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Name: audrey
Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
Metro: Lancaster
Birthday: 1/20/1988
Gender: Female
Interests: Most importanly servin' my God, spending quality time w/ my amazing family and friends, cheering on my Atlanta Falcons & Braves, $hopping, listening to all kinds of music, nickleback, kutless, newsboys, skillet, and third day are a few favs., takin looong walks, guatemala, intense poker games w/ the youth group, rook/black rook, Florida, football, the beach, Starburst!, interesting conversations, teaching kids, Canada, fancy restrauants, snow storms, sparatic ideas,swimming, tennis, golf, basketball, baseball, making people happy, playing taboo :) , taking care of horses, boating, canoeing, traveling, and of course, COFFEE!!!!!
Expertise: makin' you smile :)))
Occupation: teacher/volunteer at an orphan
Message: message me
AIM:  audzook17
Member Since:
4/5/2005
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| but then again, i'm leaving home too....I can't even begin to tell you how hard last night was. Saying goodbye to those kids was one of the hardest things I've ever done. These past 9 months have been so amazing. Sure, It had its ups and downs but God has been there with me through it all. I have learned so much and I know that I am not at all the same person I was 9 months ago. My eyes have been opened to alot and I have been stretched! I hope I can go home and adjust quickly to busy life again, but I hope I do not forget the people I have gotten to know, or the lessons I have learned. Don't get me wrong, I am not totally sad, I am also very excited to be surrounded by my family and friends again, its just very bittersweet you know? anyways I should go make sure everything is packed and say my last goodbyes.... hope to see some of you soon! audrey lynn i will never forget the beauty of this land... 
or the children... 
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| well i've been a busy woman. last week my two triplet sisters and two friends came down to visit me, we had such a good time!! got to do a bunch of fun stuff like: $hopping, tennis, go-carting, visited Kid's Alive Orphange, hung out at Fundaninos, climbed a mountain at 6 in the morning to see the sunrise, spent a day in Antigua, and climbed Volcano Pacaya....and much more so yea we kept busy!! also, a work team from Pennsylvania, Iowa, New York and one girl from Canada arrived on Monday so i've been having alot of fun with them! can't believe i'm going home in one week....my time here has gone so fast and its really sad to be leaving... ok well here are some pics!! 
i'm on the top there, then its ashley, amber, june and sabrina 
amber, ashely, me. it was soo good to spend quality time w/ these ladies!! a bunch of the girls from Kids Alive...gonna miss you ladies!! 
lupita and i 
me and vikki...she is such a funny girl! Ok these are pics from when we hiked the mountain.... 
u can barely see them but all those buildings make up Fundaninos 
june, amber, me and ashley 
such a gorgeous view up there! 
vinnie trudging along.. 
volcano agua and i think fuego after hiking the mountain we showered then rushed off to Antigua for the day, here is me and my sisters and a funny guy we met on the street 
sharnell, ashley, june, amber, sabrina and lynnette eating at Casa de Flan 
we got bored and vinnie decided to show us his skills, yes they are balancing on my head... 
lynnette, harmony and i 
doesn't he look hilarious?! i named him bo :) 
ashley me and amber getting ready to go up the mountain to the volcano! 
it was so beautiful!! 
this would be volcano pacaya, i was there back in October and saw a bunch of lava and stuff, but this time i hiked all the way to the top...talk about a hike!!! there was no cone at the top but a crater instead. we could hardly breathe because of all the fumes coming out of the volcano. it was pretty cool cuz we could here it rumbling! i actually started feeling dizzy so we decided to get out of the fumes pretty quickly, i was really scared that i was gonna fall over and roll down the volcano...luckily that didn't happen!!! 
on monday us girls spent a very much needed relaxing day at the Coffe Plantation, this is the view going up the mt. 
scenic point along the way.. 
the gorgeous view from the plantation... 
me and my beautiful triplet sisters, amber and ashley.. ok well thats all i have right now, hope u have a wonderful weekend ahead of you!! audrey lynn
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| ok here are some more pics, i didn't have time to put them all on with my last post. enjoy!! some boys from the school that came for phys. ed. the one day... 
this kid was quite the showoff lol 
the girls jumping over the guys...i wish i could have gotten the pic of kelly when she stepped on each of them!! hahaha. 
last thurs. i went along to some for Family Court meeting to take care of Carlos, interesting experience... i'm taking him home with me...(shhh!!) lol 
abby waiting for her turn in the bath tub... she is just precious... 
what u lookin' at?! 
this lil guy cracks me up with his smiles!! 
fun in the sun...well in the shade, whatever! 
yea you don't wanna mess with this lil guy!! haha 
angel pulling some hair...haha. 
claudia and angel 
the little shack the girls made yesterday... 
lets just say when i tried to get out, it all came crashing down!! lol 
me and xavier ok well thats all for now...can't believe my sisters will be here in a lil over 24 hours!!! i'm soo excited! leave me some comments please | | |
| wow, can't believe i'm going home in 2 and half weeks! talk about bittersweet! i'm excited to be going home but yet it makes me want to cry every time i think about leaving these kids.... i think i'm just gonna have to come visit every 4 months!! here are some pics, 
estuardo and anythony havin' fun on the scooter.. 
takin' a siesta with the babies...haha not really. 
my lil man, xavier! 
jet douglas....love the name eh?! :) 
this is sebastian... 
nahomi stealing bottle caps...by the way she is going home to ephrata soon, i'm soo excited for her!! :) 
estuardo "surfing" down the slide! :) 
sarah with estuardo and nehemiah 
jasmine and esmirelda, two lil troublemakers!! :) HANDS UP!! haha yea she is just adorable... 
