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|Swayambunath Temple. [Photo: Kong Wan]
Memories are made of these
Every day of my life, memories are created. And I treasure every single one of these, especially those shared amongst my loved ones and my good friends. One day when I grow old, I am going to come back and read 'em and weep.................. LimWeeHow伟豪
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Everest Base Camp Trek Part 7 ~ Back to Kathmandu for R&R
Part 7 ~ Kathmandu at last. And a lovely tour of Swayambunath Temple.
Somehow, connections of the boss of Namaste Lodge gotten us a second flight out of Lukla despite the huge backlog of passengers from a whole day of delayed flights. Those of us on the second flight managed to make it back to Kathmandu early. But the other half of our group who were scheduled for the third flight were delayed and left on cold Lukla for another four hours because of poor weather in both Lukla and Kathmandu.
Posted by Wee How Lim at 7:00 AM
Labels: EBC, Everest base camp, Kathmandu, Lukla, Nepal, SgTrekker, Singapore Trekker, Swayambunath, Trekking
Location: Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Everest Base Camp Trek Part 6 ~ Back to Lukla!
Part 6 ~ Our last assault on Lukla was well-coordinated by General Adrian. The Airforce would take its first flights in and the infantries would trudge in later..
So it was. The very last day of our trek. Our hearts were in a dilemma. As much as we were glad to be back to Lukla soon, we knew that our journey was coming to an end. None of us wanted it to end. Despite the hardship, we all had so much adventure in the past twelve days. Many of us wanted more.
|On a mission... [Photo: Kong Wan[
Monday, November 27, 2017
Everest Base Camp Trek Part 5 ~ The return of the Jedi from Gorak Shep all the way to Namche Bazaar.
Part 5 ~ The story of how the Jedis willed themselves onwards in a half-dazed state from Gorak Shep to Pheriche, and how the same knights gallantly drove themslves by sheer determination on foot back to Namche Bazaar.
This was finally the turn back towards home. Everyone knew the end was drawing near. Near, but not that near yet. Three more days separated us from the comfort of Kathmandu. In many ways, our objectives had been accomplished. And the victorious members just only needed to be patient and continue their walk, which by now was already in rhythmic automatic mode. The Jedis were finally returning home.
|[Photo: Fann]
Posted by Wee How Lim at 10:30 AM
Labels: EBC, Everest base camp, gorak shep, Namche Bazaar, Nepal, Pangboche, Pheriche, Phungi Thanga, SgTrekker, Singapore Trekker, Tengboche, Trekking
Everest Base Camp Trek Part 4 ~ The highest point. Kala Patthar 5545m.. and EBC second-attempt!
|Kala Patthar [Photo: KC Tng]
Without being disrespectful to all my fellow trekkers, to myself, climbing to the top of Kala Patthar was even more important than arriving at EBC. The magic figure of 5545m was too strong a draw.
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Everest Base Camp Trek 2017 Part 3 ~ Lobuche to Gorak Shep & EBC!
|The final push. Photo: Kong Wan
At 5000m, the oxygen level dropped to 53% of sea level. We only knew this in hindsight. But with this knowledge, in retrospect, we now could explain everything that happened on this third quarter of our trek. It was really a last push, a burst of fire towards our destination. This was what we came here for. And hopefully nothing would stop us. Hopefully.
Posted by Wee How Lim at 5:50 AM
Labels: dingboche, EBC, Everest base camp, gorak shep, lobuche, Nepal, SgTrekker, Trekking
Location: Dingboche 56000, Nepal
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Everest Base Camp Trek 2017 Part 2 -From Namche to Dingboche.
Part 2 ~ After the acclimatisation at Namche, it was time for some thinner air.
We knew that we were going to enter a realm of higher altitude and it was time for some real action.
This was time for our bodies to really start adapting. Little did we realise that the transition from 3400m to 4400m would be that great. This second quarter part of our trek was a period of reckoning. And time was not on our side. We needed to keep pushing, keep going. AMS and illnesses started hitting us. But the team spirit was still strong.
Posted by Wee How Lim at 6:41 AM
Labels: Debuche, EBC, Everest base camp, Namche Bazaar, Nepal, Tengboche, Trekking
Location: Namche Bazar, Namche 56000, Nepal
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Everest Base Camp Trek 2017 ~ an epic adventure
|The whole group at Gorak Shep. [Photo: SgTrekker]
Everest Base Camp Trek18 November - 2 December 2017
" ....The only noise audible was my own heavy panting as my lungs laboured to suck in as much oxygen in the rarefied air at 5190m. My footsteps were tiny shuffles, weighed down by my pair of trekking boots which, merely a couple of days ago felt as light as feathers, but now behaved like tonnes of Himalayan rocks bound to my feet.
My eyes never lifted off from the ground as rocks after rocks appeared in haphazard fashion, threatening to trip my trailing foot should I be just so careless to lift it a little less high. A few steps. And another long pause to catch my breath. Peering in front, the ridge led straight to Everest Base Camp. We were not far, but time was running out for us... "
Posted by Wee How Lim at 4:00 AM
Labels: EBC, Everest base camp, Kala Patthar, Nepal, Trekking
Location: Lukla, Chaurikharka 56000, Nepal
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Spectrum Volume 18 Issue 18 - January 25, 1996
Thursday, 25
YMCA Slide Show, noon, Cranwell Center: "Complete Tour of Egypt," by Ken Stein.
Financial Aid Workshop, 5-6 p.m., 1002 Pamplin.
Women's Basketball vs. La Salle, 7 p.m., Cassell Coliseum.
Men's Basketball at George Washington, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, 26
Student Recital, 8 p.m., Squires Recital Salon: Pat Driscoll, horn.
Saturday, 27
Men's Basketball vs. Fordham, 1 p.m., Cassell Coliseum.
Memorial Service for Thomas Miller Jenkins, 1:30 p.m., Chapel.
Book Signing, 2-4 p.m., University Volume Two Bookstore: Christopher P. Neck, author of Medicine for the Mind.
Chamber Music, 8 p.m., Squires Recital Salon: Audubon Quartet.
Sunday, 28
Women's Basketball vs. Xavier, 12:30 p.m., Cassell Coliseum.
YMCA Hike, 1:30 p.m., YMCA parking lot: Brush Mountain.
Chamber Music, 3 p.m., Squires Recital Salon: Audubon Quartet.
Monday, 29
Financial Aid Workshop, noon-1 p.m., 2002 Pamplin.
Multicultural Center Grand Opening, 5 p.m., 140 Squires.
"With Good Reason," 7:30 p.m., WVTF 89.1 FM: "The Value of a Friend: Foreign Aid in the Post Cold-War Era," with Ralph Ostrich, NVCC, and Simon Serfaty, ODU.
TAUT Workshop Production, 8 p.m., 204 PAB: "G D." Through 1-31.
Faculty/Guest Artist Recital, 8 p.m., Squires Recital Salon: Langley Air Force Base Jazz Band.
Wednesday, 31
Financial Aid Workshop, 5-6 p.m., 1002 Pamplin.
Men's Basketball vs. UNC Greensboro, 7 p.m., Cassell Coliseum.
Black History Month Activity, 7 p.m., Squires Old Dominion: Candlelight Vigil and Student Keynote Speaker.
VTU Broadway Series, 7:30 p.m., Burruss Auditorium: "Five Guys Named Moe."
TAUT Workshop Production, 8 p.m.., 204 PAB: "G D."
Thursday, 1
Salary and Wage Paydate.
YMCA Slide Show, noon, Cranwell Center: "A Student from Poland Goes West and Visits USA National Parks," by Zerzy Zemajtis.
Women's Basketball at La Salle, 7 p.m.
Thursday, 25
Science Study Center, 12:30 p.m., 132 Lane: "Peripatetic Administrators," by Joe Pitt.
Physics, 3:30 p.m., 2030 Pamplin: "Is There Life After the Ph.D. Degree in Physics: Enhancing Employment Opportunities," by Brian Schwartz, CUNY Brooklyn.
Geological Sciences, 4 p.m., 2044 Derring: "Sequence Stratigraphy: Fact, Fantasy or Work in Progress," by Dale Leckie, Geological Survey of Canada.
Plant Physiology, 4 p.m., 102 Fralin: "Molecular Genetic Analysis of Nodulation in Soybean," by Peter Gresshoff, Tennessee.
Entomology, 4 p.m., 220 Price: "Urban Mosquito Abatement," by Jim Reinflesh, York Co. Mosquito Control.
Friday, 26
Molecular Cell Biology/Biotechnology, noon, 102 Fralin: "Heterologous Expression of a Unique Plant Plasma Membrane Protein in Yeast Mediates the Linear Uptake of Sucrose," by Howard D. Grimes, Washington State.
Botany, 4 p.m., 1076 Derring: "Plant Interactions: The `Root' of the Problem," by Robert Jones.
Monday, 29
CSES, 4 p.m., 232 Smyth: "The Electronic Thesis and Dissertation," by Tom Dunbar.
Thursday, 1
Science Study Center, 12:30 p.m., 132 Lane: "Is the Existence of God a Scientific Question?" by Norman Grover.
Statistics, 3:45 p.m., 409 Hutcheson: "Automating Surveys on the World Wide Web," by Chen-Chi Shing, Radford.
Plant Physiology, 4 p.m., 102 Fralin, "Association of an Auxin Transport Protein with the Actin Cytoskeleton," by Gloria Muday, Wake Forest.
Entomology, 4 p.m., 220 Price: "Involving Undergraduates in Research Experiences," by Stephen Adams, Dabney Lancaster Community College.
Memorial service planned
A Memorial Service for Thomas Miller Jenkins, associate director of Undergraduate Admissions who died December 24, is planned for Saturday, Jan. 27, at 1:30 p.m. in the War Memorial Chapel.
ESL classes begin
The English as a Second Language Program in the Virginia Tech Language began one six-week TOEFL preparation class last week and has a second session scheduled to begin March 4
Elective classes include pronunciation and oral presentation, academic listening and vocabulary, orientation to academic skills, English for science and technology, English for business and management, and intermediate conversation and vocabulary. These classes meet 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Friday.
The TOEFL preparation classes are held from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
According to Judith H. Snoke, Language Institute director, "The institute provides English language training on all levels to visitors, members of the Virginia Tech community, and their families on a regular basis. It is authorized to issue Certificates of Eligibility for Non-immigrant (F-1) Student Status (Form I-20)."
For more information, call Snoke at 1-6963.
ComomonHealth offers programs
CommonHealth, the employee wellness program, is offering the following workshops. If you are interested in attending, please call 231-7810 to register.
GETTING READY TO QUIT, (Wednesdays) January 31, February 7, February 14, and February 21 (attend all 4), 10 to 11 a.m., 404 Clay Street
PYRAMID POWER, Thursday, Feb. 1, 12:05 to 12:55 p.m., Conference Room G, Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center.
EATING RIGHT ON THE RUN, Friday, Feb. 2, 12:10 a.m. to 12:55 p.m., Personnel Classroom, Southgate Center.
HEART NEWS, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 12:05 to 12:55 p.m., Conference Room C, Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center.
TechConnect moves to Media Center
TechConnect, a service of Information Systems, formerly located at the Information desk in the lobby of Newman Library, has moved to the Media Center on the second floor of Newman Library (in the far, northeast corner, the older section of the library).
As before, Virginia Tech students and faculty and staff members can sign up for modem-pool accounts, pick up Internet and e-mail software, activate their PID's, and have passwords reset through TechConnect. In addition to these previous services, TechConnect now operates as a help desk for patrons of the Media Center computers and software.
The Media Center has operated as an Information Systems public computer lab for several years. The lab contains 51 Macintosh computers and a variety of software. TechConnect offers support for the Macintosh hardware and operating system, plus support for most of the software available on these machines. Some specialty software will necessarily receive limited support.
TechConnect's NEW hours are: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 1-9 p.m., and Sunday, 1 p.m.-midnight.
The following software is available from TechConnect in exchange for an equivalent number of useable, high-density diskettes. (The number of diskettes required is shown in brackets after each program description.):
NUPop (E-mail for DOS) [1]; Eudora (E-mail for Mac) [1]; BEV DOS (DOS Internet) [1]; BEV Windows (WNET, Windows Internet) [3]; BEV Macintosh (Mac Internet) [2]; Eudora for Lab Use [1]; F-PROT (DOS anti-virus) [1]; Disinfectant (Macintosh anti-virus) [1]; Kermit (communication for DOS) [1]; TinCan (communication for Mac) [1]; and
KEDIT (text editor for DOS) [1].
Statistical Consulting Center offers services
The Statistical Consulting Center provides statistical advice to faculty and staff members and graduate students on the design of experiments and surveys, analysis of experimental data, time-series analysis and other statistical problems.
The Statistical Consulting Center is now open. Appointments may be made by calling 1-6567 and leaving a phone message (funding prevents us from providing direct assistance). The center will be closed during spring break (March 11-15).
The service is provided at no charge to the extent possible, although we encourage collaborative work, especially on long-term projects.
DERC available in Tidewater
The Department of Employee Relations Counselors will meet with interested employees in Norfolk on Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the meeting room of the Larchmont Branch Library, 6525 Hampton Boulevard. They also will meet with employees in Virginia Beach on Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Center in Classroom 1 of Suite 401 in Pembroke Four at the Pembroke Office Park.
The counseling program provides employees outside the Richmond area with an opportunity to meet individually with a staff counselor and to receive assistance in options for dealing with work-related concerns, discussions of applicable state policies, information on the Grievance Procedure, and/or referral for further assistance.
Half-hour appointments must be made in advance. To arrange an appointment, call the Department of Employee Relations Counselors at 1-800-552-9720.
Multicultural Center grand opening planned
A grand opening of the Multicultural Center of Virginia Tech is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 29, beginning at noon in the center in 140 Squires.
The celebration begins with "Multiculturalism on Campus," a brown-bag lunch discussion at noon. Other events include a diversity video presentation at 1:30 p.m.; a Student Advisory Committee presentation on campus climate at 3 p.m.; a grand-opening reception at 5 p.m., and a Multicultural Awareness Programs (MAP's) Peer Education Program at 6:15 p.m.
For more information, call 1-3787.
Thrift Shop announces sale
The YMCA Thrift Shop will hold a half-price sale on dated clothing for men, women, and children on Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 10 a.m.-4:50 p.m.
The Thrift Shop is located at 1336 S. Main St. For more information call 552-2633.
Neck to sign book
Christopher P. Neck, assistant professor of management, will sign copies of his book, Medicine for the Mind, at University Volume Two Bookstore Saturday, Jan. 27, from 2-4 p.m. The book provides stories and quotes to help readers believe in themselves and achieve their dreams.
The event is free and open to the public. Volume Two Bookstore is located in the University Mall next to Kroger. For more information, call Corey Burroughs at 1-5213.
Exhibit on the Lyric Theatre opens
The exhibit "Lyric Theatre: A Look Back at the Beginnings" is on display in the Wallace Hall Gallery through February 9. It is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
The exhibit is a collection of architectural drawings, photos, and trivia related to the Lyric Theatre. The co-curators are Eric Wiedegreen of the Department of Housing, Interior Design, and Resource Management in the College of Human Resources and University Archivist Tamara Kennelly, Special Collections Department, Virginia Tech Libraries. The exhibit is also on the World Wide Web at http://scholar2.lib.vt.edu/spec/specgen/lyr/lyrhp.htm for those who want to take a virtual tour of the exhibit.

