for our first week at camp... :-D

I can't type much...my lovely roomie Mary Beth is asleep for the night...

but just wanted to let you know that the drive went well and we are safe and sound...

much more later... pictures and such...

pictures most likely on Facebook... :-)

have a wonderful night!!

In Christ,
Katie

New Trailer, New Faces... TONS of Space...

hey guys!!!

just gonna post a short update before we leave tomorrow..

We loaded the trailer today... and boy does it have TONS of extra space... with all the problems we had last year (loooong story for a different post...) it is good to see that it is much bigger and has AMAZING tires (just one of the problems we had last year)...

it as nice to meet some of the staff that is coming this year that is new... and even seeing some old faces from last year....

Tomorrow, we head on the road bright and early at 9:00... bound for Louisiana... Baton Rouge is our first stop on the 13 week tour..

I am going to try and keep up this summer and have an update for each week and hopefully pictures to accompany as well... :-) ( b/c I LOVE my new Canon haha.. )

alright well.. I am going to head to bed and get some shut eye... gotta get up bright and early tomorrow...

thanks for reading!!
more to come....

In Christ,
Katie

Summertime!

Okay guys! I have officially finished my sophomore year at Liberty and I am EXCITED! because...

IT'S SUMMER!!!

and that means I'm heading out on the road again... and I can't wait... I just know God is going to do great things this summer...

these next few days are going to fly by... tomorrow I am having lunch with my best friend Kimmy and I have an eye doctor's appt... Saturday.. shopping for summer supplies with mom.. church on Sunday... Monday: Hair cut. Tuesday: Dentist... then Tuesday night.... heading to Stafford to start my 2nd summer with Frick and Frack...

This summer I am promising to keep up with my blog.. I am going to post as often as I can as long as the internet is good... I think I might type up a paragraph or two everyday and then post when I can...

I feel like last summer I really fell short... but I am doing it this summer!!! :-D

On a final note... I want to say a word to my friends at Liberty that are graduating on Saturday and heading out into the world to really get into the journey that God has planned for them...

Good luck, my friends.. I will miss you.. very much.. and I hope that you will make a stop back at Liberty before May 2012 (cause that's when I'm graduating) so that we can reminisce on the good times we had a Liberty and in the Worship dept. I love you guys and I know God has amazing plans for you...

"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11

Go out into the world and change it for the world of Christ!

-Katie