Riches and tornadoes

so this morning at six thirty we got a tornado warning, this is what hit down only half a mile away.

naw i'm just kidding, there was a tornado warning, but thank God there never was any.  i felt convicted though during the watch because i was really worried about my stuff in my room that might be ruined if we got hit.  i think that God sends tornadoes just as a constant reminder that things won't last.  two years back we had a real tornado touch down half a mile away and it was pretty scary, we drove by later and it was just wreckage everywhere, one house was even split in half.  here's a good reminder of storing up treasure on earth and not in heaven.

The Parable of the Rich Fool

 ¹⁶ And he (Jesus) told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. ¹⁷ He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
   ¹⁸ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. ¹⁹ And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
   ²⁰ “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
   ²¹ “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”


Praise the Lord the tornado didn't hit our house, and be mindful that riches stored on earth won't last.
Ky

BUSSSSSSSYYYYYYYY!!!!

sorry i haven't posted in a long time, believe it or not, i have been busy.  my nana and papa are here and so far so good.  i had my best friend seth over (nathan's younger bro) on monday, and we played a game i got for Chritsmas like almost the whole three hours.  tuesday kade and i went a took down all the Christmas decorations at church (you would not believe how much rap we listened to together in the three hours we spent there).  then he went to a friend's house and played the board game survivor, (the board game version of the tv show) and then headed over to the church for band practice.  then we went over to the hastings house, (because they were having some friends over that we were friends with).  we did square dancing (which was awesome) clan tag, and spotlight, (and kade did a magic show).  wednesday we cleaned the house and picked up nana and papa.  FUN!!!

Ky

picks, 360s, and foreign exchange students

a few exciting things have happened recently.  one: yesterday i spent most of the day at the renfrow's house.  i spent most of that time swinging a pick.  i was dubbed (by kade of course) picker-nose (it's an inside joke, ask nathan).  two: that night my dad's boss lent us his his Xbox 360 and Kinex for a whole week!  we had so much fun playing it while kole and kade were sleeping over at the hastings.  three: we are having our foreign exchange students over for Christmas Eve and some might stay for the night!


Ky


(i know y'all are just seething with jealousy because i got to use a pick. . . ;)

Aaron Morgan

  Aaron and someone else (maybe his wife?)   

                                                                 awesome pic. . . no?

 

so i found these pictures of Aaron Morgan and just had to put the up.  he's a really cool dude.  some of them aren't very good quality but oh well. . .


Ky

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so. . . i have soooo busy lately, like i promise, you would not believe how busy i have been.  i actually started posting the tag thursday night, and i just finished it yesterday.  oh and by the way, i tagged everyone!  so go ahead and take it if you want.

Ky

p.s. i finally got to see the voyage of the dawn treader yesterday, it was awesome!

Bleed for His Love

IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY
Since I met you ~ dc talk
since i met you. . . not really.

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOU PERSONALITY
Angels we have heard on high ~ seabird
hmmm. . .

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Bleed for His Love ~ downhere
totally!

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?

Cottonmouth (jargon) ~ seabird

not really, i don't like a girl who lies. . . (jargon = lies)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?

Human ~ Jon McLaughlin

yes, i do fell human.

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?

Industry ~ Jon McLaughlin

my life's purpose is industry!?! interesting.

WHAT’S YOUR MOTTO?

Burn Us Up ~ Shane & Shane
i wish!

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?

Rescue ~ Seabird

oooookayyy. . .

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?

Sooner or Later ~ Switchfoot

maybe that sooner or later i will change?

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?

It's killing me ~ dc talk

yeah it's killing me because i forgot.

WHAT IS 2+2?

The Problem ~ Downhere

it's a problem if you don't know!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?

Here I am ~ Downhere

he's always here?

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?

Bad Days Better ~ Shane & Shane

she makes bad days better? okay. . .

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?

Under the Floor ~ Switchfoot

i was born under the floor?  what!

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

1000 miles apart ~ Downhere

yeah this wasn't a good choice. . .

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?

Nothing Without You ~ Danyew

that i am nothing without her? this is getting wierd. . .

WHAT WILL YOU DO AT YOUR WEDDING?

All over the World ~ Tree 63

that doesn't make any sense.

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?

Forgive Yourself ~ Downhere

. . .

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?

Over the Sun ~ Shane & Shane

yeah, i'm gonna be an astronaut.

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?

Don't You know You're Beautiful ~ Seabird

no comment.

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?

Treasure ~ Tree 63

yes i have a treasure hidden in the field.

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?

Not Alone ~ Seabird

not to be alone?

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?

Into Jesus ~ dc talk

yes they are into Jesus

WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?

Praying to the Wrong God ~ Jon McLaughlin

if i started praying to the wrong god that would be bad. . .

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?

The Beautiful Letdown ~ Switchfoot

yeah. . .

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?

Finally Done Right ~ Seabird

not really. . .

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?

Coming back Home ~ Downhere

uhhhhhhhhh. . .

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?

The Good King ~ Seabird

i don't think this is a good sign. . .

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?

Wait and See ~ Brandon Heath

waiting, and seeing?

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?