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Dumbbells flat bench press for Woman - Superbody.com
This is a basic exercise for the pectoral muscles. Dumbbells put additional load on the stabilizer muscles. Unlike barbell press, arms movement follows the most natural trajectory. Do not lift your pelvis from the bench or arch your back at the waist during the exercise.
Exercising with expander: the exercise can be performed using an elastic band instead of the weights. To do this, take the band by the loose ends and put its center under the bench. You can also use a separate band for each hand by fixing them under the bench. Ideally, the band should be stretched at the starting point to increase difficulty over the entire range of motion.
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A Simple But Effective Program To Lose Fat After 30, 40, 50 ,60
To have success with an exercise program, you must choose exercises and activities that are familiar and fun. In this way, you will be more likely to continue with your plan. Choosing an appropriate workout plan will make it easier to exercise and make your plan more sustainable. Below is some great advice to aid you in developing a program all your own.
Play some tunes while you exercise. All cultures enjoy music. It speaks to us at a basic level, and the right music can be an excellent addition to your exercise regime. When you exercise to music, try to think of it like dancing. This means you may just spend a little bit of extra time working out and burning those extra calories.
Get your friends together to help you work out. Work outs go by more quickly when you have people around to have conversations with. It allows you to focus on the pleasant company you are with rather than on your body. You can also use this time to socialize. Working out can be really fun if you are with friends.
A workout video game is an innovative way to have some fun with your routine. It's a tip that everyone in your family can take advantage of. You will distract yourself from thinking about exercise because you're doing something you enjoy! When you play the game, you won't even be aware of the sweat, and you may even work out longer.
If you purchase some new workout clothes that you like, you will feel more comfortable when you are doing your workout routines. Even though you may not think of workout clothes as stylish, there are many choices that can make you look fashionable when working out. You might be amazed at the wide variety of designs that are available. Looking forward to wearing cool workout gear is sometimes enough to motivate people to exercise and go to the gym more often.
Prevent yourself from falling into a rut caused by completing the same routine on a daily basis. It will quickly get boring and turn into a struggle if your exercise routine isn't fun for you. Switch things around and make things different to keep your motivation going strong. This is easily done by changing types of music or doing a new routine. If you keep your eyes open you should be able to find interesting ways to liven up your workout.
Once you meet a weight loss goal, reward yourself. Even a simple reward can help motivate you. One thing you can try is getting a new book or maybe a chocolate bar. Pick something that you can easily attain, but have been avoiding. In selecting your reward, be sure to make it something you really want as this will help keep you motivated.
Working out should not be a negative experience. You should think of ways to make exercising fun so that you will want to do it. These tips will help you to have fun while you exercise!
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This is a set of two JConcepts Bar Code 2.2" 1/10 4WD buggy front tires. The Code of Silence has been broken at JConcepts, and the Bar Codes are out. The Bar Code design is the freshest tire design seen in the last 10 years of racing development regardless of class and scale. Like the name suggests the alternating bar design combined with the addition of the Y side bars provide uncompromised support for blue and black groove conditions. Bar Codes are a specialty tire that when matched to the appropriate track can provide amazing results.
The Bar Codes are a part of the JConcepts special breed of tire, designed for maximum performance when new or used as the design allows even wear all the way down to the tire body. Bar Codes in new condition excel on hard surfaces that have taken rubber with either dry or wet grooved conditions. Worn Bar Codes excel on indoor or outdoor clay tracks where a minimal dust groove has formed.
- Alternating "Bar Code" design with Y side bars
- X-Design interior carcass for enhanced support
- Includes JConcepts And-1 inserts
JConcepts Tire Compound Applications:
- White (Medium): For High Temperature, Outdoor Racing. Intended for use on abrasive tracks.
- Blue (Soft): All purpose compound. Excels in dusty, low bite conditions.
- Orange (Soft): Intended for Black/Blue Groove conditions. Excels on Dry, High Temperature Tracks
- Gold (Indoor Soft): Developed for indoor Clay surfaces.
- Green (Super Soft): For conditions with minimum traction. Works well on slippery, wet tracks.
- Black (Mega Soft): Recommended for conditions 59° and under, or extremely loose conditions.


