Seasonal

So..i am kinda bummed that i didn't make it to the Christmass Eve sevice with my family. Long story. Anyways.i enjoyed the Portugese Black Death and had my last day of work with Santa today...hope i get a check soon! Merry Christmas everyone. Enjoy this time and savor it.

So i find myslef doing things i used to and thought i left behind. Not bad or illegal things..mopre actions and mental. stupid silly licia.

HA!

"you're momma is SO fat....it takes two trains and a bus just to get on her good side!"

...

photo coming soon

Major prayer request

A lot of us know Devon...keep him in mind


We are medivacing Devon to Miami tomorrow, Thursday, a.m. He has been sickfor 2 weeks with malaria and typhoid fever. He was getting better, then hetook a turn for the worse over the last 2 days, but especially today,
down after 2 hours of covering him in ice water cloths. As I write this, heis at the clinic, under the supervision of an American missionary doctor,getting a 2 unit blood transfusion. The blood used is from Dan and fromanother missionary who passed the health screening.A medivac plane has been approved by our insurance company and we arecurrently waiting for news as to whether or not it can come directly here toCayes or to Port. We are hoping one parent, me, can fly with him. Dan andDawn will follow us via American Airlines. We have a flight scheduled for 7a.m. tomorrow to go to Port, so the medivac plane can meet us here in Cayesor in Port.The medivac plane would take us to Miami then via helicopter or ambulance toMiami\'s Jackson Memorial Hospital, where infectious disease specialists andhemotologists will meet us (hopefully!). They are thinking that he hashemoragic anemia or resistant malaria - the first case of it\'s kind inHaiti. The tests here are limited, but enough to tell us that Devon isvery, very seriously ill. Dan\'s parents, Herb and Shirley Shoemaker, willbe meeting us at the hospital tomorrow.When he first got sick, he was outback at a sister church. He most likelycontracted it at the previous sister church, 2 weeks earlier. One of ourHaitian staff, Antoine, also got malaria and typhoid there. One of ourmechanics got typhoid only. As far as we know, no one from the US churchhas gotten sick.There are many uncertain things in front of us. Of course our greatestconcern is Devon, the timing of getting him to the states and in the care ofspecialists, finding the correct diagnosis, etc.Dan and I were just in Ft. Myers for RMI\'s board meetings. Devon\'sdiagnosis was made while we were gone. The missionaries here rallied around",1]
);
//-->
Wednesday. His fever spiked to 105 this evening. We were able to get itdown after 2 hours of covering him in ice water cloths. As I write this, heis at the clinic, under the supervision of an American missionary doctor,getting a 2 unit blood transfusion. The blood used is from Dan and fromanother missionary who passed the health screening.A medivac plane has been approved by our insurance company and we arecurrently waiting for news as to whether or not it can come directly here toCayes or to Port. We are hoping one parent, me, can fly with him. Dan andDawn will follow us via American Airlines. We have a flight scheduled for 7a.m. tomorrow to go to Port, so the medivac plane can meet us here in Cayesor in Port.The medivac plane would take us to Miami then via helicopter or ambulance toMiami's Jackson Memorial Hospital, where infectious disease specialists andhemotologists will meet us (hopefully!). They are thinking that he hashemoragic anemia or resistant malaria - the first case of it's kind inHaiti. The tests here are limited, but enough to tell us that Devon isvery, very seriously ill. Dan's parents, Herb and Shirley Shoemaker, willbe meeting us at the hospital tomorrow.When he first got sick, he was outback at a sister church. He most likelycontracted it at the previous sister church, 2 weeks earlier. One of ourHaitian staff, Antoine, also got malaria and typhoid there. One of ourmechanics got typhoid only. As far as we know, no one from the US churchhas gotten sick.There are many uncertain things in front of us. Of course our greatestconcern is Devon, the timing of getting him to the states and in the care ofspecialists, finding the correct diagnosis, etc.Dan and I were just in Ft. Myers for RMI's board meetings. Devon'sdiagnosis was made while we were gone. The missionaries here rallied around
returned from the states LAST NIGHT!!! So he is just turning around,repacking his suitcases and going right back out. We are, of course, veryconcerned about the finances for this emergency. We are already undersupported right now and this will really, really stretch us thin!So this is a plea for concerted, special prayer for Devon and all of us. Weneed God\'s strength and provision.Please pass this on to all who know us and could pray!Thank you,Debbie

A Christmas Paradox

KAT: i believed in santa claus
KAT: and then found out he wasn't real
KAT: and promptly bawled my eyes out
KAT: but i turned out okay

but is it right to tell these kids about Santa and aid in comforting them to sit on this old guy's lap? i think that is why this year i am pushing the 'action' shots of a high five or he kid looking at Santa. He is more of a concept anyway. Oh well, story of my life: deception! Off to work again tomorrow!

