It might not sound like much to you, but it’s a big deal to me—today I ran my first race ever! A 5k. I had my lovely new friend Jessica by my side. Hanging out with her has made training, and the race itself, exponentially more fun. She and her husband Nate treated me to [...]
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5k all the way baybay
Posted in dork, emotions, friendship, money on March 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Heeling for Haiti update
Posted in family, friendship, God, money on February 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last month I posted about a collaborative effort to provide aid after the Haiti earthquake. A lot of contributions have poured in. I am so grateful to my friends, fellow church members (past & present), and family members for donating. Checks have come in from Alaska, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, and Utah. The total I’ve collected [...]
/The Idiot/
Posted in books, God, money on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I stayed up late to finish reading Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. I had picked the book up last month, since it came highly recommended, and because the cover flap said the protagonist was based on the image of Christ. I’m really glad I finished it, though sometimes it was slow going. I have [...]
Heeling for Haiti
Posted in emotions, friendship, God, love, missionary, money, music, prayer on January 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On Thursday, I learned that a couple men I know through the United Methodist Church were trapped in the ruins of the Hotel Montana, after the earthquake hit Haiti a week ago. I thought surely they were dead. Miraculously, after 55 hours, they were rescued alive. The man I knew best, Clint Rabb, had to [...]
reflectioning
Posted in God, missionary, money on November 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I have lived in Salt Lake City for exactly 15 months now. So much has changed in these 15 months. I started learning guitar. I resumed piano lessons. I had my first sip of alcohol. I hiked a couple big (for me) mountains. I got involved in a church denomination different from the one I’d [...]
and from the flowing fountain, drink everlasting Love
Posted in emotions, money, music, nature, Utah on August 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have so much to look forward to. Everyone raves about the hikes in autumn—with all the aspen leaves turning gold—and I’ve already seen fall’s multicolored landscape of the mountain slopes, even from my vantage point off any hiking trails. Then they rave about snowshoeing in the winter, which I would love to try. I [...]
I’m on the news again!
Posted in missionary, money, Utah, work on April 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Sound the trumpets! Here’s an online clip from yesterday’s press conference. And tonight on the news was the following…which I had to quickly get my own camera to record…sorry for the quality: I find that having a deep voice is the only way people can tell I’m not 17. (By the way–to respond to Bruce [...]
I’ve finally decided my future lies…beyond the yellow brick rooooooooooad
Posted in family, money, music on April 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Guess what I’m gonna do on Friday, November 20? See Billy Joel and Elton John in concert!! There are certain people in my life who ought to be with me that night, but they’ll be thousands of miles away. I will miss my brother Charles, who introduced me to Billy Joel on our many drives [...]
Moose and Abby and me
Posted in food, friendship, money, nature, Utah on February 15, 2009 | 8 Comments »
One of the volunteers in our food pantry is back east this weekend, so he and his wife asked me to dogsit/housesit for them. Their lovable golden retrievers, Moose & Abby, are making my weekend extra sweet. Because of the vow of poverty we missionaries take, we aren’t allowed to accept money for services like [...]
tasks I have done so far
Posted in missionary, money, work, writing on August 23, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Yesterday marked one week since I officially began work at my missionary site. Here is an undoubtedly incomplete list of tasks I have done so far: meet with people who come into the food pantry and record their orders fill people’s orders in the food pantry (with canned goods, boxed dinners, snacks, etc.) interview someone [...]