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I don't have a personal experience with the Pope, but I wrote this in my journal on Friday, July 26, 2002.
It is World Youth Day. Pope John Paul II is in Toronto. Millions of people from all over the world traveled to witness this very special and holy event. Ote told me on her email today that when the Pope went to the Philippines in 1995, she cried when she went to the places where the Pope passed by during the tour. My friend Jocelyn also told me in her letter back in 1995 that she also cried when she saw the Pope. And today, I was watching it on TV, I saw a little girl cried when the Pope kissed her. She said that she was so happy. He still touches so many people even in His old age (82) and weakness. (He has arthritis and Parkinson's disease.)


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August 4th, 2014, 12:09 pm
OilCan Drive Store!
Finally, after weeks of building art and doing web coding the OilCan Drive Store is up and running! You can check out the store to find OilCan Drive books, music, and t-shirts available as both physical items as well as digital downloads.
And, even if you're strapped for cash and can't buy anything but you'd still like to help, I could really use some positive reviews on all the places OilCan Drive is available for purchase. So, hit the store links to visit Amazon, CreateSpace, ITunes, and CDBaby and tell the world what you think. Spread the word!
Thank you all for your continued support. You have no idea how much it means to me!


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High blood pressure is the leading cause of strokes. So it should be taken very seriously. A stroke prevented is one life possibly saved or one person potentially not disabled. As a stroke survivor, I wouldn't wish a stroke on anyone.
So we need to better than this - 1 in 4 Medicare patients uses blood Pressure meds incorrectly:
An analysis of 18.5 million Medicare Part D enrollees in 2014 found that 26 percent either skipped doses of their blood pressure medication or stopped taking the drugs entirely, according to the study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"That's particularly troubling, because other research indicates that up to 25 percent of new prescriptions for blood pressure medicine are never even filled in the first place," CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said. "Of those prescribed those regimens, maybe a quarter don't even start them, and now we're finding that another quarter don't continue them."
Heart disease and stroke kill 800,000 people every year in the United States, accounting for about one out of every three deaths, Frieden said. Uncontrolled high blood pressure also has been associated with dementia and mental decline later in life, he added.
Seventy percent of U.S. adults ages 65 and older have high blood pressure (140/90 or higher), but just a little more than half have their blood pressure under control, according to the CDC.(Image from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)


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- Hunt, Maurice. "Exonerating Lucius in Titus Andronicus: A Response to Anthony Brian Taylor." Connotations 7.1 (1997-98): 87-93. Hunt defends the character of Lucius as a redeemer figure and argues that Taylor has distorted and neglected some of Lucius' key traits in order to undermine his virtue:
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Time: 10:00AM Pacific / 1:00PM Eastern (60-Minute Session)
Can't attend? Register anyway. We'll send you the recording and materials after the event.
Gamification should be thought of as a design sensibility and not merely a digital tool. It is a thought process and a methodology to think about engaging and motivating learners. While a result of gamification is often fun, the ultimate outcome behind developing a gamified approach is increased engagement and motivation.


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Lobbestael Elementary
Parent Teacher Club
Meeting Minutes
September 12, 2012 @ 6:30pm
Attendance (14): Day, Forrester, Polega, Silich, Tremberth, LaFaire, Urban, Van Houzen, Thieme, DuChene, Walinske, Leonetti, Luciw, Lepine
1. Welcome, Introductions, and Norms: Susan S.
· Begin meeting on time.
· Turn off cell phones.
· Be respectful.
· One person speaks at a time.
· Stay on topic.
· Stick to the agenda.
· Motions will be made and seconded.
· Majority vote passes motion.
2. Mission Statement: Susan S.
· The Parent Teacher Club's agenda is to lend support, both moral and financial, to cooperate with teachers, the administration and community to promote positive attitudes towards learning and education.
3. Secretary Minutes: Jenica T.
· PTC Board reviewed minutes from the August 27th PTC Board meeting before general
meeting. 1st Dace and 2nd Tammy. Motion passed unanimously. Stated to grop that
minutes will be posted on website.
meeting. 1st Dace and 2nd Tammy. Motion passed unanimously. Stated to grop that
minutes will be posted on website.
4. Treasury Report: Dace D.
· Motion to accept budget as presented: 1st K. DuChene and 2nd K. Walinske. Motion passed unanimously.
5. Principal Report: Ms. Polega
· Enrollment at Lobbestael is up. Currently K-2nd is full and only a few openings remain
from 3-5Th.
from 3-5Th.
· The district has a new website and Lobbestael has its own page with calendar.
· The Back To School BBQ will be hosted by Lobbestael staff and community service kids.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Ms. Polega.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Ms. Polega.
· Wednesdays are early release days for students, but staff meets at 7:15am for professional development activities. The school improvement goals can be reviewed on website.
· The Parent Advisory Committee is looking for a Lobbestael representative.
The first meeting is October 3rd and also meets again in the spring. Kelli Walinske
The first meeting is October 3rd and also meets again in the spring. Kelli Walinske
6. Old Business
Fun Run (Friday, 10.5.12): Dace D.
· Volunteer sign-up sheet coming soon.
· The save-the-date magnets are in.
· Flyers for the event were shared at the meeting and feedback was provided.
Changes will be made.
Changes will be made.
· The list of raffles prizes was shared. PTC is looking for help and/or connections in finalizing these.
· PTC is looking for someone to wear the Lobster costume at the Fun Run.
Lobbestael Website / PTC Blog
· PTC to work with Ms. Polega in getting the blog and website linked.
New Kids Club
· Ms. Polegas and the school's social worker welcome and meet with the new students and families in grades 1-5.
· PTC will help welcome the families with hand written notes.
· PTC will donate past Fun Run prizes for use with this club.
· Motion to donate popcorn to all students on Friday, Oct. 5th in conjunction with the
Fun Run snack. 1st by Lisa L. and 2nd by Dace D. Motion passed unanimously.
Fun Run snack. 1st by Lisa L. and 2nd by Dace D. Motion passed unanimously.
· Popcorn will be handed out at the recess just before lunch. Kids to eat the popcorn outside.
· A smaller portion will be served since it is close to lunch on Spirit Days, cost $.25
Box Tops
· Tammy F. will distribute collection sheet tomorrow.
· Plan to mail postmarked before November 1st in order to receive a December check.
7. New Business
Fall Festival (11.02.12)
· To be Chaired by Kristen W. and Kelli W.
· Ann U. will run and supply a cookie and cupcake decorating table again this year.
· Date is to be Friday November 2, 2012.
· It was discussed having an airbrush tattoo artist work the event – Chairs to follow up.
· Ms. Polegas will check with school district art departments to see if it would be possible
for students to vollunetter to help with tattoos/airbrushing.
for students to vollunetter to help with tattoos/airbrushing.
Restaurant Night
· Lisa L., Louise L. & Ann U. to chair this event(s)
· McDonald's, Stevie B's, Coldstone and BW3's were suggested venues.
· Dates are TBD.
PTC Meeting (10.10.12), 6:30pm in the meeting room
PTC BUDGET Meeting (10.25.12) 6:00pm in the meeting room
8. Agenda Items
Fall Festival Follow up (11.02.12)
Restaurant Night Follow up
Fun Run Follow up
Popcorn Follow up
Holiday Bazaar (TBD)
Bake Sale (11.28.12 & 11.29.12)
Book Fair (11.28.12 & 11.29.12)
Holiday Script program


