So, as I'm sitting here on my first official night of being on duty as an RA, I had this thought. I was just staring at my computer, randomly checking away msgs (that I've already read at least 5 times), but without the energy to actually talk to someone (I'm really exhausted). The background on my computer right now is a picture of Team Russia ( Read more... )

So in this post, I'm going to be completely real about what I've learned in the past 36+ hours and what God had to do to make me realize what was actually going on. I'm not sure how long it will get, so, consider this your warning. But promise me that if you start, you have to finish, because if you don't finish, you might get the wrong ( Read more... )

The splendor of a King ( Read more... )

So, one of the reasons of starting my last post (it's only taken a few hours to remember) was to say that despite all of those beautiful streaks that are being added to my painting, I'm still getting frustrated at the little things. And then it frustrates me that I'm frustrated, because there's really no reason to be frustrated. I hope that makes ( Read more... )

So, in earlier posts (like way earlier) I talked about the painting analogy...that our lives are like paintings, and God is the Artist. Well, there have been many beautiful additions to that painting. One is, the void is being filled. Matt Wallace talked in his blog about feeling a huge void when we left the community that was Team Russia 2005 ( Read more... )

It hurts so bad ( Read more... )

That's what describes me best right now ( Read more... )

Only two more nights. Only 3 rubles left at the internet cafe, so that means this will be short and sweet. I leave Russia in two days. CrAzY. So much to tell...so little time!!! A major lesson I will pound out is COMMUNITY. Living with 8 people 24/7 for two months has been many things...amazing, fun, frustrating, exciting, happy, aggravating ( Read more... )

So I was just looking at some blogs and things before going to bed, and I saw Jenny took another quiz, so I did too! ;)

You Are 25 Years Old

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Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe ( Read more... )

So, I know it's been a while...a long while in fact. Finals are over, I'm at home, relaxing and trying not to think about how much I dislike packing for another week ( Read more... )