bigger family.

I have a new sister! We didn't even have to adopt.

My big brother is married.

back to the us: weddings

jacquelyn and christian's wedding on the beach. august 7.

the World in Words

Today, I was a work. I was getting ready to mop. I plugged in my ipod and started playing one of my favorite pod subscriptions. I yelped as soon as it started and ran to find someone to tell.

It was feature-length piece on an American family who had gone to Indonesia to translate the Bible. And I knew them! It was a couple from Wycliffe, and some of you may know, I worked for Wycliffe last year as I finished university.

So exciting! After I had gotten someone to share my excitement, I went back to mopping and got to hear Sue tell her story of working among the Berik people of Indonesia.

Later, when I got home, I got to email and fb all my Wycliffe friends and tell them that I'd heard the pod.

The show is called "The World in Words" and is run by this guy named Patrick Cox as a co-production of the BBC's "The World", as they tell you on the pod. Anyway, it's really interesting and all about language, linguistic politics, and language change.

tonight on skype.

talking to Kristi on skype tonight. as you can see, she figured out what I was doing.

everyday greatness

"When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future." Ecclesiastes 7:14

Every good thing is a gift comes from Him. Most days, I feel as though I'm the most insanely blessed person ever. I try accordingly to give thanks.

- Breakfast in the morning with friends

- The great thoughts of the minds of men, only a tiny chip off of the Mind

- The occassion brilliance of man, again only a teeny picture of Brilliance

- Small acts of great gentility in the early morning

- The well-crafted sentence

- Welcome respites in usually hectic days

- The comforting thought that as wonderful as this great muddle is, one day I will see it all clearly and understand things at last.

what you want.

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"If you want what you have, then you have what you want." - unknown

I'm a little nervous. I have what I want right now. It's true. I actually am very happy with how things are in my life right now. It's been that way, in general, since last fall. I have my down-days, but some days, I think I'm the down-right most blessed person every and that it's quite unfair how much I enjoy my life.

I am just immensely enjoying everything.

I love my Saudi friends and hanging out with them.

I have enough close friends and a great circle of general friends.

I really like my jobs and how much I work.

I am excited about life.

I am finally somewhat secure and satisfied with my appearance and fashion sense.

I like who I am becoming.

And how weird is this? I am looking forward to the future, but I am also very excited about the present.

I think this is mostly due to the acute awareness that all those soon will end. Three huge components of my life will change in three short months: Kristi, Saidah and co., and Wycliffe. Honestly, I'm scared about what will happen when these three identification points drop out of my life.

I'm trying to wring out all the enjoyment I can from these things before they change.

sunny days

Life promises so much and falls so short so often. It is tricky that way.




















Why does the image never quite match the experience?