Flannel...

I have this love for flannel shirts all of a sudden. I can see why my grandpa wears them so often. Not only are they warm and comfy, but just down right amazing looking. I bought a new one today. It's green. (hint hint for Christmas mom, I wear a small...)
Today in the cafeteria they were serving meat loaf. It was... well I did not partake in it. I tried, but I just couldn't.
That's about all I can think of lol
Peace...

Busy, busy...

Alright here's some blogging ADD... Get ready go...

First order of business: bought a homeless woman some 3 Musketeers tonight. It was my kind deed of the day. She's crazy, but I figured what the heck.

Next: I had the most amazing pizza today for lunch. It's this cute little place called Three Boots. It was so legit. The first one you see is the Earth Mother. The second is hmmm The Cleopatra I believe. Earth Mother is better. BTW: mom, I did eat dinner. I mooched some pizza off of some people ;P

In other news: This guy Steven skateboarded down suicide hill. Here's pictures of that... This guy who say him said he was the craziest white boy he's ever seen... Well there was some other words in there, BUT we won't repeat those. (my mommy would wash my mouth out with soap for those ones) That is him riding down the hill, and a picture of the hill... I know it is pretty tough to figure that out huh...

Last order of business: Today was a good day. Two of my roomies are gone for Thanksgiving already. So, it'll be quiet tonight, and weird. Here's one last random picture... This is on the menu at Rodeo. It's a fish... I know someone who asked them what it was... The lady looks at the picture, looks at said person, and says "It's a fish..." True story.

Kitchen Duty

I had kitchen duty for a couple of days a couple of days ago... I filled in for someone. Here's how this works... You wake up around 4:45 hastily throw on some clothes, and head over to the kitchen. My first day I cracked eggs for a couple of hours, then I got the pleasure of frosting some cakes. My second day I go to cut lettcue, assemble that lettuce into salads, and cut some honey dew mellons. It wasn't that bad really, it's just an un-godly hour of the day.
Second thought, I've noticed that they can make anything spicey here. Eggs, beef stroganoff, mashed potatoes, meatloaf... Anything can be made spicy.
Today I met a homeless woman. She was very nice. We were going around asking people if they could fight for a cause what would it be. This was her response, I don't know what I would fight for because I'm homeless. No one cares what I have to say. It was kind of heart breaking really. They're people just like us.
Next thought. Last night was Thursday night church. I was so excited because Benny Perez was preaching. This man is hilarious. Anyway he was teaching about when Jesus calmed the storm in the boat. But he made a great point about when Peter walked on the water (I know different story). Anyway he was talking about how at least Peter tried, even though he took his eyes off Jesus and fell. Here's the best quote ever... I'd rather be a wet water walker, than a dry boat talker. Don't let anyone get down on you for throwing yourself after God, and trying your hardest.
Last thought. Playing paper plate frisbee in the hall is challenging and a blast. Not to mention a cheap way to entertain yourself.
That is all I wish to convey to you at the moment.
Peace...

Ahhh...

So the more I'm in LA the more I miss Tacoma. The leaves don't change colors here. My family and friends aren't here either. It's weird, but I still love it. Maybe I just feel horribly nostalgic because the holidays are coming. Well, Thanksgiving. Is this how every young bird who has finally flown the nest feels? It's not necessarily sad, just odd. Spending Thanksgiving without my crazy family.
*sidenote* The sunset is pretty. It's due to all the pollution *sidenote*
*random fact* When you are in the sun your body realeases dopamine, the same chemical that makes you feel like you're in love. Therefore, when you spend lots o' time in the sun, your body feels physically in love. *random fact*
*cool quote* It's the challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. - Ellen Degeneres *cool quote*
*word of the day* collision: to come together with solid or direct impact *word of the day*
Those were all my random little thoughts hee hee

Pictures

Here is the pretty sunset over LA. It's taken from the window in the hallway. There are people here who do have this veiw.

Here are the kickin' sunglasses I bought today!!

Here are the kickin' glasses my roomie bought today.

The time travel store. Yes, it's a legit store. Where those awesome glasses were bought. But they sell dinosaur eggs.

Palm trees in Santa Monica.

