The name is Lauren but most just call me Loho. I am 17 years old (I'll be eighteen in less than a month though ;) and I live about two hours north of Chicago. I'm from a broken family, my mum and dad divorced when I was seven. And my dad is not a Christian, so it's hard for him to understand why I'm doing this...but I am, and I couldn't be happier. I'm a firm believer in Agape, it's the universal language just about anyone can learn...agape is huge in my life because it can move a person in a way words can't. I believe Jesus showed the biggest and clearest form of agape, when he gave himself up to save us.

For spare time? I love driving my sisters to their shindigs, camping, thrift store shopping, and taking my puppy on runs in the park. I also play guitar and have a weird fettish for owls and giraffes.

My favorite color is yellow and yet I love every drop of rain in a thunderstorm.

I don't quite have a set youth group or church, especially since the last two youth groups I was in went belly up, I have a sort of trust issue with churches. So I just kind of look for God in my everyday life. I sit with my bible and play worship songs to grow in him, and go for walks around his creations to see him. I'm proud to call him daddy.

I'm so looking forward to meeting you all, =) from what I've read on some of your posts, you all seem like beautiful people. I can't wait to be apart of that.