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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Ending…
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. ~Gilda Radner
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Love is...
The gift of a sunny day in a beautiful place
With friends like this
I <3 my housemates
Happy Valentines Day!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Refine me Lord through the flames
The Desert Song
Verse 1:
This is my prayer in the desert
And all that's within me feels dry
This is my prayer in the hunger in me
My God is a God who provides
Verse 2:
And this is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved
Of more worth than gold
So refine me Lord through the flames
Chorus:
And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon forged against me shall remain
I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here
Verse 3:
And this is my prayer in the battle
And triumph is still on it's way
I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise I'll stand
Bridge:
All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship
Verse 4:
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be empited again
The seed I've recieved I will sow
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Sunday, September 06, 2009
The View from Here...
Ah sweet Holland, MI
How I Love thee!
So far so good... Classes are pretty great, except for one, but that isn't too bad. I am looking forward to starting work next week as well....
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Live from Muncie...
It has been forever since I have blogged. I just have not been in the writing mood lately. I have been stuck in the day-to-day events and hitting the repeat button quite a bit. Here is a quick update before I hit the hay...
I was blessed to come full-circle and be able to cross off something on my "List of things to do before I die". last month I was invited to meet a little one I have prayed for to come into existence for a long time. A former teacher of mine turned friend had her first child last November. She is one of those people that totally deserve to have someone call her "mama". She cares for children each day as an elementary school teacher with love and compassion, fairness and inspiration. It brought a smile to my heart and tears to my eyes to see her have her very own son. This is what i call the good stuff.
Today an old friend from high school made his tv debut on the Disney Channel's series JONAS. I absolutely adored this young man's talent and personality in high school. I preformed alongside him in a couple of musicals back in the day :) lol. It is so cool to say, I knew him when!
I believe I have mentioned before a wonderful woman with 2 beautiful little girls, who used to teach me piano and voice lessions as well as was my middle school choir director. I was blessed today to see one of her shows again. It was a 50's type musical review show called "The Taffetas" I saw it a few years ago when she was not yet a mommy! Laura is so talented she can out play just about anybody on the piano and has such a versitaile voice. I LOVE seeing her in her element and enjoying her as not only a mother and teacher and friend but also amazingly talented. It was so neat to hear the audiences reaction to her and think, that's Laura, oh if you only knew, she is talented beyond belief and so caring, loving and inspirational to so many.
I am loving working this summer, my Tuesdays with the Johnson girls (4 and 20mo.) and daycare babies, (Parana, Siren, Dora, Dribbles, Insomnia, Blanket, Monkey, and Bitty) As well as my toddlers and preschoolers whom I steal hugs from in the hallways. They are my life!
I am so looking forward to moving back to college... Jamie and I talked for a while tonight about the house and stuff... I adore Jamie, she is such a wonderful woman of God, even if she doesn't always think so. I can't wait to see what the year will bring, but I am also a bit apprehensive about classes and the grindstone... It will be a busy semester for sure.
Stellan and Abby are doing well, thank the Lord!
I am totally bummed that I lost my camera... I have a photography class this semester and I had a ton of pics of the kids on my SD card to share with you... Please pray I find it soon! I am lost without it!
I was blessed to come full-circle and be able to cross off something on my "List of things to do before I die". last month I was invited to meet a little one I have prayed for to come into existence for a long time. A former teacher of mine turned friend had her first child last November. She is one of those people that totally deserve to have someone call her "mama". She cares for children each day as an elementary school teacher with love and compassion, fairness and inspiration. It brought a smile to my heart and tears to my eyes to see her have her very own son. This is what i call the good stuff.
Today an old friend from high school made his tv debut on the Disney Channel's series JONAS. I absolutely adored this young man's talent and personality in high school. I preformed alongside him in a couple of musicals back in the day :) lol. It is so cool to say, I knew him when!
I believe I have mentioned before a wonderful woman with 2 beautiful little girls, who used to teach me piano and voice lessions as well as was my middle school choir director. I was blessed today to see one of her shows again. It was a 50's type musical review show called "The Taffetas" I saw it a few years ago when she was not yet a mommy! Laura is so talented she can out play just about anybody on the piano and has such a versitaile voice. I LOVE seeing her in her element and enjoying her as not only a mother and teacher and friend but also amazingly talented. It was so neat to hear the audiences reaction to her and think, that's Laura, oh if you only knew, she is talented beyond belief and so caring, loving and inspirational to so many.
I am loving working this summer, my Tuesdays with the Johnson girls (4 and 20mo.) and daycare babies, (Parana, Siren, Dora, Dribbles, Insomnia, Blanket, Monkey, and Bitty) As well as my toddlers and preschoolers whom I steal hugs from in the hallways. They are my life!