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I think one of the reasons Marian and I stay away from organized Bruce Trail hikes is that we cannot imagine finding a group that would accommodate our obsession with photographing everything we see. Once something catches our eye, we are compelled to stop and take a million shots. Our cameras are the same model, so we can compare notes on settings and other features (the blind leading the blind at times, neither of us being technical experts, but it helps). Our essential criteria in choosing the camera was that it be very compact – it is always immediately accessible on our waist packs, and readily stowed again when we need both hands free.
In the 4 days in Sydenham we took over 600 pictures. There's lots we are happy with, and many of these appear in this and other recent posts. However, there are of course also many that did not turn out. It is, we have found, virtually impossible to truly capture the fascinating crags and crevices everywhere. Sydenham Forest East, a section of trail criss-crossed with crevices, and the Lloyd Laycock Cave are two examples of areas where, try as we might, our photos just didn't do the scenery justice.
The flowers and the spider webs and the odd snake, on the other hand turned out quite nicely indeed, and we hope you enjoy them!


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For Christmas 1987, my family gave me several gift certificates to the mall thrity miles from the town where I lived. They knew I loved the chance to spend all afternoon going in and out of various stores picking up random shirts or books or whatever caught my eye. At the record store, I picked up a few cassettes, including The Smiths' "Strangeways, Here We Come" and Depeche Mode's "Music for the Masses." Over the next few months, I wore those things out in my car and on my Walkman.
I remember listening to Depeche Mode on bus trips to area speech and drama tournaments and Biology II field trips. On a Saturday ride to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, I badgered the art teacher (best friend of the biology teacher) into listening to "Sacred," telling her how much I loved it. On rides alone around the town's outskirts, I would listen to "Never Let Me Down Again" over and over, singing loudly and nearly bursting my car's speakers. The darkness of the album's images and the heaviness of its tones fit easily with the fears that were welling inside me with increasing intensity.
It was my senior year of high school. Before long, it would be over, and I would be off to college. I craved the chance to go out into the world, but it terrified me, too. I tried to imagine my future, but getting there started feeling more and more impossible. Who was I, some country bumpkin, thinking I was going to make it in college? And how could someone like me survive in the fourth largest city in the nation? The emotion that ruled my life more than any other that year was fear, and my music choices fit along with that.
Last night, I had a seat in the last row of the top mezzanine at Madison Square Garden to see Depeche Mode in concert. It was a sold out show, and it looked like every seat was filled. I was far, far away from the stage, but I could see it all clearly. I was surrounded by fans, screaming and dancing and cheering for a band most of us have been listening to for decades.
By the time they started playing "A Question of Time" and "Precious," I was standing in the aisle behind my seat where I could bounce around easily, signing at the top of my lungs. Through "Walking in My Shoes" and "I Feel You," I moved my hips, feet, shoulders, and lips. I screamed the chorus to those songs as loud as possible every time Dave Gahan held the microphone to the crowd, wanting us to show him that we knew these songs almost as well as he does.
As they made the segue from "Enjoy the Silence" to "Never Let Me Down Again," I started to cry, truly to cry. I well up and shed a tear or two at just about anything, but the strength of these tears surprised even me. I clasped my hands together and held them up to my face, closing my eyes and squeezing out more tears.
At that moment, I sent a message to my adolescent self, living somewhere back in my mind or my heart or my memory or my soul. Pressing my eyes shut even tighter, I thought, You did it, kid. You got out. You grew up. You did everything you wanted to do. And more. Dave Gahan started singing the opening lines, and I quickly joined in, drenched in sweat and tears on face. You did it, kid, just like I knew you could.
That kid and I danced together until the whole show was over, at which point we walked from the Garden to Times Square, the words and images of those songs still chanting in my head well into this morning.


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…Banoffee Pie – one of life's great pleasures!
I threw this little beauty together after my brother gave me possibly the easiest recipe ever. As I'm feeling very public-spirited today I thought I'd share the love (and recipe) with you as its the perfect bank holiday treat!
For the pastry
- 500g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 100g icing sugar, sifted
- 250g butter, cut into small cubes
- zest of 1 lemon
- 2 large free-range eggs, beaten
- a splash of milk
For the filling
- 2 ripe bananas
- 50g grated dark chocolate
- 300ml double cream
- 1tsp camp coffee
- 1 tin carnation caramel
First of all, make the pastry:
Sieve the flour and sieve the icing sugar into a large bowl. (You can do this straight onto a clean kitchen surface and not bother with the bowl but I find that a bowl stops things getting too messy) Using your hands, work the cubes of butter into the flour and sugar by rubbing your thumbs against your fingers until you end up with a fine, crumbly mixture then mix in your lemon zest. Add the eggs and milk to the mixture and gently work it together till you have a ball of dough. Flour the dough lightly. Pat it into a flat round, flour it lightly, wrap it in cling film and put it into the fridge to rest for at least half an hour. Once the pastry has had chance to rest, roll it out on a floured surface and line a flan tin (preferably with a loose bottom), fill the pastry case with baking beads and bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees, Remove the beads and bake for a further 10 minutes. Leave to cool.
Alternatively you could dispense with this step entirely and buy a pastry case from the supermarket!
Then for the filling!
Spread the caramel on the base of the pastry case, then slice the bananas and layer on top. Whip the cream with 1 tsp of camp coffee and spoon on top. Sprinkle with chocolate and enjoy!!


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Queen & Bowie ~ Under Pressure
Damien Rice ~ Cannonball
Melissa Etheridge ~ Will You Still Love Me
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When you are having green smoothies for breakfast during the week and you are advised not to have the same one each day...you end up with a fridge that has various green leafys hanging around. I needed to make up a soup for the rest of the weekday lunches and the one I was going to make wasn't possible due to my fresh ginger looking...well...funky! Yuck! So I grabbed two of the green leafy bags and set to work.
It was so warm in the kitchen this morning that it seemed absurd to be making soup..even to me! But I know I feel better with a serving of soup with my salad. I wanted a light brothy soup and that is exactly what I got. Phew! lol. The spinach and the romaine worked perfectly together and the beans gave it a slight depth in texture but kept it light. When blitzed the red flecks from the chillies looked lovely...I tried to capture them in the photo but I'm fairly certain I wasn't successful. Ah well. I'm still learning...lol
|Rocket and Roses Romaine, Spinach and Cannellini Bean Soup
(Original recipe from the Rocket and Roses Vegan Kitchen) Serves 6
1 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, grated
2 long red chillies, de-seeded & sliced (leave seeds in if you want heat)
1.6 litres of hot veggie stock
140g fresh baby spinach
2 romaine hearts, trimmed and chopped
1 14oz tin cannellini beans, rinsed, drained and separated into two halves
salt and black pepper to season, to taste
In a soup pan add the oil, onion, garlic, chilli and half of the cannellini beans. Saute until the onions are transparent, stirring frequently to stop the garlic catching.
Add the stock and bring to a boil. Toss in the romaine and the spinach and seasonings. Reduce the heat and cook for 5 minutes.
The remaining half of the beans, heat through in the microwave and when heated put to one side.
After the cooking time, turn off the heat and with a stick blender blitz the soup until smooth. The soup will be a thin green broth with flecks of red. Add in the remaining cannellini beans and heat through and re-season to serve.
NB: If cannellini beans aren't to your taste..chickpeas or flageolet beans would work well!


