Country songs are dangerous!! ;)

LOL...ok so I had one of those "moments" the other day. You know those moments when you are just randomly talking, singing or doing whatever and actually REALIZE what you are doing and go: WHAT IN THE WORLD AM I DOING/SAYING?

So this has happened before, but I hadn't blogged about it before. The other day I was singing this song and all the sudden I realized what I was saying. You know that song, "A country song in reverse"...if you do you are probably going...uh-oh... Yep!!

The chorus goes:

You can play my ol' record backwards,
And it won't take long to see,
I AM NOT THE MAN THAT I ONCE WAS,
I CHANGED IDENTITIES! rflol

Yep, well only the last part of the song was sticking in my head. I kept singing it over and over, and I really didn't think anything about it...UNTIL, I was helping Dad with breakfast or something...and I sang it! Well the moment I said it, we BOTH realized what it SOUNDED like!! So Dad just started laughing, and I did too! If some guy is singing it sounds great, but some girl singing it sounds like well...you get the picture!!

Dee Henderson

I LOVE DEE HENDERSON!!! I LOVE DEE HENDERSON!! I AM LISTENING TO THE WITNESS...AND I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I LOVE DEE HENDERSON!!! :D Of course I already loved her...but I love her more now! ;)

Another random post from the Honduran Chikka!

So long...

So man…it has been too long. I have been extremely busy. I know, I know…that is no excuse, but that's all I got for right now.  Anyways, I definitely have been busy. We changed themes in Sunday School not too long ago, so that was lots of work: decorations, training, and lots and lots of practice. Not too long ago God, through nothing short of a miracle, has opened the door to finish the house. So Dad has begun to start the work on the house again, that has taken a little bit of work (although definitely not on my part). This weekend we have a minister's retreat. Next weekend we (my family), will be heading off for a friend's wedding. We will be gone all weekend. Then Family Camp is the end of the month, so we will be starting on the planning for that soon.  

Realistically I love all the excitement, but that definitely doesn't allow for much blogging or other such things.  (Side note: I am listening to Dee Henderson while trying to write this so…it may be a little scatterbrained.) I love the chaos of trying to make sure that all details have been thought and taken care of. It is my favorite part of camp, although it drives some people crazy. Anyways…if ya'll don't hear from me again for awhile…you know why.

~Honduran Chikka

 

Olanchito's Dedication Service

Hey you guys I am finally back. So I know that I was going on and on about how I was going to post soon and just REALLY going to post soon, and I was...til I got myself grounded! OOPs! Yeah we are not going to talk about that. Anyways. I was going to post about the dedication of the temple in Olanchito which is about 2 1/2 hours away from here. Then I went and got myself grounded and...oh yeah...we aren't talking about that! So I will just post pics because I don't have the time to write now! So at least the pics! 

Hey ya'll, I have been noticing a total lack on my blog. Of what? Posts. I have totally slacked off! I am not even sure why. I have the time (mostly) I enjoy it...so what is my problem. I have really been MISSING this blog. Throughout my day I  keep thinking of things to blog about but I don't (or a lot of times can't) sit down and write it and I will forget. I sit down and try to remember but...for the life of me can't! It is really aggravating. So I am going to try to start posting frequently again.

I also wanted to say that I really wish that my non-follower followers, the ones of you that don't want to actually admit you are following me by clicking: FOLLOW, don't be afraid to leave a comment. I know there are probably close to one hundred people that follow me unofficially, and it is like ya'll don't think you can post because you are not a member. Well that is a bunch of balogne and ya'll really NEED to comment (especially those of you that are like FAMILY! ACHUM). Anyways...I will be posting a real post soon so keep checking back.

~Allana
Motto: Don't be afraid to click the FOLLOW button. ;)

Honduran Chikka is getting a change!

Hey, ya'll! So I know that it has been forever since I blogged. Even I have missed it. I really wish that  I could have posted a little more. Anyways. I think it is time for a new Honduran Chikka. I am debating just how to go about it, but don't doubt it, Honduran Chikka is getting a new look!

Anyways, keep tuning in!

Sunday School kids!

You gotta love S.S. kids!!! I mean I am just IN LOVE!!! So this morning things were going kinda slow, and it came to testimony time and nobody wanted to get up. Finally a little girl that is about 2-3 stood up. Now she is so short that you kinda can't even see her when she stands up behind the other pews, so I wasn't sure if she wanted to testify.

I asked her, "Do you want to testify?"

"Yes!!!"