I am so looking forward to moving back to college... Jamie and I talked for a while tonight about the house and stuff... I adore Jamie, she is such a wonderful woman of God, even if she doesn't always think so. I can't wait to see what the year will bring, but I am also a bit apprehensive about classes and the grindstone... It will be a busy semester for sure.
Stellan and Abby are doing well, thank the Lord!
I am totally bummed that I lost my camera... I have a photography class this semester and I had a ton of pics of the kids on my SD card to share with you... Please pray I find it soon! I am lost without it!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Jane Elliott
I was blessed to be in the presence of a powerful woman. Jane Elliott The 3rd grade teacher who created the Blue eye/brown eye experiment the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. She told her students with blue eyes that they were stupid, lazy and incapable of success. Her brown-eyed students were brilliant. She said that she saw in 15 min. a child with Dyslexia learn to read on grade level, and a bright child who read at a 6th grade level stutter while reading aloud. As a blue-eyed person herself, she realized how angry it made her that for the first time people had to obey her, but not respect her.
She discussed, ranted, yelled, growled and teared up discussing violence against women, rape, homophobia, racism, ageism, and ethnocentrism. She declared herself a B*%@# and was proud of it. She told the men that just because they had the ability to harm a woman that didn't make it right to "take a cold shower, take lots of cold showers, jump in a lake, drown yourself, but keep it in your pants"
She brought up a white man and a black woman, she asked them about power, the man said his height gave him power and his sex gave him power, the woman has no power. She brought up that the end of "America the Beautiful" says, Land of the free (pointing to the man) and the home of the brave (pointing to the woman) The woman admitted to sending out her children each day knowing what kinds of intolerance and just pure hatred that they would experience each day because sof the color of their skin.
She gave a lot to think about, she is against abortion for herself and homosexuality for herself, but she says we should leave other people's bodies alone.
Mrs. Elliott used feminine pronouns for God, which was really interesting to see since I am in a theology class about Christian feminism. (To clarify my views on this is that pronouns help with the relationship aspect of God, bringing him closer, but also take away from the magnitude of the mystery of God, think how the Jews did not call God by a name. God is not boxed by strictly male or female qualities. God-language to me can be either, both or none (he/she/or just God)
She talked in statistics, commanded attention from the community members and college students, with her 4ft10in frame towering above us. she was rough, and real and angry. I loved her! I love how Hope College a conservative liberal arts college in the middle of Reformed church land is integrating more liberal aspects, allowing the community to be exposed to different ideas and form our own opinions, because many of the students grew up in this land of Western Michigan and many more in communities like this and have no exposure to different opinions.
Please continue to pray for Stellan, Richard, end of the year final stuff, summer situations, and for me to figure out how to get back to the Phils soon!
Salamat po! (Thank-you in Tagalog)
She discussed, ranted, yelled, growled and teared up discussing violence against women, rape, homophobia, racism, ageism, and ethnocentrism. She declared herself a B*%@# and was proud of it. She told the men that just because they had the ability to harm a woman that didn't make it right to "take a cold shower, take lots of cold showers, jump in a lake, drown yourself, but keep it in your pants"
She brought up a white man and a black woman, she asked them about power, the man said his height gave him power and his sex gave him power, the woman has no power. She brought up that the end of "America the Beautiful" says, Land of the free (pointing to the man) and the home of the brave (pointing to the woman) The woman admitted to sending out her children each day knowing what kinds of intolerance and just pure hatred that they would experience each day because sof the color of their skin.
She gave a lot to think about, she is against abortion for herself and homosexuality for herself, but she says we should leave other people's bodies alone.
Mrs. Elliott used feminine pronouns for God, which was really interesting to see since I am in a theology class about Christian feminism. (To clarify my views on this is that pronouns help with the relationship aspect of God, bringing him closer, but also take away from the magnitude of the mystery of God, think how the Jews did not call God by a name. God is not boxed by strictly male or female qualities. God-language to me can be either, both or none (he/she/or just God)
She talked in statistics, commanded attention from the community members and college students, with her 4ft10in frame towering above us. she was rough, and real and angry. I loved her! I love how Hope College a conservative liberal arts college in the middle of Reformed church land is integrating more liberal aspects, allowing the community to be exposed to different ideas and form our own opinions, because many of the students grew up in this land of Western Michigan and many more in communities like this and have no exposure to different opinions.
Please continue to pray for Stellan, Richard, end of the year final stuff, summer situations, and for me to figure out how to get back to the Phils soon!
Salamat po! (Thank-you in Tagalog)
Monday, March 09, 2009
March Madness...
