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Now, I am helping my cousin Patricia plan our family reunion. It will be held 7/31 through 8/6/06.

I am on the committee. I am the VP. I still don't know how I got elected to that position.

Yes, I remember to add Hobert's name to the mailing list.

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Why did Gaile, Braisha, Marcelle, and Kiylan show up at my hotel room at 8:00 this morning?

They wanted to meet Hobert and hang out with me.

When Hobert got there, he was meet by four girls staring him in the face. They grilled him for about 15 minutes before he shot me a look to rescue him. I did.

We all headed to church as if we were one big family.

Church was good. Everyone at Hobert's church was excited about meeting the girls. All of them were getting on my nerves, truth be told.

Kiylan is going around calling Hobert daddy. I am gonna get that girl.

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When Hobert drove us back to the hotel, he let MariBeth out at the hotel and asked me to go with him to park the car. MariBeth acted a fool about it, of course.

Hobert and I sat in his car and talked for close to 20 minutes; about a lot of stuff, about a bunch of nothing, about silly stuff, about serious stuff.

We talked about the convocation. He had a lot to say about it, too...
"I think the convocations have gotten better each year that you have been coordinating the convocation. I think you are an asset to the GBF Fellowship and most definitely an asset to the Youth Ministry. I don't think you should quit the convocation. I don't want you to quit the convocation. It would be a travesty and a disservice to the Youth Ministry if you quit. I believe the convocations would go down if you quit. I may not be in the position to ask you to do this, but I am doing it. Nobody asked me to do this either. I have been watching when you were in your meetings. You are good at what you do. It's amazing to watch you do what you do. You seem happy when you are doing your thang. You can't quit right now. As far as ole girl that's always on your case, let me worry about her. You just do your thang and I will take care of her."

I listened to him closely. He was serious and sincere. He almost convinced me not to quit.

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Hobert walked me to my hotel room. MariBeth gave me an earful when I got to the room. After I told her what Hobert and I talked about she calmed down. She ended up agreeing with Hobert. She doesn't want me to quit either.

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I couldn't get out of meeting Hobert's pastor. After the meeting, I tried to get Eld. Hollings to drive MariBeth and I to the hotel, but he said that Hobert was going to drive us back to the hotel. Some lady had cornered MariBeth and was talking to her. I was left without any chance of escaping.

Hobert finally came and got me. He walked me to his pastor's office. I didn't even realize that his pastor had been in the meeting with us. Hobert introduced us and that was that. We spent over 40 minutes in the pastor's office. I am not even sure what was said while we were in there. I mostly listened as the two of them talked. Before we left the office, Eld. Jeffrey King asked, "Are you really going to quit after this convocation?" I didn't answer him.

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The meeting was good. Everyone brought the information that they needed to bring. Everyone was willing to work within the parameters that we had set up. It was so cool. I think Hobert had a little something to do with that, but I can't prove it.

The people had some excellent questions. One of the younger guys asked me, "Do you have any sisters as fine as you?" I laughed and said, "No, I have two brothers."

We had over 90 people sign up to be courtesy car drivers. That's great.

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We made it to Noble Valley. I spent most of the flight mad about my car. Hobert spent most of the flight quiet. MariBeth spent most of the flight trying to cheer the both of us up.

MariBeth and I checked into the hotel. I had time to change to go to the meeting with the courtesy drivers at Lighthouse Church. I was supposed to meet Hobert's pastor, but I wasn't really in the mood. I was hoping that I could get out of meeting him.

Eld. Hollings came and picked MariBeth and I up. I asked him why Hobert didn't come pick us up, but he never did tell me. I had planned on asking Hobert if I could meet his pastor some other time. Oh well, so much for that.

We got to the church at 7:00 PM. There were some ladies setting up for the meeting. They had cakes, cookies, and pies set up on a table. There were drinks on another table. It was an awesome spread. One of the ladies walked up to me and hugged me. She said, "You must be KiKi." I just looked at her. MariBeth said, "She doesn't have any home training. She is KiKi White and I am MariBeth Lewis. How are you doing?" The lady hugged MariBeth and said, "I'm fine. I am Sis. Strong. Glad to have you ladies here with us tonight." Sis. Strong went over to a group of ladies and started talking to them and pointing in MariBeth and my direction. MariBeth leaned over to me and said, "I wonder what they are saying about you." I just shook my head.

Someone came up behind me and said, "BOO!" I turned and it was Hobert. He was smiling. He grabbed me by the hand and started taking me around the room and introducing me to everyone in sight. I hope he wasn't expecting me to remember anyone's name. I think everyone that I was introduced to gave me a hug.

