Because it's illegal to say "Heil Hitler" in Germany today, Hogan's Heroes episodes airing in Germany re-translate the German soldiers as saying "How high is your corn?"
I made the play!!!! That makes me really happy. I went to try outs and they picked me not because there was nobody else but because they thought I would do a good job! WOOT
Monday, October 26, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Saturday's are not my days
Okay so last Saturday I was pulled over for driving to slow.
Today I ran to Wal-Mart to pick up a few items. When I came out of the store, my right side rear tire was completely FLAT. I pulled out the spare and the jack and the different bar things and then I was looking at it and going "hmmm Dad said the jack had to go in a specific place or it could do damage...but what was that place?" I was going to call Bre and see if she could find a EBC guy to come help me out (Dad I think you showed me how in Malstrom if not there it was Elmendorf) because I could just see me forgetting to do something and the tire rolling away as i was trying to drive. You know like in one of the old movies where the person is driving as happy as you please when they notice the back half of their car is passing them (g). But then (as I was about to call Bre) a young man walked up and asked if I needed some help. Now I lived in Spokane for four years before moving here and every winter I would always have to be the one to start helping someone in trouble and then some guys might help. So I was shocked, but very pleased. He not only helped me place the jack he changed the whole tire for me. The whole time he was very polite and nice. I was speechless, chivalry is not as dead as I thought after all.
So now I have to get my tire fixed...
Today I ran to Wal-Mart to pick up a few items. When I came out of the store, my right side rear tire was completely FLAT. I pulled out the spare and the jack and the different bar things and then I was looking at it and going "hmmm Dad said the jack had to go in a specific place or it could do damage...but what was that place?" I was going to call Bre and see if she could find a EBC guy to come help me out (Dad I think you showed me how in Malstrom if not there it was Elmendorf) because I could just see me forgetting to do something and the tire rolling away as i was trying to drive. You know like in one of the old movies where the person is driving as happy as you please when they notice the back half of their car is passing them (g). But then (as I was about to call Bre) a young man walked up and asked if I needed some help. Now I lived in Spokane for four years before moving here and every winter I would always have to be the one to start helping someone in trouble and then some guys might help. So I was shocked, but very pleased. He not only helped me place the jack he changed the whole tire for me. The whole time he was very polite and nice. I was speechless, chivalry is not as dead as I thought after all.
So now I have to get my tire fixed...
Jared and Arieall
So I was looking in the cupboards to see if we had any popcorn kernels and I found two of the ding dongs we got that night we had you two over lol. Bre and tried to eat them and think happy thoughts of you two but they were stale and it ruined the moment (g).
More stuff (don't you love my titles)
So after classes on Friday Bre and I had a friend coming over. I found out through the grape vine that there was some financial meeting taking place at the same time. So I set out to find someone that would take notes for me. I eventually found someone that was going and asked him if he would take notes since I had "a prior engagement" another young man that was standing there said "Wait I did not know you where engaged!!" oy veh
Bre ended up getting called in to work so Rachel (the friend) and I watched Nicholas Nickleby it is a movie based off of a Charles Dickens book. It was really good and I would highly suggest it.
The high school nest to use has started having games that are very loud on Friday nights and Saturday morning. Anyway I need to do some homework so I will write later when something has happened.
Bre ended up getting called in to work so Rachel (the friend) and I watched Nicholas Nickleby it is a movie based off of a Charles Dickens book. It was really good and I would highly suggest it.
The high school nest to use has started having games that are very loud on Friday nights and Saturday morning. Anyway I need to do some homework so I will write later when something has happened.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Another quick update
So we have been doing mid terms this week and we just got are grades back from speech. I got a 95% on the weekly homework and a 90% on the mid term itself. I also just took the biology mid term. I knew pretty much every answer for the first two thirds of the test but somehow I complete managed to study the wrong thing for the last third. But so did pretty much everyone (lol). So I had to make educated guesses, I'm sure I past (hmmm maybe I should not say that) I think I will get either a C or a B though not the A I was hoping for.
I am continuing to help Cathy Hammer on Thursdays with a Children Bible class that she does with some elementary kids. It is a lot of fun and I am slowly figuring the kids out.
I have started going to the improve group here on campus on Thursday nights. I really enjoy doing this. I love improve, I am really excited about the school play and I can't wait to here back on what they have decided and what part I am doing. I am trying to refuse to think that they are going to cut me since I did receive a call back and she did say that if we had a call back we would be in the play. But I keep thinking that if it is a musical there are so many people that are more talented than I am.
We have a friend coming over this afternoon which will be fun. Anyways I need to go, do a little more homework it never hurts to do more and it just might help.
