Posted by: ilovekenya on: September 30, 2006
there are so many things i could comment on from our recent trip to baton rouge for maxine’s funeral, which was a wonderful celebration of her life and faith. i will leave the trip with this comment – people are fragile, and we need a dose of tought love as well as grace. i don’t [...]
Posted by: ilovekenya on: September 25, 2006
this is the phrase the salvation army uses for the date of someon’s passing. i like the phrase. it is a reminder of the fact that this isn’t our home – we are just passing through this place called earth. i forget that too often. i think this is my home, but its not. i [...]
Posted by: ilovekenya on: September 22, 2006
simlicity. i think all too often we try to load our lives full of things. a life full of activity does not translate to a life full of meaning. we forget that. so we drive ourselves crazy doing. doing PTA, soccer, swimming, ballet, missions, kid’s rally, upward basketball, choir, bible study, sunday school, church, sunday [...]
Posted by: ilovekenya on: September 21, 2006
while on our kenya trip, we did some game drives. side note on this story – there is nothing like rolling through africa, looking at elephants and zebra and gazelle roaming free and listening to david crowder’s version of “all creatures of our God and King”. fabulous. highly recommend that.
anyway, on one of these game [...]
Posted by: ilovekenya on: September 19, 2006
this is my world
i research things the human eye cannot see without the aid of a microscope. and i like it! i am finishing data collection for my first publication and hopefully the second won’t be too far to follow. i am not currently taking classes – i have finished that aspect of my degree. [...]
Posted by: ilovekenya on: September 19, 2006
sometimes i get upset because i feel misrepresented or that people think i am upset or depressed and really all that is going on is a bad day or stress or fatigue. i get upset when people around me don’t understand me or try to explain my behavior with emotions or feelings they think i [...]
Posted by: ilovekenya on: September 13, 2006
as you begin planning for christmas gifts and wonder what you can get for the person who has everything – consider a llama. yes, a llama. but they actually don’t get the llama. example: somewhere in the world right now, there is a llama with nick’s name on it. and the coat of that llama [...]
Posted by: ilovekenya on: September 12, 2006
God called me out last night on an attitude in my heart against a fellow believer. i had to call that person and apoligize for my heart. it wasn’t the easiest thing in the world, but in the end, i felt better. it really wasn’t hurting that person that i had a negative opinion of [...]
Posted by: ilovekenya on: September 11, 2006
everytime i have heard that word today, i am taken back to my 9th grade Bible class. we learned the key word, chapter, and geography for the ot books. and deut. was remember. moses gave 3 sermons before he died in the book of deut. with an emphasis on remember – remember where you were [...]
Posted by: ilovekenya on: September 6, 2006
one week from tomorrow i have to give a talk at our department retreat like so many other students. this doesn’t excite me at all. i hate public speaking. i am a moses, but sadly, without someone who can go to pharoh with me. i do have a brother who is more eloquent than me, [...]