Thankfully, I didn't get to meet Hobert's pastor before the meeting. I wasn't in the mood.

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Last night, I let Hobert drive my car to the hotel. Well, someone keyed my car up and wrote on it with a permanent marker. I can't believe it. I am so upset. Hobert felt bad, too. I had to try to convince him that I wasn't mad at him. I got a pretty good idea who did it. This is a trip.

My father took the car to the shop to get it fixed. It will be waiting on me when I get back from vacation.

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I leave today to go to Noble Valley for two weeks. Well, MariBeth is going with me, too. Before we left Oxford, we all went to my parents' house for breakfast. My mother insisted. She said, "I won't be seeing my girls for a month. I need spend some time with you all before you all leave me here with all these men." My father talked to Hobert most of the morning. I couldn't even get 5 minutes with either of them. God grief.

When I did get Hobert away from my father, I took him up to the attic to show him my old play chest. I used to play dress up a lot when I was younger. I used to make my brother's play with me, too. I looked through the chest. I can't believe that my mother has kept that thang all these years. We tried on the outfits for awhile. He actually looked handsome in one of my father's old hats that I had in the chest.

Quick Confession

I have been suppressing my feelings for Hobert. Every time, I felt something, I would brush it out of my mind. I don't want to be ready to feel what I felt for that nut (my EX). On Saturday, my Aunt-T told me to quit being scared to feel something for men. She also asked me how long I was going to let one idiot ruin the rest of my life. I told myself that I wasn't going to be scared anymore.

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I watched Hobert try to imitate my father as he tried on the outfits from my play chest. He was funny, but he couldn't imitate my father as good as MariBeth could. I just stared at Hobert and let myself feel something for him. It caught me off guard because I felt something. I didn't even try to stop it. I just let myself feel. Before I realized what was happening, tears were coming from my eyes. When Hobert realized I was crying, he came over to me and hugged me. I lay in his arms and cried for awhile. He never asked me why I was crying. That was fine with me, too. I didn't want to try to explain it to him.

This is going to be okay.

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Today, Hobert, MariBeth, and AD went to church with me. That was cool. When I walked into the church, Sis. Tony told me that the pastor wanted to see me. I was dreading that.

When I walked into Eld. Greedson's office he made a face at me. He said, "I am your pastor, and you didn't think to tell me about ole boy." I didn't even get to respond. He fussed at me for a little while. He asked, "When do I get to meet him?" I said, "Whenever you want to. He's out in the congregation." Eld. Greedson stood up and said, "Why didn't you bring him back here with you?" I said, "Sis. Tony said that you wanted to see me. She didn't say anything about anybody else." Eld. Greedson told me to go get Evg. Williams.

The meeting went fine, which was good.

After church, we went and got something to eat. After that, MariBeth and AD went to my place. I showed Hobert around Oxford.

I still can't believe that I showed him our family cemetery and the pecan tree. (That's another story for another time.) I have never taken anyone there, not even MariBeth. I must like him.

I showed him some of the family businesses. That was going good until we got to the grocery store that one of my cousins' is part owner of. Why was my cousin standing out there talking to my EX? They wouldn't have noticed us, but I have vanity license plates, so my car is easily recognized. My cousin flagged me down and made us stop. Hobert smiled and said that everything was going to be okay, but I didn't believe. I can't stand my EX. I use to hate him.

My cousin introduced Hobert to Parrish. Parrish had the nerve to ask me for a hug. I wouldn't hug his trifling behind for anything. Parrish said something evil to Hobert. Hobert politely answered him back. Parrish said something else. Hobert ended the whole conversation when he told Parrish that he was going to be around for a long time.

We left. Why did my cousin call everyone that he could think of and tell them what happened?

Hobert and I had been driving around for awhile before he asked me what happened with Parrish. I didn't even want to tell him about that. He told me that I could tell him whenever I felt like it. I love that about Hobert. He doesn't pressure or bug me about stuff. I can't stand it when people do that. Just leave me alone until I want to talk about things. When we got back to my apartment, I told Hobert about Parrish.

About Parrish

I met him my senior year in high school. His grandmother lives in Fontaine. He was visiting her for the summer before he went off to college. He was handsome, with long eyelashes, curly hair, and a million dollar smile. I fell head over heels in love with him the first time I met him. His voice was silky smooth, too. We dated that whole summer. It was fun. I am such an over achiever. I have to do everything better than everyone else, that included being in love. He went to school. He came back the next summer. We picked up where we left off, that next summer. My cousin was and is friends with Parrish. He had told me that Parrish had slept with a girl while he was at college. I asked Parrish. He told me that it wasn't true. My cousin had no proof, so I didn't believe my cousin. I still don't know if Parrish slept with someone else or not.