I am continuing to help Cathy Hammer on Thursdays with a Children Bible class that she does with some elementary kids. It is a lot of fun and I am slowly figuring the kids out.
I have started going to the improve group here on campus on Thursday nights. I really enjoy doing this. I love improve, I am really excited about the school play and I can't wait to here back on what they have decided and what part I am doing. I am trying to refuse to think that they are going to cut me since I did receive a call back and she did say that if we had a call back we would be in the play. But I keep thinking that if it is a musical there are so many people that are more talented than I am.
We have a friend coming over this afternoon which will be fun. Anyways I need to go, do a little more homework it never hurts to do more and it just might help.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Chriastian Mother Goose
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
Humpty Dumpty shouted amen
the Lord can put me together again.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
Humpty Dumpty shouted amen
the Lord can put me together again.
Okay so this is my first essay that I did and I got a "B" on it. Which is so awesome...She said that I have a good grasp on the English language and that it is well developed. She said that I am actually a good writer. But she also showed me what to work on to continue to pull the grade up (oh thank you nothing is more frustrating then not knowing what to do to get a better grade). Such as fragmented sentences, the use of comas, smother transitions, and repetition. So I still have a lot to work on, but there is hope. Class is starting so bye.
My life as a Christian College Student
For the past week I have been keeping a very close watch on what I have been doing with my time. As a result of these observations I have come to some realizations about my life. My life, as a Christian student is out of balance, because I give my quality time only to homework, I need to regain balance in my life.
I will talk about quality time, so here is my definition of what quality time is. Quality time is the time that we can best comprehend what is going on around us. For me that time would be first thing in the morning and first thing in the afternoon. I cannot put together coherent thoughts after 9 P.M. knowing this about myself I go to bed early and wake up early so as to make the most use of my quality time. The problem comes in when I am only using my quality time for homework. This creates an imbalance in my lifestyle; because I am getting all of my homework done but every other aspect of my life is suffering, because of the lack of time I am devoting to it. As a Christian student this is not the correct way to handle my time.
As a Christian student I am called to a different standard than most students. The Bible has this great narrative of two sisters and how they reacted when the Lord Jesus entered their house. Mary went and sat at the feet of Jesus, listening to what He had to say. But Martha was busy working on all the details that were present because of His visit. Martha out of frustration goes to Jesus and tells Him that He should make Mary help her, His response was “…"Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her."”1 Jesus says that Mary has chosen the good thing, that is to say it is far better to sit at the feet of Jesus than it is to get caught up in the daily grind of life. I as a Christian student need to spend time with the Lord in devotions, sitting at His feet and being nourished by His word2. Often I feel like Martha running around working on homework
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and forgetting to spend time with the Lord. Another important aspect of being a Christian student is the need for fellowship among other believers “but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another…”3 the fellowship of believers is also discussed in the book of Acts, where all the believers came together of one accord. People in general need fellowship, it is part of our human nature to desire to be with other people, and feel like we belong. But for a Christian it is important that we are spending a good amount of time with fellow believers. So that we can be refreshed and recharged by our fellowship with other believers, from this fellowship we are then able to minister to others. It is also important that as believers we be involved in ministry. The last recorded things that Jesus said before His ascension to heaven in Acts was “…you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."”4 This is a call to ministry, not everyone is called to fulltime ministry but all believers are called to be involved in ministry in some capacity.
For me, my life as a Christian student is out of balance. Due to the value I place on my academic education, which can be seen by my use of my quality time. I am giving my quality time only to homework. One of the reasons that my education is so valuable to me is because it is a means to my goals; which is mission work in Israel especially with an orphanage. My academic education has also always been a way of proving to myself that I am valuable. That is to say, I have always tried to be academically wise enough, so that I could look at myself and see past my other flaws. The problem comes in with the fact that I value my academic education so much that it is controlling the rest of my life. The first thing I do in the morning after my shower is work on homework until it is time for classes. I have one period off and during that period I do
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more homework. After all of my classes have finished I will then go back to my apartment and do more homework. When I reach the point that I cannot concentrate or I am finished with homework then I will do devotions. This is not giving the Lord my quality time it is giving Him my left over’s, the time when I really cannot think well enough to be effective. Or sometimes I just won’t do devotions at all which is even worse. Another aspect of how my lifestyle as a Christian student is imbalance would be that I am not spending time with fellow students, or believers, above what is absolutely required by Eugene Bible College. I am using all of my quality time on homework, to further my academic education and giving no time to anything else. A further example of how this value that I place on my academic education is creating imbalance is that I do not spend time finding out what is going on in the world. Unless someone tells me what is going on I have no idea. All of this combines to create a very imbalanced lifestyle for me as a Christian student.