Streetlight ~ Danyew
a streetlight?

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?

This Ain't Home ~ Seabird

as you can tell, i listen to a lot of seabird. . .

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?

Surrender ~ Downhere

grrrrr!

WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY TO THE PERSON WHO TAGGED YOU?

Vision of You ~ Shane & Shane

good song, not good timing.

WHAT WILL YOU NAME THIS NOTE?

Bleed for His Love ~ Downhere

Ky

Christmas Party

so last Sunday, the 12th, we had a Christmas party at our church.  it was a blast!  i got to play o come, o come Emmanuel (seabird's version), accompanied by kade, and from what i heard, it was pretty good.  by far my favorite thing though was kade and luke (nathan's older brother) doing a Christmas rap song.  it was hilarious!  but the stupid video won't load, i need a youtube account, so y'all will just have to suffer.  all except for hayden, hayley, and nathan, they were there when they did it.

oh, and i was just thinking, i have never been tagged before.  so if anyone has a good tag, i would be delighted if they would do me the honor of tagging me.

Ky

fav's

so i was thinking about my favorite songs, and i felt the urge to share them with you, so here you go:


Vision of You ~ Shane & Shane


Safe ~ Phil Wickham


Gift Carol ~ Downhere


Over Now ~ NeedtoBreathe


Sing to Save My Life ~ Seabird


Free ~ Switchfoot


Til We See the Shore ~ Seabird


Hold On ~ Phil Wickham 


Falling for You ~ Seabird


Psalms 62 ~ Shane & Shane


those are just a sampling of my favorite.  it would take all day for me to list off all my favorite is songs.  i otta lecha know that not all of these are Christan songs, but most of them are, i would encourage you to look up my most favorite of my favorites; sing to save my life and over now.


ttfn
Ky

blondie jokes. . .

. . . for anna:

a blondie was walking down the street, and he stopped to watch some workers build a house.  he was particularly watching one guy, (who was a blondie himself) who was picking up nails, looking at them, then if he deemed them good enough to use, he would hammer them in.  if they weren't satisfactory he would lay them in a pile besides him.  After a while the blondie on the street asked the other blondie "what in the world are you doing?"  "well, you see these nails are made wrong, the heads are pointed towards the wall, i can't use them."  the blondie on the ground shook his head and said "you dummy, those are for the other side!"

a blondie was driving down the street when he looked into a corn field and saw another blondie rowing a boat in the middle.  the blondie pulled over and standing at the fence, yelled at the blondie in the boat, "hey, you're that guy whose been giving the rest of us a bad name!  and if i could swim, i'd get out there and beat you up!"

q: how do you kill a one handed blondie in a tree?  a: wave.

q:how did the blondie die raking leaves?  q: he fell out of the tree.

an old man was driving down the highway, when a blondie in a pink ferrari roared past him.  "how is it that i am a hard working man, and all i have is an old rickety truck, and this blondie has a pink ferrari?"  he managed to make her pull over and then he walked up to her.  "get out," he said.  she did.  then the old man drew a circle in the sand and said "don't leave this circle, or something terrible will happen to you."  then the old man picked up his sledge hammer and beat the blondie's car as hard as he could.  he looked back at her and was surprised to see her giggling.  he then proceeded to beat the poor car even more.  he looked back and now she was laughing.  he got really mad and after pouring gas all over the car, torched it.  when he looked back she was laughing uncontrollably.  "what is so funny?" he asked exasperated.  "i stepped out of the circle three times while you weren't looking."

a blondie, a burnet, and a red-head, were trying to get into their convertible car (they had locked the keys in), when the blondie looks up and says "you'd better get in soon, the hood's down, and it's about to rain."

a blondie, a burnet, and a red-head walked into a store, and the manager said "there's a mirror in the back where, if you say something true, you will win an amazing prize.  but if you say something false, you will be sucked into the mirror and will never be able to get out."  The three went to the back and the burnet said "i think i am the prettiest girl here."  suddenly she had the keys to a brand new sports car.  then the red-head said "i think i am the smartest girl here."  suddenly she had the keys to a brand new mansion.  the blondie stood in front of the mirror and after thinking a bit said "i think---" then she disappeared.

a blondie comes into a store and after looking around a bit, asks a young man working there "sir can you get me that tv?"  "sorry," said the man, "we don't serve blondie's."  she left and dyed her hair red, then she came back and asked the man again for the tv.  "sorry," said the man again, "we don't server blondie's."  puzzled the blondie left and got plastic surgery and totally redid her looks.  then she came back and asked the guy again.  "sorry," he said for the third time, "we don't serve blondie's."  "how do you know i'm a blondie?" she asked frustratedly.  "well for one thing, that's a microwave. . ."

i hope this is in no way offending any blondie. . .
Ky

everyone likes jokes. . . right?

once there was a man, he was mowing his lawn when his cat jumped in front of the mower and got it's tail cut off.  his neighbor was there to witness it, and when the man picked up the cat and the severed tail he asked "whacha doing herman?"  "takin' him to wal-mart," came the reply.  "why would you do that" asked his puzzled neighbor.  (remember this is in redneck southern Arkansas)  "i heard they were the greatest re-tailers in the country!" was the reply.

two muffins were baking in an oven, one of the said "whew, its hot in here."  the other one promptly cried "ah! a talking muffin!"

i finally finished 'a tale of two cities', by charles dickens, and when asked by my teacher what was at the end of the story i replied "a period."

i was wondering why the baseball was getting bigger, then it hit me.

one night i had a dream i was a muffler, when i woke up i was exhausted.

when fish travel in schools they often take da-bait.

writing with a broken pencil is pointless.

