Remember when I mentioned the food drive our church was doing for Thanksgiving? I had a lot of fun buying food for that, and I turned it in. I meant to take a picture of what I ended up doing, but I forgot. We had another food drive last Sunday, and I’m running a bit late but I was able to get all the food today while I was at Aldi. I thought I’d share with what I ended up…
(Another post that’s been in my drafts for over a year!) Over a year ago, I bought a two CD set of the best of Simon & Garfunkel. I really enjoy their music and some of their songs have really interesting messages. I meant to blog about several of them, but alas I have a feeling this is the only post that will get written at this point. :-) For those of you who are familiar with Simon & Garfunkel’s…
Today is Peru’s independence day! It’s a big holiday in Peru, as in the United States. We would dress in red and white and go watch parades. One time we got to see the President of Peru drive by in one of the parades! That was exciting. This month marked 8 years since I moved back to the States from Peru. I can’t believe it’s been that long. Pretty soon (next summer) I will have been back longer than I…
As I was packing today, I came across this story I wrote for my college freshman English class. It is a true story I wrote a few months after leaving Peru and moving to the States for college. I think it conveys a lot of what I was thinking and feeling at the time, and can be applied to any time someone leaves a familiar place. The date marked on it is “September 17, 2001”, which is rather ironic because…
(I originally wrote this on April 4th, 2006. I wrote it just to sort through some of my thoughts. I’m not trying to put anyone down. Read more What I Believe posts at The Natural Mommy!) I had a long conversation with my roommate last night about missions, and I realized how near and dear to my heart missions is. While I do not feel led to the mission field myself, I am excited about supporting missionaries financially and through…