It is important for me to regain balance in my life. If I do not regain balance I will be useless to the ministry that I want to be involved in. An important issue that I need to address in working towards regaining balance will be making my devotional life a priority. As a Christian everything that I do needs to flow from my being; that is from who I am. But if I am not spending time with the Lord, who I am, will not be who the Lord wants me to be. I have found that for me to make something a priority I have to make the conscience choice to devote quality time to it. With that being said I have been making sure to do my devotions in the morning when I first get up. The other area that I need to regain balance in is with fellowship with other believers. A couple ways that I have been trying to address this issue is by studying in more public places where there are other people around. I have also been taking the time to talk to
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people and to try and get to know them. I have been actually working on remembering people’s names. The Lord has really convicted me that if I go through college and get really good grades and yet cannot interact or sympathize with my fellow humans what good will I be. I have also taken the time to start attending one of the weekly night activities. I am working on developing the Lord’s heart for people, and that can be done through spending more time with the Lord and with other people. I want the Lord to be the center of my life. I no longer want the academic aspect of my education to be the center of my life. So keeping this in mind I am really trying to regain some balance in my life as a Christian student.
Watching my life for the past week is going to be really beneficial to me on the whole. Not only did I realize that my life as a Christian student was out of balance. Because, I gave my quality time only to homework but I have started making the necessary changes in my life to regain the correct balance for a Christian student. This includes spending time with the Lord, spending time in fellowship with fellow believers, spending time in ministry, and getting my homework done.
1. Luke 10: 41 – 42 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2. 1 Timothy 4: 6b (NASB)
3. 1 John 1:7 (NASB)
4. Acts 1: 8b (NASB)
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Driving to Slow
Okay Mom and Dad do you guys remember the discussions over the summer about whether than actually would pull people over that drove in the left lane. Well tonight while I was lost and trying to find somewhere to turn left. I was pulled over for driving to SLOW in the left lane. After the trooper was satisfied that I was not drunk and that I was just a stupid out of stater that was lost he let me go without a ticket. He did however let me know that it is against the law to drive slow in the left lane it is meant for passing. So lets add that one to the weird laws I have found out about. It is also against the law to pump your own gas and to top off your tank. Hmmm I wonder what other weird laws I will find to break while I live here.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
So I wrote a very nice and long blog post and then blogger would not let me post it :( Anyway I am really loving school. I enjoy busy and having stuff to do. I also am really enjoying all of my classes and all of the teachers. I want to be like Ms. Lee some day. She is so amazingly sweet and sarcastic. I was in her earlier class and Bre was in the later, but there was over 20 people in the class I was in and only about 6 in the one Bre was in so two of us switched classes. Now Ms. Lee because she address everyone by their last name is having a good time of it. The other day in her class she commented that in some meeting one of us came up and some asked which one the blond or the brunette. She was a bit confused to tell us the story since I now have more of a brunette hair color to. I dyed it again and this time it did take better it actually is a shade of brown some of the blond is still visible but it just gives it a highlighted look. I'm sorry down it also has just a hint of red. Work is still going really well. I volunteered at the scholarship dinner which was really fun. We wore Black and White and scurried about making people happy. The perfect type of job for me. My academic adviser and I have started looking into different options for an internship, so I'm open to hear ya' all bid :) The financial person and a professor from elsewhere offer a Hebrew class, I did not know about it for this term but he gave me the Hebrew alphabet to work on and said we would try to do it this next term. So far I am the only one this year showing interest. There is so much more still going on...But I am going to try and sleep...BUT I do have the laptop in bed with me so Japanese branch of the family feel free to wake me...
Saturday, September 26, 2009
An Amazing Week
So this week has been amazing... let me give you the highlights.
Sunday: The Dorms opened and we had our first meeting with the school. After our meeting which were generic welcome to college type meetings there was a BBQ. I ate at the BBQ and then went to work.
Monday: We had lots of meeting that were just explaining how things work and such. I enjoyed getting to know different people and learn about them. The church in Hawaii took an offering to raise money to give laptops to ebc incoming students. The offering was between $80,000-$92,000. So ALL incoming students that wanted one received a free netbook. Both Bre and received one. I am so blessed it has a working battery, is light, and the wireless works on it. That evening they had different gathering for people. Bre and I are apart of the off campus grouping so we went with that group. Well it really was not much of a group it was Bre and I Mr. and Mrs. B (they know you two) there daughter and one other gentleman from ebc. After this I went to work.
