This’ll be long…but it’s everything I managed to write:…

This evening, while thumbing through an old Bible that my parents gave me for Christmas in 1984, I came across this quote by C. H. Spurgeon. I had written it on one of the inside blank cover pages, probably shortly after I graduated from college. It comes from the Feb 15 AM reading in Morning and Evening in regard to 2 Peter 3:18, “…to Him be glory both now and forever.”

“Lord, help me to glorify thee; I am poor, help me to glorify thee by contentment; I am sick, help me to give thee honour by patience; I have talents, help me to extol thee by spending them for thee; I have time, Lord, help me to redeem it, that I may serve thee; I have a heart to feel, Lord, let that heart feel no love but thine, and glow with no flame but affection for thee; I have a head to think, Lord, help me to think of thee and for thee; thou hast put me in this world for something, Lord, show me what that is, and help me to work out my life-purpose: I cannot do much, but as the widow put in her two mites, which were all her living, so, Lord, I cast my time and eternity too into thy treasury; I am all thine; take me, and enable me to glorify thee now, in all that I say, in all that I do, and with all that I have.”

I needed to see that again tonight.

Two years ago on June 11th Jesse and I were married. Last week we went back to where we spent our honeymoon, Sevierville, TN. (By-the-way, we went there last year too.) Considering that we wanted our first full day to be the 11th, we drove up on the 10th leaving Columbia around 10:30 AM. After checking in we freshened up and headed on out to a church we had gone to before. The message was taken from Rev. 19:1-10.
On Monday we went to Dolly Splash Country. It was fun. We noticed a drastic change from two years ago when we went to D S C and this year. Two years ago we spent about 5 hours. This year we didn’t make it past 3 1/2 hours. We’re getting old. ha ha =)
On Tuesday we drove a scenic route to Cades Cove. We were told we might see bear, deer, rabbits, etc. The emphasis is on the word “might”. =0 All we saw were trees, greenery, log buildings, and people.
On Wednesday we came home by way of the Ripley’s Aquarium in Gatlinburg. Fascinating place! I picked up and held a horseshoe crab … for about 3 seconds and then dropped it back into the water because it’s legs touched my hands and scared me. Jesse was able to pet a manta ray. He says (I didn’t see because I was sitting down) that a big manta ray slithered up the lady in the tank in order to get food.
All in all our little vacation went by wonderfully and too quickly.

So guess who managed to pick up some nasty bug the minute she arrived in Bolivia. I feel like I´ve been hit by a truck. Pray for me please!…

I met with that Chairman again (third time total) and did the scene just before Buttercup pushes the man in black down the ravine. He said I had really nice, clear characterization, I had good diction, Buttercup had a definite…

As I stare out the window into the inky blackness I’m struck with 2 things:…

I´m here. I´m having a blast. I don´t feel like writing a huge blog entry though so check my facebook for the million and one pictures that are currently taking forever to upload…but they´re there. I miss all of you…especially…

The sprinklers are going to town behind the girls’ dorms right now. The sound of them going back and forth bring back memories of when I was a kid and had to get up at 6:30am for school each morning….