"Pirates!" cried John, seizing his Sunday hat, "Let us go at once!"

"I don't think much of our profession, but contrasted with respectability, it is comparatively honest."
-The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert and Sullivan, 1879)

It was amazing. Glimmerglass did an amazing job. The place was fabulous and very well organized. Their festival season books are extremely well put together. I don't really think their website does them justice, but you can check it out. www.glimmerglass.org. I have never been to an Opera, but since this was an Operetta, I'm not sure if it counts. : ) It was incredible all the same.

"Why join the navy when you can be a pirate?"

Kelly and I basically cracked up the whole time. I felt like I was the only one laughing at times. And I was surprised because there were a lot of younger people there. Some younger than me. But it was definetly for the whole family. I really wish my family could have seen it. But it was pretty expensive. We got "cheap tickets" and they were $70 each. But honestly, it was worth it. So worth it. There is this dentist that stays at our Inn, he works every other week in Cooperstown. So anyways, his wife, Diane, is really funny, and she said a bunch of the cast from "the pirates" came into the office, and she said the pirates were "gorgeous! gorgeous!" lol, well, i wouldn't say they were "gorgeous", but the guy who played the pirate king was pretty good looking. ; )
So I came back to the Inn and it was 11, so I spent the night in one of the rooms. Which was nice, but it was hard to fall asleep. Kind of wierd to sleep in a room that you clean everyday. So I didn't fall asleep until 3ish. And I got up at 6 and then started working again at 7. And I didn't get home till 8:30 tonight, because I helped serve a dinner at our inn for the family of the inductee to the hall of fame this year. It was kind of strange, because there are a few young guys staying, and they look like they can't be that much older than me, but they were drinking. I personally didn't think they looked old enough to drink and neither did my employers, so I'm not sure if they said anything. I mean, not like I would be wanting them to drink if they were old enough. Especially for a christian. Besides the fact that you could be hindering the winning of a soul to Christ, or causing a fellow believer to stumble, you are also not taking into consideration what we baptists call "the priesthood of the believer." ok....

anyways. I am so dead tired right now, and geuss WHAT!!!! I get to BACK to work tomorrow!! oh joy. i'm so tired of housekeeping. This is my third summer here, and I'm very very weary of it. Very weary of the stress, the long days with no overtime, the short notice things..i won't go into that...the millions of things i have to do in a day, the impressive reseme i'll have..wow. i'm just burnt out pretty much. and i hate the fact that i'll be going to college (Lord willing) being burnt out. *sigh*
i'm too young for this.

Sitting in poofys room and watching her pack, (because I still don't have my room yet..dad is downstairs working on spackeling nate and jons rooms..YAY!) is sort of depressing because I keep thinking I won't be doing this in a few weeks. But I think that is stupid, because I am very confident that if the Lord wants me at BJ, He will provide everything.


I am pigging out on frito's and resees peanut butter cups. Esther needs to go on a serious diet. Depending on whats for breakfast. hehe. Margie, (one of the owners) her daughter Tracy came to visit with her three children who i have babysat from time to time. Carly, Heather, and Will. they have a new golden retreiver puppy. cutest thing. anyways, I told Heather I need to go on a diet. "NO! You're so SKINNY!" "AHA!" (I say) "These breakfasts are a killer..."
Trust. Me after tonights dinner we served of chicken, corn, pasta....yeah. diet is in the future. This will probablly work for like, a day.

I love dogs. I love horses. I love cats. I love animals. I want to live on a farm when I grow up. : ) yay. And no, I don't mind working in the wonderful sme- i mean, the horrible*cough*smell. And I don't mind hard work. : ) and maybe in my spare time I'll play a concert or two. If I get hired. Ok. Gnight. I'm tired.


-E.G.E.

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this is my hair now

this is how i want it cut. like..right now. i can't stand long hair anymore.


i go through moods. don't mind me. short then long, short then long. this is the longest i've gone without getting it cut super short though.


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"i wasn't prepared..."

esther woke up this morning and read a devotional that her mother left on the table for her and almost cried. "stand still" it said over and over. until God tells you to "go forward." she decided that as long as God calls her to stand still, she will. And she will be content. in whatever state.

the following is for reader participation.
God is good...



