Santa lives at the North Pole ...
JESUS is everywhere.
Santa rides in a sleigh ...
JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water.
Santa comes but once a year ...
JESUS is an ever present help.
Santa fills your stockings with goodies ...
JESUS supplies all your needs.
Santa comes down your chimney uninvited ...
JESUS stands at your door and knocks,
and then enters your heart when invited.
You have to wait in line to see Santa ...
JESUS is as close as the mention of His name.
Santa lets you sit on his lap ...
JESUS lets you rest in His arms.
Santa doesn't know your name, all he can say is
"Hi little boy or girl, what's your name?" ...
JESUS knew our name before we were born...
Not only does He know our name,
He knows our address too.
He knows our history and future and
He even knows how many hairs are on our heads.
Santa has a belly like a bowl full of jelly ...
JESUS has a heart full of love
All Santa can offer is HO HO HO ...
JESUS offers health, help and hope.
Santa says "You better not cry" ...
JESUS says "Cast all your cares on me for I care for you."
Santa's little helpers make toys ...
JESUS makes new life, mends wounded hearts,
repairs broken homes and builds mansions.
Santa may make you chuckle but ...
JESUS gives you joy that is your strength.
While Santa puts gifts under your tree ...
JESUS became our gift and died on a tree....
The cross.
Put Christ Back In Christmas...
Jesus Is Still The Reason For The Season

MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL :)

- Kimberly

A saint asked his disciples, "Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?" The disciples thought for a while, one of them said, "Because we lose our calm, we shout for that."

"But why to shout when the other person is just next to you?" asked the saint. "Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?" The disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint.

Finally he explained, "When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance."

Then the saint asked, "What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, why......? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small." The saint continued, "When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other."



"SPEAK LESS TO THE PEOPLE YOU LIKE THE MOST. IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR SILENCE THEY CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND YOUR WORDS!"

Haha, not really.

But I am excited for the summer, other than homework, quizzes, and tests out of the way, hopefully I'll do some good stuff this summer. Something productive, you know? Haha.

So first thing I'm really hoping I'll get to do is INTERalliance. Basically it's a computer and technology camp for 5 days. Haha I'll update if I do get to go so I can write about it. But first I'll have to get accepted... *crosses fingers!*

Second, summer camp that gives you 3 college credits.
XU Jump Start is "a special two-week, residential program for high- school sophomores and juniors who are interested in studying pre-medicine [...] and experiencing life on campus." Is thatt cool or what? It'd be so tight to go... and praise God I already got accepted. Only catch, it's around $2850 if I'm not mistaken and for XU... honestly that's not worth it for me. Like ND (obviously more selective and I'd have to be 16 to even apply) has this thing too and it costs about the same. We'll see how good the scholarship is but the admission person said that there is no full scholarship. We'll see, I guess?

Backup plan... I'm also applying for the XU Summer Honors which is similar to the above except not specifically for those interested in pre-med. "Summer Honors Institute is a two-week residential program open to gifted students from Ohio high schools. You can live on campus, take a course from Xavier's top academic programs and earn three college credits." It surprisingly only costs $500. That's pretty sweet but we'll see, not sure if I really wanna do this one XD

But if I don't get to do either of these XU stuff I'll get to go to Maryland! The CFC conference is Jul 3-5 and the XU stuff starts on the 5th. It's a bummer if I don't get to go to Maryland for XU... is it worth the sacrifice? Wah haha I don't know! =P I reaaaally wanna go to Maryland though so I might as well just do that. I need a vacation lol. Wait, I'll have to check and make sure my parents are planning on going!!

Talk about conference... OH MAN CFC-YOUTH CONFERENCE! It's Jul 24-26 in Chicago =) I'm excited. If I get accepted to INTERalliance I hope I get the one that begins on the 27th. That's right after conference too but that's the best week...

My yeah-dude-I-wish plan is to go to Pescara, Italy where Aisa is haha. Like that would just be SOLID but I wouldn't be allowed to go by myself for sure =( but if I were to book now, the ticket is only $600. For serious. Is thatt sweet or what?

Whooo, goodness. A lot of stuff for the summer, whoa and I need to do SAT prep classes that costs a gazilion dollar haha. Just kidding. It should be worth it? XD

Sorry that was pretty long! BTW, I've been watching American Idol. That's pretty surprising because last year David Archuleta was the only reason why I did! *grin*



But I guess I grew to like the show? haha anyways so this year... I really like KRIS ALLEN!! Lol oh goodness *smiles*



He has a cute face and a melting voice lol and I'm definitely a sucker for the two combination! XD He's 23 and he's married =( aw man! lol.

Haha that's all, take care ^_^

-Kimberly


*** 4/8/09 edit ***
Haha, forget the XU Jump Start. I got $400 scholarship which is pretty much 1/7 of the tuition. Pssh not worth it especially since that's the same fee as Notre Dame's summer program which I hope to do next year!