I would like to share the story of my Peanuts calander picture for April with you all ( Read more... )

Do you ever have an assignment or simply for the sake of comparison a task, that although hardly difficult, you can't quite seem to carry through with it. You might sit there staring, or struggling with the words, or keep coming back to it only to leave again.You question yourself saying, "This should be simple," yet at that moment in time its ( Read more... )

So a lot has happened since my last ramble, but I'll start with today! Snow day!!! For me the effects were minimal since I still had to get up at 7 to go to work, but at least I didn't have to hurry over to my discussion afterward or take my psychology exam at 3pm. I am definately glad I'll have extra time to study for the exam this weekend. As for ( Read more... )

Carpe  Diem.

Proportionally there would be:

57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 North and South Americans
8 Africans

The world is also:

51% women
70% non Caucasian
70% non Christian

Of the world's inhabitants there are:

80% in substandard housing
70% illiterate
50% malnourished
1% college educated
<1% who own a computer

Interesting isn't it?

1-17-08

Today we went back to the same house and cleaned up the giant pile of sheet rock and debris with wheelbarrels and dropped it in the dumpster. Jason made us an awesome ramp. We also moved some doors out of the house nextdoor. After lunch I went with Jason and Chris to help Jim dig. We had to find the waterline, and Jason and I dug down under ( Read more... )

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1-13-08

So this morning I woke up to a 6:30 alarm instead of 7. It was the first day that I set my own alarm for church, and I forgot my phone is still set for home time. Still, I didn't mind being up because I had ample time to do things like eat a bagel and cheerios for breakfast. One boy at breakfast who is always playing guitar (Fred) let me ( Read more... )

1-11-08

Today we passed out monthly newsletters to the Biloxi community telling them about loans and other resources available. To distribute them we were dropped off at different streets by group. We joked that one of the few laws in Mississippi is that you can't touch people's mailboxes. We met some neat people as we walked around. Two in ( Read more... )

I warn you that these journal entries are in a stream of consciousness format. I simply wrote my thoughts, and recorded details about what went on during the day so some are quite long. I think I'll post them in twos.

1-9-08

Dad and I set out early Tuesday morning so we could move all my stuff into the dorm by 8am. We made it with time to spare, and ( Read more... )