We are M.O.O. and M.O.O. are WE

Alright, Ive made a promise and I must keep it.........mee-maw. haha. So it is wednesday and Im at the office listening to the rain outside. Ahhh Swazi weather...gotta love it! SO last Wednesday was my 16th birthday..OH YEAH! SWEET SIXTEEN! No hectic dance party or anything like that...just school. But my day was great. My friends at school made me a poster and sang happy birthday to me in assembly...kindof embarrasing, the rest of the 500 students were like WHO CARES SHUT UP! I love my friends. Then, we my mom had a little party for me that night for all the Childrens Cup staff. And of course....the Ohlerking tradition....they all sang happy birthday to me in the most horrible, off key, loud, painful, but funny way you could imagine. And Trinity coloured me a beautiful picture, though I am still trying to decide if the object on the page is supposed to be me or .....a tree. trin is awesome! Then I got a lot of emails, which made it even better.

School is going okay. Just seems like the work and studying never ends, guess thats life though. Maybe I should just be a stay at home mom.....okay no, wouldnt work out for me. Thank God for them, but I just always have to be doing something.

Our youth group at school is still growing and we voted on a name a few weeks ago. Um......were called the M.O.O............mount of olives. Its okay I guess....but I wanted something catchy like H2O or RAMP or REFUGE (oh yea...representin HPC), but oh well....MOO we are and we are MOO. Yipee. BUT ANYWAYS.......we were supposed to be having a youth worship night at school this Friday...but everything fell through and we had to cancel it. I was soo sad because everyone had been looking forward to it and we were hoping that it would be a life changing event, but then Charles saved the day! DUH-NUH-NUH-NUH!!!!!! So, we are still going to have a youth night Friday, but at a different venue and its going to be cool. Basically I have two days to spread the news and plan how to get people there and home again. PLEASE PRAY! Transportation is the biggest problem when trying to have an event here. urg. Please pray that it goes well and that God moves , even though it is kindof a last minute thing. God is in control.

You know what?? I really want to go to South America. Yeah ...I do. I dont know why, but its been on my heart for a long time now. Ecuador or Peru or anywhere really. I dont know what God has in mind for my life, but I wonder why I feel such a longing to be there. In His perfect time. Just wait, Gabby.
I always have to tell myself just to chill and stop planning my life, when its not even my own to plan.

So...soccer is going well. We won a tournament this past weekend and my school team also won a tournament this past weekend. My school also had a 21k half marathon in sunday (from the Oshoek border to the top of the Waterford hill.....OUCH), but since I had a soccer tournament later that day, me and 3 other girls formed a relay team and each ran 5.1k's. It was fun, and I wasnt tired for my soccer games so all was well.

Thats all for now. My dad really wants to go home. My mom isnt home so it looks like he has to come up with something for dinner. Hes really excited ( wink wink). Until next time,
We are MOO. haha.