This picture was taken when we went to visit different hospitals here in Hilo just before christmas, we gave people salvation army blankets, socks and sang christmas songs for them to bring some christmas feeling to the people in the hospitals and share the gospel. the two women in the red salvation army shirts are part of the home league and woman by me is captain kelley, and the boy in the back is Miji, Lutchers son, and by him is Mike, the corps officer and Kelleys husband.. and the kids in front are the children of the lady with long hair on the left.. cant remember her name... :):):)
This picture was taken when we went to Honolulu this last monday, we just got back today. We went to the officers christmas party that was held at the salvation army camp. By left: Moriah, Mike, Miji, Danielle, Kelley and me!

swimmin' in the ocean

went to swim in the ocean today in honololu. it was soo nice. never would of thought i would get to do that in states, especially in hawaii.. was soo nice..:)

staying in honolulu for few days...

hey guys. im in honolulu right now. got here today. its like a 40 minute flight from hilo. came to the officers chrismtas party... well even tho im not an officer.. but well its a good chance to meet all the officers here so they wanted me to come too. anyway.. the party is tomorrow but well be staying here til thursday. will ge tto do some shopping and go swim in the ocean right after christmas.. crazy i think. today it was like 85 degrees out... talked to my mom today, she said theres perfect snow in tallinn... mmm how badly i want to jump in the snow right now.. well i guess when id be there i would think id want to be on a beach.. so well either way is good. anyway, its nice to be here and i willl try to post some pictures later on too.

in hawaii now

hey guys. Well im here now. got here on wednesday. all my flights went ok. Slept most of the way over. just soo tired and well the time difference didnt help any either.. well hawaii is beautiful as you all can imagine. its different tho. this island im on anyway. An old community so, not many last fashion buildings like in tallinn or anywhere else, in big citys. there are big buildings in honolulu tho but thats on another island, like the second island from here. but its nice anyway. well i havet got to many places yet but ive been to some things.. like to the bank and postoffice and went to see a soccer game the first night here. The lutchers( hilo corps officers) have 3 kids, and the oldest daughter playes soccer and they had a game last night so we went to see it. The girls won. it was fun cause well i played soccer for 6 years myself.

The corps here is quite small, just like our Kopli. Its really sweet and the people here are nice too. Loads of volunteers here, and about the same amount of people working on payroll as in kopli again. so reminds me a lot of home. and kelley, the captain here, reminds me so much of you, susan! listening to her makes me feel like i listen to you:)

Ill post some pictures when i take more and get them on the computer too. I soon will have my own little office nad computer to work on, so then it will be easyer. Right now i just use a computer when its free.

Well like everywhere.. during christmas its crazy here. and well whats even crazyer is to have christmas when it is 25 celcius outside. and guess what? they people here say its kinda COLD outside... then again me.. I MISS SNOW SO MUCH! wish i could play a good snowfight.

Anyways, its 6.12 pm and im still at the corps. some things just dont change heh?

Miss you!

Lost big time ...congratz Phil,Derek and Jake

Umm yeah, i dont think i have to say much more, do i? well those who dont know yet, today was when i went to play pool with Phil,Derek, Jacob and Meg. It was me and Meg against the men and we played 4 games and lost all of them. yeah. not the best day. not like 2 YEARS AGO WHEN ME AND MEG WON!! But well, gotta know how to lose too, right! anyway, at least now phil has something to make fun of on sunday... and im sure he will... and by the way.. its my last sunday at my home corps for a while... gonna miss you all loads..

CONGRATZ YOU GUYS! WAS GOOD GAME TODAY!

:)

Today im having fun babysitting the wittenbergs kids.. :) its exactly 11 days left til i fly to states so im also trying to spend time with family and have to start packing soon too! and in the mean time i work and work... and work.. so im doing good! And hope you are too! :) anyway, gotta run and well i promise ill blog again soon! so dont forget to check back! :):):):):)

Hawaii

Got my US visa on friday and am moving to hawaii on dec 13th to work at The Salvation Army Hilo Corps. Really really exciting to get to work for God there! Keep me in your prayers

Heh. little sander is 3 months today! and so cute! Look out girls, here i come :)

Little Sander. So cute :)

im an aunt :) scary....

Im an aunt now. My brothers wife Tanja gave birth 2 a little baby boy who is called Sander ,today, Aug.20th at 3.25 pm. cool heh? just wait til i teach him all the little stupid things :):):):):):) fun..

trip to sixflags...

went to six flags with some staff members on sunday. From left: Major Manhardt, Kelly, Martha, Me, Lacey, David, Jonathan and Israel.have more pictures somewhere about it but this is good too. had great time. well they say... Not to see elitch's is not to see Denver!!

