this house is a beautiful place.
This weekend:
A fall party
homework at the ketab khana (library)
dinner with M and K
simply existing with M and K and A later
Vineyard church with Joan :)
and then lunch
baptism in M's bathtub!! so glad to not have that hanging over my heart anymore!
brownies, prince of egypt, shrimp, full couches and lots of joy!
a great weekend :)
thanks Jesus!!
9/15/13
9/11/13
what a day
A, L, and I goofed around too late and then A and I did the seven minute workout.
And now L is playing GREGORIAN CHANTS. SO BEAUTIFUL.
Had LAUGHTER with E earlier.
Bible study with international students,
rescuing a spider,
oh, it was just a great day.
And now L is playing GREGORIAN CHANTS. SO BEAUTIFUL.
Had LAUGHTER with E earlier.
Bible study with international students,
rescuing a spider,
oh, it was just a great day.
borderless
I want to be
borderless. Without a border. Today he said, “I am an international student”
and I wanted so badly to say “I am too.” I am international. I am in my country
of citizenship right now, but that doesn’t mean I’m not international.
Sometimes I’m
ashamed of where I’m from. Sometimes I feel guilty.
I want to dance in
the streets.
9/3/13
Thankful
I've been here a full four years. I've always wanted family friends. Literally. I want to be friends with a family that I've met here. Tomorrow, A and I are going for dinner at the house of a couple who go to our BG church. :)
The weather today was phenomenal. Fall temperatures, cloudy in the morning and sunny in the afternoon.
T called me!! and we actually got to talk for a bit!!
I got a lot of work done. Or rather, I read a lot, learned.
Talked with a couple of friends, one of whom said, "I want to love you well." Dang.
Had some realizations about things I want to change. Like, I want to acknowledge people more, and be more vulnerable with those I consider my close friends.
Was asked to pray for someone. Every day. An honor.
My pastor responded quickly, and said he'd be a reference.
7 Minute Workout recording
Great news from roommates
Fun music :)
The weather today was phenomenal. Fall temperatures, cloudy in the morning and sunny in the afternoon.
T called me!! and we actually got to talk for a bit!!
I got a lot of work done. Or rather, I read a lot, learned.
Talked with a couple of friends, one of whom said, "I want to love you well." Dang.
Had some realizations about things I want to change. Like, I want to acknowledge people more, and be more vulnerable with those I consider my close friends.
Was asked to pray for someone. Every day. An honor.
My pastor responded quickly, and said he'd be a reference.
7 Minute Workout recording
Great news from roommates
Fun music :)
9/2/13
8/18/13
Little Adventures
I'm back to this college town, and God keeps giving me gifts and little adventures.
The sun is in early sunset stages and is shining onto my wall next to me, lighting up the plant and the quotes on my wall. One of which is perfect for now, "Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light." -Theodore Roethke.
Anyway, as I facebook chatted a student from last summer, he asked me to travel to his home country with him. Though that is impossible, inappropriate, impossible, and not gonna happen, it was kind of an adventure to figure out how to respond, and in my response to explain more of what I believe. He said this too, which makes me smile. "Don't be afraid. We are _(people group)__. We respect the guest."
Have a joyous week!
The sun is in early sunset stages and is shining onto my wall next to me, lighting up the plant and the quotes on my wall. One of which is perfect for now, "Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light." -Theodore Roethke.
Anyway, as I facebook chatted a student from last summer, he asked me to travel to his home country with him. Though that is impossible, inappropriate, impossible, and not gonna happen, it was kind of an adventure to figure out how to respond, and in my response to explain more of what I believe. He said this too, which makes me smile. "Don't be afraid. We are _(people group)__. We respect the guest."
Have a joyous week!
8/12/13
A Thought and a Poem
1. August 1 from my journal.
What a humbling experience flying is. Up in the atmosphere, when the powerful ocean is just another empty coloring page and the coast twists like a fragile vein carrying wisps of wind between the ocean and the dust. I am simply human, another wonder among these wonders, and loved, somehow in all my brokenness. We could be going anywhere. From here, it is all the Earth. From the ground, a big metal box carries people. Simply people. And everything is backwards. The clouds barely whisper movements and the ocean remains the same calm blue it has been since its day of birth. And the sky-- even the storms are below. As if outside of this place is perfection, though I know that's not true. But what a glorious reminder of my frailty!
2. poem, raw and unedited, just the way I like them.
What a humbling experience flying is. Up in the atmosphere, when the powerful ocean is just another empty coloring page and the coast twists like a fragile vein carrying wisps of wind between the ocean and the dust. I am simply human, another wonder among these wonders, and loved, somehow in all my brokenness. We could be going anywhere. From here, it is all the Earth. From the ground, a big metal box carries people. Simply people. And everything is backwards. The clouds barely whisper movements and the ocean remains the same calm blue it has been since its day of birth. And the sky-- even the storms are below. As if outside of this place is perfection, though I know that's not true. But what a glorious reminder of my frailty!
2. poem, raw and unedited, just the way I like them.
Girlchild, you were made for more than blue skies
and cherry red dresses.
Don't forget
that your heart is beautiful,
and that rain was made for delight--
real water rain, not metaphors for sad days
or tears in the fabric of life.
Don't forget that you
are purpose
and purpose is more than cricket songs
and photosynthesis,
and the way you metamorphosis isn't shared
by caterpillars at all.
And don't forget that you are dust
between the ocean and the sky,
but also that the rain can't wash you away
and the thunder will never tremble your feet.
And your dusty heart is loved
by the King of everything precious and good.
Don't forget, girlchild, this love and
your heart, more than blue skies and red dresses.
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