Summer '07 Part III

Well the last part of my summer was probably the most amazing :]

I spent two weeks doing territorial camps in my own territory haha. I first to TAM which was absolutely amazing and then the famous SLMC, which was also very amazing.

First let's start with TAM. I was proud to be part of the first ever worship track at TAM. I had the privelge of worship 2-3 hrs a day (sometimes more) with amazing instructors and my best friends :] Our worship team truely had an annointing on us by God. My voice teacher was Ray Livingston. He was so awesome to get to know him and his personality haha :] Our other instructors were Bill Rollins, leader of the worship band as a whole. Mark Hood, guitar instructor, Jon Knaggs, assisted Mark. Phil Laeger, piano instructor, and Andrew Garcia assisted him. Captain Jon Jackson did percussion, and Matt did our sound. I roomed with great people :] my roommates were of course Erin, Sara Mattern and Ebony :] It was pretty awesome haha. On wednesday night we went into the city for a prayer walk and to see Mary Poppins. The entire trip was absolutely. The prayer walk made me step out of my comfort zone. I loved it :] And the show was absolutely amazing :] Overall TAM was absolute life changing experience :]

Me and my wonderful roommates :] Me and Em being our crazy selves :]Lucas and I :]

Mary Poppins billboard :] It was awesome :]The whole TAM conservatory at Time Square Corps :]


My last stop of the summer was at the Famous Star Lake Musicamp. I wasn't very found of going there. My previous experience wasnt' very pleasant. In fact it sucked haha. But I'm pleased to say this year was much much much better haha. I played in Hilltop band on first cornet and sang in Star Lake Chorus. The guests were absolutely amazing :] Graeme and Neryl Press became my friends by the end of the week and truely people I look up to in my christian walk. It was a great pleasure to listen to his devotions every morning, and watching his cute, but lesson giving cartoons :] I loved hanging out with like the greatest people on camp. Neal, Carissa, Evie, Andrew, Allison, Seth, Isaac, Derek, Felix and Dave all became some of my good friends after that week. And I must say I truely look up to and admire Neal, Carissa, Evie, Andrew and Dave. They're all great examples of christian young people in college living the way the Lord has asked of them. They're amazing. My previous posts have all told of lifechanging experiences this summer but Star Lake was very different than those. I didn't kneel at the altar with my own selfish sin to repent of. I knelt before the Lord bringing my friends and family to him and asking him to bless them and becoming selfless. I think that every experience before that had brought me to that moment at the end of my summer and it was more amazing than I could ever explain. It's indescribable:]Star Lake Chorus :]Dave's weird/hilarious pose haha :]Erin and I at Dairy Queen :]Isaac, Derek and I :] Me playing Delilah in the History of Sampson haha :]


All I can say is the Lord has blessed me with a truely amazing summer and I couldn't have asked for better :]


I am blessed :]


Kathryn :]

Summer '07 Part II

Ok so the second part of my summer was spent in two different places. First was TMI and second was at home at my family reunion.

I'll start with TMI. It was my third year going. And it was awesome. Erin, Brittany, Jon and Brad all came with this year. So far the largest delegation to ever go from Pendel. I also got to see my best friend Morgan :] which made me happier than you'll ever know haha :] I met sooo many new people it's not even funny. I played in TMI band and sang in TMI chorus which was an absolute privelge. I was under the instruction of the guests which were the Krommenhoek's. They were amazing. I had the privelge of taking one dance class with Mrs. Krommenhoek is jewish folk dancing which was like so awesome haha. God changed me alot there and I certainly will never forget it :] I also injured my foot while I was there. It's sort of a funny story as to how I did but you can ask me that personally haha. But I hurt my foot and as soon as I did Erin and Tab prayed healing over it. We didn't think it was really healed because it continued to swell up and turn black and blue. When I finally returned home and went to the doctors for it. He took xrays and said my foot had been broken. I had walked on my foot all that week and he was absolutely amazed at that. He was also amazed that my foot healed the right way on it's own and so quickly. All I can say to that is the Lord is the Wonderful Healer :]
My broken/healed foot haha :]My best friend Morgan and myself :]

The Pendel Crew :]