-E.G.E.



oh, when the day is blue
i'll sit here wondering about you
and how the pollen fell
all around your face in strange yellow patterns

but, i wasn't prepared for this
oh, i wasn't prepared for this

when the morning came
the bees flew down and
wrapped themselves around me
and that's when i spoke the word
to have them trace your face for me in pollen

but, i wasn't prepared for this
oh, i wasn't prepared for this

come, come back to me, my, my darling
come, come back to me, my, my darling

i wasn't prepared for this
oh, i wasn't prepared for this

when the day is blue
i'll sit here wondering about you

meet pearl. meet sherman.

they are cool kids. they are my friends.

sherman is a manly man. he likes lord of the rings as you can see from the backround. he's pretty much a nerd, but he's kind of lazy. he doesn't do much.


pearl on the other hand is a much more active girl. she likes to play sweet videos and sweet tunes. her favorite video to play is "the three little pigs". she likes to play the switchfoot podcast and the strong bad email podcast. jon made me some sweet intials as you can see on sherman and on pearl. soon i will have more logo's to add to my already stylin' computer. keep up to date. : )




we say goodnight.




-E.G.E.

and other things

so my hair is getting pretty long and i'd like to get it permed again before i go to school. i went to megs grad. party last night and that was super fun. the food was amazing and i'm paying for how much i ate today, because my stomach has been in complete and utter knots all last night and today. the party was catered though and it was incredible, swedeish meatballs, spinach and chicken wraps, tuna club wraps, really really yummy chocoalte mousse dip for the fruit, oh man...lynn made the desserts and there were these amazing peanut butter cookies that were really soft and there was chocolate ginashe in them. so amazing. wow. of course they did the fireworks at dark so i couldn't stay.
but i did have a blast. thanks megis.

ok william had to leave and go kill a bat. that was random. have fun william.

so anyways. i need 7000 to go to school in august. august 21st to be exact. brutally exact. but you know, maybe it isn't the Lords will for me to go this semester. Whatever His will is, i'm in on it. I'm not really worried about it though. Jon and i were discussing our plans if i don't go. well mom and i talked first, and she said that i will have to get another job so i can make more money and stuff.
anyways jons kind of hoping i don't go, so are a lot of people... : ) but jon said we could go snowboarding and skiing with jesse and matt. lol. sounds fun to me. and going to co-op every teusday. sweet action. : ) maybe i can teach the music class. i wonder if certain people would even let me go near it. aha.

william is back and morgan was victorious with the wasp spray! go guys! lol

we just finished eight below. it was good. glory road was the other night. that was good too. anyways. its time for bed. just pray for the Lords will for me...and not neccesarily that, but that i'll trust and have faith. i do want to go to college, as much as i'd rather stay home...i do want to go. anyways, its early to rise.

Thanks again to the wilsons for coming up from conn. and all the work you guys did! its greatly appreciated and to the men in the tissiere family, and dads seminary buddy. : ) thanks on behalf of us all...you've encouraged our church and have done so much for everyone-they all really appreciate it. we're praising the Lord for all the volunteered help. THANK YOU!!!!

who knew-esthers world turned out to be the hotspot. : ) i'll tell you one thing I knew. : ) FIREWORKS!!! somebody is doing fireworks!!! yay!



make sure you come to the youth conference if you can make it! see a couple posts below if you don't know what i'm talking about!


gnight.

-E.G.E.

p.s. jon is making me a converse logo for my computer, a vans logo, and a onetruth logo. : )

what flavor are you?