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Time to Stand Up
Maybe it truly is time to stand up and say, NO.
No to an Obama administration that thinks it has the right to tell Jewish people where we may, or may not, be allowed to live.
And NO to a United Nations that seems to exist for little more reason than harassing the Jews.
If we do not stand up for ourselves, Israeli and diaspora united, then you can be sure that no one else will.
That much, at least, is certain.


text: Watching car after car make its daily trek up and down Gumwood Road has become a pastime of Roland Meyer. He remembers the day when he could count on one hand the number that would pass the farmhouse he lived in on Brick Road in an entire day. Meyer currently shares quarters with his son and daughter-in-law, Don and Ardis Meyer. Perched in his easy chair, he watches the traffic from his living room window. Meyer, who's 100, has lived in Granger for the past 70 years. His ancestors were some of the first settlers here. They purchased 400 acres in Harris and Clay townships from the government in 1837. Meyer recalled the days when he farmed property on the southeast corner of Brick and Grape roads. In addition to raising chickens there, he grew produce, specifically, seven acres of potatoes, 10 acres of corn and five acres each of hay and tomatoes. He said he's not sure how he feels about the development of the area into a regional shopping destination and bedroom community. But, his memories of a different time are vivid. He remembers when the post office was located in the building that now houses Yesterday's. He also remembers the two-room school in Granger when there were about a dozen high school students who went there. And, he remembers when Granger was known as a "railroad town." A train ran through going from Elkhart to Niles. If residents needed clothing or household items, he said, they boarded about 2 p.m., went to South Bend to shop and returned home at 8:15 p.m. Born in South Bend, Meyer first moved to Clay Township as a child. After marrying, he lived in South Bend again, but later returned to the family home in Granger with his wife and three children to live with and care for his grandmother and his parents. Over the years, he worked at Studebaker, among other area factories, in addition to farming. When he was 65, he retired from Bendix after having been with the company for three decades. As a young man, he married Gladys Gill, who has since died. Together, they had three children who are today all living in various parts of the country. These days, he spends his time reading the newspaper, watching the news and working on word puzzles. He prioritizes his daily Bible study. He's been a member of the South Bend Seventh-day Adventist Church for 80 years. When it comes to secrets to living to be 100, Meyer admittedly has none. His health has been quite good. He's always been active with farming and manual labor as a young man and lots of walking as he grew older. "I still exercise," he said. "When I go to the bathroom, I walk a circle around the house each time." And, being a Seventh-day Adventist, he's eaten primarily a vegetarian diet most of his life. He also has never drunk alcohol or smoked cigarettes. He does have one tip, though. . . "I always try to throw my shoulders back," he said, demonstrating as he sat in his favorite chair looking out his living room window over a Granger that's far different from the one he raised a family and retired in. Staff writer Kim Kilbride: firstname.lastname@example.com (574) 235-6554


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September 8, 2014
My Mom my Friend - We've come a long way her and I. She is the most wonderful woman I know! I am so very blessed to call her my own.
September 9, 2014
Back to Bible Study - Our Women's Study has started back up for fall! We are working on a church wide study on Discipleship. Tuesday evenings are so very wonderful with the group of women I get to meet with. So many backgrounds, so many different generations, all amazing reflections of Grace and Love.
September 10, 2014
Working from Home
I had multiple doctor appointments and it was just easier to work from home. On the occasion I am home, the puppies never leave my side. Diesel was trying his best not to be a distraction, but with this cute face, I was having a hard time staying focused.
September 11, 2014
Three Little Puppies - Its a bit of a Puppy circus around our home when Macy comes to stay. Our boys just aren't quite the same when she's around. Their a bit more feisty, a bit more territorial, and almost all of the dog toys end up out in the back yard.
September 12, 2014
Women of Faith - Night 1 - As is our annual tradition my bestie Michele and I attended Women of Faith at the Honda Center in Anaheim. This year two of her girls joined us for the event. Sharing Faith and Friendship is such an amazing Blessing!
September 13, 2014
Women of Faith - Day 2
We continued listening to amazing women, singing praise, and sharing time together learning more about our Lord. I am so very thankful for this woman and our shared Faith. I don't know what I would do without her.
September 14, 2014
We broke our Toilet ...and the toilet broke my Husbands Back.
Well not quite broke, but a nicely out of place disc.....Who knew he would get attacked by such a terrible monster. We spent some time with the local doctors at urgent care getting some pain medicine and direction on properly lifting heavy things. Silly Husband


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Friday, December 31, 2010
New Year's Eve
This New Year's Eve, cats and kittens in our fosterspaces -- like orange boys Julius and Rigoli, who came in from the cold thanks to a caring Chicago city police officer -- await forever homes.
Pretty, a shy kitty from Champagne-Furbana, is inside and learning to love this New Year's Eve.
This New Year's Eve, we remember the kitties we said goodbye to in 2010: Adm. Adama, Mona, Spalding, Nadia, Willa, Freckles, Maxime et Maurice, Esther's third, and those who never had a name.
This New Year's Eve black and white cats like Carmen, who fostermom Katherine G. calls "the most adoptable cat ever," or lovable couch potato Leo Leonni, await forever homes.
This New Year's Eve, our alley cats are eating.
This New Year's Eve kittens like Cleo and Darius and Ray and the five cuties we're about to unveil all await their forever homes.
This New Year's Eve beautiful black cats like Lola, Madison, and Kenya await their forever homes.
This New Year's Eve, rescued one-eyed cats Lydia and Lucia Clara rest easy.
This New Year's Eve, all the kitties who were adopted from us in 2010 are curling up with their forevermom, or foreverdad, or foreverkids, with the memory of their outdoor life behind them.
This New Year's Eve, homeless cats out on the street are cold and hungry.
May 2011 bring us many more opportunities to rescue cats, yet fewer cats to rescue.
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- lilolady said...
Thank you Hyde Park Cats for elevating *my* 2010 wathcing all your selfless work on behalf all the innocents you have aided.
Happy New Year to you all
- December 31, 2010 at 3:04 PM
Thanks in particular to Terren, Ainat, Mary-Jean and Diane who do so much of the core work of Hyde Park Cats.
- December 31, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Martha said...
All of you at HPC are an inspiration to those of us who work to help kitties in other cities. You remind us daily that the mark of a strong community is one in which no-one, animal or human, is alone or homeless. Yasher koach to each and every one of involved in this incredible organization. May each of you have a wonderful 2011.
- December 31, 2010 at 10:14 PM
- Diane H said...
I toasted the new year with Peanut's forever family. He was cozy under the Christmas tree while we crazy humans popped corks and wore silly hats. Thank you for reminding us of the work we do and what is possible.
- January 1, 2011 at 1:06 PM


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...a quilt for my one year old God-daughter, Elsie.
Yes, I am back quilting. About time I here you say!
I love this pretty colour combo - pale pink, grey and off white - by Bunny Hill Designs. I am using two Layer Cakes ( a pink version and a grey version). so there are 42 blocks in all. The topside of the quilt will be predominantly pink and backside the grey combination.
The quilt pattern is called "Shabby Linen Quilt" by The Quilter's Barn. Here is the first quilt I made using this pattern. I love it's snuggliness. Just perfect for a little girl.
Well I had better get back to my machine. Have a lovely Sunday...
Jan x


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New Zealand architects have made a fantastically strong showing in the shortlist of nominees for awards at the World Architecture Festival.
First, with an impressive three nominations (and one shared one) are these projects from Fearon Hay Architects: The Brancott Estate Heritage Centre in Marlborough (below), shortlisted in the 'Display' category of the festival and featured in our December/January 2012 issue. The photo below is by Patrick Reynolds.
Fearon Hay's Imperial Lane project in Auckland (below), featured in our February/March issue, picked up a nomination in the festival's 'Old and New' category. Photo by Patrick Reynolds.
Jeff Fearon and Tim Hay are going to have a very busy time of it when they present shortlisted projects to the judges at the festival in Singapore in October: their Island Retreat (below), featured in our current issue, has been shortlisted in the 'Villa' category of the awards.
And the firm was also nominated in the urban design category, along with Taylor Cullity Lethlean of Melbourne, for their excellent work at Auckland's North Wharf (below). Both photos by Patrick Reynolds.
In non-Fearon Hay nominations, Ken Crosson of Crosson Clarke Carnachan's Hut on Sleds at Whangapoua Beach (below), a finalist in our Home of the Year award 2012, is shortlisted in the festival's 'Villa' category. Photo by Jackie Meiring.
Patterson Associates' Geyser building (below) on Auckland's Parnell Road is nominated in the festival's 'Office' category.
As we mentioned earlier in the week, RTA Studio's C3 house (below, which is planned, but not yet built) has picked up a nomination in the 'Future Projects' section.
Also in 'Future Projects' a planned Waikato Whanau Ora centre (below) by Hamish Monk, Aaron Paterson and Dominic Glamuzina of The Flood.
All the finalists will travel to the World Architecture Festival in Singapore in October to give presentations about their work to a panel of judges. We wish them luck, and congratulate them on their success in getting this far.
The full World Architecture Festival shortlist is here.


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It's International Tongue Twisters Day, let's start the party with a well known tongue twister...
Want to write a tongue twister of your own? Follow these easy directions.
Pick a letter
Think of a noun that starts with that letter.
Think of a verb that starts with that letter.
Think of a which, what kind of, word that starts with that letter.
Think of a how, when or where word that starts with that letter.
Try to say the sentence out loud fast three times.
One of my children's story books had theses two pages full of delightful illustrations and tongue twisters. All twelve of these tongue twisters are new to me.
|The Children's Friend Story Book, 1951
According to the Guinness Book of World Records the most difficult tongue twister in the english language is:
The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick.
For more tongue twister fun visit the 1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters where you will find 3,584 tongue twisters in 118 languages.