The whole crew :]
The Krommenhoek's, Dr. Holz and Myself :]

The second part of my second part of my summer (haha :]) was spent at my family reunion. This year was special because just about everyone in my family was there with the exception of my mom, and three of my cousins. It was so awesome to see all the little ones in my family. It helps me feel older knowing i'm not the youngest anymore. This year alone I gained three new baby cousins :] Yeah I know my cousins have been busy haha. It was great reminder of the base I have at home and that I think everyone in my family can atleast say they know the Lord. I love my family more than anything on earth and it was so great to see them and give them hugs and kisses and spend time together. The Lord has truely blessed me with an amazing, talented, loving family and I couldn't have asked for better :]

My cousin Ellie and myself :]My Nana and my cousin Davey :]

My cousin Sarah and my Aunt Kristie :]

My girls :] Ellie, Sarah and Arianna :]

One of the newest additions. Leela whose three weeks old :]


Bless you :]

Coming Soon : Summer '07 Part III

Kathryn :]

Summer '07 Part I

This is Part I of my summer :]

First thing I did this summer was attended Ladore Music Conservatory for the 4th year. It was absolutely amazing. I had such an awesome time. I also spent there with a couple of my best friends. Emma, Amanda, Kayla, Evie, Emilee,Leia and Ronda. I learned alot in leadership with Harold. I sat first chair in conservatory band. Dave Laboss and Ronda led band. I had theory with Amanda and sight singing with Priscilla. Enoch came back for a second it was soo awesome to see him. Emilee was my private lesson teacher which was totally awesome :] Leadership kids were the greatest. It was me, Kayla, Leia, Emma, Chris, Ian, Mike and Brad. We were pretty much the best ever. Over all conservatory was absolutely amazing :]

Enoch doing the crazy straw thing haha :]

The girls :]

My favorite small group :]

Crazy nights in the counselors room :]

Next was Divisional Musicamp. I taught musicmakers and theory to Seneca 3 and 4. I also helped Priscilla with Senece 6-10 chorus. I took bike rides everyday down to my special spot by the dam. I spent amazing time with God there. Probably that was the highlight of my week. Another highlight was watching the staff kids while the music staff went out to eat. I watched David Caled Childs. He was soo cute and would run up to me and say " does your face hurt? Well it's killing me" just to hear me laugh haha. I played first chair in Ladore Band under Charlie Baker. We played the chief musician and i had lots of solos haha. It was such a great week. I fell in love with the Lord. Here's a couple pictures.

David Caleb and I walking to dinner haha :]

Emma, Kaitlyn, David Caleb and I. We seriously love them :]

Me sitting on my rock by the lake :]

Well that's all i'm going to write for now. Part two later :]

My chains are gone!

Well the past two weeks have probably been the greatest of my summer. From August 6-12 I spent at the training school for tam conservatory. I was proud to be part of the first ever worship track at tam. It was amazing. I loved worship the Lord for 4-6 hours a day. Although that was very amazing it wasn't the most amazing part of my summer. Suprisingly the part I was not looking forward to ended up being the best ever. I cried on the wasy to slmc from tam. I thought I was going to loose everything I had worked toward in the past week. Well I lost alot but not what I was expecting. We had great devotions everyday with Graeme Press. One day during the week they passed out these rubberbands to put on our wrists so that when we think sinful thoughts we could snap the rubberband. Throughout the week that rubberband became a real reminder of my sin. It came til the last day on sunday. The comissioner spoke amazingly as always. But for the first time in forever I didn't feel convicted to go to the altar. Instead I felt very convicted to pray for the person next to me. It was quite a weird conviction. I ended up praying for that person after the meeting as well as my best friend emma. I don't know what happened during those prayers. But emma and I walked out of the tabernacle and my rubberband fell off. My chain was broken! Praise GOD!

There is a song by Chris Tomlin that we sang in worship a couple times at Slmc. It's called Amazing Grace / My Chains Are Gone. Here are the lyrics to chorus. May the Lord bless you with these words as He has me.

My chains are gone, I've been set free.
My God, my savior has ransomed me.
And like a flood, His mercy reigns.
Unending love, amazing grace.

Blessings,

Kathryn