Hey everyone!!!! like my new layout??? that girl's got a LOT of Christian Layouts including UNDEROATH   true love waits FALLING UP nichole nordeman plus other really cool phrases and stuff!! check it out!! OMC my week was awesome I got to rent the new Left Behind movie...i kinda let me down though, the only thing the same with the original books is that the characters plus their relationships were the same, as was the outcome of the movie and book, but otherwise... everything was different, and the CGI didn't do as good a job as it could have, that always urks me to the point where i don't enjoy the movie.  And Kirk Cameron could have done a better job of acting, i've been impressed with him so far, but this latest movie wasn't his best, he didn't seem as sincere in his emotions, like he had to conjure them up.  The chick playing Chloe did better with her range of expressions, the first movie she just irritated me the whole time! well, off that topic. I got to see Kyle's waterpolo game, it was AWESOME!!! It's lkie basketball in 12 feet of water! so instead of dribbling the ball they push it with their heads while they swim freestyle towards the goal to throw it in the goalie box with one hand. Totally CRAZY!!! i'm so proud of KYLE he plays his hardest, he loves it!!! He came in halfway through the season and he picked up quickly. that's my brother!!! so, we rented BATMAN begins for tonight, so that's what i'm doing tonight. Earlier this week i had my second interview with Family CHristian Bookstore and the District manager was really nice and his standards for employees was astounding, to demonstrate Christ like characteristics while not discriminating, i admire the man. So during the interview, which was freestyle questions, no schedule to follow,he just wante dto get to know me, so he'd ask questions and i'd answere and then he'd comment and say that i'm very analytical in my thinking (compliment) that i seem to be very intelligent  (to the point where he said i was overqualified for the job). i gave him the W4 form and a letter that Pastor G had written and i left feeling that i was most likely going to get the job and that i fit in ther as well as was supposed to work there.  it felt right for me to be plugged in there. So they told me to call if no one called by 1 on Friday, which was 2 hours ago today.  I called and....I GOT THE JOB!!!!!! PRAISE THE LORD JEHOVAH!!!! i  start this upcoming week, i get trained and i'm on flextime, which is i can work however long i want up til 40 hours a week, it is a great start compared to my last job!!! oh how FAIthful the Lord is!!! so, thanks for all the prayers concerningn my job search, please continue to pray for Dara's job search as she was not contacted as was promised concerning the Coffee Bean(ery?) pray she gets blessed by a job where she can find Christian friends her age, she's getting disappointed by the groups we've visited looking for a Bible study to belong to. Oh that reminds me, we went to one on tuesday night in Yorba Linda and it was good, i was unusually shy and blushed a lot, mostly b/c it seemed that there wern't going to be a lot of guys and that the girls looked kinda...girlie, if you know what i mean, but i was prooved wrong, it was a good mix, the teacher seemed to take to me, he's probably around...24...25...26??? i dunno, didn't ask, but he has a bachelors in ENglish so... you figure it out, but he respected me i guess and i think i made one comment, he really impressed me, loved his teaching!!! he's definitely called to do it. but then we ended and we all stood up to pray and he asked a girl name HEather? to pray and then he ased me to pray, which kinda caught me off guard, but i prayed.  i didn't get tto talk with him much, but i'd like to fellowship with him as a brother in Christ, even if we don't continue to go to the Bible Study, the Truth seemed to show through him, and he seemed genuine, i love that!!!! i hope we can develop a sibling relationship. it's awesoem and kinda weird how i've been gradually collecting together a group of believers from different churches to fellowship with, Dana (the leader of that Bible study, yes he is a guy), Lyn and Thomas from Palos Verdes, and Florence from Home Depot. although we haven't all hung out at one time, i'm beginning to really want o have this type of relationship where i know several people from a bunch of churches and we come together to fellowship in the Lord's name.. it would be awesome...a really awesome glimpse of what the Kingdom of God is composed of and how we all are fighting the same battle agianst principalities and powers. it's really cool!! Florence, Dara, Lyn, Thomas, and I are trying to get together to go ice  skating tomorrow, but i can't get a hold of Florence, it's amazing!! i love what we're doing!!! just by being together in a groupit seems like we are gloriying God and His Kingdom. Love you all, and i miss you but i wouldn't trade this for the World!!! i lvoe California and what God is showing me here!! May HE always be praised above all things and given the glory!!!!!

I've had the song JESUS WALKS stuck in my head for weeks.

