Well, i don't have much time to write...but I thought I'd just put a picture of the panorama I see every day as I go to take one of two buses that will take me to class...I will write more when I can...
Missing you guys!!!
Monday, November 24, 2008
just a picture..
Well, i don't have much time to write...but I thought I'd just put a picture of the panorama I see every day as I go to take one of two buses that will take me to class...I will write more when I can...
Missing you guys!!!
Monday, November 10, 2008
friday afternoon musings
It’s Friday and I’m thinking about joven a joven…hmm it’s about time everyone gets there…and nostalgia slowly takes over. The nostalgia started taking over when the afternoon slowly faded into the night... I was listening to Casting Crowns and picking the pictures from last weekend, and seeing all that stuff certainly does not help to ease the homesickness…well, that’s a confession in case anyone was wondering whether I’m homesick :P
I arrived to Armenia today, early morning. My brother was waiting for me to pick me up at the bus terminal. I hadn’t seen him in over a year, and it was very cool to be together again. As you can imagine, there’s a lot of catching up to do, which we have willingly begun to accomplish :P
Monday I start my classes and hopefully it will keep me very busy and very focused… Sometimes it’s hard to stay on track when you feel a bit well….weird…..in a different country…..unused to such a different life… I must confess at times it feels like a mistake, but still I pray and ask God to lead me and not let discouragement overwhelm me.
Anyway it won’t be forever these uncertain feelings and one must learn to trust God in the shadows as well as in the light. One thing I have learned is that God doesn’t let us move on until we have done whatever he has us do in certain places, and until we accomplish His purpose there, it’s not wise to try and move on, or run away from it. On the other hand, when you actually fulfill that purpose, you are strengthened to move on victoriously. So please keep me in your prayers.
I arrived to Armenia today, early morning. My brother was waiting for me to pick me up at the bus terminal. I hadn’t seen him in over a year, and it was very cool to be together again. As you can imagine, there’s a lot of catching up to do, which we have willingly begun to accomplish :P
Monday I start my classes and hopefully it will keep me very busy and very focused… Sometimes it’s hard to stay on track when you feel a bit well….weird…..in a different country…..unused to such a different life… I must confess at times it feels like a mistake, but still I pray and ask God to lead me and not let discouragement overwhelm me.
Anyway it won’t be forever these uncertain feelings and one must learn to trust God in the shadows as well as in the light. One thing I have learned is that God doesn’t let us move on until we have done whatever he has us do in certain places, and until we accomplish His purpose there, it’s not wise to try and move on, or run away from it. On the other hand, when you actually fulfill that purpose, you are strengthened to move on victoriously. So please keep me in your prayers.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Colombia...finally...
yep, gotta say that my silent protest about the charges for internet usage in O'hare International were pointless, seing that in Miami Internationa, (my next layover) it cost me 10 dollars...oh well, I had to somehow pass the hours, so I grudgingly paid the amount...the case is, arriving at eleven PM, my next flight was at six in the morning, so you can imagine how long those hourse crept by... it was freezing COLD, no matter how many sweaters and jackets I had on...at least I managed to fall asleep at 3 in the morning, to wake up an hour later...
oh well....at last I got on that plane, and arrived to this beautiful country!! I must say it has been good so far, I am in the capital with my cousins and did a bit of sightseeing today, only we had no one to take pictures of both of us, so she kinda took all the pictures of me..how dull..oh well..you can't just hand around the camera, they might just...steal it.. LOL
I am putting some pictures for you guys to see...
tonight my bus leaves for Armenia, the place where I'll be staying to study, and I'll finally see my brother after a year... won't have internet, at least not wireless so....anyway, I'll keep in touch, no sweat.
