Monday, the 5th

And everybody is back to work! Almost everybody. Students are still in their pajamas till a few more weeks. And me, between the two, I went up to the school today to get my books. I have been waiting for them so that I may prepare.
Yesterday was church, twice. Church is so good. I want more of it. :) (but i long for perfect church).
Saturday was hot! We played outside, and then us and a few of the neighborhood kids went down to the pond and played and jogged. I def got some sun and enjoyed it much. A little neighborhood kid, Jonathan, went with us. He is so cute, kinda :P, he is in the 2nd grade, and lives up the street. He will come bang on our door every now and then wandering if we have bananas (mom gave him one once, and now he wants one every time) and if we can play the board game "Life". Shannon and the other girls scream when they see him walking down the street and yell, "lock the doors!!!" lol... sometimes i'll go to the door and let him know what we are doing, or even invite him in for a little bit to play a game. Last time, we took him to the park with us. He enjoyed that. :)
Marcey had her camera the whole time -i used to do that. It is enjoyable to take pictures, looking through a different lens than just your eye's view, seeing the world through new eyes. It is quite refreshing. And can be celebrated after uploaded with others.
After the park, we got home soon enough for me to get ready to go. Chaverah is every first Saturday at the synogogue at sundown. I enjoy going. People join together, bring a dish, eat together, then the band plays and people dance. I love it! Afterwards we went out, downtown. While I was there I met a new person, he is an exchange student from France, so I gave him my usual welcome to the States. I invited him to go with us afterward, for he hasn't been out yet. He was so amazed at all the "tall building" and the four lane highways and bridges. It was like a shock to him. He told us that he was going to be going to Atlanta, and NY as well. We told him, "this is just a warm up for you!" It reminded me of the first time I went to NY, NY. I was so shocked, I couldn't walk. Once I got off the bus (I was with my choir), I was in awe and could only stand still to look at everything, all the lights, people, colors... I held onto my friend so she could lead me around while my eyes were in the sky! It was like that for Sedric. It made me smile.
We went down to Victory Park at the AA center, walked through the West End (which is now sadly closed), and all the way to the tallest building in Dallas at 71 stories, the America Bank Tower lit up green at night on Main street. We walked right up to the edge of it to peer up and get dizzy :P. It was a good warm up to NY for him, and a good walk for me. Two other friends were with us. It was rather late at night, when the bars and party scenes were just starting. Expensive cars driving around, limos, too. He was quite amazed. James drove, and Mackenzie went with us, too. James new car is really nice, too. It was a fun night. For some reason earlier that day, as I was getting dress, I had a feeling I would be doing something after Chaverah.

It is cold and rainy today. It rained all last night and icicles began to form everywhere. This morning Shannon and I noticed the trees were completely frozen. It took me a while now to jump to the thought of grabbing my camera. I am waiting till the rain stops a bit, and then I should go shoot around a bit.
For now, study to the books, not to learn, but to teach :). I love it, finally a calling for me I have answered and am satisfied with. Answering was the hard part because so many "phones" were ringing...


Time tells
time heals
time reveals
and time kills.
it takes time to complete all things
without time, we are nothing.

Time bends
and mends,
it stacks on every end
it ties together all the parts
and loosing everything without heart.

Without time, we are nothing.

It requires patience and strength.
Leaving us empty sometimes to think.
It is these times time is working
to create for us a new time to begin our journeys.
Sometimes to place us back on our feet,
but like I said,
it requires patience and strength.

Without time, we are nothing.

But to God, time is nothing, but a simple thing.
He is time, and all things.
Creating within, he sets the motions.
Time is simply our way to record life.
He knows, he knows,
he knows how we work, using this time to fix all our parts.
We are within this realm of time, surrendered without choice to His time.
for we cannot see how he works or what he is doing
He sees and knows all, he is above all, looking down at our map, deciding.
Placing us in waiting, for some reason we may not know.
But let us wait in patience and joy, for that is the way to go.

Enjoy life, and "make the most of every opportunity, for the days are evil" (Eph. 5).