Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Sad and Joyful News
I have sad news . . . my digital camera broke. I just realized it today when I was trying to take a picture and about a sixth of the screen was black in my picture. We at first thought the person taking the picture had just put his hand over the lense. The flash tried to compensate for the darkness of the broken part, even though it was rather bright this morning, so the rest of my picture is washed out!
I was trying to take a picture of me and my roommate's sister, Dawn. She stayed with us from Saturday until this morning, and I really enjoyed getting to know her. My roommate asked her what kind of church she wanted to go to: contemporary, traditional, big, small, etc. And she said, "I just want to go to a church where the Lord is working." So, I said that I thought she would enjoy my church. I have seen the Lord working there in many people. There are many new Christians, and there are respectable leaders who seek to follow God's word! So Dawn and my roommate decided they wanted to come to church with me . . . which is a really big answer to prayer actually. I have been praying for my roommate, that she would go to church, because she has been not prioritizing to go, and I want her to go, but I know it is not my place to try to control her. I know that this answer to prayer is just a step along the way.
So, then, Dawn had a friend from school who happened to be home with her family in Boston just this weekend, and she wanted to spend time with her, so they planned to go to church together. Her friend, Irena is a christian, but her family is not. She has a brother in highschool, who is just starting to get interested in going to church, so he wanted to come too. So on Sunday morning, they came out an hour on the T and Dawn my roommate and I picked them up in my car to drive to church. I am glad that I have the car I do, because it fit everyone just fine, with even one seat to spare (although you have to be special or small to sit there :) ). So, I got to meet and worship with two amazing girls this weekend. Irena is thinking about spending a semester next year in Costa Rica, serving the Lord and the people! Dawn is open to where the Lord wants her to go; she just graduated from college with a degree in piano performance.
Irena told us on the way to church that they were waiting at the T stop for me and this car pulled up, and asked if they were going to church, they said yes, and they got in. The person introduced themself as Martha, and said she was there to pick them up. Irena hesitantly asked if Sarah had sent her, because she talked with me and Dawn on the phone the night before to get directions on the T, and knew I would be picking her up. Martha said, no, Amy had told her to pick them up. Irena then tried to ask if Amy knew Sarah or anything . . . and then realized Amy was not me at all or anyone I had sent. They parted with a "I guess I'll see you at church then?" and a laugh I am sure.
I was trying to take a picture of me and my roommate's sister, Dawn. She stayed with us from Saturday until this morning, and I really enjoyed getting to know her. My roommate asked her what kind of church she wanted to go to: contemporary, traditional, big, small, etc. And she said, "I just want to go to a church where the Lord is working." So, I said that I thought she would enjoy my church. I have seen the Lord working there in many people. There are many new Christians, and there are respectable leaders who seek to follow God's word! So Dawn and my roommate decided they wanted to come to church with me . . . which is a really big answer to prayer actually. I have been praying for my roommate, that she would go to church, because she has been not prioritizing to go, and I want her to go, but I know it is not my place to try to control her. I know that this answer to prayer is just a step along the way.
So, then, Dawn had a friend from school who happened to be home with her family in Boston just this weekend, and she wanted to spend time with her, so they planned to go to church together. Her friend, Irena is a christian, but her family is not. She has a brother in highschool, who is just starting to get interested in going to church, so he wanted to come too. So on Sunday morning, they came out an hour on the T and Dawn my roommate and I picked them up in my car to drive to church. I am glad that I have the car I do, because it fit everyone just fine, with even one seat to spare (although you have to be special or small to sit there :) ). So, I got to meet and worship with two amazing girls this weekend. Irena is thinking about spending a semester next year in Costa Rica, serving the Lord and the people! Dawn is open to where the Lord wants her to go; she just graduated from college with a degree in piano performance.
Irena told us on the way to church that they were waiting at the T stop for me and this car pulled up, and asked if they were going to church, they said yes, and they got in. The person introduced themself as Martha, and said she was there to pick them up. Irena hesitantly asked if Sarah had sent her, because she talked with me and Dawn on the phone the night before to get directions on the T, and knew I would be picking her up. Martha said, no, Amy had told her to pick them up. Irena then tried to ask if Amy knew Sarah or anything . . . and then realized Amy was not me at all or anyone I had sent. They parted with a "I guess I'll see you at church then?" and a laugh I am sure.
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Summer
Here is some fun if you know a bit about Star Trek and you like personality stuff. This one is really quality. They use Myers Briggs letters for the result, but the questions are much more fun and easier to not see through! http://scifi.about.com/library/weekly/aa080201.htm
I originally just read the description of the personality type I always come out with, but my friend who sent me the link made me promise to actually take it, and I'm glad she did, because I enjoyed it very much.
I have been enjoying summer out here in Boston. For one there is great weather--always changing! We had a week of hot and humid weather (80s) when I first got back here. Then a week of cold and cloudy weather (60s) and then a wonderful two weeks. And then this past week, it was nice and sunny for a few days, and pouring rain and cold for a couple of the days. Yesterday the weather was "scattered thunderstorms" so about 6pm a thundercloud rolled into my school. I was outside reading a book, and a beautiful, glorious cloud rolled it, and it was very imposing. It advanced like an army. The wind started to pick up when it covered the school. I understand how God's glory could be shown in a cloud before the Israelites in Moses' time, and they were afraid of him, and didn't want to have to communicate with him. They wanted Moses to be the go-between. I have often thought that clouds in movies are overdone, but there are actually imposing clouds in real life! In any case, the storm lasted about 15 minutes, after which the sun appeared again, and made this beautiful rainbow next to our new residence hall.
