Sunday, November 13, 2005

Masquerade, Soccer, Kawhia

Hey!! Well this weekend was pretty awesome. I didn't get ANY work done
(oops!) however I did have fun :)

Friday
The boys put on a masquerade dinner for us girls so all Friday
afternoon us girls were running about curling hair, putting on makeup, making
sure our masks matched our outfits, and what not. When we were all
through we looked SO good. yes i know i just sounded like Teen Girl Squad,
but that's how we looked: SO GOOD!! Man i wish you guys could have seen
it!! If you want just e-mail me and I can send you a picture or two.
And don't even get me started on the boys!! I seriously don't think
there's anything better looking than a man in a suit!! NO JOKE! OKay that's
just my humble opinion, but still!! So the boys escorted us to our
tables, Ben and Simon played giutar, we had pasta and bread and really good
dessert cake. Then came the best part.......DANCE PARTY!!! oh yea! WE
danced and we danced! It was just at really good night :)

Saturday
So then after all the dressing up the night before, a few of us went
and played at the soccer tournament. Yes i know i told you that I would
die.....I was joking people! Obviously i didn't die....but i sure did
feel exhausted! We lost all our games :( I really don't think I'm made
for soccer. It took me a little while to figure out a strategy for
playing, however i was on the social team and all the really really good
players were on the serious team. Then again they lost all their games
except one (WOOHOO!!). But everyone on that team were really good players.

After we got back to school a few of us watched Hitch. I like that
movie. However I'm realising that "love" doesn't happen like it does in the
movies. It takes time and really getting to know the other person and
putting God into your relationship should be the first thing that you
do. And in case you're wondering....... NO! I'm not dating anyone,
there's nothing happening over here! I'm not even ready for that kind of
thing anyway. So if anyone did come up to me and ask me out or something
like that, I'd have to decline. I'm mainly not ready for that kind of
thing because i have things to work out from my last relationship. Yes i
know that that was like a year ago, however the feelings of rejection
and hurt are still there so i need time to fully work through that and
realise that the only person that I need acceptance from is God....and I
already have that. Like i know it in my head, but it hasn't sank down
to my heart yet. Once i fully realise what kind of a person that God
sees me as, that will biuld up my self confidence (which does have a
tendency to be lacking), and then I'll be ready for that kind of
relationship. Plus, all in all, I know God's got a guy picked out for
me...somewhere. I'm just going to have to trust Him with it :)


Sunday
Today me, Jen, Michelle (George), and Spence went to Kawhia to do the
service there. Me and Jen gave our testimonies and Spence spoke on
Jer.29:10-14 (which was really good). We also spent a couple of hours on the
beach with a family from the church. The beach was pretty good because
the tide was going out and when you dug a little bit in the sand there
was hot water coming up. We probably would have stayed longer however i
had music practice for Fellowship tonight. So ya i got back and
practiced the melody line to the two songs that i"m playin for (woohoo!! no
bass line for my alto tonight!!) and other than that I've been in the
computer room talking to David and e-mailing Adam back and forth. So my
day hasn't been too exciting. But I have excited/nervous for my playing
tonight. I haven't played a melody line here in like ages! I wish i
could play more however a sax can be kinda awkward with giutars and a
drums, it just doesn't seem to fit as nice as it would in a big band....you
know what i"m sayin? :)

Sunday, November 06, 2005

Breakthrough, Internship, Oral Report

hey guys! sorry for the really really long delay. Things have been
really hectic around here!!

First of all Breakthrough was last week. The area by the green picnic
table was tranformed into a Valentine's Day paradise, formally known as
Lover's Lane. Me, Belinda, and Kirsty all dressed up as fairies and
that's how was ran our station for the night. Ya i"m sure you can all
imagine me prancing around in a fairy outfit....believe me, i did my fair
share of prancing!!! As for the theme of the evening, it was CLUE. The
CLUE characters were (yes, i know for most of you this will mean
nothing, but for those of you that know these people, you'll laugh):
Ray-Prof. Plum
Vanessa-Ms. Scarlett
Cat-Mrs.Peacock
Laura-Mrs.White
Cullen-Col.Mustard
Tim-Mr.Green
In the script that Vicki wrote, Vanessa had to flirt with Ray. That was
entertiaing! I'm sure all you people from last semester are killing
yourselves laughing at that!! And I got it all on video!! Tehehehe! So ya
there was about 120 kids that came that night and Vicki gave a really
good message about how we can get distracted by little things in life
and we loose focus on what really matters....CHRIST!!! Hmmm, that kinda
sounds familiar, trust me, I've had my fair share of distractions (just
ask Stacey, Ruthie and Nikki!!)

