christmas. blessings.
i got a phone call around 4 today, asking if i could help people from my youth group feed the homeless like an hour later. i've done this kind of thing before, but it was really...cool? (im not sure what word to put there)
i had the normal response: "wow, these people have so little, and they're still happy" (after all, we served taco salad..who wouldnt be happy?) but once we cleaned up and started walking back to our cars to go home, i saw something else: 2 women getting ready to sleep on the sidewalk. yeah, in the movies, the hobos huddle around a fire and they're like family, but this was real. they had a blanket, a few bags, some extra taco salad, and each other.
i've wanted to post a "stuff i like" list, if for anything, just to sort stuff out. but now ive re-titled it...enjoy, and comment with your own...
THINGS I CAN AFFORD TO LIKE
(even tho some are free)
-coffee/hot chocolate/etc, & interesting coffee cups
-traveling, whether for mission trips or just because
-bike rides to nowhere in particular
-christmas lights, shows, gifts...you know this list
-reading
-and writing
-old houses
-..and antiques, as long as they're not too ruined
-roller coasters
-chocolate dessert
-florida
-wallace and gromit (and mostly anything else from london)
-architecture/design
-music. enough said.
-"parties" (or just hanging out)
-sooo many movies. stuff ive watched recently:
.the simpsons movie.
.sweeny todd.
.national treasure 2.
.the invisible.
.w&g: curse of the were-rabbit.
.its a wonderful life.
.moulin rouge.
.wizard of oz.
-the beach, but only sometimes
-my camera
-food from other cultures (i really want to learn how to use chop sticks)
-giving stuff
-cities at night
-google and wikipedia (i dont care what teachers say)
-discussions
-super bowl commericals
-wandering around bookstores
-old Coke stuff (ads, etc...)
-canoeing
-long lists (much like this one...)
-ceramics
-sleeping in with no alarm
-snow, ice skating
-"thats what she said" jokes
-snail mail
-historical stories. not dates, but stories.
and the exact oppostie...stuff i dont like:
-skinny christmas trees
-awkrard silences
-crappy cars
-last minute gift-getting
-science fiction thats waaay out there
-old people in slow cars
-my middle name. and when people ask if ill name my kid "david" (btw...NO that would be entirely unoriginal)
-subdivisions with cookie cutter houses
-Lowes. because its gonna bring a ton of traffic close to my house.
-all the debates about the end of the world
-fowarded text messages/emails
-instruction manuals
-math
-high school "drama" that i hope i wasnt part of (not acting-drama. i mean like stupid "o my word, they're dating? wait..they just broke up!" drama)
-busy grocery stores and grumpy cashiers
-pork
-certain people who chew tobacco and hang out in the publix parking lot
-movies with all action, no plot whatsoever
-celebrities who act like idiots (new fad: DUI)
well, thats that.
2 more weeks til the philippines. my mom says im too "picky, etc" and that "the 3 months will do me good".
yes, they will. people ask if im scard. of living in a different country for a while? no (even though i complain about change, i usually adapt and forget). of the 30 hour plane ride, by myself? a little. not knowing at all what ill be doing what ill be like later? bingo.
stuff always changes. the fun part of this "journey" called life is seeing how we change with it...
til whenever...
david
ray
nisley
(jr)
i had the normal response: "wow, these people have so little, and they're still happy" (after all, we served taco salad..who wouldnt be happy?) but once we cleaned up and started walking back to our cars to go home, i saw something else: 2 women getting ready to sleep on the sidewalk. yeah, in the movies, the hobos huddle around a fire and they're like family, but this was real. they had a blanket, a few bags, some extra taco salad, and each other.
i've wanted to post a "stuff i like" list, if for anything, just to sort stuff out. but now ive re-titled it...enjoy, and comment with your own...
THINGS I CAN AFFORD TO LIKE
(even tho some are free)
-coffee/hot chocolate/etc, & interesting coffee cups
-traveling, whether for mission trips or just because
-bike rides to nowhere in particular
-christmas lights, shows, gifts...you know this list
-reading
-and writing
-old houses
-..and antiques, as long as they're not too ruined
-roller coasters
-chocolate dessert
-florida
-wallace and gromit (and mostly anything else from london)
-architecture/design
-music. enough said.
-"parties" (or just hanging out)
-sooo many movies. stuff ive watched recently:
.the simpsons movie.
.sweeny todd.
.national treasure 2.
.the invisible.
.w&g: curse of the were-rabbit.
.its a wonderful life.
.moulin rouge.
.wizard of oz.
-the beach, but only sometimes
-my camera
-food from other cultures (i really want to learn how to use chop sticks)
-giving stuff
-cities at night
-google and wikipedia (i dont care what teachers say)
-discussions
-super bowl commericals
-wandering around bookstores
-old Coke stuff (ads, etc...)
-canoeing
-long lists (much like this one...)
-ceramics
-sleeping in with no alarm
-snow, ice skating
-"thats what she said" jokes
-snail mail
-historical stories. not dates, but stories.
and the exact oppostie...stuff i dont like:
-skinny christmas trees
-awkrard silences
-crappy cars
-last minute gift-getting
-science fiction thats waaay out there
-old people in slow cars
-my middle name. and when people ask if ill name my kid "david" (btw...NO that would be entirely unoriginal)
-subdivisions with cookie cutter houses
-Lowes. because its gonna bring a ton of traffic close to my house.
-all the debates about the end of the world
-fowarded text messages/emails
-instruction manuals
-math
-high school "drama" that i hope i wasnt part of (not acting-drama. i mean like stupid "o my word, they're dating? wait..they just broke up!" drama)
-busy grocery stores and grumpy cashiers
-pork
-certain people who chew tobacco and hang out in the publix parking lot
-movies with all action, no plot whatsoever
-celebrities who act like idiots (new fad: DUI)
well, thats that.
2 more weeks til the philippines. my mom says im too "picky, etc" and that "the 3 months will do me good".
yes, they will. people ask if im scard. of living in a different country for a while? no (even though i complain about change, i usually adapt and forget). of the 30 hour plane ride, by myself? a little. not knowing at all what ill be doing what ill be like later? bingo.
stuff always changes. the fun part of this "journey" called life is seeing how we change with it...
til whenever...
david
ray
nisley
(jr)