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i'm turning 29 next week. i realize more and more how much i detest being a part of this world. southern california is the center of wealth and materialism. we don't realize how good we have it and we whine when our little perfect world is out of place. but really, things happen here just like everywhere else. we're just blind to them and to what is going on 3 miles from us. we try to keep ourselves separated from the bad, the evil.

we just like to keep ourselves safe and comfortable.

good times

i often just sit here and do nothing. it's really pointless, doing nothing that is. but sometimes we need to relax but my mind goes so many different directions. sometimes i open internet explorer to look for something and by the time it's loaded i've forgotten. well anyways.

m' vle apran nam de tout piti de maison de lumiere. i took this class that i never thought i'd use that my dad paid for. all of the sudden i wanted to learn 48 names in five weeks. well at the first night of the class they taught us 30 first and last names. so here's this weeks names:

renise
diene
junior
katrina
jocelyn
cherline
jeff
semi
chabine
evans

now it's one thing to memorize the names but then memorize the faces that go with them. geez that's hard. and 50 of them!

so let's see

diene

The way his name looks sort of reminds me of dinner. So I will picture him eating a cheeseburger. Diene eating a cheeseburger for dinner.


Evans

We can split his name up. E-vans. Maybe Evans wears some sort of internet shoe called E-Vans


Semi

If there were anyone I would want to drive a large truck, he would be my pick.


Jeff
He looks like he is thinking hard in this picture, maybe he is deciding something, like a ref(eree). Jeff the ref


Jocelyn

I think he likes to joke. so instead of Joce, Joke. Maybe he only likes to tell jokes to people named lynn. I can remember his name so i'm not going to try very hard


Junior

What happens when junior gets old, will we call him senior? For some reason this helps me remember him so don't knock it.


Renise

When she sees her sisters daughter she cheers. Ra-niece!


Katrina

Well Kat is obvious, ri is to laugh in creole and na is like in or at. So she's laughing hysterically at cats.


Cherline

She's leaning in this picture! I picture the singer cher leaning. Cher-lean!


Chabine

Sha! right! She has two knees. Bi-knee. Sha-bi-knee

full armor

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

that's a good one. that's what I like about other countries, especially some place like Haiti. It feels like you actually need some armor!

anyways. i don't know what else to say. Haiti is soon and I think we're going again in October. 31st. maybe. not for sure yet.

oh yeah. support for our trip has been coming in and we're pretty close to what we need to get so that's exciting. i'm not sure if anyone reads this, but I'll write anyways so I can look back and read it and remember what life was like on this May 12, 2008. God totally provided this weekend because we needed money and people at our joint birthday party were very generous as well as my boss was also very generous. Woo hoo.

sometimes i worry about safety. everyone here, including in the church, just wants to be safe. i don't know where we got this idea of safety from and that it's what God wants. He wants us to proclaim the gospel and people to be saved. Someone commented that the poorest places and the places that need Jesus the most are the most unsafe. So should we not go there? This topic is probably one that I mull over the most just because I need to keep reaffirming in my head that it's not about me or my safety. I don't know what I would do in a situation where my life was threatened, but I just have to trust that God will take care of the situation just like He has taken care of me all this time. anyways time for bed.

m' ale
lucas

food

if there is an all day lunch special is it really a lunch special?

how is breakfast served all day? If you eat it at 3pm is it still breakfast? What makes it breakfast?

these are the things I wonder.