My next concern after Breakthrough was looking into a possible
internship @ my church here in New Zealand. A few of you know about this
already, and I'm sorry that i didn't post this sooner, but i didn't want
people thinking "oh Earlene's leaving us for good!! She'll never come back
to Canada!!" Well that's not up to me to decide, that's God's business
and whatever He says goes. But ya I've been thinking about what I'd do
after Capers and I realized that I"m not in Uni, i don't have a solid
job that I can just jump right back into when i go home, plus my church
back home (Spalding Gospel Chapel...i mean Crossroads Bible Church)
just got a new youth pastor and i wouldn't want to "invade" their ministry
there, so what's there for me to do back home? I'm sure some of you are
already thinking "you can come see me! don't you love me anymore?" Well
of course i do! I'm a compulsive Feeler! of course I love you! It's
just that I thought i'd look into maybe staying here and seeing if there's
any chance for ministry work here. And so in the search for that i came
across an opportunity to be a youth intern @ Bridges (my church down
here). I've had a few meetings with Pastor Murray and this week he'll be
talking about me in his meeting with the church elders. So far things
are looking good. Now before all of you think I've left you for good, i
want you to know that if God does want me to stay here for another
year, (that's how long the internship would be) I want you to know that a
year goes by fast. I mean I've alreay been here 8 months already! 8
months! See, the time goes by fast! Plus if everything works out i want to
go home for Christmas for a few weeks. oh and if you want to get me a
Christmas present I think a good idea would be to just give my dad money
and then once everything is added up, hopefully it'll be enough for a
laptop!! ok, i'm kidding, but it was worth a shot right?! :)

Well ok the rest of my time has been spent working on my Oral report on
"God's Will". I thought it seemed like a fitting subject because i
really don't know what God wants me to do. But I just have trust in Him and
everything else will just come together. "Seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you" Thanks
Ate Happy for reminding me of that fact :) That really helped and
encouraged me :)

Other than those 3 things, I've been just hanging out, getting a tan,
playing soccer and just having a good time learning about God. Oh and
there's a big soccer tournament on Saturday...it's an all day thing. I'M
GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so if you don't hear from me again, I died
playing soccer.

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Longest Quiz in the World!!!!

THE ULTIMATE SURVEY! If you want to know pretty much EVERYTHING about
anyone (including yourself) this is the survey to fill out! It may take
a while, but it's super fun! So when you have the time FILL THIS OUT,
HAVE A BLAST and send this to all your friends including me!
********YOU, YOU, YOU********
1. What is your full name? Earlene May Culllamr Ulrich
3. Age? 19
4. Sex? Female
5. Social Security? ya, like i'd type that out!
6. Where do you live? Capernwray Bible School New Zealand
7. What school do you attend? Capernwray New Zealand
8. Birthday? may 10
9. Pet? Nanook, my baby dog
10. Zodiac Sign? taurus
11. Righty or Lefty: righty

********YOUR LOOKS********
12. Hair Color? dark dark brown
13. Eye Color? brown
14. Contacts or Glasses? cobntacts

15. Scars? heaps!
16. Do you have any piercings? just ears
17. Tatoos? Not yet...

18. If so what and where? none
19. Do you have a certain fashion you follow? meh, whatever i can fit
on myself
20. How are you today? could be better, could be worse...
21.__________________________ what's this? a lack of a question???

22. What does your hair look like at the moment? straight
23. What song are you listening to right now? none
24. What was the last thing you ate? chips with cheese dip
25. How is the weather right now? warm but clouddy but it's night time
26. Last person you phoned? my mom
27. Last dream you can remember? i can't think of one
28. Who are you talking to right now? no one at the moment. David and
Daniel are busy working on stuff

******** MORE ABOUT YOU********
29. What are the last four digits of your phone number? 4083 (but
that's back in Canada)

30. If you were a crayon what color would you be? lime green
31. Have you almost ever died? no, i say i'm going to , but i don't
32. Do you like the person who sent this to you? aw!! Ya, Olivia's
cool :)
33. How do you eat oreo's? i bite
34. What makes you happy? being with people that i care about and that
i know that they also care about me
35. What's the next CD you are going to buy? maybe the NOW 18
36. What's the most recent CD you have bought? Brooke Fraser
37. What's the best advice you've ever given someone? Keep focusin on
God because He's the only thing that will ever matter
38. What are your future goals? to go into ministry...get married one
day...have kids
39._________________another blank question!
40. Do you like to dance? ya. Judith says "Du tanze sexy!!"
41. Worst sickness you have ever had? pnemonia
42. What's the stupidest thing you have ever done? i kissed someone's
feet because i needed to get some information from him
43. What's your favorite memory? probably seeing an awesome cloud
billowing towards me when i was skydiving
44. If you could change something about you what would it be? probably
my appearance
45. Where do you shop the most? The Warehouse, the Warehouse, where
everyone gets a bargain :)
46. How many kid's do you want to have? 3
47. Son's name? don't know yet
48. Daughter's name? gotta have the middle name Rose
49. What kind of shampoo and conditioner do you use? whatever i can
find that's relatively cheap
50. Do you have your own phone? no, us students share the phones
51. Do you have your own phone line? nope
52. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? no, just an extra pillow
53. Have you ever broke or fractured a bone? nope
54. Who do you dream about? people here, people back home
55. Who do you tell your dreams to? Cat and Yumi
56. Loudest Friends? Steph and Laura

