Scariest Dream

Personally I love dreams and I’m disappointed if I don’t remember my dream when I wake up the next morning. Most dreams are very pleasant and sometimes they give insights on life. But contrasting those beautiful vivid happy dreams I usually have, I do have some frightening dreams.   Around 2 years ago I had my most terrifying dream. The dream began seeing myself running away from something. My dream was dark, the sun was setting and it took place in a location I’d never seen before.  I don’t remember much detail but I keep running. Then what I was running from finally came into view.  I don’t know how I knew but it became clear to me that I was running away from the devil. He was a man, with a bald head, and a goatee. His eyes were the most disturbing part of him. I continued running and running until I ran up a wooden tower. The tower was very high but it didn’t take me long to get up. The man fallowed me up the tower and pushed me to the edge with no fence. It was there that I was forced to look into his eyes. I have never felt so scared as in that moment. The devil made it clear to me he wanted to kill me. He moved forward and that’s when I thankfully woke up.  I think this dream in some way shows how the devil wants to get all of us away from the safety of God.  Most dreams I forget but this rare one has stayed clear in my mind.

Keepsake Items

Keepsake Items :

A favorite memory of mine – Camera necklace 

Something that is very important to me now – Rainbow Bear

Hope and Dream for my future – Wooden Giraffe

Keepsake Paragraphs: 

Memory :  

My 15^th birthday was one I will never ever forget. I honestly believe I felt every single emotion possible on that day. That evening our youth from our church had planned to help at the Inner City Youth Alive in the North end. I was very excited because I love hanging out with kids and encouraging them. I was wearing my camera necklace that day and I quickly found out that it was very popular with all the little girls. Every time a girl would come sit on my lap she would make some comment about the camera and usually pretend it was real. I would smile for the tiny camera on my necklace every time they happily said “say cheese!”  The evening was almost over when they made an announcement that there was a very severe thunderstorm warning. We raced into action and quickly got all the kids out the door. I wasn’t at all expecting that we would be walking the kids home...in the North end...in the dark...with a thunderstorm waring. But I couldn’t turn back now, I was already half way down the street. When we were just about to go up to the last house it thundered loud. The kids were almost as scared as me at that point. Just as the last girl had walked in her doorway it poured! All I remember from that point was running full speed, soaked to the bone, through the city. The streetlights reflected on the shiny roads all the way back to the youth center. Now every time I wear the camera necklace I have images of my 15th birthday play back in my head. I’ll never forget it. 

Something Important : 

Everyone has a teddy bear, one that comforts you when your little, and embarrasses you as you grow up even though you love it just as much as you used to, when you first got it. Well, for me that teddy bear was Rainbow Bear. Not a very creative name I know, but I received this teddy bear when I was four from my great aunt. Back then she was a soft and colorful teddy with a pink ribbon around her neck. Now my bear is not as soft as she used to be, her nose is almost rubbed off, and the ribbon is more like threads. Rainbow Bear has been a comfort to me for almost 12 years. I remember having birthday parties and treating her like my best friend. Rainbow Bear has also traveled with me everywhere I’ve ever been. Including Florida, Hawaii, and numerous friends sleepovers. Even though I’m 15 now I still keep my teddy bear close. I’ve connected many memories and feelings to that special bear full of fluff. Rainbow Bear has always had a place in my heart even though it’s a stuff animal which once had a price tag to me that bear is priceless. 

Hope and or dream of the future:

I have always loved Giraffes and Africa. The image of the joyful people and the warm savannas alive with wild animals urges me to visit there one day. One of my dreams is to go on an African safari and to do some sort of mission in Africa. The Giraffe that is in the photo is from Kenya, Africa and was hand carved and painted by a person living there. This item to me reminds me of my admiration of other places, love of giraffes, and passion to help those in need. I know of many experiences where people have gone to Africa to help or teach and amazing things have been done. I enjoy teaching and helping kids in my life now whenever I can so I would love to bless others in that way if possible in Africa. The giraffe to me is also a beautiful work of art and the culture of Africa which I would love to someday experience.

Persuasive Paragraph

Why on earth would you settle for someone else’s ideas when you have your own! Everyone has different styles and their own sense of creativity, and it’s always been said “be different” and show your “individuality!” I agree, that’s exactly why when you make the choice to move into a house it’s always better to design  your own rather than buy someone else’s.  This way you can select exactly what you want, you don’t have to settle for anything less. It may be more expensive but you will be so much happier in the long run living in a place that you truly enjoy, rather than just accepting and buying a house how it is.  Another incentive is that when you are designing your house you can make sure it’s done right, all the way from the pouring of the concrete to the final details.  This saves you from recognizing two years after you bought a house, that the inside of the walls are rotting away. So design your own house, you will get what you want, live in it satisfied and have the peace of knowing the roof won’t collapse on your head.

Sara's Bucket List

• Fall in love & get married (have a family)
• Live somewhere else in the world for more then one year
• Paint a portrait of myself
• Learn to surf
• Skydrive
• Scuba-dive
• Make a full length movie
• Travel Europe
• Go on a missions trip
• Design the inside & outside of my future house
• See penguins in Antarctica
• See Giraffes in Africa
• Hike in a jungle in Hawaii and swim under a waterfall
• Go parasailing
• Be a bridesmaid
• Be 6ft tall (or taller then matt)
• To be able to look back at my life through journals
• Eat a big-mac
• Take over 2 million pictures
• Read the whole Bible
• Travel all around the world
• Save a life