Holy Fire... Burn away my desire for anything that is not of you and is of meEmpty me.-- and here I enter into what is known as... America.. to start anew.. to begin something else. Leaveing a life I've been living for 2 mo. and entering a new one that is old yet new...www.impulseponderingsofagirlnamedlara.blogspot.com ...
It's the moments like these I will never forget, the moments like these I will miss. Something like going all out and wearing the German colors with pride is really something no one in America can or will understand. Yeah, I know I will miss that. I have loved it here, and I don't want to leave, but God is calling me too....
Hey guys, it is pretty much my last chance to use the internet while here in Germany, and so it's weird to say this is my last entry before coming home, and my last entry on this blog before returning here-- God has done so much this summer, I don't even know where to begin...To say I'm not ready to return home would...
I don't really know the reason of this post other than to simply post pictures of a couple of people who I absolutely love and are close to my heart. :)So basically, I have no life.I am really sickly feeling today. I believe I have a sinus infection i.e. Mom can you make me an appointment for when I get back-- I believe...
I am so TIRED!!! I do NOT know where to begin. This new hair do is nice, but it requires me to take my showers in the morning. Boo!!This week so far has been quite amazing. I am actually updating at postcardsfromedgeu.blogspot.com - CRAZY! i know!!The students this week and the interns have been such an amazing encouragement to me this week. It...
this is me definately talking to chelsie while she is taking my picture:this is me sitting on a chair while damaris whipped out the camera and took my picture. pssh.this is me ignoring the camera-personI decided I needed an adventure. And getting a haircut in a foreign land with very little communication with the gay german hair dresser was quite the decision.. but...
There’s something about life, something about it that makes it so intriguing, so mysterious. Beneath the surface there is something so poetic about life, that makes us long to hear about struggle and joys of other people. Songs, music, movies, art, coffee shops-- conversation. Life. What do I want out of life? That’s a tough question. A question, I honestly can’t truly answer....
My best friend, Jordie, totally met these super cool cats in Bonn a couple of weeks ago. Last night they invited us to their church (www.jesusfreakskoeln.de) and it was simply amazing. I told my story to the whole church, and we got invited to a wedding... but we will be back in America when they have it. Afterwards we hung out and I...
pictures from our picnic at the University This week we have gained two new members to our family. Not that I'm counting or anything, but it truly excites me.I know my blog entries have not been up to par... i know, i know.There is so much going on... so much I need prayer for. Discernment, decision making... worries, fears, insecurities... I could go...
The LTG I am in (Life Transformation Group) is studying and reading the book of Esther.It was suggested by one of the girls, and I took her up on it… I haven’t read the book in a while and decided that reading it again definitely sounded like a good idea. We have yet to discuss this book yet, seeing as our LTG is...
First off, Jordan's Mom and Grandma-- thank you SO much for your encouragement.I cannot begin to explain how much Jordan means to me and how much she herself encourages me, i love getting on my blog and reading your encouraging notes. You guys are an amazing family, and I see where Jordan finds her passions and joys. She is an amazing girl, and...
I have always been into journaling, but for some reason this summer my journaling efforts have been below par. Part of it is simply my being lazy. I decide "meh, I'll just think it, i don't feel like writing it all out..." However, this summer hasn't been like any of the other summers... I am confused. Confused about so many things. A week...
i am in hamburg staying with some friends i will be working w/ in a year. I love it here, and i love the people I traveled with. They make my teeth sweat and they make me smile. hamburg is a lot different than koeln, and i love when people say they are hamburgers. random fact: hamburgers are "citizens" of hamburg... they are...
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**warning i was def in a weird mood when i wrote this and side note to all of you.. i definately DID start falling asleep again at the fachhochschule while writing this and i decided not to repeat what I had done a couple of days before and I came back to the hostel and slept for 2 hours in the staff room......
This week has been busy! Our first team arrived on Saturday, and it has been so wonderful watching them unleash on what is Germany. We also have an intern team in Duisburg.I, myself, have been spending time at the Fachhochschule - which is the School of Applied Sciences. Yesterday, I decided to study some German in the library, which honestly was NOT too...
I will be truthful. There are days that I absolutely hate it here. I am recording this not for only you to know, but also so that I may remember... I dont know how to explain it. There is a grey here. I hate it. I hate not seeing the hankerchief miracles and I know it is because I dont have the faith...
I am sitting at the internet cafe, after a day of truly living life.Today I had a staff meeting and then went to media markt to buy alarm clocks, to the grocery store to buy supplies for a base camp, and then to mueller for office supplies for the hostel and then I stopped to get some eis and continued to run errands....
“…from one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places they would live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. ‘For in him we...
A couple of days ago, a few of us climbed to the top of the Dom. I took a picture of J praying simply because well uhm I felt like it. "Missions" is not about making a scrap book, this I understand but I cannot explain to you what was going through our minds, and maybe I can justify this picture through this...
Things can get confusing on the field. I guess... things can get confusing wherever you are. (you will have to excuse my many typos.. german keyboards are crazy). It is hard really knowing what my place is. I am told I am here to encourage the interns, which is good, but I also feel much of my time if filled with logistical things....
I’m traveling right now, I’m in between time and space, and getting to know my team mates really well, in between the movies and the random, non-making sense conversations, oh.. and we can’t forget when B. Juergins comes by to flirt.. shouldn’t it be a rule that 18 year old German boys are NOT allowed to be flight attendants on airplanes? I think...
Do you find the pattern the same... everytime you switch shampoos? It's as if the beginning of a new bottle/new brand of shampoo is symbolic of a brand new chapter in life... or maybe that's just me thinking too hard about things.. the "english teacher" side coming out, right?No. I'm not making this up. It's true. It's how God intended things. So what...
So, as today is memorial day, I spent time with family, and also realized how soon it is that I am leaving for the summer-- as it was the last time i'd see many of those i spent time with. It was a good time with family, a good time talking, a good time laughing, a good time eating.So, do you realize I...
There is something about looking at something from a different perspective that makes it intriguing. Why exactly things like this intrigue us really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. So many times I'm in my backyard and I just see these potted plants as what they are.. potted plants. I fail to see the beauty of the flower, or plant,...
Hey Friends-I know I know, why does she need another blog right?Well, many of you do check www.postcardsfromedgeu.blogspot during the summer while I'm in Germany working with the M's and students that travel through, however.. as I am a journalism major (meh.. i'm an ameteur really) I decided I would like to have my own blog to tell of my adventures, my joys,...
