Entries from July 2009

July 30, 2009

keep calm (and carry on)

 lilacs (and tea)
photo by rachel.grace of
what could be my officially favorite
blog: http://heart-of-light.blogspot.com

 
 A week from now….I’ll be a little less crazy. Finally have time to go to a coffeeshop (or as my czech friends say “the tea house”) and sit with a novel to my introvert contentedness.
But i’ll be a little more sad. (re)JOYCE(ing) that my dear [...]

July 29, 2009

faith in his love

“You are not called to believe in your love to God, but in God’s love to you! Do not argue, ‘I cannot love God! I have striven to my uttermost to do so, but have failed in all my endeavors, until in despair I have abandoned the thought and relinquished the attempt.’ Be it so- [...]

July 23, 2009

just a quote

“You know that moment that comes when the last tear falls? The one when you realize that your worst fears have come to light and you’re still breathing? Never forget the moment you look into the mirror and into your red eyes and see that you aren’t broken…”
- unknown

July 20, 2009

Bridge of Grace

Some of the most prominent topics in conversations/themes from English Camp, described much more articulately by these men than by anything I could type up…
“God has declared in the gospel that whenever we come to him, we are to call upon him freely and openly as our Father, who has adopted us as his children. [...]

July 12, 2009

English Camp Preview

My class from English Camp.
top row: Eliska, Sarka, Magda, Majda, Marketa, Monika, Jana, me, Elen
bottom row: Josh, Jirka, Chris
LOVE these guys!

July 4, 2009

Arrrived in CZ!

After 27 hours of travel (SD -> LA -> London -> Vienna by plane + 6 hours driving from Vienna to Ostrava) we safely arrived. We spent the day with the church family and will leave for the English Camp tomorrow, right after church.
For the past two weeks I’ve had A LOT to do [...]