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Here's my piece on a sadly neglected Christmas tradition, from today's Daily Express.
Have you taken down your Christmas decorations already? If so, you are not alone.
While decorations seem to go up even earlier each year, it's also true that that more and more Britons are packing away their trees, lights and tinsel much sooner than they used to- sometimes with a sense of relief that we can get back to business as usual.
I walked along a few streets to my local shopping centre earlier this week and was taken aback at how few decorations remained. The space in the square where a few days earlier, a beautiful Christmas tree had stood with bright, twinkling lights, was now empty. How sad. It's not just about missing the cheery spectacle that lights and decorations provide us on a grey and miserable day. It's also about honouring a long-standing and colourful Christmas tradition, that of Twelfth Night, which has all but disappeared.
It's curious that retailers, given the way they have promoted other festivals, such as Valentine's Day or Halloween to their great commercial advantage, haven't been tempted to do the same to Twelfth Night. There might be rich pickings in it for them if they do.
Twelfth Night is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "the evening of the fifth of January, preceding Twelfth Day, the eve of the Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and observed as a time of merrymaking". There are however many, including 'The Lions Part' (see sidebar), who hold that Twelfth Night should in fact be commemorated on 6th January, i.e. the twelfth full day after December 25th, due to the old custom of treating sunset as the beginning of the following day. However, some hold that Twelfth Night should be on January 6th- that is, the full 12th day after December 25th.
Twelfth Night marks the end of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', the length of celebration being based on a sequence of verses in The Bible (Matthew 2:1-12), and a belief that it may have taken 12 days for the Three Kings to travel to Bethlehem after first seeing the star signifying the birth of Jesus.
Those who believe that modern Christmases have degenerated into a feast of excessive eating and drinking, should consider the Bacchanalian manner in which the Twelve Days of Christmas were celebrated by our ancestors. In the Middle Ages, the festive period was one of continuous merrymaking.
In Tudor England, the celebrations were riotous. A 'Lord of Misrule' (known as Abbot of Unreason in Scotland) , who was generally a peasant or sub-deacon, was appointed to be in charge of the revelries up to Twelfth Night. They promoted drunkenness, promiscuity and gambling. Even the sovereign had to follow his commands, however ridiculous.
Twelfth Night was considered the climax of the Christmas celebrations which the Tudors celebrated even more enthusiastically than Christmas Day itself. Everyone attended parties, in which practical jokes were played. A popular trick included hiding live birds in an empty pie-case, so that when a guest opened the crust, the birds would fly out. It was commemorated in the nursery rhyme 'Sing a Song of Sixpence'.
The performance of plays, or 'mummings' was also an important aspect of the celebrations. The characters, who were often masked, varied from play to play- but the hero was always St George who fights the power of evil, traditionally represented by the Turkish dragon.
William Shakespeare's play 'Twelfth Night', was written specifically for the festivities and was first performed in 1602. The play, in line with the Twelfth Night traditions of reversed roles and disguises, has a woman Viola, dressing a up a man, and a servant, Malvolio imagining that he can become a nobleman.
The festivities came to be associated with certain types of food and drink.
There was the 'Twelfth Night Cake', a rich and filling fruit cake which traditionally contained a bean. If you got the bean you were the King and Queen of the bean and could tell everyone else present what to do. But there were other, less desirable items in the cake as well. If you got a clove, you were a villain. If you got a twig, you were a fool. And if you got a rag, you were a 'tarty' woman. Nobody seems to know what a man who got a rag was called.
A hot, spiced punch called 'wassail', which was served in huge silver or gold bowls, was associated with Twelfth Night since the 1400s. It derived its name from the Old English toast 'Waes hale' meaning 'be thou hale'- that is, be healthy. A related drink called 'Lambs Wool' . made of cider or ale, sugar, spices and roasted apples was used by farmers in England and Ireland to 'wassail' their apple trees on Twelfth Night, hoping to ensure a good harvest for the next year.
Another custom involved the Holy Thorn of Glastonbury. Pilgrims went to Glastonbury Abbey to see the 'miraculous' thorn tree that flowered at midnight. Legend has it that when Joseph of Arimathea reached there in AD63 with the Holy Grail, the staff he thrust into the ground miraculously blossomed.
Taking down Christmas decorations was, by contrast, not a Twelfth Night custom until comparatively recently. Before the days of Queen Victoria, people in England kept their homes decorated with holly, mistletoe and yew up until Candlemas on 2nd February, the Christian festival which falls exactly 40 days after the birth of Jesus. The tradition of taking down decorations on 5th/6th January- and of it being bad luck to take them down either earlier, or later, appears to have originated in colonial America. There, a Christmas wreath was always left up on the front door of each home, and would be taken down at the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas, so that any edible portions would be consumed with the other foods of the Twelfth Night feast.
Now it seems that we are in such a rush to forget all about Christmas that many of us have taken down our decorations well before Twelfth Night. Not only that, but we're missing out on a celebration which our ancestors regarded as the best party night of the year.
* If you do want to celebrate Twelfth Night in traditional fashion, head for Bankside, outside the Globe Theatre, on the south side of the River Thames in London, at 2.45pm tomorrow afternoon. (Saturday, 6th January). A group of actors called The Lions Part celebrate Twelfth Night with what they describe as 'a fun combination of old and new seasonal traditions'. To herald the celebration, the extraordinary Holly Man, the Winter guise of the Green Man from pagan myths and folklore, and decked in fantastic green garb and evergreen foliage, appears from the River Thames. Further details on 020 8452 3866.
Friday, January 05, 2007
In praise of Twelfth Night
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Welcome to another edition of the Cephalopod Coffeehouse. The idea is simple: on the last Friday of each month, post about the best book you've finished over the past month while visiting other bloggers doing the same. In this way, we'll all have the opportunity to share our thoughts with other enthusiastic readers. Please join us:
This month I'm sharing The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy. I had seen the movie ages ago, so I had a pretty good idea of what happened, but I certainly wasn't prepared to enjoy the writing so much. Maybe I was able to enjoy it because I did know the basic plot:
In which Tom Wingo travels to NYC in order to talk to his twin sister's psychiatrist. His twin, Savannah, has tried to commit suicide again and Lowenstein (the psychiatrist) thinks if Tom can help her understand Savannah, then maybe she'll stop trying to kill herself. The scene switches from Tom recalling his and his sibling's growing-up years on isolated Melrose Island, South Carolina to present day Manhattan. At the heart of the tale are two terrible secrets. One is the fate of older brother Luke, who we know at the beginning is dead, but not how. The other is even worse, but revealing it just might save Savannah.
Also missing from the movie are the secondary characters. I vaguely recall the mother, but that's about it. In the book, the mother is this fabulously magical cruel person, while the father is mean and violent, horribly so. But he also instills this love of country in his children and that theme permeates Tom's recounting of his childhood. Plus there was a host of other characters like their religious grandfather (loved him), their grandmother (her, too) who left him and came back, this awful snooty rich family (hated their guts), not to mention all the things that happen to bond the three kids together. I was never so interested in a family's life.


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Today is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sumter, which began the American Civil War. And I've already seen several items noting the anniversary and a few offering explanations as to why the South was wrong.
I'm not going to say that the South was right, because in the most obvious respect, they weren't–slavery was, and is, wrong, and the South was in large part fighting to keep it's "peculiar institution." But I do think it's important to understand that the South understood itself to be fighting not primarily for slavery, but for (and this is my formulation) state's rights, community, and tradition, as set against nationalization, legalization, and modernization. Though the South was tainted by slavery, these ideals are not themselves evil. Neither are they unequivocally good, but there is much to be said for them, and much to be said against their opposites.
There are many directions I could go with this–secession, Southern culture, how the War was prosecuted, Reconstruction, etc–but I don't think it's all that necessary to do so. I'm certainly not the most intelligent Civil War commentator out there. I think what's most important to realize is how bad it was–600,000 Americans died at a time when the U.S. was much smaller than it is now–and to contemplate whether those deaths were necessary or unnecessary. People have described it both ways. I find that fascinating.


