I love France. I love Europe. I'm really excited about seeing Italy some more. I'm even more excited about going to Athens and Prague before I leave. But I really freaking want to go home at the same time. I was researching famous American landmarks for one of my classes and I found this:

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
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I told Andy last night that I posted some stuff from some of his e-mails. He asked me which ones and I read them off for him. His response?

"This guys friggin' hilarious! Who wrote this stuff?!"

As you can see, Andy is growing in humility everyday living with the brothers.

So my bike was stolen tonight. This sucks royaly. I live in a shady area of town 2 kilometers outside of city center. However I really think this is coming as a form of spiritual attack. I've really started to improve in my prayer life and am making huge strides in my conviction against certain things that I have allowed to rule my life. So instead ( Read more... )

I was so good for so long! And now I kept forgetting to update. I suck, I'm sorry.
I'm going to give a quick update so that I can start posting more often. I'm also going to do this in bulleted format. Couple of thoughts on each city and then places I went with one general sentiment for each.


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Just a quick note to everyone. Worst kind of music to listen to when one is homesick: Country
Especially Brad Paisley...he rips my heart out even when I'm home with my family and friends.

This is for Liz:

A good pun is it's own reword.There was a man who entered a local paper's pun contest. He sent in ten different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did ( Read more... )

Lindsay I just wanted to let you know that I listen to the mix you made for me all the time. You really are a true connoisseur of music. Excellent taste.
I would not be adverse to any suggestions of great faith related songs you might send my way ;)

Words that cannot be translated into the French language:

Excited
Thankful
Home

Interesting, no?
Thoughts? Analysis?

By far and away the most bizzare thanksgiving I've ever encountered. Here's the list of food consumed ( Read more... )

I do the same crap over and over again ( Read more... )