It is March, in like a lion out like a lamb they say
So far the weather has been pretty tame as lions go, but the work load and busyness has been ROARing and I ain't LION ;)
researchpapersmessyhouseshorttempersmidtermscollegepaymentspackingplanningMotherTeresapaper workingvolunteeringVirgilcoffee(well ok Chai tea)concerts
But ahhhh Thursday, Sun, Fun, Love, Family, Birthdays and Mickey Mouse
Spring Break: A college student's best friend!
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Misc.
I have been thinking for a while on how exactly to blog this, The past few weeks have been good, but trying. I am drained, yet have kept up my spirits. I have been doing brave things, not everyday, like I am supposed to but I am getting better. During this time of *minor* stress there have been a couple of things that have really helped.
Walking Frally: Frally is my former RD's (Resident Director) dog. She is spunky and full of energy, she is still a puppy so is naughty, but doesn't care. She makes me smile and getting out in the cold, and sunshine helps me to think and unwind. I can walk off-campus and not be a college student for a little while. I can think about decicians I need to make outside, where I can't get emotional about them. I get to see JKK, who is such an inspiration to me.
LJ Sundays with J: Studying at Lemonjellos (LJs), a fair-trade local coffee shop, is good. Sipping a Chai Tea and listening to music, surrounded by people studying and conversing is good. It is almost holy, in a sense, it is community, which is what we are supposed to be as humankind. And J pretty much rocks, she is so strong and yet allows herself to be open, she listens well, and i have learned a lot from her.
Refocusing: Refocusing my attention on the task at hand has become easier. I am not dwelling on my thoughts and letting them overtake my mind. I am able remind myself when I get stuck in the "worst case senario" frame of mind, that the "what-ifs" are only ok , if a soultion is found quickly. I don't let the wheels keep turning for no reason as much anymore. And I am begining to trust more in myself that if the "worst case senario" happens, I am perfectly capable of figuring out the soultion when and if it happens.
Dancing: We dance in my cottage. It is good. If you drive/walk by at night you might see us. Please don't make fun of us if you do.
"Dancing is the perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire." ~Author Unknown
"Stifling an urge to dance is bad for your health - it rusts your spirit and your hips." ~Adabella Radici
Overall I have been more adventurous, trying new Chai Tea drinks, going to the SAC movies, listening, paying attention to the little things, connecting, pondering on a new level. I am realizing what it means to be a child of Hope and what "Growing World Christians in the Soil of Hope" means. I am getting old. Please pray for me.
Walking Frally: Frally is my former RD's (Resident Director) dog. She is spunky and full of energy, she is still a puppy so is naughty, but doesn't care. She makes me smile and getting out in the cold, and sunshine helps me to think and unwind. I can walk off-campus and not be a college student for a little while. I can think about decicians I need to make outside, where I can't get emotional about them. I get to see JKK, who is such an inspiration to me.
LJ Sundays with J: Studying at Lemonjellos (LJs), a fair-trade local coffee shop, is good. Sipping a Chai Tea and listening to music, surrounded by people studying and conversing is good. It is almost holy, in a sense, it is community, which is what we are supposed to be as humankind. And J pretty much rocks, she is so strong and yet allows herself to be open, she listens well, and i have learned a lot from her.
Refocusing: Refocusing my attention on the task at hand has become easier. I am not dwelling on my thoughts and letting them overtake my mind. I am able remind myself when I get stuck in the "worst case senario" frame of mind, that the "what-ifs" are only ok , if a soultion is found quickly. I don't let the wheels keep turning for no reason as much anymore. And I am begining to trust more in myself that if the "worst case senario" happens, I am perfectly capable of figuring out the soultion when and if it happens.
Dancing: We dance in my cottage. It is good. If you drive/walk by at night you might see us. Please don't make fun of us if you do.
"Dancing is the perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire." ~Author Unknown
"Stifling an urge to dance is bad for your health - it rusts your spirit and your hips." ~Adabella Radici
Overall I have been more adventurous, trying new Chai Tea drinks, going to the SAC movies, listening, paying attention to the little things, connecting, pondering on a new level. I am realizing what it means to be a child of Hope and what "Growing World Christians in the Soil of Hope" means. I am getting old. Please pray for me.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Friday Night at Hope College!
Rachel, Alayna, Me, Rebecca, & Aftan
Here we are going round the rink!
Here I am! look no hands! (in pink hat, from my wonderful Aunt's care package of winter supplies) with Rachel spotting me in case i took a tumble... guess what blog world... I DIDN"T FALL ONCE!
Becca had skated before but it had been a while and she was just about as nervous as I was. Luckily, Aftan is a patient and kind teacher!
This is from our Meijer Run (aka, grocery shopping for poor college students) I could not pass up getting a pic of my Montana friend Aftan. You can take the girl out of Montana, but you can't take the Montana out of the girl!