This sculpter in Santa Monica. It's made out of boat chains.

So here's some pictures. I'll post some more later. My rommate wants to check her Facebook now lol

Been A While

It's been a while since I've posted. I really need to put some pictures up or something. I'll put some up by the end of the week... if I remember that is... So, I totally love the kids from my AAB. They are so sweet. Yesterday one of them followed me around while I had to go knock on doors. It was good she did because she translated for me. Then we prayed for a lady. It was funny because normally I'm pretty timid about knocking on those doors, but she just marches right up and bangs away. Ah, to be a fearless child again...

ugh I'm tired of thinking of titles

So really I don't even know why I'm posting I seriously have nothing important to say. But I would hate to dissappoint my whole two faithful follwers... one of which is my mother... thank you mommy for your support... Tonight I had a lovely candle light dinner with my roomie... The other one was sleeping, hence the need for candles. It was a lovely meal consisting of Subway and Arizona Green Tea for me and Brisk Iced Tea for her. I have found a new lovely sandwhich combination. A foot long ham and turkey on Italian herbs and cheese. Which is topped off with American cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, green bell peppers, mustard, and mayonaise. It's delicious.
All my roomies signed up for this Christmas pagent dancing thing. They all have dance pratice tonight with practically everyone else. Tonight will be a lovely evening alone??? I don't remember the last time I had one of those... What shall I do with myself???

What a Week!!!

So we had our second traveling service on Saturday. It was amazing. This one was like a full blown production including stomp, step, and spoken word. It was powerful. Sunday was awesome. I rode the busses to my AAB site. Man those kids are amazing. Hmmm, what else is going on. I think we're going to this awesome Mexican restaurant for dinner called Rodeo as a room. I've been listening to a lot of Jesus Culture today. If you don't know them, check them out. That and Jason Uptin, he's an amazing worship leader guy. The skies are clear and pretty today. Which is uncommon in LA hence my noting it. O!!! You know you have acclimated when 60 degrees is freezing to you. Like really I've been cold for days and I don't think it's dropped below 60. hee hee...

1st Traveling Service

So I had the honor of being on the first traveling service. WOOT WOOT!!! I personally think it was amazing, it wasn't a full production like we normally do but God was definitely there. We did a chapel service for the school, and did the youth service that night at the church. Our job was just to hang out with the kids then pray for them at the end. I have never prayed for anyone before, but it was so amazing. Like I could seriously do this kind of stuff everyday. It was so nerve racking before the alter call though, all through Justin's sermon I swear I was about to puke. But once you get up there, and that first girl comes to you to be prayed for. Yeah, nothing beats it. I'm not the most eloquent pray-er or anthing but hey God works through anyone. That be me awesome story. Until next time...

A Poem

Life is like an hour glass
We sit and watch our minutes tick
We know we'll never get them back
Yet we sit and we wait
What we're all waiting for
My guess is as good as yours
To belong to love to live
Maybe if we accepted a lil more
Loved a lil more freely
Lived a lil more radically
Then maybe just maybe
We'd find out what it was
That we were all waiting forAnd realize that
Instead of waiting we lived
If even for a moment...

My Apologies

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been busy and the Internet has been down lol. Anyway the most exciting thing currently is I got picked to be part of the first traveling service... Which happens tomorrow!!! Ah I'm scared but super stoked so be praying that that all goes well. Peaces y'all. Remember if you've never be faces with the decision to quit then you've never known success.

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So today someone from our group, Vijay, got up and shared a testimoney. He went to a missions trip in Jamaica. While there this lady shared her testimoney. I'm sharing this with you because she wishes for it to be shared as an encouragement to others. She had ovarion cancer. So severely that the doctors wanted to rush her into emergency surgery. She told them no and said she was going to a church camp, and she would reasses the situation when she got back. The first day at the camp she spent from sun up to sun down in the chapel praying. The next night she felt this scratching in her stomach. Three times this happened. Three times there were no marks. She went to the doctor when she got home. She made them retake her x-rays. On her x-rays there were two hands with holes in them imprinted on her ovaries. Not one sign of cancer.
Phil Wagner spoke today. He said one quote that stood out to me. No one person can change the world but you can change the world for one person - George Hoffman