Wow, I’ve finished almost everything on my to do list for today.
I applied for World Journalism Institute’s May course in New York City. If I get to go it will the first time ever, this girl raised in New York State has EVER been in NYC!! I still can’t believe I lived in NY for 12 years, went to college there and I’ve NEVER been to NYC. Well, I just made it Niagara Falls last year so I guess it’s understandable.
I requested transcripts and references and other stuff required for my application.
I sent articles to the newspapers in my two “hometowns.” Malone and Highlands. And the Highlands Newspaper is going to publish one in their next edition coming out on Jan 31. Wow – I’m up to EIGHT published articles (6 of them in the past three weeks.) God really is doing something.
The funny thing is, this morning I was extremely discouraged. I couldn’t see anything ahead of me and felt like giving up. And tonight, what a different perspective.
Also today I went out with my mom. I got my new glasses (I’ll post a picture soon) and we went out to lunch at Dorman’s coffee café. I got Jed a birthday present (a book about telling time since his other birthday present is a Thomas the Train watch) and had fun browsing around my favorite shop – NuMetro Media Store – a very nice bookstore). Mom and I also did some grocery shopping while we were out.
Its been a good day. Now I just need to finish up the rest of my to-do list – read my next lesson in my freelance correspondence course, work on the assignment, and write a couple paragraphs about my background to send to the editor of WORLD.
On a totally different note:
Pray hard. Londiani is in flames. People from around Londiani have said that most of the town has been burnt. They say that the Kikuyu are burning things belonging to the Kalenjin and the Luo while the Kalenjin are burning property belonging to the Kikuyu. People at the mission say that tension is HIGH and even there they don’t feel safe.
Also pray for Mercy. She had a job interview today at the hospital where she went to Nursing School. She was excepted, of course. But now she has to think about not being with us, her family, for a while and trying to live with the few things that she brought with her when we left Londiani. She has few clothes, nothing for a house, no work shoes, etc. Plus we have to think about not getting to be with her L. I’m trying to get used to sleeping by myself – I can’t remember the last time I slept in a room by myself for more than one week. (It’s been about a year and a half!). I’m definitely missing her.
Pray for me! I need wisdom in making serious decisions about my future – as in March. And those decisions include whether or not I should buy a plane ticket.
Pray for my parents! They are trying to decide whether or not to go to language school, a major time and money investment. They are also trying to get God’s ideas about the direction they should take for the long term future.
Well, thanks for “listening” to my rambling on about my unusual and sometimes plan out weird life.
Speaking of Mercy, here are a few of my favourite pictures of her.
I applied for World Journalism Institute’s May course in New York City. If I get to go it will the first time ever, this girl raised in New York State has EVER been in NYC!! I still can’t believe I lived in NY for 12 years, went to college there and I’ve NEVER been to NYC. Well, I just made it Niagara Falls last year so I guess it’s understandable.
I requested transcripts and references and other stuff required for my application.
I sent articles to the newspapers in my two “hometowns.” Malone and Highlands. And the Highlands Newspaper is going to publish one in their next edition coming out on Jan 31. Wow – I’m up to EIGHT published articles (6 of them in the past three weeks.) God really is doing something.
The funny thing is, this morning I was extremely discouraged. I couldn’t see anything ahead of me and felt like giving up. And tonight, what a different perspective.
Also today I went out with my mom. I got my new glasses (I’ll post a picture soon) and we went out to lunch at Dorman’s coffee café. I got Jed a birthday present (a book about telling time since his other birthday present is a Thomas the Train watch) and had fun browsing around my favorite shop – NuMetro Media Store – a very nice bookstore). Mom and I also did some grocery shopping while we were out.
Its been a good day. Now I just need to finish up the rest of my to-do list – read my next lesson in my freelance correspondence course, work on the assignment, and write a couple paragraphs about my background to send to the editor of WORLD.
On a totally different note:
Pray hard. Londiani is in flames. People from around Londiani have said that most of the town has been burnt. They say that the Kikuyu are burning things belonging to the Kalenjin and the Luo while the Kalenjin are burning property belonging to the Kikuyu. People at the mission say that tension is HIGH and even there they don’t feel safe.
Also pray for Mercy. She had a job interview today at the hospital where she went to Nursing School. She was excepted, of course. But now she has to think about not being with us, her family, for a while and trying to live with the few things that she brought with her when we left Londiani. She has few clothes, nothing for a house, no work shoes, etc. Plus we have to think about not getting to be with her L. I’m trying to get used to sleeping by myself – I can’t remember the last time I slept in a room by myself for more than one week. (It’s been about a year and a half!). I’m definitely missing her.
Pray for me! I need wisdom in making serious decisions about my future – as in March. And those decisions include whether or not I should buy a plane ticket.
Pray for my parents! They are trying to decide whether or not to go to language school, a major time and money investment. They are also trying to get God’s ideas about the direction they should take for the long term future.
Well, thanks for “listening” to my rambling on about my unusual and sometimes plan out weird life.
Speaking of Mercy, here are a few of my favourite pictures of her.
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6 published articles...hard articles, not internet?
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