Wasp Vs. Obama

So, today I was sitting in a waiting room...waiting..when I observed something kind of humorous. I glanced up to the ceiling and saw a large wasp bzzzzing around. Meanwhile, about 6 ladies were scattered about sitting around me in this small area. All the ladies were watching the news while Obama was speaking about the equal pay thingamajigger that he signed. Unnoticed, the wasp flew down around the heads of the ladies. The ladies nodded methodically, not because of the wasp, but because they were intently watching Obama. So, killer wasp....or Obama. Obama apparently.

Waste Not Want Not

Frugal! Not Cheap!

A brilliantly insightful article that nails why we all feel so poor in a culture of such abundance and waste. Read it if you have any desire at all to be free from the fatal burden of American consumerism!

Brandon

Wouldn't it be nice.........

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." Epicurus

The Path is Narrow

Last night I went to the night session for the missions conference at the Bible College. A European (for the life of me I forget his name and country....obviously I was riveted) guy reinacted the life of Hudson Taylor..or should I say James Hudson Taylor. For all of you who are unsure who he is...google it because it will be a long story..longer than his life story probably. Anyway, three hours later I realized how much literature he memorized and was slightly floored..(particularly due to the fact that 5 minutes after he started, I forgot his name and home country) 3 hours in to the session my right hip was asleep and I think I checked out when he turned 68. But even still, I am a fan of anyone who has the ability to memorize and act out a man's life story for three hours without one mistake and with a cold...and in a London (that's where he's from...) accent.

For all those who are too lazy to google:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Taylor

P.S. If you happen to think of it, pray for this little one in the photo above. He is the beautiful son of some good friends of mine who live in China and due to circumstances have brought him up as there own but haven't been able to adopt him legally. Pray God would give them the desire of their heart.

Also, pray for the children in China. From birth they know no God and few are there to tell them differently.

Happy New Year!

So our break from the monotony of the 40 hour work week has ended with the passing of holidays and the dawning of the New Year and Serra and I have both returned to our wonderfully exciting jobs. Yay! And I am still recovering. I enjoy working but for some reason these past two weeks not working has been rather satisfying. I should make more time for that sort of thing. But then again there are those bills to pay. There's the "Man" always keeping me down. But seriously I had a great time over the holidays. Took a lot of photos and had a lot of fun spending time with friends and family. Serra got some reading done in the little time we had when we weren't required to be social and I got some (very little) well earned rest. Didn't get to stretch our legs very far though. Only made it up as far as Ventura. I am going to Sundance soon so that will be out of the state but what I really want to do is go out east. WAY east! Europe perhaps? Or maybe Israel? Serra is feeling a bit twitchy as well. Something's in the works, we'll just have to wait to see what God has planned.