Remind me to tell my college pastor that I have a very very bad feeling about Cris's husband. I'm tired of dealing with this. I fear this man very much. Have ever since I met him. Someone tell me that I am right to fear this man. Someone tell me how to make this feeling go away. Tell me that I am safe. Amen.

So how is everyone, anyway? I haven't updated because I didn't feel like talking about the Global Women retreat this past weekend. (Actually, I still don't.) It was horrible, but with a few good moments in it. Overall, though, I felt spiritually attacked. Yeah, in Biblical Women I face feminism all the time, but it was different there. It was their ( Read more... )

Pretend it's Jesus speaking to you, and the prince your father would approve of is Satan, offering you worldly things.

One, two, princes kneel before you
(that’s what I said, now)
Princes, princes who adore you
(just go ahead, now)
One has diamonds in his pockets
(that sounds great, now)
This one, said he wants to buy you lockets
(ain’t in his head, now)

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"It is amazing how blind the blinded heart truly is. It catches a glimmer of light as it's false securities are burned away in discontentment, but rather than walk outside into the sunlight, it thinks, "I need to burn more newspaper, so as to have more of this light." And it will not yeild, and will not recognize the futility of it's effort until ( Read more... )

I have the *drum roll please* famous retreat/conference/"go forum" about missions for women. Guys, I hope I like it, that it's useful for me. Like, it's really hard to get a Visa for missions in India, and opportunities consist of tentmaking and teaching. *makes a face* I just wanna work with young women for the rest of my life!!! I dunno how it's ( Read more... )

Her eyes wild, Yogeswari lay on the ground terrified and exhausted as she regained consciousness. She had just experienced another epileptic seizure. The ceremonies performed for her by the priests hadn’t worked, again.

Yogeswari was only fifteen, but for eight years she had suffered from epilepsy. Her parents thought it was their god’s anger upon ( Read more... )

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So, I'm home for the weekend because, as many of you reading this already know, my great-aunt is turning 93 and wants the whole family to come to church with her and "dinnah" (the very southern form of, um, a big lunch) afterwards. So, I came home, although I hated leaving school. I never go home for "just a weekend" unless it's an assigned break ( Read more... )

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7:15 a.m. Woke up and sat in my chair trying to get more awake. Was pleasantly surprised not to feel nauseated this morning. Maybe taking my medicine right after meals is just the thing for me.

7:55 a.m. Have quiet time with Jesus over a chapter in Luke (complete with lots of study notes) and praying for Latin America.

8:28 a.m. Finish quiet time ( Read more... )