Thursday, June 29, 2006
can't get the hell out of texas...
...cause it's the hell raisin' center of the earth! (just wanted to clarify that i wasn't cursing here)
i feel like i have just spent the last week of my life floating through this dream-like existence. and now i am back in auburn, laying on a subleased bed, and have killed 2 roaches in less than ten minutes. my dad used to look at pictures of wyoming and wonder how you could feel homesick for a place that isn't actually your home. now i understand that and my answer is yes.
i got to spend 6 days in a car with three of my best friends - courtney, christi, and mckenzie. that in itself is so cool. but the time we had and the things we experienced were so much greater than i had ever in my wildest imagination could have dreamed. i haven't read through painted deserts by donald miler, but i feel like i have just lived something similar to it. we got to experience a great small town - waco - and all it had to offer. we spent an amazing 2 days in austin and it was over too soon. we got to spend some great time with my two best friends in the whole world - mandy and joel - in san antonio and then we pit stopped in houston to cut the trip and visit a lonely friend, brett. the time in the car, however, was priceless.
one of my favorite conversations was actually with daniel - our austin tour guide - (it took place in the car, so it still counts)when he was telling us about this woman in england who started a ministry for college students and she was never successful in the world's standards, but how her dream was to leave for her children a legacy of ministry instead of money. and that's exactly what she did.
austin also taught me how to love. i know that sounds stupid, but i have never met more genuinely nice people in my life. and they aren't all believers and i know that -in fact the majority of them aren't. but still to see people who are nice because it's better than the alternative is a nice change. it just made me realize how much time we waste being stupid, or rude, or in a bad mood about something ridiculous, when really we should just embrace the time that God has blessed us with to make the most of every moment. and that includes relationships.
all of us in a cut out of texas. this was at the rest stop into texas but we had to turn around because we were actually leaving texas...boo!
andy and jenny's rehearsal dinner
i'm so glad we got lost or we never would have found this
us with daniel...he spent his one day off showing us around...he's a very nice boy
austin java company...only one of the reasons we loved our visit to austin...and we don't even know who this boy is with us
totem pole
basically we were tired of the same old pose...there were only the four of us (well, five in this picture)
last stop on the way out...houston...and we got to see brett - yay!
i feel like i have just spent the last week of my life floating through this dream-like existence. and now i am back in auburn, laying on a subleased bed, and have killed 2 roaches in less than ten minutes. my dad used to look at pictures of wyoming and wonder how you could feel homesick for a place that isn't actually your home. now i understand that and my answer is yes.
i got to spend 6 days in a car with three of my best friends - courtney, christi, and mckenzie. that in itself is so cool. but the time we had and the things we experienced were so much greater than i had ever in my wildest imagination could have dreamed. i haven't read through painted deserts by donald miler, but i feel like i have just lived something similar to it. we got to experience a great small town - waco - and all it had to offer. we spent an amazing 2 days in austin and it was over too soon. we got to spend some great time with my two best friends in the whole world - mandy and joel - in san antonio and then we pit stopped in houston to cut the trip and visit a lonely friend, brett. the time in the car, however, was priceless.
one of my favorite conversations was actually with daniel - our austin tour guide - (it took place in the car, so it still counts)when he was telling us about this woman in england who started a ministry for college students and she was never successful in the world's standards, but how her dream was to leave for her children a legacy of ministry instead of money. and that's exactly what she did.
austin also taught me how to love. i know that sounds stupid, but i have never met more genuinely nice people in my life. and they aren't all believers and i know that -in fact the majority of them aren't. but still to see people who are nice because it's better than the alternative is a nice change. it just made me realize how much time we waste being stupid, or rude, or in a bad mood about something ridiculous, when really we should just embrace the time that God has blessed us with to make the most of every moment. and that includes relationships.
the moral of this story is to be so wise with your time, and realize that you can't get it back. as mckenzie said as we left our friend's house sunday night, "life goes by too quickly, and this day is just proof of that." i have come back from this trip with a genuine thirst for Jesus and for Him alone to satisfy me. it has been a long time coming and it is such an amazing place to be.
this is my favorite picture of the whole trip because christi looks absolutely precious...it was supposed to just be a test shot for the self -timer, but it is so cute!!!!
this is my favorite picture of the whole trip because christi looks absolutely precious...it was supposed to just be a test shot for the self -timer, but it is so cute!!!!
all of us in a cut out of texas. this was at the rest stop into texas but we had to turn around because we were actually leaving texas...boo!
andy and jenny's rehearsal dinner
i'm so glad we got lost or we never would have found this
us with daniel...he spent his one day off showing us around...he's a very nice boy
austin java company...only one of the reasons we loved our visit to austin...and we don't even know who this boy is with us
totem pole
basically we were tired of the same old pose...there were only the four of us (well, five in this picture)
last stop on the way out...houston...and we got to see brett - yay!# posted by Wilkey : 9:23 PM
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