California & Onward (dates fixed)

Wednesday, November 5th -- Worked at 8, went to Translation class at 9:25, skipped chapel to come home and finish packing, went to Practicum at 12:35 only to find out that the teacher wasn't expecting me and they weren't going to do much anyway, made the 1&1/2 hour drive to Charlotte, parked my car in long term parking, made it to the gate in plenty of time to eat some chicken before hand. Flight left for Houston then San Diego at 4:20. God's coolness: if I hadn't gone to Practicum class, Veronica wouldn't have been able to give me a magazine of various word games for my flights, they have been so much fun to work on!

Thursday, November 6th -- Went to Disneyland with Emmy, there was hardly anyone there so we went on all our favorites more than once, took pictures while on Thunder Mountain, shared a Turkey leg for lunch, went to the Blue Bayou for dinner, listened to a really cool fiddle player and made requests for the pianist at the Resort. Witnessed a horrible accident on the way home, literally rolling over parts of the entangled mess and being the first to call 9-1-1. God's coolness: had amazing time with sister and were totally protected from harm.

Friday, November 7th -- Had a massage, went to lunch at Four Seasons with mom and grandma, the smoked mozzarella was delicious, drove up to Torrance and met up with Tim, Melissa, and bride Kayti, did last minute wedding errands with them, went to dinner with them and Jason and Victor at Hawaiian food, went to their church's Friday college and career worship night, had time alone with the bride that night. God's coolness: walking into a Costco situated just 15 minutes from the center of downtown Los Angeles was absolutely thrilling, I couldn't stop smiling at the diversity of people and languages, perhaps God will eventually lead me there after all.

Saturday, November 8th -- Had Starbucks with the bride, lazily hung out for awhile, went to lunch at BJ's with Chris and Cindy, the three girls plus new friend Summer went and had our nails done, I got my eyebrows waxed too, went to the church for rehearsal which was hilarious, loud, and with so many nontraditional elements to the wedding many of us wondered how it would go the next day, went to rehearsal dinner at Jason's mom's house, Kayti cried talking about everyone, so did Jason, ate Thai food, went to Redondo beach coffee shop with girls in the wedding, went to home in Palos Verdes with a gorgeous overlook of the city, finally went to bed about 12:30. God's coolness: more realization of my continued love for LA, Kayti was so calm, and back at the house where we slept Cindy, Aimee, Summer, and I prayed over Kayti before going to sleep.

Sunday, November 9th -- Woke up at 7, took showers, Summer and I went looking for safety pins but almost everything was still closed, ended up finding some at Ralph's after asking the really good looking Hispanic guy working at Cost Market (or something like that), bought Starbucks for all back at the house, everyone had their make-up and hair done, went to the church to finish dressing and photos, ceremony, more pictures, reception, 1&1/2 hour drive home alone bawling the first 30 min. and completely ruining my beautiful made-up face. God's coolness: the ceremony was unbelievably God-centered and people couldn't have left without knowing that Christ alone would be exalted in that marriage.

Monday, November 10th -- Met a hard-core covenant "theologian". Flight left at 11:20, arrived back in Charlotte at 10:45ish, drove 1&1/2 hours home after getting luggage and trekking to the car, arrived back in Columbia just before 1am, exhausted. God's coolness: not bad flights, sandwich snacks on both flights, more fun word puzzles.

Tuesday, November 11th -- Made it to Isaiah although barely coherent, skipped chapel to come home and sleep, worked from 1-4pm, came home to do chores, homework, and first shower since arrival before tutoring at Ben Lippen from 7-8pm. God's coolness: survived. Also, Zach was the sophomore from China I tutored and it went really well including finishing the time by praying out loud for him.

Please pray for the these last five weeks of school especially for three huge projects - 7 verses from Isaiah complete exegetical study and two Bible translation projects.

God is wonderful! Pray I know this forever!

California pictures