Tuesday: We had more meetings and finished are academic placement testing (started them on Monday). I was told in a meeting on Monday that only 20% of high school students come into college ready for college level math (nation wide stat). They also said that only 75% of incoming students are ready for college English. So what they new is they have you take a bunch of test to determine if you are ready for college level stuff and if your not they put you in intermediate classes that you have to pay for but don't get college credit. I thought that for sure I was going to be placed in the lowest possible English classes. I used to be really good at math but since I have not had to use any of the mathematical formulas in over 4 years I was worried about how I was going to do. After taking the math test I figured I had probably placed in the highest intermediate class but I was hoping for the college level. They also do a biblical knowledge test. They have you take it when you start EBC and when you graduate to see how much we are learning. That evening I went and met my academic adviser at her house. Then I went to work.
Wednesday: was registration day. I was finally allowed to register for classes and get the total for this term. I was one of the first to complete the process. I got every class that I wanted. When I went to pay for my first term I had an amazing shock. Over the summer I was quoted about $2400 a term. so I was expecting a little under that because I knew they had not factored in the scholarship that the central region was giving us. But what I had forgotten was all the money that I had sent in to them before to cover fees. All that money and in some cases I had sent more than was required (just because I could) was taken off of my first term. So I was expecting to owe about $2350 and instead I owed $1319. Talk about an amazing shock because of this I definitely have enough for the second term in saving and am able to start saving for the third term. Oh and I placed in college level math AND English (I really don't know how I pulled the English off). I then went to the book store and started stopping all upper class men and asking if they wanted to sell used books. By doing this I was able to buy all but 4 books used and half price. So my books only came to around $100 instead of the 2 or 3 hundred I thought they would come to. After all this I chilled for the rest of the day. Over the summer I had really wanted to start taking Hip Hop lessons but I had decided that it was not practical because of the cost. Well there is a group of students from Hawaii that are teaching different types of dance (hip hop, Singh, and hula) to EBC students for free on Wed nights (to be used in evangelism and such things). I went to the class on Wednesday night and it was really enjoyable. After all of this I went to work.
Thursday: I had my first class ever with a professor and it was biblical leadership and I really enjoyed it. I came home and started my homework for the class. Esther and her baby Josiah drove over with her dad to see us why her dad had a meeting. So I visited with Esther, Bre, Rachel and baby Josiah for an hour or so and then they headed back to WA. I finished my homework and then fell asleep (I had been out later than normal with work because of the night activities and then we had devo in the morning). I woke up talked to Bre for a little bit and headed to work.
Friday: I started the day with a public speaking classes. I then went to Biology. After Biology I had a little bit of free time between classes so I started my public speaking homework. I then went to my English class which I love the teacher. I am sure this will be my most trying class though. After that I had lunch and did some more homework. I then headed to my last class which is a Western Civ class. I think I am going to enjoy all of my classes. I went and tried out for the school play. In one of the meetings they had said they wanted everyone to try out so I thought that everyone was going to try out. But I was wrong there was not all that many people there. They are thinking of turning the play into a musical (AAAARRRRGGGG). I have not decided about participating in this yet. I then finished most of my homework and went and watch a move at the chapel. I then came home and went to bed.
Saturday: The ASB had arranged a trip to the coast and since my homework was pretty much done I went ahead and went. I was the only that decided to play in the water but I enjoyed myself and i was less cold then everyone else. I think it had to do with after you are in freezing water for a little bit normal temperatures don't seem all that bad. I am now at home by myself and I did a little more homework just because I had time and I figured it is better to get ahead.
Sunday: The Dorms opened and we had our first meeting with the school. After our meeting which were generic welcome to college type meetings there was a BBQ. I ate at the BBQ and then went to work.
Monday: We had lots of meeting that were just explaining how things work and such. I enjoyed getting to know different people and learn about them. The church in Hawaii took an offering to raise money to give laptops to ebc incoming students. The offering was between $80,000-$92,000. So ALL incoming students that wanted one received a free netbook. Both Bre and received one. I am so blessed it has a working battery, is light, and the wireless works on it. That evening they had different gathering for people. Bre and I are apart of the off campus grouping so we went with that group. Well it really was not much of a group it was Bre and I Mr. and Mrs. B (they know you two) there daughter and one other gentleman from ebc. After this I went to work.
Tuesday: We had more meetings and finished are academic placement testing (started them on Monday). I was told in a meeting on Monday that only 20% of high school students come into college ready for college level math (nation wide stat). They also said that only 75% of incoming students are ready for college English. So what they new is they have you take a bunch of test to determine if you are ready for college level stuff and if your not they put you in intermediate classes that you have to pay for but don't get college credit. I thought that for sure I was going to be placed in the lowest possible English classes. I used to be really good at math but since I have not had to use any of the mathematical formulas in over 4 years I was worried about how I was going to do. After taking the math test I figured I had probably placed in the highest intermediate class but I was hoping for the college level. They also do a biblical knowledge test. They have you take it when you start EBC and when you graduate to see how much we are learning. That evening I went and met my academic adviser at her house. Then I went to work.
