Saturday, November 7, 2009

Contest #2!

Here's a 2nd contest - an opportunity for you to win something from Israel!

The first kid to e-mail me with all this:
-message
-your name
-your parent's name
-your grade & age
-your favorite thing about Kidz City

and you'll win a prize! I hope you win! See you soon!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Message to Kidz City - 2

Hey, guys! My video was too big to fit on here, so it's on YouTube. Enjoy! Love you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXUBkbO1Ceg

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Israel - Day 11

Hey guys! I'm still waiting for someone to win the contest!

Here's some adventures I had this week. Below is a photo of me and Pastor Justin at a Sycamore Tree. This is the tree that Zaccheaus climbed to see Jesus in a big crowd. Zaccheaus was kind of a short guy so he climbed this tree to get a good view. It's a pretty neat story. You should check it out this week with Mom or Dad. It's found in the Bible in Luke 19:1-10.


Another place we went to was the home of Caiaphus. This guy was in charge of Jerusalem during the time of Jesus and imprisoned Jesus the night before He went to the cross. Archaeologists dug way deep into the earth to find these stairs. These are the exact stones Jesus walked the night before and the morning of His crucifixion.



Jesus loves us all so much. Pray a prayer right now to thank Him for that love.

Monday, October 19, 2009

FIRST CONTEST!!!

Alright! I promised a contest or two for you guys, so here's the first one. (This is for kids 1st-5th grade only.) :)

Remember what I said about what a psalm is? Check out my post called "Israel - Day 6."

The first kid who writes their own psalm and e-mails it to me at amanda@cityoflifechurch.com will get a souvenire from Israel! Woohoo! Make sure you include your first name, last name, age, and parent's name in your e-mail.

Remember, a psalm can be a few lines or a lot.

Love you!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Miss Amanda Rollin'

I found a hill and thought of what you guys would do! Here's me being silly in Israel. Enjoy!

Israel - Day 6

Hey, guys!
I have been soooo busy here! I've missed Kidz City a lot - but I heard you guys were having a good time. :) I haven't had the chance to answer the video questions yet, but as soon as I do, I'll post it up here, so you can see.
Here are just two places that I've been to this week. The first is a place called En Gedi. It is a place where water springs up in the middle of the desert; an oasis. We had to drive through huge hills of desert to get to a mountain. Then, we climbed the mountain to find this waterfall. (Check out my cool rock climbing shoes - they look like frog feet!)
While we were at En Gedi, we saw a cave where David (from the Bible) hid from King Saul. My professor told us that this is where David wrote many of the Psalms that we have in the Bibe today. Here I am writing my own Psalm. A psalm is simply a special song to God - it can be short or long, fancy or simple.
After we wrote our psalms, we got to swim in a pool that was made by the waterfall. It was really fun!
The last picure for today was taken at the Garden of Gethsemane. This is the place where Jesus prayed for us right before He was arrested and taken to the cross. I even got to touch a huge rock that Jesus might have prayed on. It was neat to see the Garden and the rock and know that Jesus was thinking of us while He prayed there.

This week I read cards from Madison, Gabriel, Isabella, Jon Michael, and a bunch of other cards with no names. Thank you so much for writing cards to me! That is so special. I'll send you a video soon. I'm praying for your prayer requests and I love you so much!