me and lynette walked to town one day with these fine looking boys! they begged and begged for ice cream so we gave in! :) 
the town of San Jose Pinula where Fundaninos Orphanage is located. 
luis trying to fix the chain on his bike...i came to his rescue! :) 
brian, lynette and abel acting crazy! ok i'll post more pics at a later time, oh by the way, my two triplet sisters and two friends are coming down this weds. for a week....yea i'm excited!!! :) have a good week... audrey lynn | | |
| wow these past 3 weeks have just flown by! i'm settled back in down here and things are going really well. i celebrated my 20th birthday on the 20th. my friends helped me celebrate by taking me out to eat at a Mexican Restaurant and these guys made me where this huge dorky sombrero while they sang to me!! it was quite the experience!! then after that we went go-carting then hung out at the mall, so i had a really good day! also i'm now helping out with the 7 infants at fundaninos in the afternoons and weekends, so thats keeping me busy! a team from honeybrook was here this past week and i got to spend a day in Antigua with them. also had some good times talking and playing a hardcore game of basketball the one night!! i got a few bruises and hit a guy in the nose, but it was all good! sunday afternoon the team came over to fundaninos to play with the kids. the guys even got a soccer game together for the boys so us girls just did what we do best, cuddled with the kids and cheered the boys on! now its back to another week of the normal grind...i am really looking forward to Feb. 13th when my sisters and two friends come down, should be a good time!!! ok well here are some pics!! 
abby, the only girl out of the 7! 
my fav. lil boy, angel...he's not the one from b4 but he's just as cute! 
such a lil sweetie! 
this is Jet....yea we get bored sometimes...lol 
Jet and Nehemiah 
Christopher.. 
Javier with one of his big smiles!! 
Sebastian doing a rare thing....SLEEPING!! lol 
Anthony and Angel.. 
me and my lil boyfriend luis..haha 
Doris and I 
Eddie, Andrea, me, Harmony and Lynette at the mexican restaurant 
all ready to go!! oh and i only caused one pile up so it went well! 
it says "no tocar" which means don't touch.....hehehe 
driving around guat style!! good times ladies! 
me and lynette in Antigua 
Harmony and I 
me and some of the girls from the team eating at Pollo Camperos 
me and some more of the girls from the team...sorry i don't remember all their names!! 
my lil buddy, karlin 
the team watching a guy make a glass figurine, pretty neat stuff! 
me and shyanne, gonna miss this girl!! 
one of sarah's cute lil puppies i wanna take home with me! his name is buddy :) ok well thats all for now...have a great week!! keep me in your prayers, audrey lynn | | |
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Random Stuff
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IT'S BETWEEN YOU AND GOD ...
People are often unreasonable,
Illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind,
People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful,
You will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank,
People may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building,
Someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,
They may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today,
People will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,
And it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis,
It is between you and God;
It never was between you and them anyway.
What I've Learned:
I've learned-
that no matter how much I care,
some people just don't care back.
I've learned-
that it takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
I've learned-
that it's not what you have in your life
but who you have in your life that counts.
I've learned-
that you can get by on charm for about
fifteen minutes.
After that, you'd better know something.
I've learned-
that you can do something in an instant
that will give you heartache for life.
I've learned-
that it's taking me a long time
to become the person I want to be.
I've learned-
that you can keep going
long after you can't.
I've learned-
that we are responsible for what we do,
no matter how we feel.
I've learned-
that either you control your attitude
or it controls you.
I've learned-
that heroes are the people
who do what has to be done
when it needs to be done,
regardless of the consequences.
I've learned-
that money is a lousy way of keeping score..
I've learned-
that my best friend and I can do anything
or nothing and have the best time.
I've learned-
that sometimes when I'm angry
I have the right to be angry,
but that doesn't give me
the right to be cruel.
I've learned-
that true friendship continues to grow,
even over the longest distance.
Same goes for true love.
I've learned-
that just because someone doesn't love
you the way you want them to doesn't
mean they don't love you with all they have.
I've learned-
that maturity has more to do with
what types of experiences you've had
and what you've learned from them
and less to do with how many
birthdays you've celebrated.
I've learned-
that you should never tell a child
their dreams are unlikely or outlandish.
Few things are more humiliating, and what
a tragedy it would be if they believed it.
I've learned-
that your family won't always be there for you.
It may seem funny, but people you aren't
related to can take care of you and love you
and teach you to trust people again. Families
aren't biological.
I've learned-
that no matter how good a friend is,
they're going to hurt you every once in a while
and you must forgive them for that.
I've learned-
that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by
others. Sometimes you are to learn to forgive
yourself.
I've learned-
that no matter how bad your heart is broken
the world doesn't stop for your grief.
I've learned-
that our background and circumstances
may have influenced who we are,
but we are responsible for who we
become.
I've learned-
that just because two people argue,
it doesn't mean they don't love each other
And just because they don't argue,
it doesn't mean they do.
I've learned-
that we don't have to change friends
if we understand that friends change.
I've learned-
that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a
secret. It could change your life forever.
I've learned-
that two people can look at the exact same thing
and see something totally different.
I've learned-
that even when you think you have no more
to give, when a friend cries out to you,
you will find the strength to help.
I've learned-
that it's hard to determine where to draw
the line between being nice and not hurting
people's feelings and standing up
for what you believe.
I've learned-that sometimes you might not have all the answers and you might not know what the next step should be. That's when you've gotta take a leap of faith and know that God is either going to allow you to hit solid ground...or you're gonna learn to fly.
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