We dated the whole summer, again. We went to our separate schools, but vowed to be a couple while we were away at school. We came back to Fontaine that next summer. We dated again. This time things were getting serious. Parrish started talking about sex. In my family, you don't have sex until after your married. That's what we are taught. Some of us have not lived up to that. Knowing about the family motto on premarital sex didn't stop Parrish from bugging me about sex. He didn't do it the regular way, nope, he gave me flowers and gifts. I am not even into flowers. Never have been, but getting all that stuff from Parrish made me feel special.

During my junior year in college, when I was 20 years old, Parrish proposed to me without a ring. I said yes. He took me to a jewelry store and showed me the ring that he was going to buy me, when he got enough money. I never did get that ring. During the summer of 2000, let's just say that I gave into temptation. It was the most horrible experience I have ever had. Parrish was all talk. I gave into temptation again because Parrish asked for a second chance to show me that he wasn't as bad as he was the first time. The second time was even worst than the first time. Oddly enough, I never told anyone how bad Parrish was until like six months later.

Three months after the second encounter, Parrish told me that he didn't want to see me anymore. I was so heartbroken that I cried for like a week. My father and brothers wanted to go after Parrish, but I told them not to. It wasn't until three months later that I told them they could do whatever they wanted to with Parrish.

Parrish had been going around telling everyone that I was stalking him and calling him. Anyone that knows me knows when you tell me something is over, I get rid of every reminder of that person, place, or thing. I wasn't even thinking about his trifling behind. The stuff Parrish was saying kept on going and going. It got so bad that one of my mother's friends said something to her about it.

I am not sure what my father and brothers did to Parrish, but the rumors stopped and things quieted down.

I swore off men after that. I have only been on three or four dates since 2000. I went on those because MariBeth made me. I went and got some counseling to help me deal with how much I hated Parrish. I didn't want to project any of my issues stemming from dealing with him on anyone else.

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Hobert didn't even trip when I told him the whole story about my EX. He didn't even trip on me when I cried. It felt good telling him about it, too. All Hobert said was, "All I ask is that you give me a chance to be me and not judge me based on what ole boy did to you. I am not him and I will never do anything like that to you."

We went on with our tour. I showed him the Bethel Street Baptist Church. That's the church that one of my ancestors started. The church has been around since the 1800s.

We went to dinner with AD and MariBeth. She almost fell out when she found out that I had told Hobert the whole story about Parrish and that I had cried.

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Today was cool. I showed Hobert (BKA "H") around Fontaine. I showed him a couple of the family businesses. I also showed him the office in Oxford. I had to go in and make those phone calls. He watched me talk on the phone. He and MariBeth kept making faces at me. I heard him say, "That girl is good at what she does. I bet she could charm the spots off a leopard." MariBeth laughed like crazy.

My uncle Terrance had arranged a BBQ on his farm in Fontaine for Saturday. How he got it arranged so quickly, I don't know? Evg. Williams was going to meet most of my family on his first day in Oxford. My family is crazy.

Evg. Williams met the members of m family that was at the BBQ. It was a whole bunch of them there. Everyone seemed to like him. It was going good until my cousin JC decided to mention my EX and have a long conversation about how he had mistreated me.

I'll have to talk about that later.

AD finally made it to the BBQ. MariBeth almost ran out to him until my Aunt-T (that's what we call her) told MariBeth to play hard to get. Aunt-T said, "Let him come in here and get you." My Aunt-T swears that she knows everything there is to know about men, how to get them, and how to keep them.

Hobert ended up playing dominoes with my cousins. My cousin DJ had claimed Hobert as his partner. They were whipping everyone that they played. Hobert was being a good winner. DJ was acting a fool and gloating. They played my father and my uncle Terrance. I can't believe it, but they beat my father and uncle. That's history right there. My father and uncle have never been beaten.

All in all, my family liked Hobert. My uncle even showed him around the farm. My uncle doesn't do that too often.

I have got to stop making friends that everyone in my family likes.

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My father and mother were over my house forever. I had to tell them that I had to go to the office to get them to leave.

They were talking to MariBeth most of the time. Sometimes, I think they forget that I am their daughter and that MariBeth isn't. Oh well.

I spent most of the time sulking in my room because I was mad that I was missing Evg. Williams. That's why I didn't want to talk to him on the phone.

My daddy came in the room and asked what was wrong. I told him. My father said, "Well, get the boy a flight down here. We want to meet him anyway. He will probably be glad to come down here to be with you." I just shook my head.

