Santa Cruz

Last weekend I went with a few of my good friends to Santa Cruz to celebrate Christina's birthday and to get away from Sacramento...We (Christina, Faith, Ramieya, and myself) left Sacramento on a Friday morning and arrived in Santa Cruz in the early afternoon. On the way there I ended up getting motion sickness and felt bad all friday and even Saturday morning. Ughh, I am getting nauseous  just thinking about it. Through all my sickness, I managed to ride the old wooden roller coaster at Santa Cruz Beach Board Walk! Talk about toughin' it out! LOL The hotel we stayed in was very nice. I believe it was called the Chaminade. I definitely want to get married there, it was that gorgeous.  Bubba Gumps is always the place to eat when going towards the Bay Area. We stopped in Monterey for lunch Friday and ate like pigs! I had the crab stuffed shrimp with Jasmine Rice. It was amazing! 

Saturday was nice and relaxed. We went to the boardwalk one more time and ate a delicious clam chowder bowl. I also bought a caramel apple and a candy apple. I was disappointed in the Candy apple because it was dipped in this cinnamon flavored hard candy! My recollection does not recall an apple dipped in cinnamon candy! It was horrible. What happened to the old Skool candy apples...

On the way back we stopped in Milpitas, Ca and shopped at the Great Mall. It was nice. After that, we headed home. I had so much fun wit' my gurls! We laughed and joked and had so much fun! I had to show them my dance moves at 8am, there's nothing like break dancing to start off the day! I look forward to more outings with them!

Youth Revival & BioTour!

I'm Baaack! =)

Okay I'm excited to say that my church is having a youth revival starting tomorrow Aug 28th, lasting until Aug 31! A team of us have been fasting for this revival in hopes to see a mighty move of God! A lot of the ladies united in Prayer last Sunday morning to help spark this event so, I'm expecting strongholds to be broken and those that are bound will be set free, in Jesus' name =) (...Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty *2 Corinthians 3:17).

On Saturday our church is having a BIOTour (Bring-It-On Tour) at Discovery Park in Sacramento, Ca. Our Bio Tour was started by Pastor Josh Smith. A few summers ago, he attended a Soul Winning Boot Camp in Florida and received the idea to take a flat bed trailer, equipped with musicians and singers, and take the gospel to the streets through preaching and song, for the Bible says, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature *Mark 16:20. I cannot even express the amazing things I've seen and felt just by being apart of this. During our first tour, we were singing and preaching in a Walmart parking lot and a women came for prayer regarding her back and was healed instantly! She walked away dazed and confused because her pain no longer existed, but she was healed none the less! =) Another received the gift of the Holy Ghost as the spirit gave utterance!It was amazing. We were asked to sing in a Father's Day Parade and that was amazing as well. I believe we are doing the will of God by preaching the gospel to those in our community and this Saturday will be no different. We will reach many people and I pray that we will draw many to Jesus!

Intro+vacation!

I am glad to have a blog and I'm actually surprised I didn't do this sooner! It's nice to have your thoughts written down as opposed to keeping them all to yourself. I think a lot, so this is perfect! Anyway, I had an awesome weekend! Last week on Aug 5th I flew out of Sacramento, CA to Indianapolis, IN to attend a church conference @ Calvary Tabernacle and I had an amazing time. During my stay I went to visit my 2nd cousin and my third cousin that I've never met before! We had a great time together! When me and a friend of mine arrived at their home, we looked at pictures of my dad when he was young and a few of the other family members that I've never met. It was nice to see pictures to match the names I've heard growing up. For dinner we went to Maggianos, which is a nice Italian restaurant in the area of Keystone. We were there for awhile and took some nice pictures. My Cousin Stacie has a son Skyler, and he is so adorable! He is three years old and has a personality already! I thought it was cute that he wanted me to blow his nose and take him to the bathroom. He warmed up to me right away. After Dinner we drove through the Historic District on Meridian St. and saw some nice houses! I love to look at big houses and imagine that I have one! I figure since I won't have one in this life time, I will have one in the next *John 14:2* =) While trying to get back to the freeway, we turned in the wrong section and almost died! Okay I'm exaggerating because there were no cars exiting the freeway but still...I'm telling you, the roads in Indiana are something else...I don't even want to count how many times we got lost because freeways merge into another without any notice! On Friday, we drove to Chicago to visit a friend that I went to Basic Training with. She works on Michigan Ave at the Water Tower Mall. That mall is seven stories high! I couldn't believe it. And I thought San Francisco's mall was elaborate. My friend Tosha took me to a hot dog joint and I had this crazy hot dog! It had peppers, tomato, cheese, pickles, neon green relish, etc...That was the best hot dog I've ever tasted! After eating that, how can I settle for an ordinary hot dog =). I had a great time there and I can see myself going back to see places that I didn't get a chance to see. It's Aug 11th now and I'm back to my "normal" life. I will be traveling to Santa Cruz soon, so I will definately post the details of that trip! Until next time...