trish and i have started to go on walks in KLM. its nice. chilly, but very nice nonetheless.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
thoughts.
School.
I really seem to want to be a teacher lately. I would love to inspire and encourage kids that need to be inspired and encouraged. I think I just have a strong desire to reform the education system, but I am yet to find out how and what exactly needs to change.
Christmas.
I really want to give something meaningful this year for Christmas to those i care about. I want to be smart consumer and not support companies that mistreat their employers. I dont want to ask for stuff i dont need, although i will be tempted to. I'm still thinking a lot about this one.
but i must go, because there is homework to get done. I guess spending 35 hours a week at school is somehow insufficient, thus making teachers give at least 3 hours a homework a day to make things "right".
I really seem to want to be a teacher lately. I would love to inspire and encourage kids that need to be inspired and encouraged. I think I just have a strong desire to reform the education system, but I am yet to find out how and what exactly needs to change.
Christmas.
I really want to give something meaningful this year for Christmas to those i care about. I want to be smart consumer and not support companies that mistreat their employers. I dont want to ask for stuff i dont need, although i will be tempted to. I'm still thinking a lot about this one.
but i must go, because there is homework to get done. I guess spending 35 hours a week at school is somehow insufficient, thus making teachers give at least 3 hours a homework a day to make things "right".
Monday, November 10, 2008
Just recently, our family took in a lady named Pam. She works in the nursery at Union Church. She lived with her bro kinda far away and needed a closer place to stay while she worked in Clarendon Hills as a nanny.
So now that we have the background information, we may begin.
The other day I was vacuuming the basement while Pam happened to be watching TV. During the whole time I was vacuuming, I couldn't help but wonder more about her. What is her story? What are her dreams? When the vacuuming was over we made small talk about this and that, and then we got on the topic of what I was doing later that night. It turns out that I was going to hear a missionary from Nepal speak that night. Immediately she told me that she felt like she was being called to be a missionary when she was a senior in high school, that she was ready to go and serve. Yet when she talked to her pastor about it, he seemed to discourage her by saying that she was too young to be making bold decisions like that, and she listened.
I've been reading this book called "Do Hard Things" recently. It has opened my eyes to see that God has a plan for students such as myself, and those plans are no less significant than those of an adult. I was reminded of the book when Pam told me her story, and it made me realize that I need to remember that I am not too young to be inspired, to set dreams and goals, to see what God is calling me to do, to love, to glorify, and to act.
I'm going to get some apple cider now.
So now that we have the background information, we may begin.
The other day I was vacuuming the basement while Pam happened to be watching TV. During the whole time I was vacuuming, I couldn't help but wonder more about her. What is her story? What are her dreams? When the vacuuming was over we made small talk about this and that, and then we got on the topic of what I was doing later that night. It turns out that I was going to hear a missionary from Nepal speak that night. Immediately she told me that she felt like she was being called to be a missionary when she was a senior in high school, that she was ready to go and serve. Yet when she talked to her pastor about it, he seemed to discourage her by saying that she was too young to be making bold decisions like that, and she listened.
I've been reading this book called "Do Hard Things" recently. It has opened my eyes to see that God has a plan for students such as myself, and those plans are no less significant than those of an adult. I was reminded of the book when Pam told me her story, and it made me realize that I need to remember that I am not too young to be inspired, to set dreams and goals, to see what God is calling me to do, to love, to glorify, and to act.
I'm going to get some apple cider now.
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