Things About Me
Being tagged by Evan, I decided I had better buckle down and do this. So here it is. Make of it what you will! ;)
Eight years ago: I was 15 and trying to get all my school done every day so I could read, read, read! I believe somewhere around this age we were also practicing folk dances and we had a Civil War ball. Evan, you were really short at that time and Courtney and Bethany were quite little. Also during this time, I was preparing to go to Mexico on a mission trip, which would forever change the course of my life!
*5 years ago I was: 18 and full of independence. I had a job, a car, and I really thought I was something! I had just graduated, and was trying to decide what to do with my life (hey I am still doing that) !
*1 year ago I was: Living and working at an orphanage in Mexico surrounded by “my kiddos”, my older girls, my friends from church, and my best friend.
*Yesterday I: went to Nacogdoches to run a ton of errands, then came home and was entertained by the Yerkes family coming to visit. We had a practice round of impromptu speeches, and then Evan and Caleb discussed their ideas of costumes for the costume party ( I am not giving anything away guys)! It was quite amusing.
*5 songs I know all the words to: Dios de la Creacion (Eddie Woolsey), Esperame (Jesus Adrian Romero), Brave (Nichole Nordeman), Pan de Vida (Jesus Adrian Romero), Held (Natalie Grant).
*5 things I would do with 100 million dollars:
Tithe
Build and run my own orphanage
Provide for my family and my second family in Mexico
Invest
Buy myself some decent clothes
*5 things I would never wear:
Anything with polka dots
A mini skirt
A naval ring
Shoulder Pads in clothes(I hate them)
Well I can’t think of anything else
*5 bad habits:
Procrastination
Taking the offenses of others on myself
Not always being patient
Letting my emotions dictate my moods (not all the time!)
Getting annoyed when Caleb is hogging the computer! :)
*5 biggest joys:
Sensing God’s leading and presence during my quiet times
Being surrounded by all the people that I love (this applies in Mexico, or here in Texas)
Witnessing to people and being there when they actually accept the Lord
Blogging and e-mailing my friends as well as working with pictures online.
Working in a foreign country on the mission field
La Gringa Loca
Eight years ago: I was 15 and trying to get all my school done every day so I could read, read, read! I believe somewhere around this age we were also practicing folk dances and we had a Civil War ball. Evan, you were really short at that time and Courtney and Bethany were quite little. Also during this time, I was preparing to go to Mexico on a mission trip, which would forever change the course of my life!
*5 years ago I was: 18 and full of independence. I had a job, a car, and I really thought I was something! I had just graduated, and was trying to decide what to do with my life (hey I am still doing that) !
*1 year ago I was: Living and working at an orphanage in Mexico surrounded by “my kiddos”, my older girls, my friends from church, and my best friend.
*Yesterday I: went to Nacogdoches to run a ton of errands, then came home and was entertained by the Yerkes family coming to visit. We had a practice round of impromptu speeches, and then Evan and Caleb discussed their ideas of costumes for the costume party ( I am not giving anything away guys)! It was quite amusing.
*5 songs I know all the words to: Dios de la Creacion (Eddie Woolsey), Esperame (Jesus Adrian Romero), Brave (Nichole Nordeman), Pan de Vida (Jesus Adrian Romero), Held (Natalie Grant).
*5 things I would do with 100 million dollars:
Tithe
Build and run my own orphanage
Provide for my family and my second family in Mexico
Invest
Buy myself some decent clothes
*5 things I would never wear:
Anything with polka dots
A mini skirt
A naval ring
Shoulder Pads in clothes(I hate them)
Well I can’t think of anything else
*5 bad habits:
Procrastination
Taking the offenses of others on myself
Not always being patient
Letting my emotions dictate my moods (not all the time!)
Getting annoyed when Caleb is hogging the computer! :)
*5 biggest joys:
Sensing God’s leading and presence during my quiet times
Being surrounded by all the people that I love (this applies in Mexico, or here in Texas)
Witnessing to people and being there when they actually accept the Lord
Blogging and e-mailing my friends as well as working with pictures online.
Working in a foreign country on the mission field
La Gringa Loca
posted by Erin @ 10:20 AM
6 Comments:
At 9:04 AM,
Feanor said…
Yeah the stay at ya'lls house was great. As far as keeping it a seceret, that's very kind of you, but I'm so excited about it that I haven't done much in the seceret-keeping arena, so yeah. I was dreadfully disappointed to find that it was gonna be outside, I had my grand entrance all planned out, oh well.
At 4:26 PM,
Bree said…
Well Golly! I'm sorry Evan.....I told people we didn't just have the biggest house you ever saw.
It won't all be outside...just a good portion.
AND.....if you want.....we can have everyone go inside when you drive up, so that you can still make your grand entrance!
Hello Erin, I hope all's well.
Wow that sounds like me. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with my life. (sigh) oh well. See you tomorrow?
At 3:15 PM,
berekkah said…
Que tal, chika-
me haces sentir bien joven con este, -eight years ago: I was 15..
:)
la mayoria de lo que escribiste es igual como yo diria... en excepto de *polka dots* que de mal hay de polka dots?!
muchas gracias por tenernos en tu casa el otro dia- fue lindisimo y me gozo mucho. espero que te sientes mejor [or should it be "te sientas"? silly subjunctive gets me every time.]
tu hermana en Cristo- Rebekkah
At 4:33 PM,
Erin said…
Hola Rebekkah:
Estoy muy feliz que estas leyendo mi blog!!!! También estoy disfrutando tu blog.
Me sento tan vieja! No puedo creer que 8 años atras tuve 15 años.
Que horrible son *polka dots*! Me dan malas memorias.
Nos disfrutamos a tener ustedes en nuestra casa. Eres bienvenida cuando quieres visitar. Si estoy sientiendo mucho mejor.
La Gringa Loca
Hi Bree:
Sorry I didn’t get to see you on Friday. I hope that you guys had a great time.
Wish I could say it gets easier as you get older, but not always! Cling to God and let Him be your rock! That is the only advice I can give you.
Erin
At 6:11 PM,
berekkah said…
might there be any more posts for us, erin? (pronounced: eh-reen);)
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much love!
At 8:52 PM,
Anonymous said…
Erin, I'm so proud of you. Your day is coming. God will never leave you stranded and your job will happen. There should be a lot of opportunities for one who can speak Spanish.
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