Isn't the kid just so dog-gone cute? The book was written by Conor Grennan. A man who just wanted to travel the world in on year. I think he found more than that. On his first leg of the adventure he volunteered at a orphanage in Nepal called Little Princes. He got to know those kids, fell in love with those kids, and would do anything for those kids. After those three months he did end up traveling the world but he went back many times and ended up calling that place home before he got married. There was an excerpt from the book that just really struck me as a victory. Conor had just gotten an email from the love of his life-Liz-and was heading back to the Dhaulagiri Home (a house he set up for the children of Nepal) and this is what he experienced: "I went over to the Dhaulagiri to tell Farid the good news. As I was leaving, I ran into Leena in the foyer, alone as usual, staring out the front door. She was wearing her woolen maroon hat. The house maintained its chill with remarkable efficiency, regardless of the temperature outside. The hat was clearly too big for her; it was difficult to get clothes donated that fit the children exactly right. This particular hat, though, stuck up well of the top of her head. The elastic in it, meant for clutching a much larger cranium, was pulled together at the top, in a kind of a cone shape. It reminded me of a plunger, and that made it entirely too tempting to pass up. On my way out, I took it and plunged it up and down on her head, making a sucking noise. She giggled. I froze. It was the first sound that I had ever heard her make. I whirled around to see if Farid or anybody else had heard it. But no, we were alone in the hallway. When I looked back down at her, she had moved. But not just moved--as it took me a moment to comprehend: she was running very slowly away from me, looking back and waiting for me to chase her. So I chased her. She burst out laughing and took off for real. We ran all around the house for a full ten minutes. Farid came out of his room and did a double take as she sprinted past. He too froze, not wanting to break the spell. I scooped up Leena and carried her, smiling and giggling, over to Farid, and delivered her into his arms. Farid was wide-eyed. "This is amazing" he said, shaking his head. "It is amazing." I said. And just like that, from one day to the next, after months of not speaking, Leena had broken through her stone casing. She was a happy little girl." Little Leena was a young girl who was striped away from her parents at a young age. I cant imagine what she went through before she ended up at the home that Conor set up with Farid. I can only imagine that if this home had not been set up, Leena would still never be happy. This book was just one of many epiphany moments in my life. I have realized more and more that this, what Conor did is what I would love to do. I will go through whatever door the Lord opens. I so encourage you to read this book. {Little Princes by Conor Grennan} It changed my life. Once again.
Live Dead.
Monday, March 28, 2011
March 28, 2011
I love reading books. Recently I just finished a most amazing read. It inspired me to want to do great things. I wanted right then and there to drop the book, catch the next flight to some desolute, war-torn, hidden-by-trees village. I came across the book by the cute, little Nepali child on the front. 
Isn't the kid just so dog-gone cute? The book was written by Conor Grennan. A man who just wanted to travel the world in on year. I think he found more than that. On his first leg of the adventure he volunteered at a orphanage in Nepal called Little Princes. He got to know those kids, fell in love with those kids, and would do anything for those kids. After those three months he did end up traveling the world but he went back many times and ended up calling that place home before he got married. There was an excerpt from the book that just really struck me as a victory. Conor had just gotten an email from the love of his life-Liz-and was heading back to the Dhaulagiri Home (a house he set up for the children of Nepal) and this is what he experienced: "I went over to the Dhaulagiri to tell Farid the good news. As I was leaving, I ran into Leena in the foyer, alone as usual, staring out the front door. She was wearing her woolen maroon hat. The house maintained its chill with remarkable efficiency, regardless of the temperature outside. The hat was clearly too big for her; it was difficult to get clothes donated that fit the children exactly right. This particular hat, though, stuck up well of the top of her head. The elastic in it, meant for clutching a much larger cranium, was pulled together at the top, in a kind of a cone shape. It reminded me of a plunger, and that made it entirely too tempting to pass up. On my way out, I took it and plunged it up and down on her head, making a sucking noise. She giggled. I froze. It was the first sound that I had ever heard her make. I whirled around to see if Farid or anybody else had heard it. But no, we were alone in the hallway. When I looked back down at her, she had moved. But not just moved--as it took me a moment to comprehend: she was running very slowly away from me, looking back and waiting for me to chase her. So I chased her. She burst out laughing and took off for real. We ran all around the house for a full ten minutes. Farid came out of his room and did a double take as she sprinted past. He too froze, not wanting to break the spell. I scooped up Leena and carried her, smiling and giggling, over to Farid, and delivered her into his arms. Farid was wide-eyed. "This is amazing" he said, shaking his head. "It is amazing." I said. And just like that, from one day to the next, after months of not speaking, Leena had broken through her stone casing. She was a happy little girl." Little Leena was a young girl who was striped away from her parents at a young age. I cant imagine what she went through before she ended up at the home that Conor set up with Farid. I can only imagine that if this home had not been set up, Leena would still never be happy. This book was just one of many epiphany moments in my life. I have realized more and more that this, what Conor did is what I would love to do. I will go through whatever door the Lord opens. I so encourage you to read this book. {Little Princes by Conor Grennan} It changed my life. Once again.
