I don't know how many people actually have read it, but in the "this sojourner" part of this blog is a short "About Me" thing that I typed up some time ago and added to as time passed (some of the most recent additions were actually permitted plagarisms from my dear sister-friend, Hannah).  I generally copy-and-paste that short paragraph to be used ( Read more... )

So...this is my first blog post from near the bottom of the world. I've been in New Zealand for several days thus far, and am SO glad I came! The past few days have been filled with (in no particular order) cooking, cleaning, discussions on spiritual things, unpacking, going grocery shopping, good conversations, playing with and training sweet ( Read more... )

C. S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors...and yesterday I finally finished his The Four Loves. As would be expected from a Lewis book, it was very good...and full of such jewels of quotes that a word-lover like me enjoys greatly!  I thought I'd share some of my favorites with you all...

[Speaking of how every human's love for God is a "Need-love ( Read more... )

After personal experience and much thought about some of the things the Lord has been teaching me lately, I’ve come to a conclusion...politeness is a great destroyer of true fellowship and close friendships.

That may seem like a ridiculous thing to say...I mean, aren’t we supposed to be polite to each other?! Well, actually, according to the Bible ( Read more... )

After the couple months of summer, I am once again back at school. I know that I said I wasn’t going to be coming back, but plans changed and I’m back now. This year is going to be very different from last year…many things have changed, I’m not taking a full load, etc., but it’s still good to be back!

Since many of my close friends are here at ( Read more... )

As I'm done here this Wednesday, today was my last Sunday fellowshipping with the wonderful Body of believers that I've found here in Florida.   And though it was rather sad because I don't know if I'm ever going to see any of those people again this side of Heaven, it was good.  Quite unexpectedly, right after the "service" and before the ( Read more... )

Last night was probably the most enjoyable experience I've had all these months in Florida...and it was just a simple ladies' fellowship/sewing night for all the women and older girls from our new church.   Karen wasn't able to come, but I went for as much of it as I could...I ended up getting there over an hour late because I had to wait until ( Read more... )