So i just had to go :):)

Love you and miss you all. K

crazy day.. in a way :)

it has been a crazy today. well i guess thats how it always is here. interesting. when something goes right another thing goes wrong. and when something gets done something else comes up that needs to be done. like a neverending circle :)

somehting crazy happened today too. one of our staff, anthony,14, has been feeling kinda sick for the last two weeks, and today he just crashed. we called 911 and everything. it was seriously like in an action movie. andnot good when it happens right in the middle of camp and when kids are around. but everything is well now. anthony is in estes park medical center right now. feeling better and probably coming back tonight... if he wakes up :) at first they thought he had a seizure but now they think he didnt. and im not up dated a lot yet so i cant really give you details.

we have had a lot of injurys this summer. last summer it was mainly me, but this last week lisa has been to emergency room 3 times already, and guess what? not with kids but summerstaff members. :) aint that hilarious? i think it is. oh and yeah, guess i havent told you about my "fall of the bunkbed story yet, have i ? umm ill leave that for later :)....

i gotta go now. it is 7.06 pm right now. gotta go and work a little more and the im off for the night. cant wait to go to bed. tomorrow last camp leaves and summercamps are over, other than loads of people coming in outside of the SA. but it will be fun im sure.

miss you all.

K :)

The house is the house i live in :)




David and Lacey. this is their 2nd summer here at camp. we worked together last summer too. they just got engaged and getting married next june. Lacey is from mexico and david from states. also laceys brother jonathan works here this summmer and another girl martha from mexico too. We have-had 5 international staff here this summer. the most i think.. Really really cool. :)

Me with Nicole and Andrew. Nicole was the program director for the summer.and andrew the head male counselor. nicole is originally from finland :) her last name is heinonen :) if anyone knows anyone with a last name like that :) i think it was soo cool. i aslo met a family reunion people who were here last week and they had an uncle who was from estonia :) aint that cool. small world heh:)

just some pictures of camp and around it. :)

pictures of camp and the view of life over here :)

Camp Staff 2005. Few ppl missing.. as always :) but most of them are on. cool heh. specially the mountains at the back. seems so fake but IT IS NOT!

:):)

hey ppl

mm welll here i am.. sorry that i havent blogged for a while, it is just so hard to make time to get to blog during a week. I AM SO HAPPY IT IS FRIDAY :):) The first set of kids left about 2 hours ago and i just praise the Lord for that. Not that i dont like kids.. but it is awesome to have weekends off. i am weared out. mm the next CS camp will start on monday, right now we have about 90 kids signed up for that, so its going to be wild. mm everything went great last week tho. and God was just so there blessing me through the week, even tho i was sick and weared out by wednesday, but God gave me the time to rest that i really needed, and im feeling a lot better now. i still have some bad headacheds every now and then, and ive taken a lot of painkillers for the last few days but im doing good :)

mmm.. whatelse.. mm i getting out from camp for a littlebit.. going shopping.. mmm yeah.. even tho im kinda broke til next friday.. but it will still be kinda cool to get around the ppl and actually see the world again... :):)you really start feeling like in your own world up here....

it is freezing cold up here. too. well it was ok til yesterday but now it is raining again and it is so cold... oh well..

ill write again sometime this weekend..., and hey.. mm you write me too ok... so far not many have.... that is like non other than keit and some ppl when i had my birthday.... forgotten me already??


K :)

hey ya all

Here i am in colorado now.Mmmm yeah. im at the library in estes park right now... came to town to the police station to give fingerprints...yeah.. something we all camp staff have to do here before summer starts. so anyways, i am at the library right now. free internet.. really cool :)

anwyays, um yeah, it has been really cold up here. it ws snowing for 2 days.. great that i dont have anything other than one sweatshir and a pair of jeans heh?? well i do have like other pants but not anythin glike warm or stuff. Mm had to leave some of my clothes home because the estonian air plane only allowed 20 kg other than 32 kg as all the normal planes allow.. but hey, that is a good reason to go shopping after i get my first paycheck heh:) just have to get through til then..... :):) well, im doing ok tho.

had a cool birthday on tuesday ;) :) :) :) mm kinda sad at first but id did turn out to be an awesome day. had people sing to me in estonian and all. and a huge card on the wall that said happy birthday kristi, in estonian! impressive heh? well and lot of other cool thigns on that day too..

mm what else.....i have no batteries so i cant take any pictues yet, havent been to mc donals or taco bell, or any other place yet.. basically um havent been anywhere yet, because it is the staff orientation this week. so.. but weekend is coming up. i have all the weekends off so thats pretty cool.

well, i gotta go for now. but ill be back. with more news really. just wanted to let you all know i am still alive and going.