"Ok, go ahead"

"I am thankful that God made me so pretty" Ka-plunk went her bottom as she sat back down. She just look so proud of herself, because she had testified! I was proud too, but more than that I was laughing!! Like if I could have, I would have been, rolling-on-the-floors-laughing-out-loud!!!! It was just too cute! I have to say one more time that I LOVE KIDS!

Four days!

ONLY FOUR DAYS!!! YEAH!!! Only four days until life will return to sanity a.k.a. Mom will get back! I am very excited! Baby Charity will be back too!! OH YEAH, BABY!!! ;) (So I am definitely not that...um....whatever...in real life!)

Anyways....only four days!

Heather Sherrill

I have made lots of new friends lately and you were among the many that I made! I would have to say that it is definitely a good addition! Anyways...

Heather is one of my great friends that has stuck with me (since I have known her) through many a baby-sitting days!!! (Oh, wait, you actually deserted me and went off to "work" during that experience, huh?)  JK I loved doing that (even if it was without you!! ;) ). But I do have to say that she is an awesome person, and I am glad to call her my friend!! So to you, Heather (She is going to kill me!! Oh, wait...she can't because I am in Honduras!! HAHAHAHA):

I know that your hair might not have looked

as great as you wanted it to, but I didn't have 

any other pics of you!

I love this pic... but I have no idea what you were doing! :D

Better??? ;)

Love YA, gurl!

I AM CAPABLE...

There is something special about knowing that you are capable. Now, you are probably thinking: What in the world is she talking about?? I know you are thinking it so just admit it...  *wink* But, really...  I mean it has been in my head all of today, almost like a song.

I leave the last of the dishes in the sink as I walk out the back door into the laundry room. I take the wet clothes out of the washer and place them in a basket, ready for transport to the backyard. I carry them back to the backyard and begin to hang them on the line. When I am done I walk back to the laundry thinking of what I will make for supper. I am already thinking what kind of meat I need to get out and...*sticks out tongue*....how to marinate it...I guess that will be another call to Mom. In the middle of this a couple of the kids start fighting and I take care of that. Then I make lunch, and we all go on a walk. All this time in my head repeating itself over and over is three little words: I AM CAPABLE. I think back over the years. Could I have done this three years ago, or even two? Could I even have done this last year? I don't think so. But somewhere along the way I have matured and THIS year...say it with me ;)...I AM CAPABLE. It is quite a change that has amazed even me! I AM CAPABLE...

I AM CAPABLE of getting up each morning to make breakfast.
I AM CAPABLE of washing the dishes.
I AM CAPABLE of cleaning the house.
I AM CAPABLE of helping the kids with their chores and school.
I AM CAPABLE of washing clothes and hanging them on the line.
I AM CAPABLE of making three meals a day, and controlling snacks in between.
I AM CAPABLE of getting everybody ready for church.
I AM CAPABLE of making sure that they behave in church...
I AM CAPABLE of...etc.

Most importantly, Max Lucado said: You cannot be anything you want to be. But you can be everything God wants you to be. Wow, that is most important. I AM CAPABLE of being exactly who GOD wants me to be! In that I am content, because I know that I REALLY am CAPABLE! 

Brittany Davis

OK, I am honest...I LOVE THIS GIRL!!! She just rocks...and you GUYS...she is single! LOL ;)

Brittany Davis has been an incredible friend ever since we first met. She has put up with me throughout all that time. She is a teacher at a bilingual school here in Honduras. She lives about two hours away from us so we don't get to see each other very often. But she is definitely one of my role models. I even remember telling Dad that she was one of my role models on the way to the States in January...I think!! *wink wink* Anyways....I love ya, girl!!

Don't ask...she was just getting a little too much info!! :) JK

She is the one in the middle! (Oh, and I need to make it 

clear that all these girls are my friends...except maybe 

the geek on the side! ;) )

Love ya, girl!

My Pizza Hut experience

So my opinion of PH is kinda going-down-the-tubes. LOL So we went to eat at Pizza Hut last night, and the whole experience started out on the wrong foot. As we entered I just happened to glance over at take-out area. There was a young man (a worker from Pizza hut) getting ready to take his order. (Here they deliver the call-in orders on motorcycles.) So this young man has his box open and he is looking at the order he is about to take and he is calling something to I guess the cook. BEFORE MY VERY EYES I watched as he PICKED something off this SOMEBODY else's pizza with his BARE, PROBABLY DIRTY, hands!!!! Ok, so I think I am skipping take-out for awhile (at least from PH). So they seat us and everything went fine as we ordered and ate, then right when we were about to leave, they start setting up this table next to ours. When I say NEXT to -ours I mean I could have used the seat from the other table for an arm-rest. I am thinking, dude, only in Honduras...