Isn't the kid just so dog-gone cute? The book was written by Conor Grennan. A man who just wanted to travel the world in on year. I think he found more than that. On his first leg of the adventure he volunteered at a orphanage in Nepal called Little Princes. He got to know those kids, fell in love with those kids, and would do anything for those kids. After those three months he did end up traveling the world but he went back many times and ended up calling that place home before he got married. There was an excerpt from the book that just really struck me as a victory. Conor had just gotten an email from the love of his life-Liz-and was heading back to the Dhaulagiri Home (a house he set up for the children of Nepal) and this is what he experienced: "I went over to the Dhaulagiri to tell Farid the good news. As I was leaving, I ran into Leena in the foyer, alone as usual, staring out the front door. She was wearing her woolen maroon hat. The house maintained its chill with remarkable efficiency, regardless of the temperature outside. The hat was clearly too big for her; it was difficult to get clothes donated that fit the children exactly right. This particular hat, though, stuck up well of the top of her head. The elastic in it, meant for clutching a much larger cranium, was pulled together at the top, in a kind of a cone shape. It reminded me of a plunger, and that made it entirely too tempting to pass up. On my way out, I took it and plunged it up and down on her head, making a sucking noise. She giggled. I froze. It was the first sound that I had ever heard her make. I whirled around to see if Farid or anybody else had heard it. But no, we were alone in the hallway. When I looked back down at her, she had moved. But not just moved--as it took me a moment to comprehend: she was running very slowly away from me, looking back and waiting for me to chase her. So I chased her. She burst out laughing and took off for real. We ran all around the house for a full ten minutes. Farid came out of his room and did a double take as she sprinted past. He too froze, not wanting to break the spell. I scooped up Leena and carried her, smiling and giggling, over to Farid, and delivered her into his arms. Farid was wide-eyed. "This is amazing" he said, shaking his head. "It is amazing." I said. And just like that, from one day to the next, after months of not speaking, Leena had broken through her stone casing. She was a happy little girl." Little Leena was a young girl who was striped away from her parents at a young age. I cant imagine what she went through before she ended up at the home that Conor set up with Farid. I can only imagine that if this home had not been set up, Leena would still never be happy. This book was just one of many epiphany moments in my life. I have realized more and more that this, what Conor did is what I would love to do. I will go through whatever door the Lord opens. I so encourage you to read this book. {Little Princes by Conor Grennan} It changed my life. Once again.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
March 14, 2011
i sit here wondering what i could write next. what inspired me today. what got me thinking. what made today...great. 
i found joy in laughing today. i loved being around those friends who, with their joyous laughs, made me happy. friends have always seemed to be the cure for a broken spirit, huh? they seem to be with wonder-working medicine.
my best friends have inspired me to be something great. to do great things.
i couldnt ask for more.
bethany, alyssa, vanessa, samantha...you girls bless my life.
love you!;
lars, snoops, al, nips, laurel, annie, annie-laurie.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
March 13, 2011
restlessness
just a little while longer and I'll see You, know You and be with You.
[oh the yearning to give this young girl help, love like a sister, restoration, hope, Gods comfort, food, laughter, joy, laughter, and peace]
that devours my soul.
that quenches my every thought and move.
im down on my knees
willing to go wherever and anywhere you want me to go God.
just a little while longer and I'll see You, know You and be with You.
my soul sings.
[oh the yearning to give this young girl help, love like a sister, restoration, hope, Gods comfort, food, laughter, joy, laughter, and peace]awaken us,
like a
wildfire.
awaken us,
to do great things
for your
Kingdom.
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