Oh what I long but wonderful day.
John boy picked me up at 6:45 am and we headed to town.Our first stop..T-ho's or as most people refer to it as Tim horton's.I grabbed my caffeinated bevridge and headed to stone chruch.Sitting in between the main doors locked out john knocked pointlessly on the windows.about 10 min later we saw movment .We were let in and i proceded to jump on JEN FRY to wake her up haha.
We then went to harbor station to volonteer for the free for all event to minister to people and hand out free toys and food.It was a great time. Then we went for a people hunt to find people we knew up town. After seeing genna,karen and faith we found the stone chruch crew and hung with them the rest of the day.
twas a great day

Jesus all for Jesus

could have, would have, should have. i'm constantly worrying about thing about what i'm going to do today, tommorow, when i graduate, 10 years from now act..
This song has really spoken to me latly.

Jesus, all for Jesus,
All I am and have and ever hope to be.
Jesus, all for Jesus,All I am and have and ever hope to be.

All of my ambitions, hopes and plans
I surrender these into Your hands.
All of my ambitions, hopes and plans
I surrender these into Your hands.

For it's only in Your will that I am free,
For it's only in Your will that I am free,

Jesus, all for Jesus,
All I am and have and ever hope to be.

-->Jesus i surrend these into your hands..

-Erin

New york dreaming

Oh...how i've been dreaming about new york latly.I think i'm called to do another mission there.I have a feeling that God may put me there for a year or two after i graduate. might just wait a year for John boy though. Oh i can't wait till i graduate.

when you need it most.

Right so today was one of those days where you wished you stayed in bed.It felt like morning all day long...
But it's amazing how great things happen when you least expect it and when you need it the most.I'm so thankful for my awsome christian friends...And for your prayers.Thanks jen for the pray on bus ride home.
God is truly there when your at your worst, as always.
-Hodge

debate with complete stranger.

oh my how could i forget. yesterday i had the shortest best conversation ever ..well it was more of debate .i was standing in the line at ryes and a compleat stranger asked my if they had ice . i replyed yes and then he bagan listing all the reasons why one must put ice in their soda and i just happen to be anti ice in soda and told him why. so we had a nice little talk...but i'm still anti ice.

-hodge

ONE LAST COMMENT TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DUBED ME A "GERMAPHOBE"..ERIN HODGE ,PURELL ADDICT ,HELD A PIGION-- YES I HELD A DIRTY PIGION...BUT THE PURELL DID COME IN HANDY AFTER..

LATER

OH.WHAT.A.DAY.

WELL I HAD ONE OF THE MOST ER..(SEACHING FOR WORD)WONDERFUL LOVELY DAYS IN AGES.YES AGES.MY DAY WAS JAMBACKED WITH RANDOM AND MEMORABLE EVENTS. IT ALL STARTED OUT LIKE A NORMAL SUNDAY.....
-->I WOKE UP TO THE STATIC OF MY RADIO,THAT IS ALWAYS A LITTLE OFF OF THE RADIO STATION, AND GOT READY FOR MY RATHER CRAZY FRIEND JEN FRY TO PICK ME UP FOR CHUCH.WE WENT TO STONE.WHICH I RATHER ENJOYED AND AM CONSIDERING VISITING MORE OFTEN.ANY WAY TO CONTINUE WITH MY DAY..WE COULD NOT DECIDE WHERE TO HEAD TO FIRST...AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTHWITH THE WHOLE DAY AHEAD OF US WITH ALMOST NO PLAN I WASN'T WORRIED CAUSE THAT IS THE KIND OF THING I THRIVE ON.SO WE WERE DIRECTED TO KING SQUARE WHICH FRY THOUGHT WAS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION HAHA.WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE PARK WE BEGUN TO FEED THE PIGIONS OUR FOOD...OH WELL.WE HAD QUITE A TIME WITH THE BIRDS FROM BIRDS ON OUR ARMS TO IN MY BOOKBAG.tHE WE HEADEDV TO LUNCH AND TO MY A LIGHTER LITTLE DID JEN KNOW THAT I WAS PLANING ON USING IT HAHA.WE WENT TO THE VOLLYBALL COURTS AND PROCEDED TO BUILD A FIRE! ERIN HEARTS FIRE.
AFTER LYING IN THE SUN AND HAVING A GREAT CONVERSATION WE MET CHEY AND TAMMY.THE DAY CONTINUED TO GO COMPLEATLY RANDOM WITH FEEDING PIGIONS AND MORE FIRE AND A LITTLE TO MUCH COFFEE..OH COFFEE HOW I LOVE THAT STUFF.
OVER ALL IT WAS A GREAT DAY . PART OF A GREAT WEEKEND. MOVIES&PIGIONS& LOTS OF FIRE AND MOST OF ALL SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONG AND FELLOWSHIP WITH SOME AMAZING CHRISTIAN PEOPLE THAT GOD HAS PUT INTO MY LIFE.THANKYOU LORD FOR A WONDERFUL ANFD LOVVELY DAY.

