Photos

Hi.

Photos posted from my summer:

Vacation in China

Central Asia!!!

Quotations

"In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don't insist on your rights, don't blame each other, don't judge or condemn each other, don't find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Friends

One of my favorite pictures.

Dude, I'm freaking Jetlagged.

Yes that's right. So recounting the sleep cycles.... slept on Saturday morning at 2am, got up at 7am, went back to sleep at 1pm, got up at 5pm, went to bed on Sunday morning at 1am, got up at 6am, went back to bed at 12pm, woke up at 8pm, went back to bed on Monday at 1am, got up at FREAKING 5:41 AM.

that's NOT what i'm freaking talking about. shooooooot.


THIS is what happens when you slide down a mountain on your butt. Oh well, now I have a more expensive pair of jeans (according to abercrombie and fitch) and a memory out of it.

In case you didn't know...

Kyrgyzstan is here.

My new "special" friend.

Issy-Kul, Kyrgyzstan

Coming Home

Living abroad is a very interesting concept. My roots are not in the place where I am inhabiting, and yet I've gotten into a routine and have made friends and found my niche (more or less). It is unfamiliar, yet a place where I am forced to adapt to. I am here being stretched to fit into a mold that I've never tried on.

I feel like that's a lot like how we Christians should approach our lives. I heard somewhere that our home is not of this world. That we are merely pilgrims here. We are born, we live and we die for one purpose: God. I guess those are all the thoughts in my head right now (besides the prospect of sleeping in my own bed with my baby blanket, talking to friends without having to worry about the cost and seeing familiar sights).

At any rate, in about...17 hours familiarity shall return. :)