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Valley professor becomes 3rd to hike length of Grand CanyonPosted: Updated:
MESA, Ariz. -- A Mesa Community College professor is writing a book after becoming just the third person ever to hike the entire length of the Grand Canyon on both sides of the Colorado River.
Andrew Holycross first began the trek with his late wife, Ioana Hociota.
"We were just crazy about the Grand Canyon. We loved being down there. We loved being with our friends down there, and we loved having ambitions," said Holycross.
The couple dated for six years and tied the knot at the Grand Canyon. Just nine months after their wedding in 2012, Hociota mysteriously fell to her death while hiking a portion of the South Rim with their mutual friend.
"My first reaction after she fell was I just hated the canyon, and I never wanted to go back there again," said Holycross. "Pretty quickly after that, after talking to friends and stuff, that wasn't Ioana's spirit. Ioana was a finisher."
So Holycross made it his mission to finish what he and Hociota started.
Section by section, the pair covered almost all of the south side of the Grand Canyon before the tragedy. Then, on Sept. 22, 2013, Holycross began what would become a 65-day journey, covering more than 500 miles on the north side of the Colorado River, starting at Lees Ferry and ending at Pierce Ferry, through the Grand Canyon without stopping.
The quest took a lot of planning. With the help of friends, he mapped a route, obtained permits and stashed essentials.
"I had to put food caches in," Holycross said. "Eleven, 5-gallon buckets of food placed along the route."
The trek had its share of obstacles.
"Water was a huge concern, especially last year. It was pretty dry prior to the hike, so we were worried. A lot of the places, we were relying on pothole water," he said.
Then came the government shutdown, which forced the closure of all national parks, but Holycross and his group were allowed to continue on.
"We were in Phantom Ranch and there was nobody there, I mean a couple rangers and support staff, which was really weird," said Holycross. "All the campgrounds empty. I had never seen it like that."
Each day, the adventure had highlights and new discoveries.
"Beautiful, enormous rock panels of art that were made before Christ was born," said Holycross.
With the journey of closure complete, Holycross has a better perspective of the Grand Canyon.
"People drive up to that rim, and they look over it, and they 'oooh, awwww,' and they leave," he said. "That's their visit to Grand Canyon. They have no idea how immense it is."
Holycross also carries a message for his students.
"Take time out now for your dreams. You don't know if you're going to get three years from now," he said.
In the wake of Hociota's death, a scholarship fund and charity have been set up in her name. You can find information on those here:


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|Washington's Haley Jacobson hands off to Kennadi Bouyer
(photo courtesy University of Washington)
In Tempe, Arizona, the Washington women won the team title at the Baldy Castillo Invitational at Sun Angel Stadium Saturday, featuring squads from Texas A&M, Arizona State, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa, Iowa State, Illinois, and several smaller schools.
Washington won the women's team title with 110 points, with Texas A&M second with 99 and Oklahoma third with 98. Texas A&M rolled to the men's team title with 187 points, with UW fifth with 59.
Event winners for the women included Kimberly Stueckle (13.55w) in the 100m hurdles, Kristina Owsinski (14-1.25/4.30m) in the pole vault, and Kennadi Bouyer (19-5.5/5.93m) in the long jump. Gianna Woodruff (58.62 400H), Haley Jacobson (11.77 100m), the 4x100m relay team of Jacobson, Bouyer, Woodruff & Sierra Peterson (45.22), and Alanna Coker (39-10.5/12.15m TJ) all had second-place finishes for the women as well.
The 4x100m relay team's time of 45.22 is the third fastest in school history, and the best mark by a Husky quartet since 1985.
NCAA indoor All-American Jax Thoirs got the Huskies' lone win in the men's meet in the pole vault, clearing 17-4.5 (5.30m), to outlast teammate Chris Williams, who cleared the same height, but needed an extra attempt.
In Los Angeles, a limited number of athletes from Washington State competed at the USC Trojan Invitational at Loker Stadium Saturday.
Bradly Stevens threw a lifetime-best in the javelin of 219-feet 10 inches (67.01m) for fourth place. Sam Ferenchak took sixth place with a toss of 207-0 (63.09m) while Kyle Stevens, Bradly's older brother, opened the season with a toss of 205-4 (62.60m).
In the women's javelin, Celena Ward was the runner-up in the competition with a toss of 150-1 (45.74m) while Kelsie Taylor finished third with a throw of 141-9 (43.22m).
On the track, Andrea Smith ran the 100m hurdles in a time of 14.64 seconds, just 3/100s second off her lifetime-best time, for seventh place. The WSU men's 4x100m relay of Kyle Farmer, Terrance Chambers, Zach Smith and Lucas Sealby finished fourth with a time of 41.35. The women's 4x100m relay of Candice McFarland, Danielle Darden, Dominique Keel and Bria'una Watley finished fourth in a time of 45.77.
The Cougars will compete Tuesday at the Jim Bush Collegiate meet hosted by UCLA, which will be telecast live on the Pac-12 Network.
In Tuscon, Arizona, Washington State alum Jeshua Anderson opened up his 2015 campaign by winning the 400 hurdles at the Willie Williams Classic, hosted by the University of Arizona, in a time of 49.96.
In Gresham, Oregon, Western Washington's Katie Reichert continued her winning ways in the javelin, as she won with a toss of 152-3 (46.41m) at the Rose City Preview meet at Mt. Hood Community College.
Reichert is one of women so far this season to own an automatic qualifying mark for May's NCAA Division II championships, as she threw 159-2 (48.51m) two weeks ago at the Puget Sound 5-way meet in Tacoma.
Results from the Rose City Preview meet are available here.
NOTE: The sports information offices of Washington, Washington State, Arizona, Arizona State, and the USTFCCCA/TFRRS contributed to this report.


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Cupressus sempervirens
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Cupressus sempervirens L.
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
Cupressus sempervirens L. subsp. horizontalis (Mill.) A.Camus
Cupressus sempervirens L. subsp. indica (Parl.) Silba
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. sphaerocarps (Parl.) Parl.
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. umbilicata (Parl.) Parl.
Cupressus sempervirens L. fma. stricta (Aiton) Rehder
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. atlantica (Gaussen) Silba
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. dupreziana (Camus) Silba
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. globulifera Parl.
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. horizontalis (Mill.) Loudon
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. indica Parl.
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. numidica Trab.
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. pendula (Endl.) A.Camus
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. stricta Aiton
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden.
|Taxonomic Notes:
|The columnar, fastigiate form of this cypress, an iconic feature of the (urban) landscape in the Mediterranean, is not to be equated with the true species. Linnaeus's type specimen is from Crete and belonged to a tree that grew in the wild and most probably did not have this form. The columnar form is best considered a cultigen. It is not here included in the species.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Farjon, A.
|Thomas, P.
This species in its uncultivated form is very widespread but scattered; large and viable subpopulations exist as well as relict trees without successful reproduction in situ. It will certainly be of regional concern, e.g. in Israel and Lebanon, but globally it is still too abundant to be threatened with extinction. Exploitation has largely ceased, except local use for firewood in wood-deficient areas.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species is found in the eastern Mediterranean: Crete, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece (?); N Africa: Libya; Western Asia: Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey [W Mediterranean distribution based on cultigens].
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Cyprus; Greece (East Aegean Is., Greece (mainland) - Present - Origin Uncertain, Kriti); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Libya; Turkey
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|The global population of this species is very scattered, with sometimes extensive stands as seen in southern Turkey, but often few trees or even solitary trees.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This cypress grows in maquis and in pine or juniper woodland associated with Pinus brutia, Juniperus excelsa, J. foetidissima, J. drupacea, J. phoenicea, Quercus spp., Pistacia atlantica, Amygdalus scoparia, and Poterium spinosum; in rocky soil mostly over limestone on slopes and in gorges, occasionally igneous rock. In its natural habitat occurs from 90 m to 1700 m a.s.l. The climate is Mediterranean with dry, hot summers and winter rain, or semi-arid in more interior (eastern) parts of its range.
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
|Generation Length (years):
|Use and Trade:
|There is a long history of exploitation going back to the times of the ancient East Mediterranean and Levantian civilisations. First, its wood was valued for its resistance to decay, later it also became an ornamental. This latter use has led to widespread introduction throughout the Mediterranean at least from Roman times to the present. In many villages and towns the fastigiate, columnar, or conical form is a very characteristic feature of the coastal and urban landscapes. In several localities it regenerates spontaneously, but the fastigiate habit betrays its cultivated origin. These old cultivars can be quite hardy and withstand snow and frost to -20º C or even lower. A few modern cultivars, some dating from the nineteenth century, are known but rare in cultivation.
|Major Threat(s):
|The species in a narrow sense (i.e. excluding cultivated forms) is widespread but scattered in the Middle East and quite rare in the most western parts of its range. The long history of both exploitation of its wood, which has led to decline, and introduction with cultivation, which has led to the spread of a fastigiate growth form across the Mediterranean and beyond, makes a true assessment of its status very difficult. It is, however, considered sufficiently abundant even in the truly wild form to be not in danger of extinction.
|Conservation Actions:
|This species is present in several protected areas.
|Farjon, A. 2013. Cupressus sempervirens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T32518A2821211. . Downloaded on 17 July 2018.
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What It Is And What It Is Not
I might be able, with Sue's help, to make a list or two about what our Bus Ride Story Adventure is and what it is not. But I will hold off for now on the list making. I feel inclined, instead, to "try" to explain our mission by drawing from Murat Yagan's monograph, "Transformation And The Seven Ways To Knowledge."
My excerpt from this is offered on the page linked here. (Hopefully completed and posted by Saturday.) This will aid you, I trust, in being able to more fully grasp that while Sue and I are presenting, presently, merely, at the "Show and Tell" level, the true destination for our tour is "awe." (Check out our archive links for discussions on awe.)
Still only the courageous adventurers should get on board.
Assuring participants and participants-to-be that we have a viable model for, nothing less than personal and community transformation, is no simple undertaking. Definitely not something readily described in a how-to travel brochure, even with our very best articulation skills, accrued to date.
So there we are, stuck on the language part though not stuck at all on guiding the experience and always learning through the mishaps of our own limitations. However, one must have patience with the process and endurance to bear with us, as we, co-creatively, move through our labyrinth. (Remember, I stated earlier, a bus ride can be like a labyrinth. But you must stay the course to get the rewards.)
The course = a minimum of four to six Bus Ride Story Adventure sessions plus personal processing and guidance between sessions. (Travelers are welcome regardless of length of travel. Reaching awe, however, takes this long.)
Today, having been, once again, called to the undertaking of attempting concrete articulation, I offer this humble formulation, knowing, full well, it is certain to fall short. However, after spending a richly rewarding one hour plus yesterday, via conference call, obtaining feedback on our possible mis-steps from a generous participant of our recent Bus Ride Story Adventure rehearsal, I know I must try and try again to describe that which by its very nature defies easy description.
Sue and I did a complex dance with our generous attendee evaluator, doing our best to learn from the view of another, as to how we can best be effective as guides. Thus we were reminded, again, how much our students are our teachers and just how very steep is the climb.
We are, after all, regardless of how our destination is described in earthly terms, within the limitations of human language, intent on reaching the peak of the Mountain of Awe! Words and explanations only go so far to articulate such a culmination which emerges only through the cumulative efforts of a group going through a process, not an event.
What that means, in the most easy to understand language I can offer, is that we are intent on guiding those who have the courage and commitment to travel/work with us, so that we may, collectively, experience the sense of high unity and cooperation we call synergy and supreme well -being.
Not readily attained human commodities. Attributes of our reaching that peak include, but are not limited to, a collective experience of clarity and win-win outcomes on every level for each and every one of our travelers (No one wins, unless everyone wins.).
Our prayer is that each and every one who chooses to travel with us will have the courage and the commitment to stay the course.
Oh, this is quite an adventure! We are definitely up to it, Sue and I. And we hope the others will be too.
With the challenging effort (Could it be futile as in "you had to be there" ?) in mind to "try" to, more concretely, describe our adventure, I am posting an excerpt of Murat's "…. Seven Ways To Knowledge" – for the edification of all. And, I reiterate, as on an earlier post, Sue and I, as tour guides on this adventure, are currently presenting only up to levels one and two, the levels of "Show and Tell."
Will you trust us to guide you to the peak we are after?
(Books by Murat Yagan are available through New Horizons Support Network, Inc. and the Kebzeh Foundation.)
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
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I really enjoyed using TodaysMeet! We experienced using it during one of our inservices and enjoyed how it allowed us to continually ask questions without interrupting or worrying about forgetting our questions.
Two other favorites of mine included Wallwisher, and Poll Everywhere. Both of these tools required simple set-up processes and could easily be integrated into any class, regardless of the subject!
Poll Everywhere would definitely be a class favorite! It appeals to the students by allowing them to do what they do best, text! On the other hand, Wallwisher allows students to post questions, comments or concerns on a virtual sticky note. It sure beats taking notes the "old-fashioned" way!
All of the resources above are absolutely perfect for encouraging discussion in and out of the classroom because it allows every student to voice their opinion in a non-threatening, non-verbal, non-intimidating atmosphere and manner!


