Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Beach and More.
Have you ever walked into your room after being gone all day and inwardly screamed...
"OHHSWEETBABYMOSES!!! I'VE BEEN BURLGLARIZED!!!" Only to realize that {sadly...oh-so-sadly,} you were the one that vandalized your room and threw clothes on every available inch of everywhere? Me niether. Psh. ~~~~ On another note, my handy blog has just notified me that over 1,000 people have viewed my blog in the past few weeks... And about 3 of them have left comments. I love people, especially those who show their faces on my blog. Please be a man {or lady} and comment once in a while. I promise not to bite you or stalk you. Unless you have a really cool blog-then I might stalk you. ~~~~ My Family spent the last few days at the beach and it was GLORIOUS! It was like the summer's last hoorah. {Except--it's still 90 degrees here which is pretty lame. It might be just me, but I feel like the first day of fall ought to include a breeze or two. My only consolation is the fact that all of my classrooms are kept at thirty-two degrees below zero. You could simultaneously house penguins and hang meat in them.} These past few days were so much fun and such a blessing! I just love my family. It was Solomon's first time seeing the ocean and he LOVED it.Posted by Ellie at 2:28 AM 4 comments
Today I am thankful for the African man who works at Walmart late at night.
He sings African songs at the top of his lungs while he stacks things on shelves. It makes Walmart feel more like a lovely village home and less like the shady place that it really is. I wonder what his story is, and why he loves to sing, and what the words mean that he sings so joyfully. I wonder if he grew up in a village, singing songs while gardening; the same way that I have seen so many Ugandan children do. I want to be like him and sing about even the mundane, monotonous things. In doing so, those things will no longer be mundane and monotonous ... and they might even suddenly turn into an African dance party. I hope he never stops singing his songs. {I also hope they move him to the day shift and give him a microphone.} Do all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain." Philippians 2:14-16Posted by Ellie at 1:03 AM 1 comments
Monday, September 13, 2010
Out with the old, in with the new.
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
{Cinturon Verde}
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Monday, September 6, 2010
Bradley and Kirk
Bradley Bass and Kirk Chambers are two of the most precious people I have ever met.
We traveled to Uganda together this summer and became fast friends. Kirk, Bradley, My brother Jonathan, and I instantly got along so well together that we decided we must become friends forever. A few glimpses into our friendship: Bradley and I found showers in every bizarre airport in every country we traveled in,
We shared a twin bed (in the not-so-bat-infested room under one mosquito net) to try and hide from the shrieking, pooping, bats from hell... ( Luckily, the bat ordeal was only two nights of our trip and the hilariousness outweighed the emotional scarring. :)
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