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MariBeth and I finally got to the office. I had a stack of papers on my desk. Apparently, the person I left in charge was having a hard time dealing with some of the vendors that we use. I gotta come in on Saturday and make some phone calls. Ugh.

I was going through the stacks of papers when MariBeth asked, "Are you going to get Hobert a flight down here?" I looked up at her like she was crazy. I said, "What sense does that make, to get him a flight down here for two days when we are going to be back in Noble Valley on Monday?" She laughed and said, "Love, don't make no sense." I threw a piece of paper at her and said, "Who said anything about love?" She laughed. I said, "I'll get him a flight down here, if you call AD and tell him to come down here, too." She gave me a crazy look and said, "Ok." I was hoping that she would say no.

She grabbed her cell phone and called AD so quickly, that my head was spinning. I called Evg. Williams. His voice was so happy when I told him that it was me. I asked him if I got him a flight, could he get to the airport. He sounded so excited that I thought he was going to come through the phone.

He's on his way down here. I even managed to get him a seat on the flight that MariBeth and I are on when we go back to Noble Valley.

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Why was my father waiting at my house when I got home? I didn't even have time to get out of the car good before my father rolled up to the car and said, "Who is Hobert Williams? Why don't I know him? Why didn't you tell me you were involved in him?" Before I could answer my father, MariBeth started instigating. She gets on my nerves.

Well, when I got into the house, finally, my father went on a tangent for 9 minutes. The tangent ended with him telling me to call Evg. Williams on my cell phone. I didn't want to do it because I had said that I wasn't going to do that. Oh well.

Apparently, when Evg. Williams answered the phone, he said something like… "I thought we weren't going to call each other lovely." Because my father said, "My name isn't Lovely! It's Tommy White. Mr. White if you know what is good for you."

The two of them ended up talking on the phone for close to 30 minutes. That's all I need, is for my father to be best friends with my boyfriend. My father has always had good relationships with my friends. MariBeth talks to and sees my parents more than I do.

While my father was on the phone with Evg. Williams, my mother was grilling me. She was grilling me, but MariBeth was answering all the questions.

Is he handsome? He's cute, but he looks like a nerd in his glasses.

What does he do for a living? He's a school teacher. He teaches 4th grade.

Where are his people from? I don't know.

It went on and on like that for awhile. I never answered one question.

When my father got off the phone, he handed it to me and said, "He wants to talk to you." I made a face. I hadn't planned on thinking about Evg. Williams all weekend.

Him: Hey Lovely.
Me: Hey. We aren't supposed to be talking to each other.
Him: I know, but I'm glad that we are talking to each other.
Me: Uhh huh.
Him: I guess you are ready to get off the phone.
Me: Yes. See you on Monday.
Him: (Laughter.) Okay, unless I see you before then.

We both said bye and hung up.

Why do I miss him now?

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We are leaving Noble Valley today. MariBeth and I are going to Oxford. Eld. Hayesforth is going to Quinton. It doesn't make any sense that MariBeth and I leave, we will just turn around and be back here on Monday.

I met with all of the hotel managers today. We met at the Chamber of Commerce. I know that Allen Washington at the COC is tired of me. The hotel managers were told about the number of people that will be coming into the city of Monday and Tuesday of next week. They promised to make things easy for the delegates. That's cool. Talking to the hotel managers in the city was my idea, too.

We had lunch with Evg. Williams and Eld. Hollings before we left. Out of all the times I have been to Noble Valley and left, this is the first time that I actually thought about missing Evg. Williams. I guess it is actually real because it is out in the open.

Get This...

I asked (ok told) Evg. Williams not to think about me on this weekend. I also told him not to call me. I said that I would do the same thing. I figure it will be easier on us if we don't communicate while I am in Oxford. At least I hope that's the case. I will be back in Noble Valley in 3 days.

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Eld. Hayesforth and I had a conversation today. It left me feeling good and bad at the same time.

The Good Part:
Eld. Hayesforth said that I had done a good job on the Convocation. He even said that the convocation has been better every since I became the coordinator. He asked me to not quit. I don't know about that.

The Bad Part:
He also told me that he was disappointed in me because I didn't trust him enough to tell him that I was involved with Evg. Williams. I wasn't sure how to explain it to him. He said that I should have told him. I don't know about that either.

How do I get myself in these messes?

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Early registration will end today. On tomorrow, the cost for registration will increase.

Get your registration forms in today.

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I figured I might as well get this out of the way. It is probably going to get me killed by every important person in my life.

Evg. Hobert Williams and I are a couple. Although I got to know him during the course of coordinating the Convocation in Noble Valley, we had met before at other Convocations. I am usually so busy at the convocations that I never notice anyone, which was the case here.

