Hello friends....or should I say, hola amigos! I just wanted to write a quick post to say that I am home again safe and sound and had a wonderful, incredible, amazing week in Honduras! there is so much to say and so many pictures to share! But right now I am so tired but I'll probably start posting stuff tomorrow.
Oh yeah, and MAMA stands for Mujeres (women) Amigas (friends) Miles Apart.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Victory!
Haha, I guess that wasn't my last post.
Shaun White was amazing the other night. I can't imagine what he must have been feeling when he did his victory ride. I love to watch people perform skills and talents that they love and enjoy. Especially when they can do them well and just for fun. Which was certainly what Shaun White did. Congrats to all the medalists!
Adios Amigos!
This is going to be my last post for a while because today I leave for Honduras! Well, today I start my trip but I don't really fly out until tomorrow morning. Still, it's quite exciting! I'm not sure how I'll ever get through today. I still have some packing that needs to get done, those sections of the research paper to finish and my room to clean. But still, this day is going to go by so slowly!
I just got a new camera so you can expect lots of pictures when I get back and I'm sure I will have tons of stories. I am just so excited to see how God works and what He does. This whole trip is for Him and His glory and it will be so interesting to see what He does through us.
Anyway, Friends, farewell! I shall certainly miss blogging while I'm away and it will be very strange to have a week off from school, but I will absolutely enjoy the break. Good bye and God bless!
I just got a new camera so you can expect lots of pictures when I get back and I'm sure I will have tons of stories. I am just so excited to see how God works and what He does. This whole trip is for Him and His glory and it will be so interesting to see what He does through us.
Anyway, Friends, farewell! I shall certainly miss blogging while I'm away and it will be very strange to have a week off from school, but I will absolutely enjoy the break. Good bye and God bless!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Honduras!!!
So, I've mentioned that I'm going to Honduras numerous times but never really explained it. On Saturday, a group from my youth group (haha, that sounds funny!), 13 youth, 5 leaders and the son of one of the leaders, are flying down to Honduras for a week. We are going as part of the MAMA project (sorry, I don't recall what MAMA stands for) and will be stationed in the MAMA house. Each day we will take a vehicle of some sorts to a different village and set a clinic for the local people. I think there will be a dentist, general medical care and some sort of eye doctor. We will also be making cement floors for people out of sand and dirt and whatever else you use. We're also brings tons of stuff to give away too so we'll also be doing that in each village.
We're leaving tomorrow evening, driving to Newark and staying overnight in a hotel right near the airport. Then our flight leaves at 8:50am Saturday morning so I'm guessing we're not going to get a whole lot of sleep. We fly home Saturday the 27th and basically do the reverse, stay in the same hotel that night and drive home Sunday.
I'm so excited because I've never been on a missions trip before and it will be so eyeopening to see how these people live. It will be a completely different culture, warm weather, Spanish instead of English and I hope a really good bonding time for our youth group. And flying and leaving the country is just fun. And I'm excited to see how God uses us and excited to be His hands and feet and show other His love (not that I can't do that everyday, but not everyday in Honduras!)
We're leaving tomorrow evening, driving to Newark and staying overnight in a hotel right near the airport. Then our flight leaves at 8:50am Saturday morning so I'm guessing we're not going to get a whole lot of sleep. We fly home Saturday the 27th and basically do the reverse, stay in the same hotel that night and drive home Sunday.
I'm so excited because I've never been on a missions trip before and it will be so eyeopening to see how these people live. It will be a completely different culture, warm weather, Spanish instead of English and I hope a really good bonding time for our youth group. And flying and leaving the country is just fun. And I'm excited to see how God uses us and excited to be His hands and feet and show other His love (not that I can't do that everyday, but not everyday in Honduras!)
Final Thoughts (blog assignment for week 24 #5)
One more post!
The logical thing would be to dedicate my final post to the thoughts I had on whatever book I finished reading, either Blue Like Jazz or The Reason For God. But...I didn't finished reading a book yet. I'm planning on finishing Blue Like Jazz because I found it so much more interesting and I plan to read it on the plane on Saturday when I fly to Honduras!!!! (I'm soooo excited!!)