Miss you all,

K :)

wow

its been over a month since my last blog.... :) :) :) sorry. well, i promise ill try better from now on. Well since the summer is getting closer, and im leaving in.. :) LESS THAN 2 WEEKS .. :) i most likely will start blogging more often, since i cant afford calling every1. so keep checking back... :)

well, tomorrow.. guess what?? i start my vacation.. mm i know some of you are laughing, because you know me better than this.. :):)but i do promise ill stay out of the office as much as possible.. well i gotta do a lot of packing.. since.. most likely my parents have to move my stuff out of my apartement while away.. and .. right now im just so so tired so i will just spend some quality time with my pillow and blanket next week for sure :):):):):):):):):):):) well, and if i wont then.. its a cool thought that i could :):)

:):)

coolest mom on earth :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
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prayer needed

i just found out last night that the house i live in got sold so pray that id find a new place to live. just really bad timing for this .....sigh...

tired :)

back i am.. well not that ive been anywhere, but i havent really blogged anything for quite a while.. just havent had anything to blog about....not that i have anything to blog about now.. but i just thought id let you know i am still alive and well.. :)

dont know why but ive just been sooo tired lately.. yeah i know... im always tired... :) anyways, lately going to bed at 9pm is like normal and every day thing... to ME at least. My little sis thinks ive gone crazy, because she keeps saying she can hardly wait til she is old enough to go and hang out late, and she thinks im just totally weird. well, ive never said im not so.. :)

well, it is my day off.. finally, so im just hanging out and doing nothing today.. other than getting tired and resting of doing nothing... stop laughing...... it makes sense to me :) anyways Ill go now because i have a lot of "nothing" to continue... :) and i am getting hungry over here.. :)

:)

HAPPY 16th MEAGHAN :)

LITTLE PETER just turned 1 today

Happy birthday little P! Youre The coolest little kid i know :)

MY SIS LITTLE KEIT TURNS 11 TODAY. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY :) LOVE YA!
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greatest love - wish i could always remember and live this out

"Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
Love does not demand its own way.
Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged.
It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Love never gives up, never loses faith,
Love is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance."

Prayer Request

Please pray for my younger brother Elvis. I know many of you dont know him, but he is going through hard times right now. He is 13. For some reason he is not wanting to go to school, and he hasnt been to school for about 5 weeks now. He just does not move from home. He does not go out at all. Its like he lives in his own world. Now.. dont get me wrong. He is normal.... hes not mentally ill or something like that. he is a normal teenage boy... i just do not know what is goin on in his life. But i do know that my family is suffering for him and with him.. he just does not listen to anyone.. and even if he does at some point... he still does not end up going to school. i dont want you to start thinkin.. now.. what kind of family is this that no one can tell him what to do.. you know... we just do not really want to use violence to get him out of the house.. it would probably get him out.. but that would not change much, would it? He would just go and get in to trouble and maybe never get out of what he might be in already.. as i said.. we dont know what is going on with him... BUT what i do know is... that God can change this situation. God can make a difference.. and i know God does have a great plan for his life too.. Elvis is not a "stupid" boy.. other than having problems going to school.. when he is there, he is actually doing real good. So please pray for him, even though you might not know him personally. If you read this.. or recieve this in an email.. please pray. I am really worried about him. I have tried to talk with him, but it has not got me anywhere. .. but i do know God will help.God has a plan. Please pray for him and for my parents and family to be strong and to get guidance from God for how to deal with this problem.. it just brakes my heart to see him suffering and i dont seem to be able to do anything to help and i honestly do not know what to do...

Thanks

me day

It has been snowing all day long... and it is getting really cold outside.. looks real good when you look out the window.. im not sure if id want to be outside though.... would be fun to have snowfight with someone right now though ;) so thats how the weather is in Tallinn today.... but in the office IT IS SOO SOO SOO HOT and there is not much air to breathe but as soon as the window gets opened, it gets so so so cold because the wind is blowing exactly to the windows.. so i have 2 stages.. eiter i am way too hot.. or i am cold... :).. im not complaining though. i know some people are in a worse situation than i am . So thank you God for giving me warm place to work. :)

Little Peter came in to the office with Clarks today :) it was soo cool to play with him. I noticed him liking to play trums. He took chriss trum sticks and banged against the safe here in the office. made a lot of noice but it was fun to look at him :) he was really enjoyin it. well, i guess all little kids love to make noise.. :) anyways, i loved having him here, playin around :) and eatin a banana with me :)

well, i gotta go now. got MAIL TODAY, regular mail.. and i think i know where i got it from so i cant wait to get home and read what it says. so ill run now.