Wednesday: was registration day. I was finally allowed to register for classes and get the total for this term. I was one of the first to complete the process. I got every class that I wanted. When I went to pay for my first term I had an amazing shock. Over the summer I was quoted about $2400 a term. so I was expecting a little under that because I knew they had not factored in the scholarship that the central region was giving us. But what I had forgotten was all the money that I had sent in to them before to cover fees. All that money and in some cases I had sent more than was required (just because I could) was taken off of my first term. So I was expecting to owe about $2350 and instead I owed $1319. Talk about an amazing shock because of this I definitely have enough for the second term in saving and am able to start saving for the third term. Oh and I placed in college level math AND English (I really don't know how I pulled the English off). I then went to the book store and started stopping all upper class men and asking if they wanted to sell used books. By doing this I was able to buy all but 4 books used and half price. So my books only came to around $100 instead of the 2 or 3 hundred I thought they would come to. After all this I chilled for the rest of the day. Over the summer I had really wanted to start taking Hip Hop lessons but I had decided that it was not practical because of the cost. Well there is a group of students from Hawaii that are teaching different types of dance (hip hop, Singh, and hula) to EBC students for free on Wed nights (to be used in evangelism and such things). I went to the class on Wednesday night and it was really enjoyable. After all of this I went to work.
Thursday: I had my first class ever with a professor and it was biblical leadership and I really enjoyed it. I came home and started my homework for the class. Esther and her baby Josiah drove over with her dad to see us why her dad had a meeting. So I visited with Esther, Bre, Rachel and baby Josiah for an hour or so and then they headed back to WA. I finished my homework and then fell asleep (I had been out later than normal with work because of the night activities and then we had devo in the morning). I woke up talked to Bre for a little bit and headed to work.
Friday: I started the day with a public speaking classes. I then went to Biology. After Biology I had a little bit of free time between classes so I started my public speaking homework. I then went to my English class which I love the teacher. I am sure this will be my most trying class though. After that I had lunch and did some more homework. I then headed to my last class which is a Western Civ class. I think I am going to enjoy all of my classes. I went and tried out for the school play. In one of the meetings they had said they wanted everyone to try out so I thought that everyone was going to try out. But I was wrong there was not all that many people there. They are thinking of turning the play into a musical (AAAARRRRGGGG). I have not decided about participating in this yet. I then finished most of my homework and went and watch a move at the chapel. I then came home and went to bed.
Saturday: The ASB had arranged a trip to the coast and since my homework was pretty much done I went ahead and went. I was the only that decided to play in the water but I enjoyed myself and i was less cold then everyone else. I think it had to do with after you are in freezing water for a little bit normal temperatures don't seem all that bad. I am now at home by myself and I did a little more homework just because I had time and I figured it is better to get ahead.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Hi
Hi
So I have been having a lot of trouble with the internet and I have to run because they are cleaning where I am at and I need to move for them. But I wanted to let you know I am doing good lol.
So I have been having a lot of trouble with the internet and I have to run because they are cleaning where I am at and I need to move for them. But I wanted to let you know I am doing good lol.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Pictures
They have a lot of humorous signs all over work and this is one of them
My desk
The top of my desk
Me taking care of the corn
So when I was in Spokane I would always By the really large things of thread because they are a LOT cheaper. The only problem being that they do not fit on the sewing machine correctly. In the past to take care of this I would stick a smaller than most thing of thread on the machine and then put the larger thread over the top. But I do not have any of the smaller things so... I used one of dads sockets and stuffed it with cotton balls and then put the larger thread on that and it worked beautifully.
I don't know
Life has been good this week. Not much going on but it was still good.
Monday was labor day and I made some curtains for the dining room and then washed Push with Bre when she got home from work. (I had the day off since nobody worked that day so there was nothing to clean lol)
Tuesday I picked up the stuff to make my desk and then started painting it. I then helped Wayne paint one of the apartments. After that I headed off to work which was uneventful.
Wednesday I finished painting my desk and hung up the curtains for the dining room. And then you guessed it I went to work.
Thursday hmm I don't know what I did on Thursday I think I just wasted time and then went to work lol.
Friday I called the reserve station about the ID card and for the third week in a row they told me that there machine would be ready next Tuesday. I then went to work because I was making up Monday.
Saturday I killed time and then went to Saturday Market with Bre and we walked around a little bit downtown and then came home and Bre went to work and I had the evening off woot.
Today we are off to church then G-ma and G-pa's for lunch and after that we will go to A Sherries and U Will's for dinner (in honor of Amy's birthday) and then I will go to work. No killing time today.