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cleaning up.

proof that i was there..and helped! : )

coffee helped a lot too.

i chased jon with dirty gloves under all those walls...until quinn ruined it...*cough*

eating

dad took lots of pictures today and most of them had peoples hands held up in protest.
i promised you i'd post it : O

pish posh

so last night i roller skated. did pretty awesome. the only reason there was some good music was because i brought it but the dj man wouldn't play that much of it. cydney got traumatized and abbey just loves me more will wiped out eric got his hat thrown at him quinn won me a twizzler and matt almost asked for them to play "the blues". boys eat too much.
it was fun. i enjoyed myself but then i got sad because i realized that in a little over a month Lord willing i am leaving for college and i'm leaving everyone behind and i'm going to miss them so much and i won't be able to bear it.
i'm listening to the song on cydneys xanga and i can't describe at the moment how incredible it is. I slept last night and worked till noon came home and helped everyone at the church pull up nails and scrape the floor and sweep and smile and laugh and get teased horribly by mr. tissiere and his son and my brothers and the list goes on and on, and to top it all off his son left without saying goodbye and i was sad and then i filled out the rebate forms for my ipod and printer and computer and i wrote for awhile and then i got online and he apologized and then i decided i would do a post. its not much of one because i'm tired and ready for bed jons sinus surgery is tomorrow and i think i'm going to go ride because i have it off but i have to sleep first. i don't know what made me more tired, the work or the teasing. and i tripped over things and almost hurt people and i wish i wasn't so clumsy sometimes and i regret things a lot and i wish i didn't.

it takes a loss before you've found

it takes the one to have the other

i could write a book right now if i only knew where to start

life is wonderful

open my eyes so that i'll see it

pray for my faith that it will be strong "'cause life is not long but its hard"






gnight


-E.G.E.

"STANDING IN THE GAP"

WEEKEND YOUTH CONFERENCE
"Standing in the Gap"

Bible Baptist Church
Pastor Christopher Ellis
P.O. Box 606
Mt. Vision, NY
13810

August 4th and 5th 2006

Ezekiel 22:30
"And I sought for a man among them,
that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the gap before me for the land,
that I should not destroy it: but I found none."

MAIN SPEAKERS:
Tom Newton, Pastor - Cornwall, Ontario
Bob Doom, Director Global Baptist Missions, Russian Bible Society- Ashville, NC
Justin White- Seluda, NC

SCHEDULE:
Friday, August 4th
6:00 PM - Prayer
6:30 PM - SESSION 1 Two speakers, singing, testimonies from various young people
Meal to follow evening session.

Saturday, August 5th
8:30 AM - Devotions
9:00 AM - Breakfast
10:00 AM - SESSION 2
11:00-11:15 - break
11:15-12:15 - SESSION 3
12:30 PM - Lunch
1:30 PM - SESSION 4
2:30-4:30 - recreation
5:00 PM - Dinner
6:00 PM - Prayer
7:00 PM - Closing Service

PARENTS, ADULTS, AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ARE ALSO WELCOME IN ALL THE SERVICES.

Please be sure to bring a sleeping bag and overnight items if you are staying overnight. We would be happy to have you!

Love offerings will be taken to cover expenses.

Please dress neatly and modestly.

Do not bring any mp3 players/cd players/radios/video games or other electronic devices.

Let us know if you are attending by July 22, 2006, how many youth and adults will be coming, and if you'd like to spend the night.

Contact Nate Ellis or Esther Ellis for more information.
Nate Cell: 607-437-9287
Nate email: teach4theson@aol.com
Esther Cell: 607-437-8540
Esther email: someone7789@aol.com



I was listening to a song the other day that made me think of the theme verse for this conference from Ezekial 22:30. I will write that out again and the song lyrics after.

"And I sought for a man among them,
that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the gap before me for the land,
that I should not destroy it: but I found none."



Is this the New Year or just another night?
Is this the new fear or just another fright?
Is this the new tear or just another desperation?

Is this what they call freedom?
Is this what you call pain?
Is this what they call discontented fame?

It'll be a day like this one
When the world caves in
When the world caves in
When the world caves in

I'm singing this one like a broken piece of glass
From broken arms an' broken noses in the back
Is this the New Year or just another desperation?

You're pushing till you're shoving
You bend until you break
Till you stand on the broken fields where our fathers lay

It'll be a day like this one
When the world caves in
When the world caves in...
There's nothing here worth saving,
Is no one here at all?
Is there any net left that could break our fall?

It'll be a day like this one
When the sky falls down and the hungry and poor and deserted are found
Are you discontented? Have you been pushing hard?
Have you been through and down this broken house of cards?

