“You give and take away You give and take away [May] My heart… choose to say Lord, Blessed be your name” Today I was sitting at work, and I heard a thump and a squawk and a flutter of wings. Apparently, a bird had flown into the window. As I watched him wobbly fly away to a nearby tree, my thoughts sympathized with him. I know how you feel, birdie. I hope he’s going to be okay. This post is…
**UPDATED: The death toll is at 450 according to this report. My pseudo-home-country has been hit with an earthquake. Please keep the people in Peru in your prayers, especially the families of the 17 people who have been killed. From CNN.com: A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck off the coast of central Peru on Wednesday evening, killing 17 people and leaving 70 hurt, Peruvian media reported…The quake was felt for two minutes, according to Peruvian media. Broken windows were reported in…
Our prayers are with you, Bluffton University. We’ve been there. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is…
“Computed tomographies are for the birds :P” – taken from AJ’s AIM away message this afternoon (cuz that’s really how we find anything out about him) :-) He says he find out the results in 48 hours. Thank you everyone for praying!
I received this email from my mother, regarding my brother, AJ: Just wanted you to know… AJ said about a week ago his vision was funny in one eye. When I talked to him last night, I encouraged him to go to the infirmary. He did that this morning, and the dr. said he probably had a TIA (transient ischemic attack), which is a mini-stroke. He ordered a CAT scan, which AJ is waiting to hear when that will be,…