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Psalm 57:9-11Archive for April, 2008
International Week
Ahhh….. my last intl week. Sad! But twas also busy. Here’s the wrap up:
(click on the pics to open them in a new window)
Last Saturday was the Dallas Baptist Association Children’s Missions Fair. We had to be there at 7:30 to set up all the band stuff. Nothing like being awake that early on a Saturday.. It was fun tho. Jess and I did the motions for both songs the band did. Yay for looking silly in front of a couple hundred kids. I wish I could say it was the 1st time….
Gracie, Masa and Marty felt the
need to play dress up at the Middle Eastern table. (of course)
Then Gracie decided to try belly dancing. Classic…
Sunday morning we went to South Park Church b/c the Koreans were performing there and Max begged for help from the band. Since Masa couldn’t go, Vina was the only non-korean on stage. Way to represent lah. 
Next came International Noondays on Monday. At which point the boys lost the cymbals. Yes, yes, they left them laying in the grass when loading up the van and didn’t realize it till we started trying to have practice that night. Cool. All was not lost though. These are the moments when it’s good that we go to DBU. Someone found them and turned them into the music department. *whew* that was a close one!
Wednesday was Intl Chapel. Yay for getting up early…. again(!) :-/ It was good though. I must admit it went a lot better than I was anticipating it would. Good job guys!
Friday there was an Intl Prayer/Praise Meeting for Dr. Cook. The band was “strongly encouraged” to attend. It was outside and really nice. There were prayers in about 6 different languages which is always fun. I sat outside for 40 minutes and was successful in getting my 1st sunburn of the year. Ah the joys of being pasty white….
Saturday was the day. The day I look forward to all year long. Intl Soccer Tourney! Tho I must admit that some of the magic was gone. Wasn’t the same w/o all the guys we lost this year. It was still a good time. A BEAutiful day even though it got a bit on the cold side by the final game. Even tho Los Matadores didn’t win, they sure did put forth a great effort! It was SO close! Mom was proud As is tradition, we made a journey to King Chinese BBQ after the tourney to celebrate our almost victory
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Sunday was nice. We went back to Soli Deo Indonesian church. I like that place. They’re so nice and they always feed us indo food. My fave is this little old indo man that always comes to our table bearing desserts and a smile. I love him…. For two reasons: the desserts and his smile. 
He is SO cute.
After church, we decided to romp in the bluebonnets. An ill-fated plan that resulted in Jess contracting poison ivy. (she wouldddd……..) 
We got good pics tho! And good memories
I think that about wraps it up. Busy week but all worth it. I’m sad it was my last Intl Week. Maybe I’ll have my own version of it next year in Korea. Guess we’ll see. It’s now 2:30am and I’m exhausted. Perhaps it’s time for bed now. I’ll try for some of this “sleep” that I’ve heard people talking about…
for a glimpse of many many more pics than this, click on my flickr link on the right (My life, my loves, my pics)
best.day.ever
Aside from a couple minor glitches, today was possibly the best day I’ve had all year. I dunno, maybe my attitude is just better. No.. no, it was a good day. Great day. And I really needed it. Thanks Lord!
1. I was told last week that I had been misadvised and am enrolled in a class that I do not need for graduation. It happens to be just about my least fave class this semester so I wasn’t a happy camper to hear that I was in it all for naught. My advisor called me today and said that she could get it taken care of for me since it wasn’t my fault. Soooo…. I got to drop the class with no penalty or anything!! So now I’m only taking 3 classes. **does a happy happy dance of joy** That was happy thing #1 but the hits just kept on coming…
2. God must have known that I was craving restoration to some relationships b/c today, I somehow got to talk to my 4 long lost bros who happen to be on 4 different continents. Very nice chat with Esa, texting with Nelson, msn with Alex, and a surprise phone call from Jim! All in the same day! Ah! I miss you boys all SO much. Thanks so much for spreading across the globe all at the same time and abandoning me here. Real cool guys. After all I did for you…..
3. Hanging out in the LC with Dr. Garrett and KayLynn. Love love love KayLynn. Though somehow I worked myself into speaking in two of her classes tomorrow. (cool. You know how I love public speaking so…)
4. Korean class! I’m in love. Best (and cheapest) class I’ve ever taken at DBU. Do I already know most of what we’re learning? Well yes. But it’s still soooo much fun. ^^
5. Spring sing with Vina and Jess. The admissions office skit had it all….. Esa n Nelson’s roomies dressed as bandits and dancing, Guitar Hero, singing, DTR’s and dating Jesus. Very dbu-ish. Twas amazing….
6. Chick Fil A and sweet tea. (nothing more needs to be said here)
7. An amazingly long convo with my precious roomie about hunger (hehehe) and fishing (for goldfish with muscles…lol) Korea and several other things I won’t mention here. I’m SO blessed to have her in my life. Thanks Jim for introducing her to me over a year ago!
I was gonna do a top ten list, but I think u get the picture with just seven. Seven is a good number. God liked it.
Weird news for the day:
~ I woke up with my headphone cord tangled up in my hair (hair’s in curly mode now) so my head was tied to my computer with the cord somehow. So when I rolled over to turn off my alarm, the laptop came along with the cord and hit me in the head. Pretty sure only I could manage to do that. And maybe Tubby.
~I learned recently (and it was confirmed tonight with much fanfare) that DBU is changing to an all Coca Cola campus effective June 1. No more Dr. Pepper. (which I think does not bode well for the Dr. Pepper Shoppe) I’ve got to tell you that Dr. Pepper is the reason I came here. Yeah, I mean, there were other reasons I had an interest in dbu, but once I came and saw it was an all DP campus, I felt like I had received confirmation of my calling here. Scripture confirmation was good. Godly counsel with Alan was great. But when I got soft drink confirmation, I knew I was meant to be. I was being called to a land flowing with Diet and regular Dr. Pepper. You know what I think about the change? I’m not putting up with that junk. I’m sooo leaving the country in protest. I hope ur happy DBU. *shaking head*
I believe that is all. Even with these two things (oh.. and the inet not working as usual) it was an amazing day. Pretty sure my fave was talking to all my bros. I was reeeeeeeeeally needing that! But the rest of the day was great too.
I hope ur having an amazing day too! And if not, lemme know and I’ll share some awesomeness with you.