(y'all with love this. . .)   i met a man who said "i know a man who has a wooden leg, his name is smith."  "great" i replied, "what's the name of his other leg?" (. . .if you've seen mary popins.)

i can think of a million more jokes to write out, but kwinn is pressing me to come a watch a movie with him, so ttfn!

Ky

integrity

so a while ago i was thinking about a virtue we call  integrity, and a scene from a movie came to mind.  it was off a not-so-great movie with my favorite actor steve mcqueen.  he's an undercover agent working with the government to find this murderer. . . (skips a majority of the movie). . . he finally tracks him down, to the airport, where he was trying to make his getaway.  then he meets a fellow fbi agent, who tries to bribe him with $15,000 to let himself catch this guy.  basically he was trying to get mcqueen to sell his integrity.  what mcqueen says after that should not be repeated, but he flatly refuses the guy and tells him to get out of his way.  that was the best part of the whole movie.  that's what i call integrity, way to go mcqueen.
Ky   

p.s. did anyone like gift carol (assuming y'all looked it up. . .)

the full story

so we stopped by the church to pick up the drums, and some chords, and sound equipment, then headed over the school to set up.  we were an hour and a half early so we had plenty time to set up.  the only problem was that school was still in so the stage were were going to use was being used for band practice.  (they stunk!)  i don't mean to be mean, but they really did.  they finally got done and we began the real work.  i think there were nine of us there;  amy and amanda thomas, hayden, hayley, and reagan renfrow, mike dechanes (i hope thats how you spell it) and me, kole, and kade.  after we were done setting up and the kids were done with lunch we began.  kole was lead signer and ac. guitar, reagen: was the bass-drummer (bass) kade: was drums, hayley: violin and keyboard, mike: sound guy, amy and amanda: background vocals, me: powerpoint.  after playing a few song we went and played marshmallow dodgeball, with gigantic marshmallow that we beaned people with.  it was so much fun.  then we went back in and sang a few more songs.  then we went acoustic and did some christmas songs, where our whole group sat on the stage and sang, it was tons of fun!  we even had a smoke machine.  it was erstic.  hope y'all have a great day.
Ky

Public School Project

so tonight he had a really cool opportunity to go to a school nearby and play some music, share the gospel, and play marshmallow dodgeball with a bunch of eleven year-old kids.  here are a few pics.

  LtoR reagen, hayden, and kade.

 reagen, the bass-drummer! :) (inside joke)

 hayden said he was allergic to pictures. . . i didn't believe him so i took a picture of him.

 kole and hayley.  she has something in front of her face so it made her look kinda weird.

kade standing in front of the stage.

i don't know about you but i had a blast, next post will be on what exactly did we do.

Ky

Gift Carol

well i was going to put up one of my favorite Christmas songs, in honor of the first of december, but my dad said we aren't allowed to search lyrics until he's got the filter working for those.  but because y'all are so awesome, i will try to copy it by ear.

Gift Carol
Downhere

Under the tree-light,
All wrapped in labels,
Each with a dear one in mind
Days ever nearer,
We're all the more eager
To see, what that morning will find
Well Heaven gave the first time. . .

There's a gift marked for us,
By the angel chorus,
Not in sparkly paper,
But a lowly manger,
Sealed in hopeful promise,
For every doubting Thomas,
From God, with love
To all mankind

Under the star-light,
Late in the stable,
God, with his dear ones in mind,
Given the Savior,
Sent to deliver,
The brightest new morning
You'll ever find
When Heaven gave the first time. . .

There's a gift marked for us,
By the angel chorus,
Not in sparkly paper,
But a lowly manger,
Sealed in hopeful promise,
For every doubting Thomas,
From God, with love
To all mankind

And every good and perfect gift,
Comes down, and we'll spread it around
Oh every good and perfect gift,
Comes down, and we'll spread it around
Spread it around

There's a gift marked for us,
By the angel chorus,

There's a gift marked for us,
By the angel chorus,
Not in sparkly paper,
But a lowly manger,
Sealed in hopeful promise,
For every doubting Thomas,
From God, with love
To all mankind

i changed my mind, this is my favorite christmas song, you should look it up, it is the most totally erstic, epic, legit, gnarly, beastly song ever!  (for those who don't know what erstic is, don't worry, it's kind of an inside joke with the renfrows and us.  and don't bother googleing it. . . you won't come up with anything.)  my favorite part is when they say, 'from God, with love.  To all mankind.'  it's like a present labeled to us.  please, as a special favor to me, please look this song up and listen to it.

love y'all, have the best christmas time ever.
Ky