Here’s what I did today: Get up Eat breakfast Go to wal-mart for spirals Drive to school Go to class Get books at library Go to another class Buy books Work-out Go up to my former place of work to get my check Deposit check Go to wal-mart for milk, a lock, and a picture … Continue reading →

I bought a five dollar gift card (for an amigo) and a Bible (for a presentation) tonight at Wal Mart. Here’s how my conversation with the cashier went: Her: Are you buying someone a gift? Me: Yeah. It’s a friends’ birthday. Her (talking about the Bible): Well, that’s a good gift. You know, Eternal Life. Me (thinking … Continue reading →

Let me run through this generic conversation that each one of us have about a jillion times a day: Me: Hey! How are you? You: I’m fine. How ’bout you? Me: Doin’ good. You: Good to see you. Me: You too… My homeless amigo in high school never said, “I’m good” or “I’m fine”. He … Continue reading →

When I think of Lent, I think of giving up something. I had a friend give up hope one year (only joking, of course.) In middle school, I gave up the use of spoons. Needless to say, I think that I seriously missed the point. Even though Lent is not biblical, personal sacrifice for the … Continue reading →

I was trying to think of a coherent way to tell you everything that’s gone down lately but I couldn’t so I’ll just list them. Thanks and gig ’em. -At work this week, I asked a customer if he had a last name, to which he replied, “Yeah, yeah I do. Doesn’t everyone?” Then yesterday … Continue reading →

I went on a retreat this weekend but I came back early to study. Here’s what happened next… A Scavenger Hunt, A ring, A promise. 🙂 Continue reading →

Last night, I just felt like a terrible sinner who can’t get it right. Someone who doesn’t deserve Your forgiveness, much less Your love. I felt small and insignificant. I was forgetting one thing. Grace. Sweet grace. I am a sinner. I’m selfish. I’m prideful. I’m a gossip. I”m judgemental. I’m hypocritical. I’m weak. I’m … Continue reading →

This is the girly version. For the boy version, go here Pinch me. I must be dreaming. This can’t be real. Any minute now, I will wake up in the Annex of the library across the table from a corps boy who snores like a chainsaw. pinch Nope. It’s real. I’m awake and I’m in … Continue reading →

Lately, I’ve been wondering how we’re supposed to hear God’s voice. When people say, “God spoke to me,” what does that mean? How? There are countless examples in the Bible of God speaking through the silence, through a burning bush, through men, through angels. How does He speak to us now? In the same ways? … Continue reading →

So my computer got broken in the famous Rolling Brownouts last week but we’re up and running again. The FedEx guy delivered a new power cord yesterday during my nap; for some reason, this also means that he brought motivation. Yay! God has been teaching me so much. Most of it, I enjoyed learning. Here’s … Continue reading →