I wanted to keep our relationship a secret until after the Convocation because of exactly what happened. Evg. Williams wanted to tell everyone, but I didn't. Blame me for that.

Anyway, I wouldn't have had to tell anyone, except that Evg. Williams told Eld. Hayesforth. MariBeth, Evg. Williams, Eld. Toby Hollings (a friend of Evg. Williams), and I were in the hotel room watching a movie. (Ya'll, please don't read anything into that.) Eld. Hayesforth kept coming to the room, knocking on the door. I have no idea why he was doing that. Eld. Hollings got upset and wanted to go say something to Eld. Hayesforth. I kept everyone not to worry about it. Finally, Evg. Williams got tired and went and talk to Eld Hayesforth. Evg. Williams told Eld. Hayesforth that we were in a relationship.

Eld Hayesforth called me out into the hallway and asked me if it was true. I told him that it was. That was that. Needless to say, Eld Hayesforth is mad at me. MariBeth is mad at me. I hadn't even told her and she is my bestfriend. She can't hold water sometimes.

I was mad at Evg. Williams for awhile because he took it upon himself to tell Eld Hayesforth about us. To which, Evg. Williams said, "We shouldn't have tried to keep things secret. Somebody would have found eventually. I am glad it's out now." He said something else, but I ain't telling ya'll what it was.

Hopefully, now, folk will leave me alone.

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The Men's Ministry of the Lighthouse Church in Noble Valley will be hosting a 4th of July Picnic. More information can be found here.

They will be selling food, drinks, and more. There will be prizes given. They will also have games.

The picnic will go from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

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We (Eld. Hayesforth, MariBeth, and I) are in Noble Valley. MariBeth went to the zoo with one of Evg. Williams' friend. I got stuck in a suit and some high heels talking to business people. I don't like her right now. :)

The meeting at the Chamber of Commerce went well. After hearing some many of the delegates complain about there never being enough restaurants open after the convocations, I decided to meet with the business people of each city that we are in, so that they will know what is going on. It has been successful since I started doing it. A number of the other convocation coordinators started doing the same thing.

While we were driving back to the hotel, Evg. Williams and I were discussing the picnic that his church is hosting on the 4th of July for the delegates of the convocation. Some of the money will be donated to the GBF Youth Ministry. Well, I haggled with Evg. Williams until I had gotten a bigger percentage for the Youth Ministry. He said, "I can't believe you are gonna get your man in trouble with his pastor like that." I almost fell out. He was not supposed to say that. That's a whole other story.

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• Bishop told me that I couldn't quit until after the convocation was over.  He said that he expected me to do my best.  (I always do my best.)
• He told Eld. Hayesforth that they needed to meet with Sis. B to find out what her problem was with me.
• According to Eld. Hayesforth, Sis. B just doesn't like me.
• Eld. Hayesforth apologized to me.
• Bishop Adkins made me apologize to Eld. Hayesforth.  (I still don't think I had anything to apologize for.)

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Well, Evg. Williams emailed me today. I shouldn't even mention him anymore because I have probably gotten him into trouble. I started to email him and tell him about Sis. B, but I didn't. I feel like an idiot. I didn't know that keeping this blog would cause trouble.

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Man, church was off the hook. Richard preached like he had lost his mind. His church choir sung like crazy. It was amazing. That Baptist church was rocking. It was good.

Dinner was good, too. We had a big spread at Aaron's church. It was all kinds of food there. It was cool seeing all my family members. Everybody was there. There were kids running all over the place. It was cool.

The day was going good until my phone rung. MariBeth was sitting next to me. She told me not to answer it. It was Eld. Hayesforth on the caller ID, so I answered it. I regret doing that. I got told off like crazy.

Apparently, Sis. B (that's what I will call her) read my blog and read about Evg. Williams driving me around and called Eld. Hayesforth and told him that I was in Noble Valley hooking up with some man instead of doing my job. I can't believe that Eld. Hayesforth even believed that bat. After all the lies she has told on me, since I got this position, I don't even know why he believed her. He didn't even ask me if what Sis. B said was true. He just lit into me. Which, that led me to crying after I got off the phone.

MariBeth had been watching me the whole time. When I got off the phone, she rushed over to me. She had a fit when I told her what happened. I had to stop her from going to get my father. He can't stand Sis. B. I went and sat in my car for a few minutes. I had to kick MariBeth out of the car because she kept fussing. I needed some quiet time.

I finally calmed down and went back to the church. I wasn't in a good mood for the rest of the day.

My father asked what was wrong. I didn't tell him. He would have had a fit.

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I checked my messages after we got home from hanging out with my father. I had too many messages on the phone. My voicemail was full.