Defying Gravity

"Defying Gravity"
music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
(Copyright by Stephen Schwartz. Used with permission.)
GLINDAWhy couldn’t you have stayed calm, for once! Instead of flying off the handle -- !
I hope you're happyI hope you're happy nowI hope you're happy how you'veHurt your cause foreverI hope you think you're clever
ELPHABAI hope you're happyI hope you're happy tooI hope you're proud how you wouldGrovel in submissionTo feed your own ambition
GLINDA & ELPHABASo though I can't imagine howI hope you're happyRight now
GLINDAElphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry!
You can still be with The WizardWhat you've worked and waited forYou can have all you ever wanted -
ELPHABAI knowBut I don't want it - No!I can't want it anymore
Something has changed within meSomething is not the sameI'm through with playing byThe rules of someone else's gameToo late for second-guessingToo late to go back to sleepIt's time to trust my instinctsClose my eyesAnd leap...
It's time to try defying gravityI think I'll try defying gravityAnd you can't pull me down
GLINDACan't I make you understandYou're having delusions of grandeur?
ELPHABAI'm through accepting limitsCuz someone says they're soSome things I cannot changeBut till I try I'll never knowToo long I've been afraid ofLosing love I guess I've lostWell if that's loveIt comes at much too high a cost
I'd sooner buy defying gravityKiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravityAnd you can't pull me down!
Glinda, come with me. Think of what we could do - together!
UnlimitedTogether we're unlimitedTogether we'll be the greatest team There's ever been - Glinda!Dreams the way we planned 'em
GLINDAIf we work in tandem
GLINDA & ELPHABAThere's no fight we cannot winJust you and I, defying gravityWith you and I defying gravity
ELPHABAThey'll never bring us down!
Well, are you coming?
(GLINDA decides to stay behind.)
GLINDAI hope you're happyI hope your happy now that your choosing this -
ELPHABAYou too--I hope it brings you bliss
GLINDA & ELPHABAI really hope you get itAnd you don't live to regret itI hope you're happy in the endI hope you're happy my friend
ELPHABASo if you care to find meLook to the Western sky!As someone told me latelyEveryone deserves the chance to flyAnd if I'm flying soloAt least I'm flying freeTo those who ground meTake a message back from me!
Tell them how I am defying gravityI'm flying high, defying gravityAnd soon I'll match them in renownAnd nobody in all of OzNo Wizard that there is or wasIs ever gonna bring me down!!
GLINDAI hope you're happy
CITIZENS OF OZLook at herShe's wickedGet her!!
ELPHABABring me down!
CITIZENS OF OZNo one mourns the wickedSo we got to bring her -
ELPHABAAhhhh!
CITIZENS OF OZ--Down!

i cannot tell you how much i am stoked for this Broadway! Hooray for Wicked! Buy the soundtrack! just look at these lyrics! man oh man!

You can't hide your lying eyes..and your smile is a thin disguise

"53. The one person who can't hide things from me:
ALicia is a bad liar."

so this is what my friend typed today..i know i should be glad i cannot lie anymore...but in some ways it is scary to lose your old identity. To not be able to do everything you once could. I can't suprise people or hold pranks to the extent i used to. I can't tell people i'm ok when i am really not. Ariel, Alexa, Jean, and Katy have broken this. Oh man.

edit: 8.08pm..mattias..you kinda stink too! hoi maggie!

Alice Cooper could not have said it better!

School's out forever!!!

well, not quite, but it is fast approaching. I am officially done with English as of this morning and recieved an A!!! Tomorrow marks the end of drawing 101 and i take my math final but i still have to write a paper for in there. I had quite a pleasent evening hanging out with j-ra, terry and andrea. we played xbox, watched alias, and are currently listening to brian regan! i can't wait for new years at the russell's! hmm, i can't sleep..the dorms are still too hot. So i have no roommate until i get back next semester. christa's parents are out of town so she is commuting for the week. Ok, off to quote Briopq4 before bed! night allemaal!