By amy_import on August 6, 2005
What a day, running 10 miles with Stacie and Crystal this morning, two hours of soccer this afternoon. I hope I stay awake at the session tonight 🙂
Crystal made an interesting comment while we were stretching after the run today; “I wonder how people who don’t believe in God ever make it running!” This was made because during the run we were memorizing the verses for this week and every time it got to where we were getting tired we would quote them. The work of bringing them up to memory took our mind off our tired body until the “crisis” passed. (running is very much a mental challenge – you try going for over an hour and a half without getting bored).
I really like running because I am a Christian. I go out and get to pray and work through things with God. Some how all troubles and frustrations seem to fade in importance and a calm comes over my soul by the end of the run. (a calm comes over my body too 🙂 I also get a chance to practice relying on God to help me when I think I’m too tired or that I can’t make it (not every day is a good day). Lastly He is the glory of my run – every part of me works in harmony with the way he has made us, it is by His might and His power that I run, I step back and praise Him for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Hence “why and how do people run without God?”
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By amy_import on August 3, 2005
Queen Esther, 40 kids, church with no A/C, and God’s love; what a wonderful way to spend the evening! Try out VBS.
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By amy_import on July 31, 2005
hehe, look what time I’m on the internet 🙂
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By amy_import on July 30, 2005
The last two days I witnessed once again the vast difference between boys and girls.
This morning it was Josiah Faas. He came in from running right as Stacie and I were about to go out. He had just done ten miles in 77 minutes; there’s no way I’m going to make it that fast.
This afternoon we tried playing boys against girls in soccer – just for fun. Well in good fun we got smeared. We managed to make one point (to their 10 bazillion) only after they quit leaving a goalie back there to guard. They even let us have a guy on our team “just to make it fair” 🙂
Of course sports/athletics are quite obvious when it comes to differences, but each one has a whole different mindset, as played out on the ice last night.
It was towards the end of our skating time and someone had the bright idea of scooping up the ice shavings and making snowballs. So skaters and snowballs alike were whizzing around the arena. I decided to make a snow man. Completing that, I made a snow woman and a snow child with the help of some other girls. (the tallest is about 1 foot) We were about to go get Rowan to take our picture when suddenly, out of nowhere, Mr. Krause comes flying in, slides across the ice in front of us and grabs our snow family! The kidnapper turned murderer as he proceeded to throw the balls at us and others around the rink!
We all indignantly gather up some ice shavings and staunchly defended family values. We then restored the home front and raised up a new family (though not so grand as the first). This time we succeeded in capturing the domestic scene on film, but just as we were posing for the second picture…WHOOSH! Mr. Krause comes hurtling through the scene again, slicing through the unsuspecting family with his blades and skated off laughing! I don’t think I need to draw the obvious conclusion on the matter of difference.
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By amy_import on July 29, 2005
Wow, soccer is a rough game! Maybe I should take up football 🙂 According to a conversation today at lunch, touch football has a lot less injuries (except for Gideon). I wonder if I keep God busy?
I got to talk to several of the Voice students today at breakfast. I really liked it and wish that we didn’t have chapel while they ate, we’re missing some great oppertunities to reach out and see another culture. It was so fun to watch them come through the line and wonder what to do with the gravy, and on being told, try to file it with the other gravy they had had for their Thanksgiving meal. (hmmm, mashed potatoes and now biscuits – strange country) Grace and Dennis tried to convince Rowan and I that tofu was really good and Rowan tried to explain how blue cheese wasn’t bad for you.
I can’t wait to go ice skating with them tonight! Im so glad God is creative and makes people and cultures so different. What fun!
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