It'll be a day like this one
When the world caves in
When the world caves in
When the world caves in

Is there nothing left now?
Nothing left to sing
Are there any left who haven't kissed the enemy?
Is this the New Year or just another desperation?

Just as I could find you, do the wicked never lose?
Is there any honest song to sing besides these blues?

And nothing is okay
Till the world caves in
Till the world caves in

* * *


Hope to see some of you at the conference! We're looking forward to it and most of all, looking forward to coviction and revival. Let us know if you're coming. : )
I have lots more to say about some things the Lord is doing in my life, so hopefully more later. Tuesday is a work day at the church and we're really thankful for all those that came from Conn. to help us Saturday! You guys did awesome and really encouraged our church. Thank you very very much!!



-E.G.E.

4th of July fun.

when you're super stressed like me..nights like this take your mind off of things.
first, when heathers fam. came, which ended up just being heather, jesse, and matt in the first shift...yes, if you can recall, the same matt who made me realize what great big malls are for. eating. yahhhh.
jon and i decided to go climb the tree in our front yard and wait for them, and make bird noises when they came. the first problem was that i couldn't/didn't want to climb any higher than the first branch so my legs were hanging down, and i was wearing a bright blue tie-dye shirt. so i finally got a little higher and then they came and i stuck out really bad but they didn't notice, then they went inside, came back out, and i said "PIZZA!" in my most bird-like voice. They saw us. Then Jesse and Matt came up too. They talked about the wierdest things. Then we ate. Then Matt, Jesse, and Jon smashed up all the warped and ruined folding chairs from the flood with a bat. I list them in order of who did the best job. Until Matt stepped on a rusty nail.
Then they played soccer, and then we came in and fooled with photo booth...(see below)
Then we wrote an amazing song on Garageband. Which basically included Jesse and I. We did the brunt of it. With Jon saying "thats wicked cool man.." and Matt saying...well...maybe he just nodded his head. He DID say "This is going to take forever."
Then we heard fireworks so we ran outside, some climbed the tree, some climbed the outdoor furniture..*cough* and we watched them. They were really lame compared to the ones on Saturday night. Oh did I mention sunday? the tissieres came to church. : ) and they came for lunch after. that was super cool because i love them. : D yes, i do. and then ruth, quinn, heather and i went on a walk after. through the graveyard. it was really hot.
so anyways, we wrote the song...then they left. just now. its 10:30. i have tomorrow off. i'm really happy. but i have a lot to do, so bummer.. i don't think i can go ride, i won't have a car.
oh i forgot..jon and ruth and i went out last night. it was fun. i got a mint oreo blizzard with resees peanut butter cups. and we listened to my caedmons call cd. the new one. awesomeness. i got this pretty sweet horse fabric. its got horses running all over it. i'm going to make a skirt. and trim it with this ribbon and a ruffle. and wear a striped red oxford shirt with it. and maybe a tie. thats tight.
I didn't mention Heather and ruth in this post, because they were upstairs talking...BORRRRINGGGGGG
although heather did witness the chair smashing. front row seat. until it was smashed AHA!














quinn, i couldn't find the one of you, or else be assured i would have posted it.





-E.G.E.

"worrying is a sin."

thanks my dearest. sing it with me ruthy:

You cut me down a tree
And brought it back to me
And that's what made me see
Where I was going wrong

You put me on a shelf
And kept me for yourself
I can only blame myself
You can only blame me

And I could write a song
A hundred miles long
Well, that's where I belong
And you belong with me

And I could write it down
Or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found
Or swallowed in the sea

You put me on a line
And hung me out to dry
And darling that's when I
Decided to go to see you

You cut me down to size
And opened up my eyes
Made me realize
What I could not see

And I could write a book
The one they'll say that shook
The world, and then it took
It took it back from me

And I could write it down
Or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found
And you'll come back to me
Not swallowed in the sea...

The streets you're walking on
A thousand houses long
Well, that's where I belong
And you belong with me

Oh what good is it to live
With nothing left to give
Forget but not forgive
Not loving all you see
All the streets you're walking on
A thousand houses long
Well that's where I belong
And you belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea
You belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea





-E.G.E.