Yesterday one of my dreams came true. Ready to hear the story?...well then, sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride (also please keep your hands and feet in the vehicle at all time, and don't forget to pick up a gift at the gift shop at the end :D)...
So yesterday, I did an outreach event with a club on campus called MARC Education. It stands for Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center Education. It is a club that is here to educate the public on the Rehab Center on campus, and the club and the Center were doing an outreach event at a local mall which was putting on a Stores for Shores program (different places relating to the environment and such were there).
At the mall, we had a few table set up with some very fun things. There was Harp Seal fur, x-ray pictures of turtles and seals, a spinal cord of a seal that came in with part of it fused, baleen from a Minke whale, part of a vertebrae of a Minke whale and another one from a juvenile Humpback, a Common Dolphin skull, a Kemp's Ridley sea turtle shell, and other fun things like that. For the first part of my shift I was explaining to people what the skeletons were and answering any questions that they had about them or the rehab center.
There was also a little kids area with coloring pictures and something called a blubber mitt. We had Crisco wrapped in the a couple baggies to create a "blubber mitt". Then we had kids place one hand the mitt and then place both hands in a bucket of ice cold water. They were suppose to see which hand stays warmer. Obviously, it is suppose to be the hand in the blubber mitt. I would then explain to them that, that is the reason blubber is so important to whales and dolphins. :D It was fun, however, another really fun part was about to happen...
Are you sitting at the edge of your seats? This is where my dreams come true, but before I tell you it I want to share this information: If y'all don't already know, I'm a little (or maybe a lot) obsessed with the Navy Seals. I think that they are totally awesome and I've always wanted to be one! Now with that information in mind, brace yourselves....I GOT TO BE A SEAL for a little while!!!!!! Yep, for an hour and a half, I was a seal!!! Want to know how? Well, MARC had a dolphin and a seal costumes and I took one for the team and wore the seal costume. GOTCHA! Did you think I was a Navy Seal?...anyways, it was fun being a seal, even though the costume was really, really, hot sometimes.
Besides that, I waved at everyone walking by, high-fives little kids (and some older one), gave some of them hugs, handshakes, and even took pictures with some of them. One really funny part of the gig was seeing people's faces when they first spotted me, most would smile, but some gave me weird looks or tried avoiding me. I even made one little kid cry. :( Apparently I was scary....oh, which reminds me of another funny story. One little girl asked if I was a squirrel. Then when I shook my head no, she called me a chipmunk!!!!! lol...So funny!!!...and that is how my dream came true for a day.
"That's All Folks!"
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Happy Easter
In honor of it being Easter, I've decided to tell y'all a very, very important story. It tells us what the meaning of Easter is. So, here it goes...
One day three guys were in an accident and were killed. When they got to heaven Peter couldn't find their names in any of the books and he wasn't sure what to do, so he said, "Ok, here's the deal. If you answer this question right, you can get into heaven. The question is what is Easter?"
The first guy exclaimed, "Oh, that's easy. Easter is when people decorate with lights and put gifts under a tree to give to everyone."
Peter replied, "Sorry, but no."
Then the second guy declared, "I know what it is. Easter is when people gather together and give thanks.
Peter answered, "Nope, that's not it." He turned to the third guy and asked, "Do you know what Easter is?"
The third guy responded, "Yeah, it's when Christ died, rose, saw his shadow and there was six more weeks of winter."
One day three guys were in an accident and were killed. When they got to heaven Peter couldn't find their names in any of the books and he wasn't sure what to do, so he said, "Ok, here's the deal. If you answer this question right, you can get into heaven. The question is what is Easter?"
The first guy exclaimed, "Oh, that's easy. Easter is when people decorate with lights and put gifts under a tree to give to everyone."
Peter replied, "Sorry, but no."
Then the second guy declared, "I know what it is. Easter is when people gather together and give thanks.
Peter answered, "Nope, that's not it." He turned to the third guy and asked, "Do you know what Easter is?"
The third guy responded, "Yeah, it's when Christ died, rose, saw his shadow and there was six more weeks of winter."
The End
Hope y'all enjoyed the story (or joke). I've always loved it. :D I sure hope that there isn't six more weeks of winter. lol.
"That's All Folks!"
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Praise
As you read Psalms in the Bible there is a common theme: praising the Lord. There are countless verses that tell is to sing befor the Lord, rejoice in Him, and to praise Him...
"Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise His name; proclaim His salvation day after day. Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among the peoples." - Psalm 96:1-3
"Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous, and praise His holy name." - Psalm 97:12
"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of the rams horn - shout for joy before the Lord, the King." - Psalm 98:4-6
"Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; let them sing before the Lord." - Psalm 98:7-9aThose vereses just came out of 4 of the 150 Psalms in the Bible. Sometimes I think the Lord has to clobber us in the head with what He's trying to say because we can be really stubborn, at least I know I can. That's why, to me, having that many verses about praise is a good reminder because I don't always remember to praise Him when thing aren't going the way I want them to or even the when they are. Psalm is defintitly not the only book of the Bible that talks about worshiping and praisng the Lord. Today I was reading Revelations and found another verse that I really loved...
"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth worship the Lord in gladness; come before Him with joyful songs." - Psalm 100:1,2
"Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name." - Psalm 100:4
"...Day and night they never stop saying: 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." - Revelations 4:8This verse just hit me really hard because praising the Lord should never stop and it didn't here. It's just so awesome to me and that is how I want to live my life: never ceasing to praise the Lord. I want to live my life worshiping and adoring the Father.
"When you know how to praise the Lord in all things, there is very little that can stand in your way." - John Robert Stevens Mantle of Praise"That's All Folks!"
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