Tweet This blog post comes with a qualifier. Up until about 6 weeks ago, I had not ridden a bike in almost ten years. Therefore, my friend Andrea and I decided it was only normal that we decide to participate in a 100k bike race. I am so thankful to find someone equally as crazy as I am. We talked about it one night and it was like, “You want to do it? Yeah sure. Ok!” We are entering as a team so we both only have to bike 50k. For those of you in the US, that is 31 miles each roughly. 31 miles is not that long of…
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To Share or Not to Share?
Tweet I have been reading the Gospels and I have started to notice something. A lot of Jesus’ life revolved around food. Whether he was eating with people, feeding people, or talking about food-it consumed a lot of His time. It was part of the community Christ lived in and developed. One of sharing and talking and learning around the idea of food. Food is an interesting thing. It has this incredible ability to bring together body, soul, and mind through its smells, textures, and designs. There is nothing quite like sharing a meal together. It is a sort of liberating activity in which all groups of people can meet…
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Scared? Yes!
Tweet So I have done a lot of scary things since moving to Saipan. I mean, aside from moving half-way around the world with zero friends. I jumped off a cliff, have snorkeled and swam more than I ever thought I could, taught students with names I couldn’t pronounce, crashed my bike, ran till my legs hurt, and the list goes on. I have conquered so many fears and had so much fun. I have done all kinds of things out of the ordinary that I have become afraid of the ordinary. Explanation. I have to drive to my race in the morning. We have a car for a few…
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It’s That Time of Year
Tweet Everyone is gearing up for Christmas. Even on my small little island, the hotels are decorated with Christmas trees and the stores are getting ready for the madness that is Christmas. A few are even advertising Black Friday sales. My Twitter feed, Facebook wall, and e-mail inbox are filling up with ads and articles on Christmas. I love Christmas. It is by far my favorite time of the year. I love Christmas music, movies, decorations, and all that is Christmas. I love the sights, sounds, and smells. The lights, trees-all of it. I have so many fond memories of Christmas as a kid. Of our traditions, trees, ornaments, presents…
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You Think-Jenny and Tyler
Tweet My favorite new song! You know me so well | each and every part | so much better than i know myself | every layer of my heart | but it’s different with the world | i won’t let anyone come in | can’t let them know about my sin ‘cause what will the think of me | when they finally see | this little girl they know | doesn’t let her bruises show | what will the think of me | when they finally see | this little girl they know | doesn’t let her bruises show |what will they think of me the pastor speaks | and…
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2nd Casualty Of The Year
Tweet ..a bike crash. I promise I am not normally injury prone and two accidents in four months are not bad odds. I was riding my bike Saturday morning and the roads were slick from rain. I lost my focus for two seconds and my bike slipped off the side of the road and next thing I knew, I was on the ground and the bike was about a half a foot in front of me. I didn’t look..I just made sure I could stand up and got back on my bike. I was only about halfway through my ride so I needed to keep going. I felt ok so…
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Welcome To The Neighborhood
Tweet Life has been full of ups and downs lately and lots of confusion over what is next. So I decided to start re-reading through the Gospels. (and I found this sweet app for my ipod that will keep track of the plan for me:) )Perhaps another intense study of the life of Christ will shed some insight into what is next. If nothing else, it will be convicting I am sure. So I started today with chapter one of Matthew, Luke, and John. I decided to read them in The Message and ESV. I like the way the Message says things sometimes…it just puts in terms that are sometime…
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21 Day Habit
Tweet One of my friends and I have been doing a study called “21 Day Habit.” It’s been really good. Everyday I get an e-mail with verses and a challenge around a certain point. Today’s topic was peace. It seems that each of these days has been just the challenge I needed that day. Today’s challenge was to identify your “disturbers of peace.” I sat back and thought about how little peace I have had lately. It seems that lately just about everything has been frustrating and made me anxious and lacking peace. As I reading through the verses, I came across this verse.. “He will keep in perfect peace…
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Don’t forget me..
Tweet I think sometimes the hardest thing about going away is not actually the leaving, but the fact that it generally seems as if everyone else is going on with life and has forgotten all about you. Perhaps a lot of the loneliness that comes with being gone is not really loneliness, but actually a longing for someone back home to remember. It’s like the soul is saying, “Please don’t forget me!” Yes, I moved to the other side of the world, but with technology keeping in touch is easier than ever! And it doesn’t cost any more to send letters and e-mails are free! So as you get ready…
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Christmas is coming..
Tweet ..it’s never too early to start thinking about gifts. I have decided that other than a few things I am going to bring back from Bali, I am buying gifts from Food for the Hungry. http://www.fh.org/give/catalog You can purchase things that will drastically change people’s lives and give them hope and a future. What a better way to spend your Christmas budget!