I miss all of you guys at Keene...yes, I do..
well, keep me in your prayers....
take care!!
yep, gotta say that my silent protest about the charges for internet usage in O'hare International were pointless, seing that in Miami Internationa, (my next layover) it cost me 10 dollars...oh well, I had to somehow pass the hours, so I grudgingly paid the amount...the case is, arriving at eleven PM, my next flight was at six in the morning, so you can imagine how long those hourse crept by... it was freezing COLD, no matter how many sweaters and jackets I had on...at least I managed to fall asleep at 3 in the morning, to wake up an hour later...
oh well....at last I got on that plane, and arrived to this beautiful country!! I must say it has been good so far, I am in the capital with my cousins and did a bit of sightseeing today, only we had no one to take pictures of both of us, so she kinda took all the pictures of me..how dull..oh well..you can't just hand around the camera, they might just...steal it.. LOL
I am putting some pictures for you guys to see...
tonight my bus leaves for Armenia, the place where I'll be staying to study, and I'll finally see my brother after a year... won't have internet, at least not wireless so....anyway, I'll keep in touch, no sweat.
I miss all of you guys at Keene...yes, I do..
well, keep me in your prayers....
take care!!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
At O'Hare International...on my way
Here I am, yes, in the famous O’Hare Chicago International Airport….what’s so exciting about it??? Frankly nothing for me, except sitting for two hours without internet…yes, I was so excitedly anticipating my time on the ground to when I could get online, yet lo, and behold, I have to pay 6.95 to get online, something I’m not quite willing to do for only two hours..OK, I’m a bit stingy…but it’s just that I believe that it should be FREE!! This is my silent protest to this “capitalistic” system …
I am dead tired, and this is but the first part of this eternal journey into the unkown….Of course yesterday I had a hectic while trying fervently to make everything fit without entering the over-weight suitcase category, so, in order to accomplish such almost impossible feat, I had to pack ALL my books into my carry-on suitcase and laptop case, so you can imagine how heavy it is, me bieng an ardent lover of good books…I simply couldn’t part ways with them, and there are many of them…the result? A 70 ib suitcase and a 20 ib laptop bag…frankly I don’t know how much my laptop bag weighs, but I assure you, it feels like 90 pounds… add all that and a shopping bag with my blanket, no, it’s not a life-sized blanket, just a small pullover, which I simply HAD to include for the wee hours of the morning that await me in Miami… ok, so I looked like a traveling hillbilly with all my pots and pans, but I was content because it all had fit…I was content, yes, that is, till the not-so-tactful airport attendant woke me from my dreaming hopes by telling me I was only allowed two pieces of hand luggage, no exceptions….not even trying to bribe, argue, plead or cry moved or touched his stony heart… so I had to part ways with my beloved pullover….
Now here in O’Hare, after all the walking and almost limping as a result of the tremendous amount of weigh that I pull around plus two sweaters and a jacket, I am not amazed at the freedom of getting online unless you pay...
I saw everyone wearing jackets and warm clothing yet I was sweating as a result of my exertion….oh well…all for the love of good reading…
Anyway…will keep you posted…
I am dead tired, and this is but the first part of this eternal journey into the unkown….Of course yesterday I had a hectic while trying fervently to make everything fit without entering the over-weight suitcase category, so, in order to accomplish such almost impossible feat, I had to pack ALL my books into my carry-on suitcase and laptop case, so you can imagine how heavy it is, me bieng an ardent lover of good books…I simply couldn’t part ways with them, and there are many of them…the result? A 70 ib suitcase and a 20 ib laptop bag…frankly I don’t know how much my laptop bag weighs, but I assure you, it feels like 90 pounds… add all that and a shopping bag with my blanket, no, it’s not a life-sized blanket, just a small pullover, which I simply HAD to include for the wee hours of the morning that await me in Miami… ok, so I looked like a traveling hillbilly with all my pots and pans, but I was content because it all had fit…I was content, yes, that is, till the not-so-tactful airport attendant woke me from my dreaming hopes by telling me I was only allowed two pieces of hand luggage, no exceptions….not even trying to bribe, argue, plead or cry moved or touched his stony heart… so I had to part ways with my beloved pullover….
Now here in O’Hare, after all the walking and almost limping as a result of the tremendous amount of weigh that I pull around plus two sweaters and a jacket, I am not amazed at the freedom of getting online unless you pay...
I saw everyone wearing jackets and warm clothing yet I was sweating as a result of my exertion….oh well…all for the love of good reading…
Anyway…will keep you posted…
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