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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

True Grit


Over the last couple of days I read "True Grit" by Deborah Meroff. She tells the true adventures of nine ordinary women, who are making a difference in such places as Tajikistan, India, Egypt, and Lebanon. Brief fact files between stories highlight global abuses of girls and women, sex trafficking, prostitution, female circumcision, poverty and domestic abuse. This book not only raises awareness of global issues but points out simple ways in which we can help turn the tide for women worldwide. I want to recommend this book. For a free copy of this book, go to the website of George Verwer. Send him an email with your mailing address and he will send you a copy of that book.

Monday, October 30, 2006

John Brown University


I have arrived on the Campus of John Brown University for their Mission Fair. I'll post more later.

It is beautiful here. I love the Fall in Arkansas and on Campus.

Friday, October 27, 2006

Fresh from the Ship

One of the absolutely BEST things I've ever done was joining the OM ship Doulos a few years back. I had an awesome 1,5 yrs traveling to 16 countries, living with 300+ people from 40+ nations. I had to work hard, learn to give in to other ways of doing things and trust God in a new way as I was living outside my comfort zone.

Here's a little clip of some recent Doulos Steppers (Step= Short Term Exposure Program, usually 6 weeks long).

Check it out! Maybe you are the next person to live on the ship and experience the ride!

Friday, October 13, 2006

Last Night at the Cheesecake Factory

The night before we flew back to Atlanta from Palm Beach, we had an fun hang out time talking about movies, dreams and taking over the world.

Keelan, me and JP.

Keelan and Maria.

Danilda and Ben. (The Dominican Republic meets Birmingham, Alabama!)

All of us!

Erik, Danilda and Ben.

Fascination.

This is some of the students at Palm Beach Atlantic watching a video about the OM ships. Some of them are going on Logos II for a week to shoot a video during spring break. Keep them in your prayers!



Finally: Photos! Smile if You're in!


That's me and Erik eating the famous Mexican corn with mayonnaise, cheese and of course: hot sauce!


JP, Christian and Jonathan took us to eat. They knew the way into our hearts was though authentic Mexican food!


And the dish itself here.

Finally: Photos! Smile, if You Recognize the Place!



It does look like southern Florida, doesn't it?

Leaving

Erik and I are sitting at the airport in Palm Beach waiting to board the plane back to Atlanta. We've had an amazing week here at Palm Beach Atlantic. Beautiful place, fantastic people and great shark stories (they've all been in the water with a shark or stepped on a shark and kind of just shrug about it - hello?) .

Last night we had a prayer night with a few hundred students. We showed videos from around the world and prayed over the situations. I love doing prayer nights like that...coz praying for the world has definitely changed my perspective on the world.

Now we're boarding so...adios!

(pictures later....)

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

La Comida Latina en Florida

The awesome folk here at PBA took us to a taco stand for dinner tonight. You know, the real Mexican taco stand -kind and more. They did not have just tacos, but also corn with mayonnaise, cheese and hot sauce. Definitely not good for you, but fantastically delicious.

Click. Click. Click. Aaaaaargh!!!! Here would go the pictures that I have, if this freakin' thing would work.

Ahem. Maybe later then.

Monday, October 09, 2006

Who Wouldn't Want to Go to School at the Beach?

Palm Beach Atlantic is the name of the college we're at in West Palm Beach, Florida. Apparently most of the students here come from the Northeastern states of America. In the middle of the cold Connecticut winter, who wouldn't want to stroll into class in flip flops and board shorts?

Erik and I flew here yesterday. We had delicious Cuban food last night (they brought me a chicken and a half! hello?) and just a chill time talking about the ships and Erik having visited 63 countries. (No kidding!)

Check this space for stories about what's going on here in Florida this week.