K

Sunday, Feb 20th... Enrollment of Christian Kalme
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Christian Kalme - a new jr soldier at Kopli Corps
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Just some verses that have spoken to me heart these past few days..

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future". Jeremiah 29:11

The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles... The righteous face many troubles, but the Lord rescues them from each and every one. Psalm 34:17,19

never giving up

Have you ever felt that the world just runs as you dont exist? That you walk and no one seems to see you.. that after working all day you feel like the day has just gone by and youve done nothing even though you havent had a moment to yourself... ever felt that you are alone on the earth even though theres people who love around... ever felt that you are too tired to move at all, ever felt that everything is totally pointless... ...... well i felt like this few days ago but im all over it. I know God loves me and i know that when i feel down it is the evil one who is trying to get me to give up.. BUT he WILL NEVER get me down...... BECAUSE i trust in the Lord and he has promised to look after me!! "Dont be afraid, for I am with you. Dont be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strenghten you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my victorious right hand." Isaiah 41:10

I am happy in the Lord and all He has given 2 me :)

:) :)

God is so awesome and has given me so much..

He is the First and Last, the Beginning and the End!
He is the keeper of Creation and the Creator of all!
He is the Architect of the universe and The Manager of all times.
He always was, He always is, and He always will be...
Unmoved, Unchanged, Undefeated, and never Undone!
He was bruised and brought healing!
He was pierced and eased pain!
He was persecuted and brought freedom!
He was dead and brought life!
He is risen and brings power!
He reigns and brings Peace!
The world can't understand him,The armies can't defeat Him,
The schools can't explain Him, and The leaders can't ignore Him.
He is light, love, longevity, and Lord.
He is goodness, Kindness, Gentleness, and God.
He is Holy, Righteous, mighty, powerful, and pure.
His ways are right,His word is eternal,
His will is unchanging, and His mind is on me.
He is my Redeemer,He is my Savior,
He is my guide, andHe is my peace!
He is my Joy,He is my comfort, He is my Lord, and He rules my life!
I serve Him because His bond is love,
His burden is light, and His goal for me is abundant life.
I follow Him because He is the wisdom of the wise,
The power of the powerful,The ancient of days,
the ruler of rulers, The leader of leaders,
the overseer of the overcomers,
and The sovereign Lord of all that was and is and is to come.
And if that seems impressive to you, try this for size.
His goal is a relationship with ME!
He will never leave me, Never forsake me,
Never mislead me, Never forget me,Never overlook me,
and never cancel my appointment in His appointment book!
When I fall, He lifts me up!When I fail, He forgives!
When I am weak, He is strong!When I am lost, He is the way!
When I am afraid, He is my courage!
When I stumble, He steadies me!
When I am hurt, He heals me!
When I am broken, He mends me!
When I am blind, He leads me! When I am hungry, He feeds me!
When I face trials, He is with me!
When I face persecution, He shields me!
When I face problems, He comforts me!
When I face loss, He provides for me!
When I face Death, He carries me Home!
He is everything for everybody, everywhere,
Every time, and every way.
He is God, He is faithful.I am His, and He is mine!
So, if you're wondering why I feel so secure, understand this...
He said it and that settles it.God is in control,
I am on His side,
and That means all is well with my soul.

weekend

Well, back i am after few days of silence. Had long days at work but im sure im not the only 1..

Tonight going 2 Tartu.. "Going Up" concert and 2 see little Peter :) Finally will get out of Tallinn :) Thank you Clarks for providing a place 2 stay :):) and thanks for all the Reeses Peanutbutter cups and other things you brought back from States.. :) :) :) :) :) :)

ok i got 2 go.

K

finally eh?

Hi you all. Well, i started with my webpage some time ago and i sent the url off to you and then i thought that hey, whats the point of having a web page without being able to really tell what im up to. well, i was thinking about writing about what im up to in my web page but it was way too complicated and slow so i thought id rather save up time i dont really have anyways, and do it in an easyer way. Use the blogspot and list it up on my web page so you can just click and read it. So.. here i am doing this blog thing some of you have done for quite a long before me . I havent got a faintest idea what i will tell you when i blog but it cant be too hard to tell you what im up to. That is if im up to anything besides work... :) :)

whew, i think this is good enough start and i gotta go so i hope youll come back sometime to read more.

K