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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Honeymoon, Day 1 (Monday)
2nd already posted some pictures of our honeymoon, but I wanted to put a more detailed summary of our adventures, since not everyone has heard all of our stories yet.
For our honeymoon, we went to Grenada (the island in the Caribbean, not the city in Spain). We got a lot of odd reactions on telling people about our plans. Most people older than us asked if that was where the US had invaded in the early '80s. Yup. In October of 1983, a communist coup killed the head of the government. The US invaded six days into the coup, allegedly at the request of the Governor-General, and the government of Dominica. However, all of the travel guides indicated that Grenada is safe and friendly to Americans these days. And although it was hit hard by hurricane Ivan in 2004, Grenada is widely reported to be recovering rapidly.
Grenada is referred to as the Spice Island. They are the largest producer of nutmeg in the world -- they even have a nutmeg on their national flag -- but they also grow many other spices. We decided it would be a good place to soak up culture and food in addition to the beaches.
It took a little bit of traveling to get there. First, we flew to San Juan, Puerto Rico. From there, we changed carriers and took a prop plane to St. Vincent, which had a tiny, tiny airport. Then, we connected to Grenada. We arrived late Sunday night, and, after the local who rented us our jeep for the week crazily drove us to our hotel (little did we know, everybody on the island would be driving crazily!), we checked in for the night.
We decided to sleep in a bit on Monday. We eventually got up and checked out our view from our balcony!
If you look closely, you can see a pair of cruise ships across the beach -- that's St. George's, the capital of Grenada. From our hotel, we could see straight in to St. George's harbor. Incidentally, that would be our first stop.
We headed into town and walked along the harbor. The road and sidewalk were only a few feet above sea level, and waves occasionally splashed up on them. While in town, we booked our ferry tickets to Carriacou, a smaller island to the north, still part of the nation of Grenada. More about that trip on Day 3. We checked out the local shops, and we gathered ideas for where we wanted to eat and what we wanted to do with our week.
We spent a good part of the day exploring around the streets and shops, and we stumbled upon a good place for lunch -- it looked more like a home than a restaurant! We had some nice fried chicken. (More chickens were just wandering around the street.) We also had a great lime-squash drink!
Then we visited Fort George. This is where the coup and assassination took place. Strangely enough, that was the first time a shot was ever fired at the fort.
Late in the afternoon, we headed back to our hotel and Grand Anse Beach, the most popular beach on Grenada. And would you believe we had it all to ourselves! It was just downhill of our hotel room.
In the evening, we headed out for dinner. I can't remember the name of the restaurant we ate at, but we had a nice banana split for dessert, with a local twist. Nutmeg ice cream!
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Baby A 5lbs 7ozs 20 percentile
Baby B 4lbs 12ozs 10 percentile
So measurements can't be quite right since I'm pretty sure A didn't lose weight. Seems like the placenta isn't working as well but doc still wants to wait till April 2 nd to induce. I don't think she will make it.
She had some contractions show up on the NST and she's fully effaced, head is -1 and she's 1 cm dilated.
G had another appt Friday March 27th but saw a different doc because ours is on vacation till Wednesday. She didn't do much just looked at NST which looked good. Basically acted like she didn't want to say anything because it would be different then our doc would say.
Today is March 31st and still no babies looks like she will be induced April 2nd. We have appt tomorrow to check on babies and make last minute decisions I will do my best to update ASAP!


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It's been a long time since I've posted anything on this blog. Not long ago a friend of mine asked me if I was blogging anymore. That was a good and fair question to ask. I took a break. A much needed break from blogging. It's been good. It gave me time to clear my head and time to refocus.
This past year has been tough. I'll not share the details, but the Lord has been working on me through it and showing me some things about myself that I didn't know we're there. Some of it was good and some of it was ugly. Let me just say that the ugly wasn't very easy to take in or deal with, so it's taken a lot of time to deal with and process it all.
I'm so very grateful to serve a God that loves me so much that He shows me the ugly. I'm so very blessed that He sent His Holy Spirit to dwell within me to whisper in my ear the hard things, convicting me until I fall to my knees in repentance.
I'm so very undeserving of a Father that loves me just as I am!
There's no telling what shape this blog will take in the future, but I do know that I'm being shaped and conformed more into my Savior's image, so don't be surprised to read more about Him here. :)
On that note....
My firstborn, 16 year old, David, left early this morning for his first international mission trip. He was so excited to go. He'll be in the Dominican Republic for 9 days working in a school. He'll be painting the school, going door to door in the area and working a VBS for a few days. He'll get one leisure day where the team that he's with will get to go to the beach and do some shopping. He asked for some words of wisdom late last night from me and my husband. After thinking back to my first international mission trip I reminded him that the trip wasn't about him, but about the people he was going to serve. I assured him that if he went with a mindset to truly serve others with the love of Christ, that the Lord in return would certainly teach him great things as well. The things I learned on my first international mission trip still yield fruit in my life today. I pray that this is the case with David as well as the rest of the team.
I'll leave with a prayer. I was touched by it as it's so similar to what I wrote above (only much more eloquent) and where the Lord has been dealing with me. A huge THANK YOU to my friend, "Cat", for posting this personal prayer on facebook for me to see, copy and paste! :)
Lord, when I get distracted, when I get overwhelmed, when I get lured away, when I hide... I thank You for continuing to pursue my heart, to win it, to make it Your own. Thank You for surprising me with Your mercy. Thank You for whispering Your love in my ear, humming Your grace in my heart, and waiting for me in the secret places day after day after day after day after day after day.......