Ok, everyone. I'm slowing down.
Every night is scheduled to keep going until at least 11:30. Seriously. We have a meeting at 10:45. That's like ending at 2:30 every night. And no, I'm not adjusted to the time yet.
So, pray for me. I was having a blast and making a lot of friends when I got here, but my supply of adrenaline has now worn off and soon I'm going to change from the "friendly girl" to the "girl who stares right at you with that glazed look in her eyes."
Help me prevent that. : )
**Also, I now have a free pass from all criticizing of spelling and grammar errors. At least I am moving my fingers over the keyboard.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
I Was Feeling Ambitious.
First, I voted for the video today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSRITlzSNSI
And...I also ran for YAD Moderator. I've made a lot of friends so far so I thought I might as well. It would enrich the experience. The moderator is the officiator of the meetings. But I really have no idea what they do. :)
We had to give a speech and everyone was like "God asked me to do this" and listed a bunch of credentials and stuff. I told jokes.
I find out in the morning. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSRITlzSNSI
And...I also ran for YAD Moderator. I've made a lot of friends so far so I thought I might as well. It would enrich the experience. The moderator is the officiator of the meetings. But I really have no idea what they do. :)We had to give a speech and everyone was like "God asked me to do this" and listed a bunch of credentials and stuff. I told jokes.
I find out in the morning. :)
Anti-Racism Training
Today we went to an Anti-Racism Training session.
It was three hours long.
I spent the majority of my time organizing my Harry Potter binder with the packets we got at Registration; one the the speakers (all minorites) talked..with a...pause...in the...weirdest places I have...ever heard.
After the speakers talked, we had two sessions of talking with the people at our table. I loved it. It was a table full of YADs and we had about every part of the country there: Pennsylvania, California, Some "M" state in between, South and North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Arkansas.
It was a great conversation.
I'm used to having conversations like these at the dinner table at Thanksgiving, but I don't think I've had the opportunity to have many like this with my peers. This is a great environment.
Having so many people from so many places in the country was so enlightening. I had no idea racism was such a prevalent issue still today. For me, it's almost cliche now. It's over with. You are a minority to disregard minorities.
But for these kids, they saw it everyday. They saw it at work in there communities. Really?
I'm not talking "I don't think we're ready for a black president." People will always be that way. When there are power and domination over others to seize, someone will do the dirty work to get it. Those dumb attempts won't change anytime soon. I'm talking radical behavior. I'm talking about two police men beating a black man beyond recognition and then getting off with it legally.
It's like someone just got polio all over again. I thought we had the vaccine against segregation.
So keep this issue in your prayers. This kind of news makes A) me happy that I live in a secluded area like Wilmington--every once in awhile I'm sheltered from something I want to be sheltered from and B) my heart ache. I hurt for the injustice. Please be aware and educated to help enact a change in all parts of the country.
I'm so thankful to be a part of this learning community.
It was three hours long.
I spent the majority of my time organizing my Harry Potter binder with the packets we got at Registration; one the the speakers (all minorites) talked..with a...pause...in the...weirdest places I have...ever heard.
After the speakers talked, we had two sessions of talking with the people at our table. I loved it. It was a table full of YADs and we had about every part of the country there: Pennsylvania, California, Some "M" state in between, South and North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Arkansas.
It was a great conversation.
I'm used to having conversations like these at the dinner table at Thanksgiving, but I don't think I've had the opportunity to have many like this with my peers. This is a great environment.
Having so many people from so many places in the country was so enlightening. I had no idea racism was such a prevalent issue still today. For me, it's almost cliche now. It's over with. You are a minority to disregard minorities.
But for these kids, they saw it everyday. They saw it at work in there communities. Really?
I'm not talking "I don't think we're ready for a black president." People will always be that way. When there are power and domination over others to seize, someone will do the dirty work to get it. Those dumb attempts won't change anytime soon. I'm talking radical behavior. I'm talking about two police men beating a black man beyond recognition and then getting off with it legally.
It's like someone just got polio all over again. I thought we had the vaccine against segregation.
So keep this issue in your prayers. This kind of news makes A) me happy that I live in a secluded area like Wilmington--every once in awhile I'm sheltered from something I want to be sheltered from and B) my heart ache. I hurt for the injustice. Please be aware and educated to help enact a change in all parts of the country.
I'm so thankful to be a part of this learning community.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Ants
As I was flying, I looked out the window a lot. (The people sitting by me on both flights were not very talkative, though one did snore extraordinarily loud--the kind that even wakes the person doing the snoring up.)
Even though I've seen it every time I fly, I was so amazed at how toy-like everything looked. You mean our yards are that square? And we drive that well spaced-out? And our roads are that even? You're telling me I can't reach out and pick that car up with my fingers? It seemed unreal.
I tried really hard to remember that each little moving dot contained a person with a name and a history and a favorite color and a food they hate to eat. Each one. There were as many little moving dots as there are ants when I'm sitting outside.
But those are just ants. They're minuscule. Worthless. Uninteresting. Can't even begin to imagine who I am. Would be scared to death if they could comprehend me--but they can't. Cause they're just ants.
Why does God care so much for us? We're just ants.
Even though I've seen it every time I fly, I was so amazed at how toy-like everything looked. You mean our yards are that square? And we drive that well spaced-out? And our roads are that even? You're telling me I can't reach out and pick that car up with my fingers? It seemed unreal.
I tried really hard to remember that each little moving dot contained a person with a name and a history and a favorite color and a food they hate to eat. Each one. There were as many little moving dots as there are ants when I'm sitting outside.
But those are just ants. They're minuscule. Worthless. Uninteresting. Can't even begin to imagine who I am. Would be scared to death if they could comprehend me--but they can't. Cause they're just ants.
Why does God care so much for us? We're just ants.
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