57 Who is the quietest friends you have? Krystin, Judith
58. Is cheerleading a sport? ya, i believe that
59. How many licks does it take to get to the inside of a tootsie pop?
86
60. Which came first, is it the chicken or the egg? God created the
chicken first
61. Do you believe in love? yes

62. Do you have a girlfriend or boyfriend? nope
63. Do you have a crush? maybe...
64. Who is your crush? like I'd tell you!! I probably would if you
asked me :)
65. Do you believe in love at first sight? no

66. Where do you want to go for your honeymoon? Isreal or on a cruise
ship
67. What song do you want at your wedding? Tehehe....This I Promise
You-NSYNC
68. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? eyes,
smile
69. Are you to shy to ask someone out? I'm a Feeler, i HATE rejection
70. Do you find yourself attractive? no treally
71. Do others find you attractive? well maybe in a "aw, she's cute"
type way. That's all i've gotten lately
********ON GUYS FOR GIRLS TO FILL OUT********
72. Boxers or Briefs? boxers
73. Curly or straight? depends

74. Tall or short? just taller than me
75. Six Pack or Muscular Arms? arms
76. Ears peirced or not? not
77. Tan or no tan? tan...but not tanner than me
78. Dimples or not? aw, they're cute
79. Rugged or Sporty? sporty
80. Studly or Cutie? cutie

81. Accent or Not? oh dear! don't ask me that....accent
82. Glasses? dont care

83. Smart or Dumb? smart

84. What sport should he play? you really want me to answer this?
Probably soccer because i"m getting into it now
85. Dependent (whipped) or Independent? a little of both
********ON GIRLS FOR GUYS TO FILL OUT********
86. Sandals or Thongs?
87. Painted Nails or Not?
88. Regular or Sports Bra?
89. Bra straps showing or Not?
90. Cute and Mysterious or Wild and Sexi?
91. Brown or Blonde Hair?
92. Long or Short Hair?
93. Curly or Straight Hair?
94. Dark light or Crazy cool?
95. Long or Short Nails?
96. Hat or Not?
97. Good or Bad Girl?
98. Hair Up or Down?
99. Jewllery or Not?
100. Tall or Short?
101. Accent or Not?
102. Tight Pants or Loose Pants?

********PICK ONE: THIS OR THAT?********
103. Lights on/off? on
104. Sun or Rain? sun

105. McDonalds or Burger King? Man i miss A&W!!!
106. Do you like Scary Movie or Happy Movies? happy movies

107. Backstreet Boys or NSYNC? NSYNC!
108. On the phone or in person? in person
109. Paper or Plastic? paper
110. Sausage or Pepperoni? pepperoni

111. Summer or Winter? summer
112. Hugs or Kisses? hugs because you can get them from anyone
113. Chocolate Milk or White Milk? white

114. Root Beer or Dr. Pepper? dr. pepper

115. Glass Half Full or Half Empty? half full
116. Tape or DVD? DVD
117. Dogs or Cats? dogs
118. Mudd or Jello? what?
119. Vanilla or Chocolate? chocolate
120. Skiing or Boarding? i can only ski
121. Day or Night? depends

122. Cake or Pie? cake
123. Diamonds or Pearls? diamonds

124. Sunset or Sunrise? sunset
********YOUR FAVORITE********
125. Color? greem
126. Food? pizza
127. Place? Capernwray Bible School
128. Sport? soccer (?)
129. Ice Cream Flavor? fudgy chocolate yogurt
130. Board Game? Balderdash
131. Song? "A Little Less Conversation" "Crazy in Love"
132. TV Show? The simpsons
134. Class? English
135. Movie? The Little Mermaid
136. Store? Warehouse
137. Teacher? Ron Lowery
138. Card Game? Slapo
********HAVE YOU EVER********
139. Loved someone so much it made you cry? yes
140. Drank? yes
141. Ever Gotten Dumped? yes
142. Broke the Law? yes
144. Tried to Kill Yourself? no
145. Made Yourself Throw Up? no
146._________________yet another blank question!

147. Made yourself cry to get out of trouble? I"m an only child...what
do you think!
********ONE FINAL NOTE********
148. Do you enjoy filling these out? only when I"m bored
149. How many people are you sending this to? just my blog probably
150. Do you want your friends to reply? sure, if they want
151. Who is most likely to respond? probably no one
152. Any other comments? none
153. Favorite Car? lime green VW Bug
154. Who would you say you could trust most? Cat, Jen, David
155. What's your favorite reality show? The Mole
156. Favorite Holiday? Christmas
157. What do you hate the most? when guys flirt with me and they have
no intention of following it up