His Servant

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Kay, so.... I just found your old blog on Wordpress and had the *funnest* time looking through _every_ post and seeing all of the awesome pictures you have there. I didn't read much, because I was just skimming, but I looked at all of the pictures and saved a bunch to my computer. x) It was soooo fun to see what you guys looked like throughout daily life when you were younger. I wish I had done something like that when I was your age so I could show it to you now. xP

^I like looking at the old pictures too… XD^

I hate to do this to you, Carissa, but you were one of the cutest ones in those pictures. xP

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Hey Christian, mind sharing the webpage with me? ;p ;p

I hate to do this to you, Carissa, but you were one of the cutest ones in those pictures. xP *hides*

………… ^No! No! No!^

Yes! Go hide!!! :P

With my dreadful hair, and cheesy grin, and all that…I think not. facedesk

Steve: Christian minds!!! :P

Pardon my absence, Monday I don't get on-line or use the computer. Anywayz.

What on earth?! How did you find that? I really, really don't care for that blog, which is why I'm glad most people don't know about it, but apparently you do now. facepalm And you saw every post? Great. =p Glad you enjoyed the pictures… and yeah, don't go putting that link everywhere, please. xD

EDIT - My. I do believe you now. I just logged into the dashboard and looked at stats (haven't done that in forever) and I got a lot of views yesterday, more than I have in a loooooooong time.

I hate to do this to you, Carissa, but you were one of the cutest ones in those pictures. xP *hides*

............ ^No! No! No!^ Yes! Go hide!!! :P With my dreadful hair, and cheesy grin, and all that...I think not. *facedesk* Steve: Christian minds!!! :P

Carissaaaa!! facedesk

I hate to do this to you, Carissa, but you were one of the cutest ones in those pictures. xP *hides*

............ ^No! No! No!^ Yes! Go hide!!! :P With my dreadful hair, and cheesy grin, and all that...I think not. *facedesk* Steve: Christian minds!!! :P

Whaaa…. You look so cute! x)

I hate to do this to you, Carissa, but you were one of the cutest ones in those pictures. xP *hides*

............ ^No! No! No!^ Yes! Go hide!!! :P With my dreadful hair, and cheesy grin, and all that...I think not. *facedesk* Steve: Christian minds!!! :P

Whaaa.... You look so cute! x)

Shush!!!

You are pardoned. XD I wasn't expecting you to see it that soon anyway. =P

Ummm… I honestly can't remember. XD I think it was accidental. I could explain the process by which I think I may have found it, but that would make it easy for others to find it as well. ;) Let's just say I'm a stalker and leave it at that. XD

Lol, I could tell that it's something you're probably not entirely proud of. XD A lot of it was just you posting tons of random pictures. Which made it all the more fun for me. ;) But yeah, not many profound musings like you have now. xP

I randomly will check MV throughout the week, though I might not post it. Unless something is directed at me…

Okay, yeah, please don't tell. And don't give the link away. ;)

Exactlyyyyyyy. XD I was looking through it today and was thinking "Boy, this is sure ridiculous!" Can't believe how silly it sounds now. =/ Though, I'm not great at putting profound musings now either, I don't think. =p

EDIT - This is off-topic, and I dunno if you'll see this soon… but do you know if I could call Rosie for like 5 minutes this evening? Or do you all have stuff going on as a family?

Well, I'd at least say that your blogging skills have hugely improved since then. XD

Just asked, and it doesn't seem like it'd be a problem for you to call. Feel free! ;)

=)

Yay! xD I'll have to wait till the available phones come home though, but I'll try to somewhat soon…

I hate to do this to you, Carissa, but you were one of the cutest ones in those pictures. xP *hides*

............ ^No! No! No!^ Yes! Go hide!!! :P With my dreadful hair, and cheesy grin, and all that...I think not. *facedesk* Steve: Christian minds!!! :P

Whaaa.... You look so cute! x)

Shush!!!

