Went to Mount Magazine the other day - highest peak in all of Arkansas... I really like mountains -enough said! I got to kayak on Cove Lake - a mountain lake that is both pristine and not too chilly - at least not compared to Lake Superior. It was good to get some swimming in even if I was (am) a bit terrified about the poisonous snakes here in Arkansas. Water moccasins, rattlesnakes, and copperheads - one of which just bit a second grader and turned his leg black. Hmmm, I'll have to warn the youth about that!
Also, armadillos are allll over - dead on the side of the road; pretty exotic roadkill for a Michigan girl. Not so much to the natives here, and after almost hitting two vicious vultures tearing into a dead armadillo in the middle of the road they're a bit less exotic for me too!
Did I mention we went "Bronco-ing" on Sunday? We were having a cookout with some friends from church and her husband loaded us all up into his bronco (basically a super-tough jeep is the impression of it I got) - originally the plan was just to stand on it to grab a frisbee I accidentally threw on the roof - but we ended up going through creeks, blasting through a herd of cows and clambering up and down steep water banks -I can't believe one vehicle can do all of that!
Every day has been jam-packed with craziness... I'm about ready to go rollerblade or read... if I can even stay awake that long.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Booneville, Arkansas
Well, I'm here - in Arkansas that is. Booneville, a town of 4,117 people - I've met 9 of them in the few hours we've been here. And the cookout after church tomorrow will add to that number. Oh, and the mountains are so beautiful - I could get used to the scenery, but 95 degrees is a going to be a bit of a challenging temperature...
I've had some good times in while in Birmingham, Alabama for training, a few things stick out; going into a vine-covered, abandoned and looted-looking house outside of Birmingham with my boyfriend Jimmy - walking on the second floor I was pretty sure I'd widen one of the gaps in the floorboards with my body crashing through it- thankfully, that didn't happen. I also went to the Civil Rights Museum... honoring people who lived and were persecuted for their pursuit of freedom and equality - what would we be jailed and scorned for? I also got to sing and play some worship songs in Spanish, which was pretty lovely as anything with Spanish always is.
and on the drive I most remember one spot where all the trees were leafless and all roofs were blown off - it was the trail of the tornado leaving decimated houses in its warpath. Weird how only a block away the houses can still be so pristine.
White Blank Page is playing in the background;
Can you lie next to her
And give her your heart, your heart
As well as your body
And can you lie next to her
And confess your love, your love
As well as your folly
And can you kneel before the king
And say I'm clean, I'm clean
I remember when this song used to be my anthem - when I used to wonder if anyone could ever give me their heart and if there would ever be anyone who desired my heart more than my body. I didn't think love like that was too probable, and maybe it's not, but I've found it in Jesus, and now I'm finding it again. Thanks to God for all things!
I've had some good times in while in Birmingham, Alabama for training, a few things stick out; going into a vine-covered, abandoned and looted-looking house outside of Birmingham with my boyfriend Jimmy - walking on the second floor I was pretty sure I'd widen one of the gaps in the floorboards with my body crashing through it- thankfully, that didn't happen. I also went to the Civil Rights Museum... honoring people who lived and were persecuted for their pursuit of freedom and equality - what would we be jailed and scorned for? I also got to sing and play some worship songs in Spanish, which was pretty lovely as anything with Spanish always is.
and on the drive I most remember one spot where all the trees were leafless and all roofs were blown off - it was the trail of the tornado leaving decimated houses in its warpath. Weird how only a block away the houses can still be so pristine.
White Blank Page is playing in the background;
Can you lie next to her
And give her your heart, your heart
As well as your body
And can you lie next to her
And confess your love, your love
As well as your folly
And can you kneel before the king
And say I'm clean, I'm clean
I remember when this song used to be my anthem - when I used to wonder if anyone could ever give me their heart and if there would ever be anyone who desired my heart more than my body. I didn't think love like that was too probable, and maybe it's not, but I've found it in Jesus, and now I'm finding it again. Thanks to God for all things!
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