goodbye closet. :(

we are remolding church again! because we do not fit anymore. ahh yeah a good thing in the end but painful now. the place I have grown up in is changing. anyways if you remember almost two years ago my best friend taylor and I found this cute closet to eat our lunches in during vbs. it was quiet, no one could find us, and it was secretive hehe. sooo that is part of the church that is being taken away. taylor and I went into the closet about two weeks ago to say goodbye...seriously. and we got a picture. last night we went in for a final time as taylor put it. it was soooo sad. so as a memorial to mine and taylors lunch room I will post these pics:

the best week of our lives!!

don't we look significantly older??? haha the day we said our goodbyes!!

goodbye lunch room! these two past years have been great! we will miss you, your purple carpet, and that yucky stain on the ground. we always sat on either side of you so that we could avoid you. now we are truly sorry.
sincerely,
taylor and ariana <3

the time I despise

i love summer sooo much! everything about it is amazing and i can never seem to get over how beautiful it is. but one thing i struggle with is how girls think summer means not wearing clothes. i mean honestly why do shorts have to be so short? skirts so tight and tiny? and tanks so low? and seriously what is up with those bathing suits? i have chosen to go above and beyond all this immodesty and be modest. but before you applaud me or think thats why im here let me finish my post. its hard it really is to be modest in these days. my choice to be modest has come from years of being immodest and not caring what people think. but i have noticed lately that it is ridiculously impossible for a girl to be modest without feeling stupid. let me tell you girls that it is difficult and i understand that. let me also say that i understand how you may feel stupid or over the top at times. but i want to say MODESTY IS WORTH IT. do not let the world or even "christians" tell you differently. you stand up for what you believe is right when it comes to modesty. and Jesus will stand up for you. i also want to say that a real guy a guy that loves Jesus is going to want you to be modest. he is going to ask you to cover up. if he doesnt and he lets you get away with immodesty then he is not a real man he is a childish boy filled with lust. i understand this may be brutally honest but what point is there in covering up? i am going to stand up for what is right even if it costs me. because in the end the dignity and respect I will receive is way more important to me. let me also say that there is nothing wrong with skirts or shorts I wear them quite often but you need to make sure they cover you. i love tanktops but I do not let them show off everything. the lead singer of this band posted the following on his twitter yesterday and it prompted my heart to ask why? its sad that he as a married man would have to see that but he did and i for one am glad he stood up.
"Girls - Respect yourself and put some dang clothes on. Amazing how the world says the less u dress the pretty u are... Totally not true"
Chasen Callahan
take some time and think about all of this. please. enjoy your summer but honor Jesus at the same time.

San Fran 2011

Hello friends,
My apologies for not posting on this sooner. But senior year is hectic and I wanted details first. So God has once again called me to San Francisco on missions. As some of you may recall God first brought me there in 2009. I have desired to go back ever since and finally Jesus is leading me there!! I feel sooo honored and so blessed. I cannot put my excitement into words at all!!

What:
Missions trip to San Fran

Who:
17 juniors and seniors from church
7 high school leaders

What we will be doing:
Service Projects
Flyer Distribution for Easter Sunday
Eating with the homeless
Whatever the Lord Leads us to

Prayer Requests:
Please pray for my health and the health of every team member. Please pray for the sufficient funds for every team member to go. Please pray for Gods protection upon the team. For the leading of his holy spirit upon us. That many will be saved. That the Lords will is done. That both the san fran team and san fran are changed because of this trip. Please pray God is glorified.
THANK YOU!!!
Love Ariana (:

Changing.

Life is changing, there is no denying it. I am growing up so apparently Peter Pan had it all wrong. I guess in a lot of ways it is difficult as I am preparing to let go of childhood. God is growing me through all of it. Making me trust Him more. I really am having to walk in Faith. But I don't do well with change and come on who does? It makes me scared. I don't wanta loose anything. One of the problems that still persists in my life from the past is fear. I guess I lost a lot so I always have a fear of loosing what means the most to me. So when change starts to happen I retract so I don't get to close to those I love so if I loose them it will be easier. Sick I know. I wish it were different. So I suppose all this change and discomfort will only bring me to a place of trust.
I can only pray

Awwwhhh really?

To the mysterious person who made me this....
Is that true? (;

Thanks Jesus

Jesus is soo good!! he is changing me and making me a better person. Drawing me closer to him and fitting me for my service as a missionary. The leadership position God has placed me in has really grown me. Praise Jesus. Well for the past month that I have been leading, I have had trial after trial thrown at me. It was sooooo hard at first but after this Friday it just got beautiful. We were preparing for Friday night and rehearsing when we found out that our "devil" wasn't coming...So we stuck Evan in his role and trained JT for the main part in two hours. Then one of our "demons" miss Cass got really hurt during a softball game. So we trained Sierra Todd for her role. Again more chaos and stress. But what did God show me through all this? What was his purpose? Well I learned to stay calm in crazy stressful and hard situations. I learned theres no point in freaking out when that isn't going to change anything you know? Plus I feel like it gives satan a reason to smile. So the best thing is to stay clam and pray. LOVE THIS!!!

Parent Night 2011

I am sooo excited for tonight. We are hosting a parent night for the youth group parents. Lives are going to be changed, people are going to understand the youth group, and God will move greatly. What an awesome opportunity to give back to our parents! So the exciting part I have been placed into a leadership team for the new Drama Team in our youth group. HOW BLESSED!!! Anyways, I have had the blessing of leading two teams for this event. So tonight a wonderful team of talented students will be performing the Everything skit. And then our other team from retreat will be performing Set Me Free. Please pray for us and for the night as a whole!
GOD IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!
Pictures to come (:

Prom 2011 People!!

So we are going to prom. I am so frustrated that I hadn't had time to post about this. I am sooo excited! This is like totally a big deal for me and the Ebs (: We are sooo excited to be going to our first dance together. A week after our dance we celebrate our 2 year anniversary. It's crazy we have been together two years and no dance yet. So this is an exciting first for us. I love dances! I love dressing up (shocking I know). I love the make up. The food. The atmosphere. The friends. This year the Lord has blessed us with some awesome church friends to go with us and so we are going as a group. It's just an answer to prayer. Anyways I made asking him a huge thing and I wanted to tell the story and post some pictures. On Vday I went to his house and was there all day. I took post it notes and spelled out PROM? on his wall. It was super cute. I then left a letter and a bag with his present on his bed. When he got home from school I hid in his brothers room down the hall. When he walked in I gave him a few minutes and then I barged in. I just stood there with my hands up like YEAH? You coming with? He just stood there a moment and then ran up and hugged me. I was like so are you gonna go with me? He's all yes. It was cute I couldn't tell if he was going to cry or scream or just keep smiling. It was such a good surprise. Here are a few pics from the day! Enjoy!

The finished product(:

The love of my life after he said yes!

Aren't we just adorable?? I even got all dressed up for the occasion.