So long! I'm off to the great unknown.
Blessings, until we meet again. ~Lydia

Psalm 139:7-10

"Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast."

Robin Hood

My brother says this is seriously the best Disney movie out there. And I'd have to agree that it's quite a forgotten wonder. It's got fabulous characters (I personally like Friar Tuck) and catchy songs.

We were all excited to rent it tonight but Shamrock Video said they'd sold it.

What's up with that?!

"Sometimes ups outweigh the downs,

but not in Nottingham"

Please pray for our brothers and sisters in Kenya where hundreds have been slaughtered over elections.

"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
Romans 12:21


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My family

I'm going to miss them.

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CSC Library

Where I am spending this sunny day. It's not a bad place to TRY and get some reading and business done. But this girl is distracted by the smallest thing and the silence is almost too much for me!

For Philip...

For Christmas I received a rather large duffel bag for my trip, and my brother commented that I could comfortably bring home a small child in it. Then he continued to insist that I bring him home a "bush baby" (I think I could fit many more than one though) . So Phil, this photo and article are for you. I'll do my best to at least get a shot of one of these guys, but they are nocturnal. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16652502/from/ET/

"Who can wipe the tears from your eyes, help you realize?
Who can take your burdens and cares, ready now to share?
JESUS
How awesome is His name!!!
JESUS
He always is the same!!!
JESUS my redeemer for the lost He came!!!!"

~Acappella

Too crazy funny...

FHUHS

On Monday night my dad and I went to a FHUHS Slaters' basketball game. I've been back there a couple of times since I graduated, but boy, it was so weird to be sitting there in the stands watching these kids. They all looked so young. I recognized a few faces and even some folks I graduated with, but still. The question that my peers and I are always asking when we think back on high school and when we see current high schoolers is... "Did we look that young and act that way?" Unfortunatelly the answer is probably "yes" for most of us.

The suspense!!! (Note Dad's leaning forward and jaw dropped.)

The Slaters won against Mill River off course.

I kept catching myself about to shout "Go Houghton!!!" from the stands. It must just be ingrained now so that saying "Go Slaters!" just doesn't come naturally.

New Hampshire primaries...

Clinton
and
McCain


(who knows what'll happen)

This boy is coming home on Friday from Vietnam. It will be so good to see my brother before we both head off to separate continents again. So sad.

Memorable quote:

"I like people who make me like them. It saves me so much trouble from forcing myself to like them."
~ Aunt Josephine to Anne (Anne of Green Gables)

Iowa Caucuses...

Obama
and
Huckabee (yeah Huck!)

Three weeks from today....

I fly out of Boston-> London-> Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
How scary is that!?

A worthy goal...

Our Daily Bread, January 1st:
one of Jonathan Edwards' 70 resolutions of 1722.

"Until I die, not to act as if I were my own, but entirely and altogether God's."