continued.

p.s. the sepia photo below is from becky hensman.

friends

...are wonderfully good things to have and I'm so thankful for mine!
when I finished Bible college I feared that I'd never see my dearest friends for ages but God has been so unexpectedly good in that department. Bryn, Becky, Tess, Kelsey, Isabeau, Jenna; and blessing me with good friends here, too, like Kaity, Jess, Joiya! And then the prospect of seeing Buhe, Jessy, Sarah, Stephanie, Jen, Maria, Jess, and even more it's amazing! Why do I freak out and not trust that God knows my needs and has abundant provision. He knows me, He knows my frailty and my weaknesses. So my dear friends, thank you!!! I love you so much. xxx

lately.

i've started this book (from the classics section at la libraire) called The Member of the Wedding. Which i of course selected because of the reference to any and all things wedding related. But unfortunately it's not terribly interesting and i've discovered typos which really set met off a book. I seem to have no luck finding a good book; either the one i select is graphically sexy (which God knows I don't need) or just plain boring, or poorly written or a combination of all three which is not to be bourne. Rubbish.
It snowed again tonight. This winter has been chock full of snow.
I remembered all over again that I am in love with hip-hop. Call me crazy, but I won't lie. I chauffered the children of the teacher I work with to her daughter's dance competition and so we sat through an hour and a half of dances and my favourite by far were the hip-hop ones. I've said I'll take tap lessons when I'm rich and have time on my hands and I think I'm adding hip-hop to that as well. haha!
God is good. I had this breaking moment one of my sick days this week and it was so good. I thought I would drown in tears and snot but God refreshed my soul in the middle of despair. Praise the Lord, who does all things well.
27 days till I return to the homeland and my two (or ten) bestest friends ever!

'always seek peace between your heart and God, but in this world, always be careful to remain ever-restless, never satisfied, and always abounding in the work of the Lord.'
-jim elliot

i need to work on the 'always abounding in the work of the Lord' bit.

happy v day?

i made this card to accompany my brother's birthday gift, a tie clip. neat, huh? i think so. card from martha stewart. i knew i had the instructions for this but they were buried with all my magazine clippings so i had to dig through them ALL to find it. but it was fun; now i want to do it again!

this weekend...

was such a good holiday. thank you Jesus. xxx

from jess