Anyway, I found out that I don't need to go to Wyman after all. I am thankful for that. I am glad that I have people that I can delegate to and they get things accomplished. Thanks Antonia Caldron. I appreciate your help with the advertising.

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Today, my mother, brothers, and I hung out with my father for Father's Day. Tomorrow, we will be doing a big family thing. We do this every year; hang out with my father on Saturday and then do the family thing on Sunday. We are all supposed to go to my Cousin Aaron White's church, Davis Street Baptist Church. I am dreading the service because it can be a bit boring. We go there every year because he is the oldest uncle with a church. It is my Cousin Richard Vaughnn's turn to preach. He pastors Brown Temple COGIC. He is supposed to be bringing his church with him, so the service may be more exciting than I am anticipating.

MariBeth went out to eat with us. Her father lives in Coral Gables. She doesn't get to see him that much, so we let her hang out with us. My father loves it when she hangs out with us. She has him laughing like crazy. It was cool. She is going to church with us tomorrow.

I haven't thought about the Convocation all day. My father told me that I couldn't. He did get upset with me because my phone was ringing like crazy. He took it from me and cut it off. My father is crazy like that. MariBeth didn't help the situation any because she started clapping like crazy when he did that.

Me & my family.

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I am at home. I told MariBeth about Evg. Williams. I don't even like her. She decided to be messy. I am going to learn to keep my mouth shut. Now, she wants to fly to Noble Valley with me the next time I go. That's all I need is for her to get all up in my business.

I went up to the Travel Agency today. Things are going okay. This is a busy time for us since people are booking summer vacations. We have a loyal following of clients, most of which I recruited. I'm going to leave that alone.

I am going to power down for the rest of the day and relax. I so tired.

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I found two more hotels in Noble Valley. I will update the list. These are the last two hotels I am going to find. I am going to focus on other things.

I am in Hardaway. I am checking on the equipment that we are going to use at the Convocation. We will be renting a lot of equipment. It will be shipped to Noble Valley on June 30. We will set it up on the following Sunday. That is going to be a trip.

I am thankful that I don't know that many people in Hardaway. I can get in here and get out.

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I had dinner with Evg. Williams. I had a great time. We didn't talk about the Convocation. That was the best thing about the whole evening. It felt good to be a normal person.

I am going to miss Evg. Williams when I leave, which is tomorrow morning. Evg. Williams is going to drive me to the airport. He is a school teacher and he is out of school right, now, which has been a blessing for me. I am going to have to send him a gift for all of his help.

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We are in need of courtesy car drivers. If you would like to drive the delegates of the 2006 Youth Convocation around, please email us at: youth.courtesycar@gbfellowship.info . You will receive information and the criteria to be a courtesy car driver.

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The advertisement for the convocation will begin running today on radio and in newspapers and magazines all over the state of Maddocha.

The radio ads will run once a day from 6/12 through 6/25. They will run twice a day from 6/26 through 7/2.

The newspaper and magazine ads will run once a week (Sunday) from 6/12 through 6/25. They will run Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 6/26 through 7/2.

Be sure to look or listen for the advertisement in your area.

I have been getting calls about the advertisements since early this morning. I heard one of the ads on the radio here in Noble Valley. Yes, I am still here. I am leaving tomorrow morning. I am going to check out two more hotels today.

I am going to Hardaway when I leave tomorrow. I am going to check out the equipment company that we are using for the Convocation.

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I checked out six hotels today. I am so very tired. I have made arrangements with 5 of the hotels. One of the hotels didn't want to make an agreement with me.

I will add the hotels to the list later.

I am going to try to get some sleep.

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The Advertising for the Convocation

I am still in Noble Valley. The hotel situation has been worked out. I called all the other hotels to check on the rates and the number of reservations. The hotels are filling up. I may have to look for more hotels. I have three of them in mind that I will check out. I may be in Noble Valley longer than I wanted to.

Evg. Williams said that he would help me with that. Lord, have mercy; I am trying to stay saved.

To Do List

• Check out new hotels for convocation.
• Check on advertising for the convocation.
• Send out information for courtesy cars.
• Post entry about courtesy cars.

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I called Evg. Williams and asked him if he could pick me up from the airport. He said that he would. He met me and took me to breakfast. He said that I looked heated. I was. I still can't believe that the hotel is tripping.

Breakfast good. I actually calmed down.

I went to the hotel and had it out with the current manager of the hotel. This man didn't want to honor the deal. I showed him the contract that I had with the hotel. He refused to honor it. I must have argued with him for 30 minutes. Finally, I got fed up. He looked funny when I got the Vice-President of hotel operations on the phone. The VP of operations told ole boy to honor the contract. He even told ole boy to knock $10 of the rate. I have got to update the hotel listing.