Monday was labor day and I made some curtains for the dining room and then washed Push with Bre when she got home from work. (I had the day off since nobody worked that day so there was nothing to clean lol)
Tuesday I picked up the stuff to make my desk and then started painting it. I then helped Wayne paint one of the apartments. After that I headed off to work which was uneventful.
Wednesday I finished painting my desk and hung up the curtains for the dining room. And then you guessed it I went to work.
Thursday hmm I don't know what I did on Thursday I think I just wasted time and then went to work lol.
Friday I called the reserve station about the ID card and for the third week in a row they told me that there machine would be ready next Tuesday. I then went to work because I was making up Monday.
Saturday I killed time and then went to Saturday Market with Bre and we walked around a little bit downtown and then came home and Bre went to work and I had the evening off woot.
Today we are off to church then G-ma and G-pa's for lunch and after that we will go to A Sherries and U Will's for dinner (in honor of Amy's birthday) and then I will go to work. No killing time today.
Monday, September 07, 2009
Happenings
SO...
I have been hanging out and just passing time in general. Bre and I went out for coffee with Rachel and we talked about are families and I decided that her younger sister will work perfectly for Jamin (lol). We also had Rachel over later in the week and watched First Daughter. We had Donna over on Wednesday for lunch which was a lot of fun as well. I was looking at scholarships and I found another one that I thought might work so I wrote an essay and asked P. Paul to email me a letter of recommendation. But I could not get the printer to print. I went to use the Libraries but they close at noon on Fridays and it was about 1:30 PM (the scholarship had to be post marked by or on Sept 7th which is a holiday and the weekend was approaching). I called G-ma and G-pa and they said that I could borrow there printer. I headed in that direction. I chatted with them for a little bit and then printed off the stuff that I had. I had not received the email from P Paul but I had a different letter that did not quite work as well from P Josh so since I was getting worried about the post office closing and it not getting in the mail in time I headed to the UPS store (the one we used mom). While there P Paul called and said that carol had just emailed the letter to me. I asked and was told that they did not close until 6:30PM. I went back to G-ma's and G-pa's and messed with the letter. I could not get the attachment to open I tried installing the updates and every possible thing that I could think of but the only thing that it would show was P Paul's name. So Carol emailed it to me in the actual body of the email. G-ma and set out to go and mail the stuff and to swing by Goodwill. We decided to go to the real Post office that was by the Goodwill and they had just closed. But it was okay we still had time to stop at goodwill and then get back to the UPS store. We found what we needed at Goodwill in record time I have to say. When we got to the UPS store I was told that the mail man had just come by and picked up the mail and he would not come again until Tuesday. I told her that I had to have my package post marked before Monday. So after much discussion she stamped it for today and then told me to take it to the drop off at Gateway because they did not pick up there until 9 PM. This is what we did. Talk about doing something the hard way lol.
G-ma and went back to there place and we ate a very nice dinner and then watched a old James Bond movie. Well actually G-pa and I watched the movie and tried to hear over the dogs and G-ma. I love watching movies with them it is so amusing.
Bre and I were going to go to the Saturday market with G-ma. But it was raining so instead we went groceries shopping and Bre made cookies. I called JoAnn and talked with her for a little bit she is recovering slowly but surely from her last surgery.
On Sunday they were only having one service. Bre and I volunteered to with the children which was a lot of fun Bre helped in the nursery and I helped upstairs. We then went over to A Sherries house (they were out of town with the church camp out and had left there house key with Bre and I so we could go and hang out, out there house if we wanted). She had told us that we could pick some corn, apples, and pears if we wanted to. So we took them up on there very kind offer. After we finished there we went to G-ma' and G-pa's house and had dinner (it was very good). After dinner we played a couple of games which was a lot of fun. We then went home and I went to work and Bre went to a worship night at the Smiths.
