Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Road- I mean, BUS!- Trip!

I want to write a real post about it but I'm waiting for some more pictures; but I feel like I can't post anything until I do at least a brief update. Um: so so so wonderful and fun.




This is what we did: Read. Talk. Laugh. Eat a lot. Sleep late. Make fun of each other (mostly me). Enjoy David and Matt's amazing families. Journal. Play cards. Lose at cards (mostly me). Eat. Read. Laugh. Watch movies. Stay up late. Stay in pajamas all day. Lay on the couch. Sit at the kitchen table. Laugh. Talk. Go to church. Cut Matt's hair (mostly me, but luckily for Matt, significantly his grandmother as well). Take cute pictures and goofy pictures. Explore. Go for walks. Go back home and eat. Sleep. Enjoy each other. Read-talk-laugh? So much.

I have the best friends in the whole world.

(OKKKK, the book update is: I didn't finish any of them. But I WOULD have, if I hadn't left To Kill A Mockingbird at David's! I was more than halfway through it (it was so wonderful). And I got well into Return of the Prodigal Son, which I'm loving. And I started Circle of Quiet but didn't really like it. And I never got desperate enough to read much of Shopaholic since Matt made sure to roll his eyes at me the whole time...)

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Human Needs Global Resources Covenant, 2009

As fellow travelers on this journey, we commit to this covenant before God. Lord, in Your mercy, hear these our prayers:

When confronted with scarcity, need, and inadequacy, may we be nourished by the Bread of Life and the Cup of Salvation. Abundance overflows from Your table, sustaining all who come in faith. Father, help us.

When monotony blurs our vision and dulls our senses, may we encounter others as Christ did, through intentional presence in daily life, submitting as clay to be formed into vessels filled with the Spirit. Christ, guide us.

When wounded by the fractured condition of Your people, may we be united by Your Lordship in faith, hope, and love; seeing, as through the facets of a diamond, the beautiful spectrum of Your light reflected onto Your holy Church joined in praise. Spirit, empower us.

When all Creation groans, afflicted by injustice and driven to despair, may the promise of redemption root us in the hope of Your Kingdom: "Behold, I am making all things new!"

Holy Trinity, send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve You with gladness and singleness of heart.

Amen.