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I still haven't emailed Eld. Hayesforth back. I am going to have to call him later on. I know he is about to have a fit.

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I have gotten 12 calls from people complaining about the rates for one of the hotels. Apparently, they are quoting the wrong rate. I can't believe this. I called the hotel. The manager who made the rate agreement with me has quit and now the hotel doesn't want to honor the rate.

I will be flying to Noble Valley on tomorrow. I ain't in the mood for this.

Maybe I can ask Evg. Williams to come pick me up from the airport.

Stop it, KiKi!

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Eld. Hayesforth emailed me today. I still haven't emailed him back. I am so rude.

He is asking me for an update on the Convocation.

MariBeth called me today. She is like the only person who calls me on my house phone. I actually answered the phone for her. I don't know what we talked about, though. I hope I didn't make any promises.

I slept for most of the day. I think I woke up long enough to eat. I can't even remember what I ate.

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I am finally back at home. I didn't post anything on Friday or Saturday. I was too busy running around the city of Noble Valley. It was easy to do because I had a chauffeur driving me everywhere. Big ups to Evg. Hobert Williams, III. He was very nice. He is the Men's Ministry director at Lighthouse Church. He is fine, too.

I overslept and missed church. I got a feeling Eld. Greedson is going to have a fit. He is always telling me to not let my GBF duties get in the way of my church duties. That's funny because I serve as the media ministry secretary and I don't have to do much for the ministry. Don't tell Eld. Greedson I said this because he will try to give me more to do at the church.

I am taking Monday off. I am turning my cell phone off, too.

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I am on my way to Noble Valley to visit Charity Pentecostal Church and Lighthouse Church. They are the host churches for the city of Noble Valley. I am going to go talk to the youth ministry leaders of those churches. I am trying to get something set-up for the 4th of July. I am trying to see if we can get some kind of food for the delegates. I have a few things in the works.

I be back on Saturday. I am so tired.

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Well, here's a little about me.

My name is Kiana "KiKi" Kimberly White-Williams. I go by KiKi. Don't call me Kiana or Kimberly. I will get VERY upset, FIGHTING upset. My birthday is in a couple of months (8/16). Can't wait. I am thinking about having a party.

My parents are Tommy White and Katelynn Wiggins-White. I have two brothers; Khristoper and Kevin. I am the only girl and the middle child. I would have fallen into the middle child syndrome, but thankful, I was spoiled rotten because I was the only girl. I have like 81 first cousins. That's a lot of cousins.

I went to Ylaya College. I have Bachelor of Science Degree in Hospitality and Tourism. While I was in college, I worked for a hotel. I was on my way to going far in the company, but I decided to do the whole travel agency thing. It was a good decision.

I got appointed as the GBF Youth Convocation Coordinator because I overheard Min. Brenton Kazz (B.Kazz) Jones (Young Adult Choir President for GBF) say that he was looking for a hotel for his church's youth choir to stay in. I told him that I could find him an affordable rate. He told Min. Charles Handford (Youth Ministry President for GBF). From then on, I was the coordinator. I need to learn to keep my mouth shut.

I gotta go. My cell phone is ringing.

P.S. 2007 - I got married to Evg. Hobert Williams, III on 9/30/06.

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I took care of the computer problem at the travel agency. It wasn't that big of a deal. They go crazy for nothing when I am not there.

The travel agency was my idea and my main investment, so I am held accountable for everything. Me and my predisposition for the travel industry. That's what I get for getting a degree in hospitality.

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Today was hectic. I left Noble Valley and flew to Dorinda. I had to go to the GBF headquarters to look at the numbers for registration.

The numbers are good. They are better than they were this time last year. I am glad about that.

My cell phone has been ringing off the hook. Why do people feel the need to call me personally with questions about the Youth Convocation? Oh yea, I am the convocation co-ordinator. I may have to check the hotel listing page and see what it says because people keep calling me asking why they can't get the convocation rate through the phone or web service of the hotels. If I am not mistaken, in bold print, I wrote, YOU WILL HAVE TO CALL THE HOTEL DIRECTLY. I am going to make the print bigger. I am tired of getting angry phone calls. Oh well, let me leave that alone before I get upset.

I made the change to the page, I hope that helps.

I had to call 38 people and let them know that I was in Dorinda. I mean, I am flying out in the morning, but that doesn't matter because I still have to call the people that I know in Dorinda. Why do all 38 of them want to have lunch with me? I made 22 of them made when I told them that I couldn't have lunch with them. The other 16 of them understood.