I have been hanging out and just passing time in general. Bre and I went out for coffee with Rachel and we talked about are families and I decided that her younger sister will work perfectly for Jamin (lol). We also had Rachel over later in the week and watched First Daughter. We had Donna over on Wednesday for lunch which was a lot of fun as well. I was looking at scholarships and I found another one that I thought might work so I wrote an essay and asked P. Paul to email me a letter of recommendation. But I could not get the printer to print. I went to use the Libraries but they close at noon on Fridays and it was about 1:30 PM (the scholarship had to be post marked by or on Sept 7th which is a holiday and the weekend was approaching). I called G-ma and G-pa and they said that I could borrow there printer. I headed in that direction. I chatted with them for a little bit and then printed off the stuff that I had. I had not received the email from P Paul but I had a different letter that did not quite work as well from P Josh so since I was getting worried about the post office closing and it not getting in the mail in time I headed to the UPS store (the one we used mom). While there P Paul called and said that carol had just emailed the letter to me. I asked and was told that they did not close until 6:30PM. I went back to G-ma's and G-pa's and messed with the letter. I could not get the attachment to open I tried installing the updates and every possible thing that I could think of but the only thing that it would show was P Paul's name. So Carol emailed it to me in the actual body of the email. G-ma and set out to go and mail the stuff and to swing by Goodwill. We decided to go to the real Post office that was by the Goodwill and they had just closed. But it was okay we still had time to stop at goodwill and then get back to the UPS store. We found what we needed at Goodwill in record time I have to say. When we got to the UPS store I was told that the mail man had just come by and picked up the mail and he would not come again until Tuesday. I told her that I had to have my package post marked before Monday. So after much discussion she stamped it for today and then told me to take it to the drop off at Gateway because they did not pick up there until 9 PM. This is what we did. Talk about doing something the hard way lol.
G-ma and went back to there place and we ate a very nice dinner and then watched a old James Bond movie. Well actually G-pa and I watched the movie and tried to hear over the dogs and G-ma. I love watching movies with them it is so amusing.
Bre and I were going to go to the Saturday market with G-ma. But it was raining so instead we went groceries shopping and Bre made cookies. I called JoAnn and talked with her for a little bit she is recovering slowly but surely from her last surgery.
On Sunday they were only having one service. Bre and I volunteered to with the children which was a lot of fun Bre helped in the nursery and I helped upstairs. We then went over to A Sherries house (they were out of town with the church camp out and had left there house key with Bre and I so we could go and hang out, out there house if we wanted). She had told us that we could pick some corn, apples, and pears if we wanted to. So we took them up on there very kind offer. After we finished there we went to G-ma' and G-pa's house and had dinner (it was very good). After dinner we played a couple of games which was a lot of fun. We then went home and I went to work and Bre went to a worship night at the Smiths.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
UMMM
So it has been a long time since I wrote so let me just say a few words to get caught up. Same old same old. There you go your caught up (g).
Bre and I have kept busy doing different little things. It has been fun. I went and talked to Dr. Wick about classes and got a bunch of information to think through. I ate my entire meal at Panda (first time Bre and I ate out since the family left) with chop sticks in honor of the family.
We helped out at the block party. Boy, was it weird not being intricately involved with all the details. I walked around the fair advertising the 5 min Bible stories.
Sunday was good. We went to church and then out to a bar b q. While I was standing in line with Bre, Rachel, and A.J. to get food. The lady of the house walks up with wedding pictures and says. So this is my son that I was telling you about how "he graduated from EBC with a Intercultural major. He is not married (he was the pastor in the wedding pictures), and is a very godly young man." Rachel and AJ let me know that he was very nice. During this Grandma walks up and says "Oh I want you to meat this young man and calls Roman (a young man that is heading to YWAM on Tuesday) over. And proceeds to introduce us. I turned around and ignored them all and the rest of all the people gathered around. What is it with ladies in the church trying to hook me up? Well at least this time they new the people they were referring and the son sounded like he had possibility (lol). In Spokane they would come to me and say "the guy that works at Dutch Brothers goes to Wycliffe and he is single. You should go meet him."
Yesterday I went to the Library and dropped off books and picked up new books. I then dropped off my order form at Brothers and went to the Oregon Military Reserved building (none of the phone numbers on line have been working). It was funny I arrived and I could not get any of the doors to open. Well okay I got the last door to open. And Right after I entered the police showed up behind me and after giving me a look went by. I guess an alarm went off in one of the vaults. I was told that "the navy just brought the machine in and it is suppose to be working but... it is not they said that they will have it working by tomorrow. But I don't think so it will probably be more like the end of the week." I love the inter branch trust (lol) he gave me the correct phone number so I can call before driving out there again.
I then stopped by G-ma and G-pa's place to say Hi. I ended up talking on the phone with tech support for there router trying to get Mikhail's Internet working. It was really funny. Grandma had just left town and Grandpa and Mikhail did not know the answers to a bunch of the questions. I went to get on to Grandmas computer to do router trouble shooting when I noticed the MOUSE was missing. I looked and could not find it and nobody new where it had gone. So I called Grandma apparently she had hidden it. So let me run a bit of this conversation by you. "Hi this is Soheb how may I help you (he then gathered Mikhail's info while I finished changing a light bulb)" Mikhail so then there is a round circular cymbal with a "a". I insert a "at" sign. Mikhail relays this information. They continue for a couple of more minutes and then Mikhail asks me to talk to him. At this point Mikhail has said that he is trying to get his grandmas router working so his Internet will work. I then take over and say "this is Krista I'm Mikhail's cousin..." Then later I go Mikhail where is the mouse..."hold on a second apparently somebody walked off with the desktop mouse." As the call goes on I comment that I just stopped by to say hi he laughs and we both push on through. Nearing the end of the call he asks "is his Internet turned on" I turn to Mikhail and say is your Internet turned on. He says "There is a Internet button?" We look and sure enough his Internet is not turned on UURRGGG. We then trouble shooted a few more things and finally came to a end. It was truly funny I found myself laughing at us repeatedly as I tried to figure out what in the world was going on with there computers. Luckily Soheb had a good since of humor and he was also laughing along and did not get upset.