Well, this goes a long with what I was saying earlier and is kind of a repeat from the questions we had to answer before about the books. Anyway, I was totally more into BLJ (Blue Like Jazz) than TRFG (The Reason For God). BLJ is much more of a story about the author's life than TRFG is. And once again, I liked the simplicity of the writing. Not to say that the writer didn't make good points or didn't have a good writing style, but he used down to earth language that the ordinary person can understand. TRFG was more like The God Delusion, I had to really focus to understand it and even when I did, it didn't always stick. Now I'm sure some people really like that kind of style and can understand it no problem; but that's not me. And we are all different and have different tastes and likes and dislikes.
What I learned the most from having to read all these different books and excerpts it that one type of writing style will not appeal to everyone and everyone will not find the same writing interesting. It's not wrong to not understand something, it's not wrong to find a book way over your head and it's not wrong that you don't get it and other people do. I think the problem comes when we compare ourselves to others. We look around and see people who are so much better than ourselves and come to the conclusion that there must be something wrong with who we are. But there's not. This is something I've really been thinking about a lot recently and it has come up in conversations and youth group too, so I think God is trying to tell me something. But each one of us was made unique and special just the way we are, so how can we criticize God's creation? He created humans and said this is good. Don't get caught in the lie that others are better than you. There will always be people who are more talented than you whatever you do; whether it's school or sports or cooking or dancing or music or anything. But it's up to you what you do with the abilities you do have and whether you will use them, or find yourself inadequate because you compare yourself to others.
The logical thing would be to dedicate my final post to the thoughts I had on whatever book I finished reading, either Blue Like Jazz or The Reason For God. But...I didn't finished reading a book yet. I'm planning on finishing Blue Like Jazz because I found it so much more interesting and I plan to read it on the plane on Saturday when I fly to Honduras!!!! (I'm soooo excited!!)
Well, this goes a long with what I was saying earlier and is kind of a repeat from the questions we had to answer before about the books. Anyway, I was totally more into BLJ (Blue Like Jazz) than TRFG (The Reason For God). BLJ is much more of a story about the author's life than TRFG is. And once again, I liked the simplicity of the writing. Not to say that the writer didn't make good points or didn't have a good writing style, but he used down to earth language that the ordinary person can understand. TRFG was more like The God Delusion, I had to really focus to understand it and even when I did, it didn't always stick. Now I'm sure some people really like that kind of style and can understand it no problem; but that's not me. And we are all different and have different tastes and likes and dislikes.
What I learned the most from having to read all these different books and excerpts it that one type of writing style will not appeal to everyone and everyone will not find the same writing interesting. It's not wrong to not understand something, it's not wrong to find a book way over your head and it's not wrong that you don't get it and other people do. I think the problem comes when we compare ourselves to others. We look around and see people who are so much better than ourselves and come to the conclusion that there must be something wrong with who we are. But there's not. This is something I've really been thinking about a lot recently and it has come up in conversations and youth group too, so I think God is trying to tell me something. But each one of us was made unique and special just the way we are, so how can we criticize God's creation? He created humans and said this is good. Don't get caught in the lie that others are better than you. There will always be people who are more talented than you whatever you do; whether it's school or sports or cooking or dancing or music or anything. But it's up to you what you do with the abilities you do have and whether you will use them, or find yourself inadequate because you compare yourself to others.
Crystals, Aliens and Lies (blog assignment for week 24 #4)
I saw the movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed when it came out in theaters about 2? years ago. I thought it would be really boring but it was actually quite good.
Ben Stein interviews Richard Dawkins and many more evolutionists. I found it interesting that they really weren't sure how life came about. One guys was talking about cells forming on the back of crystals and someone else even implied that life was brought here from another source (basically aliens). I liked what Ben Stein said after that: "Crystals? Aliens? I thought we were talking about science, not science fiction." These guys seem so unsure of what they believe, they seem to be grasping at straws for something that is remotely possible. I think they just don't want to admit to a Creator or higher level of intelligence that created life on purpose and are rummaging around for something they can convince themselves and other of.
I am completely positive that God created life as the account in Genesis describes. I am sure. I know it is true. You cannot change my mind. I find it fascinating that I can be so sure of creation, that I can be completely confident in what I believe about the origin of life, and these scientists who have studied biology, studied life, researched different theories and spent hours and hours trying to find the answer can still not be sure and not know how life was created. And me, little me with not college degree yet and not even out of high school, I hold the answer in my heart while these big scientists bumble around still looking for it and refusing to see the truth.
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