CHEERS.
ERIN GRACE HODGE

-->LIFT UP THAT CHIN AND WATCH OUT FOR BIRD POOP.

ahhh.the smell of freshly cut grass and a light sprinkle of rain.-- now this is what i call spring.

What have you been doing latly?....nothing.

What have you been doing latly?....nothing.
isn't that alot of people's response to that question.it is certainly mine.It seems as if nothing really has happend for a very long time, but i know tons of things actualy have happend.do you ever get that feeling that you don't really have controle over your own life. i guess it can be a good and bad thing. it's good when you know that God is in control and you have nothing to fear. But right now i feel as if i'm on a train going ...nowhere. and nothing i do will change the direction of the train. The sound of the train won't seem to go away.
-Hodge

So today is good friday and i was sitting in church thinking about the amazing gift that jesus gave us the gift of life. he died willingly because he loved us each so much, each wipping he took was for me and for you . He died so that we could be free from the bonds of this world.so today i'm lifting up all my worries and troubles up to the lord and lying them at the foot of the cross.
-Hodge

So i was thinking today how negative this blog will sound if i only ask my self about the little rocks. I should also write about the positive things, days when i feel like i'm running bare feet across perfect white sand beaches.
So here are the perfect beaches that i've experinced latly.
-talking till 12:30am on the phone with a friend that i had feared i was losing touch with.
-having a 4 year old boy run and jump into my arms and give me the best hug i've ever had, for no reason at all!
-having a group of kids look up to me and really listen to me.
-knowing that i have people in my life that love me for who i am.
-having guys that aren't really my brothers become more like my brothers than ever before.
So these are just a few of the positive things, blessings, and joys that make the walk a little more enjoyable.
Hodge

undoing the laces.

so..i think the first question i need to ask myself is :where did i pick up the rock?i'm not sure if i can really figure out where i picked up the first rock but i presume it was quite a few years ago so for now i'll focus on today.
Where and when did the rock get in my shoe today?
- it might have been when i first woke up..i woke up knowing that today was going to be one long day.i had a pain the head and my hands had gone mysteriously numb.i walk down staires only to fight with my mother.Great start to my day.
-or it could of been on the bus.
-or when my hands became so numb that i had a hard time moving them
-or it could of been when i failed two chemistry tests in one week.
-or it could of been in art class listening to the people beside me talk about things that they know nothing about but unfourtunatly i struggle with every day. They make judgements and jokes and i can't say a thing because then they would know who i am and what i live with.
-or was it after art class when i made myself belive that the things they said were true.
-or it could of been when i came back home only to fight with my mother a little more.
-or when i was running through the rain and tripped off the curb and twisted my ancle
-or when the lady treated my like i was 8.
-or when i downed 4 cups of black coffee so that i could feel somewhat alert
-or when i had to say bye to the people who when i'm around i feel most like myself.

these were the little rocks in my shoe today and i've have just shaken them out.
-time to start walking again
Hodge

there's a rock in my shoe

Well if i had to sum up my day in one sentence it would be "Once again there's a rock in my shoe."All day i've been walking around with a stupid little rock that got stuck in my shoe when walking.And all day i keep planning to take of my shoe and shake it out, but then i wonder what if someone sees? would look kinda odd? and what if my feet stink? so all day i continued to put up with this stupid little rock ,but by the end of the day it didn't feel quite so little any more .The rock itself hadn't grown but i noticed it more and it hurt more and more every time i walked. Then it hit me this is how i've been living -carring a stupid little rock afraid to deal with it because i might make a fool of my self in the process. but every day, every hour ,each step of this life i take the rock gets heavier sharper and more painful. I've made my self hold on to it for so long that it feels as if i can't get rid of it. so this blog is my attemped at taking off my shoes turing them upside down and shaking the stupid little rocks out. When i'm done i'll put them back one and start my walk again but next time i'll know to get the rock out before it starts hurting.
-hodge