Rainbow at school
Oh, yes and my car broke down today. Right after Church. It just wouldn't go when I put it in Drive, so I put it in 1st and shifted manually --pretending it was a manual transmission all the way down to the service station down the road. And the other thing is that my hood release is broken, so he couldn't look at the transmission. So somehow the service guy will get that open. In the mean time, he gave me a 'loaner car!' Can you believe it? The random Shell service station guy gave me a car to drive while he looks at mine! I am so thankful for that. I have never heard of that before, but apparently it happens a lot out here (there are also still places around here where you pump your gas first and then pay). I am so thankful too, because I was able to take my roommate to church tonight, since the guy she usually goes with is out of town. Also I am so thankful because one of the guys at church was a mechanic for a few years, and so he knows about transmissions, and he knows the good transmission place in the area, so he can help me figure out where to have my car fixed once I get the quote. Someone else at Church said they had their car fixed at the place mine is now, and the guy did a good job. I am so thankful for my church family out here! God is at work, and God is good! He has shown himself faithful many times today.
Boston on the 4th
So, for the 4th of July I went to Boston to hear the Boston Pops and watch the fireworks on the Charles. They had loud speakers every 100 feet or so all day playing music and then the concert started at 8:30, and the fireworks at 10:30. It was a great show. Lots and lots of fireworks, and they all looked nice. They were choreographed to the music so that they were slower and more droopy during the country song (and there were hearts at the end of that one) and faster and more upbeat during the more rockish song, etc. I really liked the cubes! They also had happy faces, but the stars didn't seem to work very well. I like the ones that explode out and then the sparks explode more. They lit off 5 or 6 of those at a time, so that the whole sky was filled with little bursts--very organic looking.
Ivy Steeple
Ah, yes. So we walked around Boston a little this weekend, and saw this cool ivy covered steeple to a Baptist Church. The sun was hitting it just right I thought.
Hanging Flowers
In a greenhouse in Needham
Woods!
Triplet tree
Star Trek Personality Test Results: INTJ
This test says you are an INTJ (Introvert, Intuitive, Thinker, Judger).* In Star Trek, you share a basic personality configuration with the characters of Jean-Luc Picard, Seven of Nine, and T'Pol.
"Things are only impossible until they're not." - Picard
I originally just read the description of the personality type I always come out with, but my friend who sent me the link made me promise to actually take it, and I'm glad she did, because I enjoyed it very much.
I have been enjoying summer out here in Boston. For one there is great weather--always changing! We had a week of hot and humid weather (80s) when I first got back here. Then a week of cold and cloudy weather (60s) and then a wonderful two weeks. And then this past week, it was nice and sunny for a few days, and pouring rain and cold for a couple of the days. Yesterday the weather was "scattered thunderstorms" so about 6pm a thundercloud rolled into my school. I was outside reading a book, and a beautiful, glorious cloud rolled it, and it was very imposing. It advanced like an army. The wind started to pick up when it covered the school. I understand how God's glory could be shown in a cloud before the Israelites in Moses' time, and they were afraid of him, and didn't want to have to communicate with him. They wanted Moses to be the go-between. I have often thought that clouds in movies are overdone, but there are actually imposing clouds in real life! In any case, the storm lasted about 15 minutes, after which the sun appeared again, and made this beautiful rainbow next to our new residence hall.
Rainbow at school
Oh, yes and my car broke down today. Right after Church. It just wouldn't go when I put it in Drive, so I put it in 1st and shifted manually --pretending it was a manual transmission all the way down to the service station down the road. And the other thing is that my hood release is broken, so he couldn't look at the transmission. So somehow the service guy will get that open. In the mean time, he gave me a 'loaner car!' Can you believe it? The random Shell service station guy gave me a car to drive while he looks at mine! I am so thankful for that. I have never heard of that before, but apparently it happens a lot out here (there are also still places around here where you pump your gas first and then pay). I am so thankful too, because I was able to take my roommate to church tonight, since the guy she usually goes with is out of town. Also I am so thankful because one of the guys at church was a mechanic for a few years, and so he knows about transmissions, and he knows the good transmission place in the area, so he can help me figure out where to have my car fixed once I get the quote. Someone else at Church said they had their car fixed at the place mine is now, and the guy did a good job. I am so thankful for my church family out here! God is at work, and God is good! He has shown himself faithful many times today.
Boston on the 4th
So, for the 4th of July I went to Boston to hear the Boston Pops and watch the fireworks on the Charles. They had loud speakers every 100 feet or so all day playing music and then the concert started at 8:30, and the fireworks at 10:30. It was a great show. Lots and lots of fireworks, and they all looked nice. They were choreographed to the music so that they were slower and more droopy during the country song (and there were hearts at the end of that one) and faster and more upbeat during the more rockish song, etc. I really liked the cubes! They also had happy faces, but the stars didn't seem to work very well. I like the ones that explode out and then the sparks explode more. They lit off 5 or 6 of those at a time, so that the whole sky was filled with little bursts--very organic looking.
Ivy Steeple
Ah, yes. So we walked around Boston a little this weekend, and saw this cool ivy covered steeple to a Baptist Church. The sun was hitting it just right I thought.
Hanging Flowers
In a greenhouse in Needham
Woods!
Triplet tree