And now, I will drink tea and cuddle up with some reading for my Theology class, in my new cozy PJs, also from my aunt's care package (Thanks Aunt Coleen!)
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Thursday, January 08, 2009
New Semester
Ah, the winter wonderland that is Hope college, sludgy sidewalks and icy patches, sledding, falling and hustling to classes that are across campus from each other. I am so glad to be back!
I am currently enrolled in the following classes:
Intro to Theology: Christian Feminism (no, i am not a bra burning, man-hater) It is very interesting to discover some of the ways that the church had viewed women. woman are equal to men, but different, we give birth, we are relationship and linguistically connected, we are able to do that is my view in a nutshell.
Introduction to Emotional Impairments (EI) : hasn't started up yet but will be beginning my field placement soon, hopefully it will not be in GR. I took Intro to Learning Disabilities (LD) last semester.
Child Welfare: A social work class, i really enjoy so far... I am totally going to kick butt in that class with my life experiences/ Interests with the foster and adoption stuff. The prof. is really great too.
Cultural Heritage I: Yuck! lol... history class from the beginning of time to a really really really long time ago lol...
Tonight is the veratas forum http://www.veritas.org/hope/ I am looking forward to it, but am really not in the mood to listen to more lectures from professors.
Saturday will be my last fun day of the semester, before things get super busy and money runs out... Ice Skating (my first time ever) and Taj India (my favorite Indian restaurant) Yum Chicken Curry!
I am currently enrolled in the following classes:
Intro to Theology: Christian Feminism (no, i am not a bra burning, man-hater) It is very interesting to discover some of the ways that the church had viewed women. woman are equal to men, but different, we give birth, we are relationship and linguistically connected, we are able to do that is my view in a nutshell.
Introduction to Emotional Impairments (EI) : hasn't started up yet but will be beginning my field placement soon, hopefully it will not be in GR. I took Intro to Learning Disabilities (LD) last semester.
Child Welfare: A social work class, i really enjoy so far... I am totally going to kick butt in that class with my life experiences/ Interests with the foster and adoption stuff. The prof. is really great too.
Cultural Heritage I: Yuck! lol... history class from the beginning of time to a really really really long time ago lol...
Tonight is the veratas forum http://www.veritas.org/hope/ I am looking forward to it, but am really not in the mood to listen to more lectures from professors.
Saturday will be my last fun day of the semester, before things get super busy and money runs out... Ice Skating (my first time ever) and Taj India (my favorite Indian restaurant) Yum Chicken Curry!
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Faith and Friends
“At the edge of the earth, where dust and sea mingle in muddy mire tapering into cool clear waters. This is where I stand. Broken. Torn and bleeding from the voyage to this place. Tear stained cheeks, eyes dry and red from the journey. Joyful I arrive at this place, contemplative and assured, of if not who I am, where I come from, and who I am in Him. My feet caked with dirt but on the horizon I see the lucid waters within reach. The music swells and I am there…”
Today was a good day... I finished a 10 page paper (the begining of which is above) took a nap, finished off my field placement, played Apples to Apples for two hours with good friends. and saw jes! what could be better? Well you know except for the Philippines, babies, and Jesus...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
wondering...
Community: a place where you live or something greater?
I was exposed to a community last night where i felt invited, loved, respected, and a sense of belonging
I was afraid because i have never had that before
and didn't know how to respond
or
how to keep it going
I was exposed to a community last night where i felt invited, loved, respected, and a sense of belonging
I was afraid because i have never had that before
and didn't know how to respond
or
how to keep it going
Monday, August 25, 2008
HOPE
I am back at Hope College for the semester and oh so at peace. I am reminded at every moment how much I love this place. It's holy. I am living in Klassen, but spend a lot of time at the Spanish House cause lots of scott people live there, also went to scott a few times, to use the printer, read in the tomb and say hey to dr. green.
Sunday I went to the beach, it was amazing! the red flags were up and the waves were so high and the sand was blowing and it was freezing because of the wind. The waves crashed against the pier and soaked us. Dangerous but Exhilarating! The happiest i have been in a while.
I have a lot of reading and stuff to take care of, but i really think it will be a growing year for me, my classes are going to make me think and force me to participate in both small and large groups... i can feel the bravery booming already...
Sunday I went to the beach, it was amazing! the red flags were up and the waves were so high and the sand was blowing and it was freezing because of the wind. The waves crashed against the pier and soaked us. Dangerous but Exhilarating! The happiest i have been in a while.
I have a lot of reading and stuff to take care of, but i really think it will be a growing year for me, my classes are going to make me think and force me to participate in both small and large groups... i can feel the bravery booming already...
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