Bre and I went to see UP and the cheap theater. Mikhail said he would not go watch this "kid movie" with us (he had told us then repeatedly since Sunday afternoon). But then he shocked me by saying that when the Princess and the Toad movie comes he will go see that one with us. I was shocked and a little confused but hey who am I to complain. The movie was excellent I laughed really hard.
Bre and I have kept busy doing different little things. It has been fun. I went and talked to Dr. Wick about classes and got a bunch of information to think through. I ate my entire meal at Panda (first time Bre and I ate out since the family left) with chop sticks in honor of the family.
We helped out at the block party. Boy, was it weird not being intricately involved with all the details. I walked around the fair advertising the 5 min Bible stories.
Sunday was good. We went to church and then out to a bar b q. While I was standing in line with Bre, Rachel, and A.J. to get food. The lady of the house walks up with wedding pictures and says. So this is my son that I was telling you about how "he graduated from EBC with a Intercultural major. He is not married (he was the pastor in the wedding pictures), and is a very godly young man." Rachel and AJ let me know that he was very nice. During this Grandma walks up and says "Oh I want you to meat this young man and calls Roman (a young man that is heading to YWAM on Tuesday) over. And proceeds to introduce us. I turned around and ignored them all and the rest of all the people gathered around. What is it with ladies in the church trying to hook me up? Well at least this time they new the people they were referring and the son sounded like he had possibility (lol). In Spokane they would come to me and say "the guy that works at Dutch Brothers goes to Wycliffe and he is single. You should go meet him."
Yesterday I went to the Library and dropped off books and picked up new books. I then dropped off my order form at Brothers and went to the Oregon Military Reserved building (none of the phone numbers on line have been working). It was funny I arrived and I could not get any of the doors to open. Well okay I got the last door to open. And Right after I entered the police showed up behind me and after giving me a look went by. I guess an alarm went off in one of the vaults. I was told that "the navy just brought the machine in and it is suppose to be working but... it is not they said that they will have it working by tomorrow. But I don't think so it will probably be more like the end of the week." I love the inter branch trust (lol) he gave me the correct phone number so I can call before driving out there again.
I then stopped by G-ma and G-pa's place to say Hi. I ended up talking on the phone with tech support for there router trying to get Mikhail's Internet working. It was really funny. Grandma had just left town and Grandpa and Mikhail did not know the answers to a bunch of the questions. I went to get on to Grandmas computer to do router trouble shooting when I noticed the MOUSE was missing. I looked and could not find it and nobody new where it had gone. So I called Grandma apparently she had hidden it. So let me run a bit of this conversation by you. "Hi this is Soheb how may I help you (he then gathered Mikhail's info while I finished changing a light bulb)" Mikhail so then there is a round circular cymbal with a "a". I insert a "at" sign. Mikhail relays this information. They continue for a couple of more minutes and then Mikhail asks me to talk to him. At this point Mikhail has said that he is trying to get his grandmas router working so his Internet will work. I then take over and say "this is Krista I'm Mikhail's cousin..." Then later I go Mikhail where is the mouse..."hold on a second apparently somebody walked off with the desktop mouse." As the call goes on I comment that I just stopped by to say hi he laughs and we both push on through. Nearing the end of the call he asks "is his Internet turned on" I turn to Mikhail and say is your Internet turned on. He says "There is a Internet button?" We look and sure enough his Internet is not turned on UURRGGG. We then trouble shooted a few more things and finally came to a end. It was truly funny I found myself laughing at us repeatedly as I tried to figure out what in the world was going on with there computers. Luckily Soheb had a good since of humor and he was also laughing along and did not get upset.
Bre and I went to see UP and the cheap theater. Mikhail said he would not go watch this "kid movie" with us (he had told us then repeatedly since Sunday afternoon). But then he shocked me by saying that when the Princess and the Toad movie comes he will go see that one with us. I was shocked and a little confused but hey who am I to complain. The movie was excellent I laughed really hard.
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