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| i miss 5 amazing roomates, i miss 2 blond, perfect gentlemen, i miss 99% humidity, i miss happy children in a dump, i miss my team who were always there for me, i miss plantines, i miss the threat of weird diseases, i miss pushing our canoe, i miss being a cat, i miss panama, but most of all i miss summer
~Rothy
mood: subdued
fave thing that happend today: patching up my old backpack for this year
prayer request: Matt's sister and this school year | | |
| Please keep me in prayer concerning the upcoming school year. I need to keep reminding myself I'm gonna be 15, not 18 on the 10th.
~Rothy
mood: upset
fave thing that happened today: Office Space with Eric and Simon
prayer request: Matt's sister and PCS starting right now | | |
| I got back today from Pork's house. I spent 3 nights there, thinking I was only gonna be there one. I think this summer has done a lot for me. I realize it is still far from over, but as it is drawing to a close I thought I'd share some highlights with you, if you feel like reading a bit.
<b>PANAMA</b>
- first work day at the orphanage
Our first work day we went to clean up an orphanage and they split up our teams and we all went to work. Afterwards we did our drama for the kids and about 1/4 of them accepted Yeshua (Jesus) as their personal savior and redeemer.
-second work day at the dump
The next day we drove abut an hour, then switched buses to get to a secluded dump. We were given 100 dollars to buy food for the village there, but our team leader decided to take up a voluntary offering from the 37 of us, figuring wed get about another 40 dollars or so. He wound up collecting an additional 225 dollars. We distributed the food, then did the drama at a central location of the village. Those who wanted to, came down to see it and about half of our audience (pretty much all the kids of the village and their mothers) accepted the Gospel.
-The Native Tribe
One day we went to visit the Embera Puru tribe of Panama. They live down a river about 1.5 hrs from where our buses let us off at the mouth. We were able to partake in a meal of fish caught there in the river and plantines, (look like bananas but taste like potatoes). We shared our drama with them and an est. 1/4 of the tribe accepted the Gospel. We stayed over night and the next day hauled gravel from the river up onto their path they used to collect various plants, (such as the ones they use to make novacane and viagra).
-The last night
Our last night in Panama was amazing. We had a lot of worship and testimonies and then a final message from our trip leader. It was amazing. We stayed up all night cause we had to leave for the airport around 3 am for our 7 am flight to GA, then FL, then finally NJ. It was amazing. It made me feel bad though cause all the people on my team knew my name and junk and I really only knew a few people, mainly the ones I roomed with in Panama.
Gilgal
Well I got sick the first night from lack of sleep on all the airplanes from the previous night. However, I was able to attend one of Speedy's sermons and it was on loneliness, which was fitting since for the next 4 days I would have to stay in a secluded infirmary, finally having to go home with a 102.7 fever. But, the few hours I was able to spend with everyone were really great.
TX
-The first night
I arrived at the airport to see Julian waiting for me at the terminal (fruiting unaccompanied minor thingy) with his juggling balls and all. Apparently he had been putting on a show for the flight attendants for the past hour while he was waiting for my plane. That night I went to go have dinner with Julian, Lonnie, and the family we would be going on vacation with in a few days to Austin. They were pretty nice, Juliian and Lonnie were both all over the two oldest ones. Other than that, it was pretty uneventful.
-Vacation
The vacation really helped me to bond with everyone, especially Cherise, Sharon, Karis, and Katherine. We watched so many movies. (Bringing down the house, Schindlers list, Count of monte cristo, What women want, etc.). It was really fun and really hot and really full of ice cream.
Camp Shoshanah
There isnt that much to say. Not that many people were there. I hung out with the kitchen guys a lot, especially Adam. That kid can talk forever. I like listening though, especially when you can connect and relate. Maybe next year Ill go for longer than one week.
Thats about all. Tomorrow is Pork's bday so if you talk to her make her feel special.
~Rothy
mood: organizing
fave thing that happened today: taking pictures of my naked room
prayer request: Pork's bday and that she doesnt wind up I did | | |
| Those of you who used to read my LJ may remember me writing one of these abstract paragraph things. You are not able to comment on it for a reason. You may have the ability to decipher my mind, but in the course of 179 2/3 months I have lived, I have only found one person who can read my mind and its only when he thinks it does him good.
This summer was great. I went so many places. Panama, Albany, Austin, Dallas, Montreal, Lake Placid. They werent any of those places and for that I am thankful. I thought it would be harder seeing him but it wasnt. My feelings are backtracking back to the start. I promised, but this doesnt have anythhing to do with that. She is so amazing. She inspires me. I am ridiculous to make it look like I have it worse than she when I know full well I dont. I dont deserve to be her friend. She understands so much more than I. He is so annoying. I dont know whether or not to keep him blocked. But I did promise to help him. I hate it when strangers fall in love with me. It shouldnt bother me according to her, but I have never lived according to her, and I never will. She was brought up so differently from I. She is a survivor and I am not. What have I gone through? Nothing next to her, yet she never speaks about it, I dont understand how she can tell me everything about she and her bf but not about her own father. It gives me the chills. She wont tell anyone else, either. He is trying to win me over. He is like a killer in a horror movie. Why does he care so much, she doesnt and she tries to hide it. I hate it when people are fake. Keep your money, you cant buy my love. Dont talk to him anymore and maybe you wont screw up our relationship so much. She needs to talk to you about me. Two can play this game, if you wont talk to me except through him, she can be my mediator to you. I wish you werent so blinded by pain to see what youre doing to us. People are so so so so so fake. I am fake. I try not to be fake. I wish you would be as honest with me as I am with you, but thats not how it works. I tell you everything and you keep me in the dark. Should I approach you to tell you more? You need to know what I know first, and you do, but you wont accept it. Cooperate, thats all I ask. You are so neat. Its too bad you live so far away and are rather imature, but who am I to be talking. You have gone through so much and you wont tell anyone either. You are on my mind a lot and I am praying for you and your mom even though you dont know i know about anything. stay strong. You engage yourself in too many people and their problems and its eating you away. why not pick a few more uplifting friends. well, it is good that your forgeting about him.
Ok, I think Im done.
Well, I think for the next few months Ill be disgusted with men just for the heck of it. Dont take it personally, I just cant stand how shallow <i>most</i> of them are. I should get back to redecorating my room (too cluttered on the wall, etc.) but I think I am gonna write a real entry now.
~Rothy | | |
| back home, till saturday when i leave for camp shoshanah up by montreal.
heres my sched in case you care...
1 - Troxel - Adv Photo
2 - Orr - Geo S
3 - Castigilione - Chorus
4 - LUNCH (curses!)
5 - Cremans - Bio S
6 - Phys Ed/Drivers Ed - Tracy/Valezano
7 - Sheerin - English 2S
8 - Downing - US History 1S
9 - Amsellem - French 3S
I am so ordinary is extraordinary!
~Rothy
mood: happy to be home
fave thing that happened today: meeting howard and aunt shari at the airport
prayer request: hannahs grandpa with cancer | | |
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