:p :p

Sent you a letter in the mail. :)

Hey Bethany! Got your family letter!! :D I really enjoyed reading it, thanks!

Sent out our family letter yesterday to you guys. I like your family photo as well! Ours is more casual being that it's outside in 30 degree weather. XP

Most excellent. XD Glad you enjoyed it!

And we will definitely be looking forward to getting yours… as well as getting to explain to our family who these people are that are sending us a family newsletter. =p

We are home! So you can call anytime between now and 5, our time, I think, and she should be able to talk! =)

(We got the package today, btw. ;) And she opened it just a few minutes ago…. and I'll let her tell you what she thought of it. =P)

YES! So excited. And glad you got the package, and I got so excited when the tracker said it had arrived. =) =) Thanks for letting me know!

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2013/march/rare_historical_photos.htm

Hey, I stumbled upon the above webpage and thought you might find it interesting. It's a really long page of old photos that most people don't even know exist. A lot of them depict historical figures when they were younger or when they're enjoying leisure time. Others just depict historical events. I haven't made it through the entire page yet, so I apologize if there's something inappropriate, but a lot of it is really cool, and I know you love history, so I thought you might enjoy it. =)

Oh no…. They're be like "And why do you talk to this kid?" ;P lol

Bethany. Thank you sooo much for the beautiful gift you sent me! You did an amazing job - girl, you got skill. Keep it up! ;) Thanks for your thoughtfulness, kindness, and encouragement. Love you! Looking forward to June - like, majorly! :)

– Rosie

@Christian - Coolness. xD Thanks! I'll have to look at that, and thanks for thinking of me… yeah, really into history, so this will be fun to look through!

@Rosie - Awwww, thanks, sister. ^ _ ^ It was my pleasure making you the gift, I love making things for friends. I can't wait till June either!! I think about it, like, every dayyyyyyyy. XD hugs Miss you!

Sent the e-mail! Hope you enjoy the feeling of vindication you'll probably experience upon reading it. ;)

But seriously, thank you so much for your care and concern. I really appreciate it. =]

Just forwarded it on to my dad. I dunno what specifically you were wanting to talk about, but if it you posed it in an e-mail with the intent on discussing it then and there, you can feel free to do so, which my dad will see, and then approve what he wants me to do.

You're welcome. And thank you for receiving it with so much grace. =)

Yes, I was willing to hear anything you had to say in response. =] (I think that answers what you said in your comment… I couldn't quite tell exactly what you were trying to say. Imagine that. xD)

Well, you delivered it with so much grace, so I had no choice. ;) What's funny/tragic is that I know a lot of people who are going to the concert who would not have responded well to many of the criticisms you made.

Oh, so when you orginally wanted to talk on here, it was to hear my comments on your email?

Very thankful for the way you took it then.

Yes. But then you said that your dad would want to see what you said in response, or something like that, so we decided to do it via e-mail, right?

Correct. So, you don't necessarily want to chat on email anymore, as long as I respond to your email soon? Sorry I'm confused. xP

Correct. So, you don't necessarily want to chat on email anymore, as long as I respond to your email soon? Sorry I'm confused. xP

I only wanted to chat on e-mail if you thought it was important that your dad see what we chat about. =p I don't really care either way. xD Respond to the e-mail whenever you wish. ;)

Wait. One last question, when you said on SC you wanted to chat on my page here, it was to talk about the email, right, not just general chatting?

We might even get to it tonight, I think…

Pardon my confusingness, please. :)

Correct.

Okay, cool. :D

No problem. xD I wasn't being very clear.

I'd like to do it tonight…the thing is tomorrow, and I'd doubt he'd get to it on a Sunday, so tonight would be best.

Okay. Don't feel rushed, though. I don't think I'm going, after all.

I really appreciate the way you've handled it.

