Mr. Blue Sky - ELO

Yes!
As much as I prefer rainy or snowy days to sunshiny ones, things are pretty in the sunlight. Besides, we get rainbows with sunshine! *giggles* ^_^

Ack, Kandi side, forgive me. She hasn’t seen the light of day for …….. a while… (OO)

*Ahem* Let me back up.

Ye have not heard from me for a few weeks now, but I have been busy. As usual, but that’s not the point.

I spent three weeks hosting my roomie, during which time we have done a lot of sightseeing. We went to places I had not been to for years and years. We went to some places I have never been to, or at least don’t remember going to. As some would say, we “did the tourist thing.” Methinks I don’t like the tour guide role too much. Not my thing. I prefer doing other things. Working with my hands, using my talents, learning new skills. In any case, that was an interesting escapade.



How about some awesome/saddening news?
I’m finished with my field lab! Yes, tis both awesome and sad. Awesome because of all the work I put into it and all the experiences I gained from it. Sad because it’s over. Sad and relieved, there are always weird mixed emotions about having to stop doing something you enjoy, despite having a set deadline with work that needs to be accomplished. I have enjoyed working with the church here. It has been very uplifting and I am eager to continue working when I return. Hopefully, I can help the congregations in the States.
I finished my lab with just over 160 hours, a report on the history of the church in Ukraine, a daily journal, and a book report.

I really enjoyed the book. Word usage in some part was… harsh. It could have done without that. Overall though, I thought the book did a good job of showing the reader the painfully obvious mistakes many people make when they go to other countries.



Here are some of the notes I took while I was reading the book:

We need to know the enemy we fight. We need to know where they fight, how they fight, and why they fight if we ever want to stop the war. Killing a soldier only allows another to take his place for the same cause. Changing the way one thinks is harder, but provides far better results.

Abrupt honesty can be hard to take, but, hurt emotions aside, it is generally more appreciated than polite deception. (At least it should be)

Things would get done a lot faster if nations treated each other as equals and were willing to put in the effort to get the job done, rather than waste time, resources, and peaceful negotiations with politics and expensive plans.

It just goes to show that people pay more attention to your example than to your words. You can reach and teach people without saying a word. In the end, it’s how you lived your life that counts.

How rare it is to find people willing to help others no matter what the cost. Why oh why can’t people see through the lies they are being fed? Truth is a high price to pay for complacency.

The writers know what they’re talking about. They know the price, the stakes, and the consequences. People have the capability to change the world for better or for worse. Painting a pretty picture without regard to the actual struggles one should be involved in, will only attract the wrong kind of people. If you want hardworking people dedicated to the cause, be clear about it. It may not attract very many, but those you do attract will be the ones you’re looking for.

“Only occasionally will the battles be violent; but the sum of these tiny battles will decide whether our way of life is to perish or to persist.” ~ The Ugly American

Hosea wrote, in Hosea 4:6, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”

I pray I am the kind of example I need to be to change the world for Christ.