I talked to Bishop Adkins for 30 minutes. I hadn't planned on it, but he was at the GBF office. He walked up when I was telling someone off about reading the information on the website. "Lord, why do I gotta act a fool in front of the presiding bishop?" Bishop was cool. He said, "Sis. White, do I need to have an altar call right here for you?" I said, "Yes sir." He laughed and said, "We can go talk in my office if you want to." I said, "Ok." I was hoping that he was going to tell me that he was going to appoint someone else to the position. (Not really. I like doing the convocation.) He did most of the talking. I felt better after I left his office. I am so embarrassed though, my phone rung 12 times (no exaggeration). I cut it off. Bishop laughed and said, "They are looking for you." I just shook my head.

Nevertheless, I am in my hotel room chilling. I gotta go, my phone is ringing!

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I have added the new hotels in Noble Valley. The list is here.

They are further away from the hotel than the other hotels.

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We have just finished checking out two of the hotels. They are nice so far. I have worked out deals for the hotels.

We are going to the other hotel tomorrow. We are about to go to dinner. We may catch a movie, too.

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I am on my way to Noble Valley. Marcelle is going to meet me at the airport in Noble Valley. Her flight is arriving before mine. We are going to go check out the hotels. She is going to fly back to Oxford.

I told Eld. Hayesforth that we were going to go check out the hotels. He was okay with us going without him. I am glad. I know I ain't right.

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• Terrance White (Family patriarch)
• Arthur White
• Frank White
• Helen White-Barnes
• Karen White-Murphy
• Linda White-Andrews
• Shirley White-Henley
• Jackie White-Vaughnn
• Isaiah White
• Michael White
• Alberta White-Scott
• Tommy White (My father)

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• Check on the equipment for the music.  - The equipment is ready for our use.

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• Call Noble Valley Zoo to make final arrangements. - Made all of the final arrangements.
• Email MaClandon Adkins and ask him to change the youth convocation website. - The changes have been made.
• Send out an email to the GBF group about GBF day at the zoo. - Sent the email out.
• Call all hotels in Noble Valley to check on room availability - There are still rooms available at the GBF rate.
• Send out an email to the GBF group about the hotels. - Sent the email out.
• Check on the equipment for the music.

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There are rooms available for us in Noble Valley. You can request the GBF rate when you call the hotel.
You must call the hotel directly to get these rates.

Here are the hotels that we have...

Double Tree Downtown
635-3254
$89 or $129 - .5 Mile from the Convention Center

Fairfield Inn
341-3507
$99 - 2 Miles from the Convention Center

Hawthorne Suites
770-8829
$59, $69, $79, $99, $119 - 2 Miles from the Convention Center

AmeriSuites
434-3848
$84 - 3 Miles from the Convention Center

Lexington Inn
435-6720
$55 - 4 Miles from the Convention Center

Best Western Lodge
569-3012
$58 - 8 Miles from the Convention Center

LaQuinta Inn
310-6742
$48 - 8 Miles from the Convention Center

Gateway Suites
785-9514
$45 - 10 Miles from the Convention Center

Manor House
614-9401
$45 - 10 Miles from the Convention Center

Holiday Inn
262-1375
$58 - 13 Miles from the Convention Center

Waterplace Inn
962-4453
$36 - 15 Miles from the Convention Center

Clermont Suites
920-9897
$46 - 15 Miles from the Convention Center

The Inns of Downtown
261-4900
$60 - 18 Miles from the Convention Center

Fairfield Inn
319-1313
$49 - 18 Miles from the Convention Center

Independence Inn
242-1419
$37 - 20 Miles from the Convention Center

Embassy Court Suites
980-8877
$60 - 22 Miles from the Convention Center

Elite Hotel
385-6006
$40 - 22 Miles from the Convention Center

Abelard Hotel & Suites
258-6173
$50 - 22 Miles from the Convention Center

Green Park Inn
631-4011
$50 - 23 Miles from the Convention Center

Someone told me about these hotels in Noble Valley. They are a little farther away from the convention center. They are offering us good rates. If you will have transportation, these hotels may be worth a look.

The Fredrick Inn
634-8550
25 miles from Convention Center
Rate: $45 & $65

Rolke Hotel
380-0978
27 miles from Convention Center
Rate: $38

Woodley Hotel
818-3700
28 miles from Convention Center
Rate: $40

Century Garden Hotel
915-0860
30 miles from Convention Center
Rate: $43

Honeywell Inn: Preston Hill
490-9763
32 miles from Convention Center
Rate: $45

There are other hotels in the city, but we do not have arrangements for them. If you would like me to contact a hotel to get a better room rate, please email me with the hotel information, and I will see what I can do.

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