And, if I wanna reply tonight, that doesn't mean I'm rushed. :)

I know I said it already, but I can't thank you enough for having the courage to call me out on it and the grace to do it so caringly. I think God used you and your dad to keep me from making a decision I was going to regret. I know I would have enjoyed it somewhat, but so much of it was going to be worthless and borderline-blasphemous, so not only would it not have been a wise use of time, but it also wouldn't have been glorifying to God for me to follow all the other worldly "Christian" teens and youth groups from Ohio to this event.

Haha, okay.

You're welcome. And that would have been something I would have mentioned in the email… ;)

And that's why you're awesome. ;)

Still working… I really hope my dad checks it tonight, even though it's somewhat lengthy…

Still working... I really hope my dad checks it tonight, even though it's somewhat lengthy...

Okay, great. =] I hope so, too.

I got the e-mail, so apparently your dad did approve it. ;)

And now I have responded. =)

Hey, I hope you had a good day today! I had a very blessed day. I spent a lot of time in prayer, and I also got a ton of memorizing done for my Scriptorium chapter. Whereas before today, I had only gotten up to Verse 21 of John 6, now I'm all the way to Verse 57! Which means I only have 14 verses left! I'm so excited. xD The sermon was also great this morning… It hit very hard on idolatry, which was something I really needed to hear.

As a partial result of that, I've decided I'm staying off of MV this week. Not like I get on during the week much anyway, usually, but since I had several days off this week, I was on a lot, and I usually stayed on way too late. So if there are any more days off this week (and it's looking like there very well could be), I don't want to be spending my time this way, as much as I enjoy it. I'm planning to come back next Saturday night. So I hope you have a great week! Talk to you later. =]

Glad you had a good day, and I hope you have an excellent week! Keep seeking Christ with all your heart!

Hey, I'm gonna briefly break my resolution already, but only because your e-mail isn't working. I got a message back saying that your inbox is full or something. I e-mailed the following to Carissa as well, but I don't know if she'll get it or not.

My mom went to Krispy Kreme today and got a flyer about the following promotion: http://www.krispykreme.com/1000 And since the focus of the promotion is very near your hometown, obviously we thought of you guys and wanted to let you know about it, just in case you'd want to take advantage of it – whether or not you go to the new location. ;)

Isn't working? Hm. That's odd. I only had 3 e-mails in my inbox… the last three you sent me in our conversation. I would know nothing about it being too full, so does it mean I have too many e-mails, or the inbox has too many, because those three shouldn't have filled it up… ?

Thanks for letting me know! You could try sending it again, just to try it out if it's back to working, because I just received a Bible group e-mail. I'll show it to my parents though! Thanks for thinking of us. xD

Mannnnnnn. It was all e-mails in general. I had so many stacked up that had tons of pictures attached. I deleted them all so now I should have plenty of space. We have an online thing which is were all e-mails go to, and then they come into our Office account to each correct computer, so the main account has just gotten so full of pictures. ;) But, thanks for letting me know so I could get the problem taken care of. Hopefully there weren't any other e-mails that I didn't receive and won't ever know about because of that problem. ;)

Ah, okay, makes sense. I'll send it through again just to make sure I can send you stuff. Hopefully it worked. =]

Alrighty, I should be off MV for good now (the forums, at least; I'm still coming on to review verses, since I actually have verses to review, for once xD), so have a wonderful week! Talk to you later.

So… if you guys are arriving Wednesday the 11th in the early afternoon, would you like to come over that evening? Film Festival stuff is going on a good part of Thursday and pretty much all day Friday and Saturday. If you're planning to leave right after that, then Wednesday would definitely be the best time. We have a couple things going earlier that day but I'm sure we can make it work. :)

I honestly have no idea what our plans are, but I told your idea to Amy and Daniel and they said they'd talk about it or something like that. But, I'll try to keep you updated. I really have no idea what this trip will be like other than I'm getting lots of driving hours. Since I'm kinda like a tag along, I'm just doing what they say. =) But thanks so much for the offer, and I'll keep you updated! Less than 2 weeks!!