There was also some interesting people, but we don't have time... It was quite an experience...

You gotta love a little child's ignorance. Especially one that was born in the 21st Century. So Josiah, Sarah, and Lydia have this little Dr. kit. It is really cute it has all the little things that drs need. It has a stethoscope, a plastic syringe, the little "knee hammer", a little scalpel, and some cute little glasses without the little "ear arms". There was also a little plastic thermometer, the old kind except it is just a plastic thing with a sticker.

So some of the kids were playing with the kit and they were "working" on Lydia. Josiah decided he needed to take Lydia's tempature so he stuck the little thermometer under her arm. After leaving it for a few seconds he pulled it out and said:

BEEP BEEP 

LOL! Just like a digital thermometer!! I love it!!! :D

My dream vehicle

This is the vehicle that I have ALWAYS dreamed of owning!!! LOL Some people are like why that? My Mom even said, Allana, I just don't think that you are the F150 kind of girl!! Yep, that's right! The nice F150 is my dream vehicle, I was think like a F350 but I think that would be just a little TOO big. There's only one problem with ever getting this truck (not that I see it happening or anything) and that is that I am afraid the guys would be circling my truck instead of me!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Sorry!! Anyways...

You guys I am swooning over here!! 

OH, YEAH, BABY!!!! ;)

Rebecca Foster

Well, since you are such a good friend, I figured that my next "friend-post" will be on you. I have to say that I appreciate how much you put up with me when I was littler. I am so glad that we are a little closer than we were the first time you came down to Honduras. I remember being jealous of you through-out your first trip here. Several times I would get mad and jealous at you, but now we are pretty close and I am sooo glad that God has placed you in my life to be one of my best friends. Love ya bunches, girl!! (And I even restrained from calling you: patita!!! *wink wink*)

I know that you don't really like this picture...but I love it soo....  :D

Burger King is NASTY!!!

;) I love this picture!! (More for the people...um...well you know... :D)

I look retarded!!! SERIOUSLY

Just so that you would know...

UGH...so I have been really sick, it is awful!!! But today I feel a little bit better. So that is why I haven't been posting. I just thought I would let everybody know! So I will try to post in this coming week! Oh, and I haven't posted my friend-post this week yet. I will try to do that today!

"Mr. Pot-head" Hopefully the last post!!! :D

Ok, you guys, so I have finally worked up the nerve to discuss the whole "Mr. Pot-head" incident. Ok, so this is going to be hard but I am going to do it.  So, how was I supposed to know...I had no idea and I am so embarrassed and...WHATEVER...  LOL

So, while the kids were playing with the pots and messing around they were calling themselves "Pot-heads" so...I mean, obviously I would put that as the subject with the pictures. I mean wouldn't you? I had no idea. If I would have known I probably would have put that as the subject anyway, but, I prefer to KNOW these things!! :D So when Mom read the post, and just lost it, I knew it wasn't over the pictures. I KNEW...I just looked at her though. She turned to mean and she said, "Do you know what that means?" And I said "What did I  do now?" The rest is history that was clearly explained by my Mom in her post. Anyways...I figured I would let everyone know that I am not embarrassed (anymore) :D!!

LOL...Forwards!

Ok so most of you probably know that I hate forwards. Well I was looking at links on a friend's friend's friend blog's links (Lol) and I found this and it cracked me up! So I had to put it on here! Thanks, Caitlyn. (Although I don't know you!! :D Maybe someday you will find my blog!)

So...here ya go! Forwards

Prayer Please

I have so much that I need to post about. I know that it has been like forever, and I really want to catch ya'll all up...but I have not had time! (Imagine that, I think it is becoming the story of my life! ;) ) I may not have much time in the three coming weeks either, because my Mom is leaving for the States for three weeks. Ya'll please be in LOTS of prayer for me! (Fasting wouldn't hurt either :D)

Actually I would like to really ask that you be in prayer for my Dad. He has been sick since Friday night. I think it might just be some kind of virus but please be in prayer for him! We know that God is still our healer!

Anyways...ya'll hold your breath there is a lot coming up! (Hopefully...if I find time in my schedule...)

~Allana

Josiah's b-day!

WOW!!! 7 yrs. old?? Josiah is growing way too fast! Enjoy the pictures. (Blogger was a little messed up, thus the pictures are a little MIXED up.)