January 2010
48 posts
J.D. Salinger died. Will there be a Catcher in the...
Funny quotes all before 9:30am.
In response to my phone buzzing from Facebook posts:
Me: Whoa, my phone is going nuts.
Andrew: They aren’t real friends, they don’t even like you. They only know it’s your birthday because facebook told them.
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Mike Mendes: Happy Birthday J-Bone!
Me:...
1 Corinthians 13:3-7 (The Message)
3-7If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love. Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have...
Tomorrow (January 27th) I will be 25.
That’s halfway to 50. One quarter of a century. I can finally rent a car without being charged extra for insurance. For a second there I thought I could FINALLY run for president too. Nope, that’s 35…ten more years (why would I even think that an average 25 year old American could make a good president?). DARN. If I was president now there would be free peanut butter and avocados for...
I just realized "mosquito" is a spanish word.
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Another Novel from Joanna
As Christians I feel there is the age old question constantly on the table…”am I really following God’s will…or am I following my will and fitting God into it?” (if you haven’t read Mike Yaconelli’s, Messy Spirituality…go get it now). This is something I ponder all the time…especially now, knowing that we are only with Amor in Mexico’s mission field for a year....
Casa de Amor →
I’ve been thinking about this program that Amor offers where you can commit to sponsoring the cost of building materials for a house in Mexico. The idea is that donors from all over can contribute the money while groups come down to do the actual building. It is kind of like sponsoring a child through Compassion (Jo and I have been sponsoring a girl, Isabel, for only $38 a month for the...
I married you because you look like a collie.
Backstory: Andrew grew up with a collie. He loves collies very much. I grew up with my aunt’s collie and I was mentioning (read: pushing his buttons) how although I love dogs, collies are not my favorite.
Joanna: Collies are dumb. Their hair is too long and so are their noses.
Andrew: You’re dumb! And YOUR hair is too long and YOUR nose is too long.
Joanna: haha! You’re...
Elvis + Peanut Butter + Bacon = goodness
This is olde news, but it’s Elvis’s bday. The “Elvis Sandwich” is: peanutbutter, banana, and bacon…grilled? Yea. Yea. You heard me. Delish.
Rest in the Lord
Matthew 11:28-30 (the message)
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me - watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and...
“jo! You are a life saver. Can you tell Howie I have been looking all over for...”
– Joanna’s hilarious brother, Matt, in response to this post. (drenched in sarcasm).
If anyone needs 50 feet of corrugated drainage... →
I just put this up on Craigslist for Howie today at work…
Andrew's family is visiting :) I remember thinking...
Sometimes living in Cali is hard. I know - I am probably the only perosn who has ever said that.
Sometimes I forget what we are doing here.
Sometimes I realize again and again the changes we have undergone these past 4 months (well really 5 months as we quit our jobs and started our drive in AUgust).
Sometimes I am lost…lonely…trying to figure out how to live disconnected from our family and...
too transparant to be true.
Andrew: The view out the back window is soooo clear b/c we washed the car yesterday. It almost looks fake.
Jo: Nope, nope. That's because the window popped open.