Kanye West - Jesus Walks Lyrics

Yo, We at war
We at war with terrorism, racism but most of all we at war with
ourselves
(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks with me) with me with me with me [fades]

You know what the Midwest is?
Young & Restless
Where restless ****** might snatch your necklace
And next these ****** might jack your Lexus
Somebody tell these ****** who Kanye West is
I walk through the valley of Chi where death is
Top floor the view alone will leave you breathless Uhhhh!
Try to catch it Uhhhh! It's kinda hard hard
Getting choked by the detectives yeah yeah now check the method
They be asking us questions, harass and arrest us
Saying "we eat pieces of **** like you for breakfast"
Huh? Yall eat pieces of ****? What's the basis?
We ain't going nowhere but got suits and cases
A trunk full of coke rental car from Avis
My momma used to say only Jesus can save us
Well momma I know I act a fool
But I'll be gone til November I got packs to move I Hope

[HOOK x2]
(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks with me)
The only thing that I pray is that me feet don't fail me now
(Jesus Walks)
And I don't think there is nothing I can do now to right my
wrongs
(Jesus Walks with me)
I want to talk to God but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in
so long

To the hustlas, killers, murderers, drug dealers even the
strippers
To the victims of Welfare for we living in hell here hell yeah
Now hear ye hear ye want to see Thee more clearly
I know he hear me when my feet get weary
Cuz we're the almost nearly extinct
We rappers are role models we rap we don't think
I ain't here to argue about his facial features
Or here to convert atheists into believers
I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers
The way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way yall need Jesus
So here go my single dog radio needs this
They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus
That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes
But if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?
Well let this take away from my spins
Which will probably take away from my ends
Then I hope this take away from my sins
And bring the day that I'm dreaming about
Next time I'm in the club everybody screaming out

(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks)
The only thing that I pray is that me feet don't fail me now
(Jesus Walks)
And I don't think there is nothing I can do now to right my
wrongs
(Jesus Walks with me)
I want to talk to God but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in
so long

so hope yall had a good week, i know this song's a little touchy and crude, but if you let it it speaks to you. GOd bLess

Last night i got a call from a theatre that i applied to.  I have an appointment with him at 6:00 tonight.  I've been praying about what job i should accept if i am offered several different jobs; and so far, GOd hasn't told me which job to accept yet, but i can't help noticing that i feel something unsettling about the interview tonight.  Don't get me wrong, i'm not scared, and i'm not anxious either, i just have this bad feeling about it, that's all.  My feelings could be wrong however, but i won't ignore them, i'm going to continue praying about it and other jobs that are up in the air right now.  If i could ask that everyone continue to pray for me and my family, since Dara and I both need jobs right now and I also need to begin saving money to pay off debts that have accumulated, such as the hospital bill that isn't probably covered by the insurance which i don't have now, and I have to start paying off the student loan that my parents took out for me. PLUS i have to get a car, my parents took the car that I was given and expected to pay back, needless to say I don't have to pay it back now since it's no longer mine.   I can't say how much i appreciate the sentiment and love that was put into sending me letters when i needed them the most, so thank you so much Hannah.  I don't miss NJ as much as i first did when i got here, I've settled into the life that GOd has blessed me with but i still long to be able to see you guys and to hang out.  I can't believe the magnitude of God's faithfulness!! He is constantly fulfilling His word that this is going to be a year of growth, not for just our familial concerns and financial needs, but also spiritually.  About ....hmm....lets say 7 months ago, GOd prompted me to write down a very descriptive list of the woman of GOd that i would like to become.  So i did, i wrote down all the righteous qualities that i longed to possess as well as some i didn't wnat to let go of, and i earnestly prayed that God would grant it to me that He would mold me and refine me so that only His righteousness would shine through.  I was astonished when I saw that GOd was actually starting to do just that, I knew that if we prayed that GOd would answer our prayers, but i didn't actually expect a result, i just expected that He would listen to my desires.  But GOd is a fiathful GOd and He has been shaping me into the child of God he wants me to be, and that I need to be for the advancement of the kingdom.  I am encouranged daily through His word and I can't wait to see what's in store.  presently i am studying Revelation and the prophecies of what's to come, it is helping build my perspective of the kingdom and encouraging my soul with the ultimate truth.  Previously i didn't fully understand the meaning of searching the scriptures daily, sure i read the Word daily, but I didn't always hunger for it as I do now, now I keep flipping throught the pages trying to tie it all in together and seeing how great God is and the awesome ness of His power.  I am using the Strong's concordance that the Group gave me in my reading of Revelation and it is showing me time and again how He backs up aone SCripture with another, so I read revelation and i read DAniel and I pray for understanding.  I pray that everything continues to go well at Living Hope and that God will use you and strengthen you to continue building His kingdom. 

 Love,

Your Sister In CHrist

  Nicole