I admit, I’ve been terrible about blogging lately. I need to read my own post on margins because right now, I don’t have any and blogging slipped off the pile. What writing time I have had, has been devoted to e-mailing. But I am going to make it up to you all with a couple …
This is the report I wrote to the three groups that gave me the grants that made it possible for me to go minister in Kenya: the Susan Bax Foundation, the International Outreach Granting Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and the Youth Opportunity Fund Granting Group of North Pacific Yearly Meeting. I thank God for …
I think it is high time to give you all a general update on some things I’ve mentioned here on the blog. Quaker Youth Book Project: We are currently working on the cover art and looking through the final manuscript before it goes to print to be officially released in late April of this year. …
Thank you for your prayers! So far, so good. Tomorrow we drive to Newberg. Today was A LOT of fun. We took a tour (led by yours truly) of George Fox Evangelical Seminary, visited the Tulip Festival outside of Woodburn (which everyone loved- especially the cutouts you could stick your face into and the large …
I remembered today something I told Ashley I was going to blog because it was so funny. Last week when a bunch of people from our church went to the yearly gathering of Friends World Conference on Consultation in Canby, Oregon, Ashley made this comment to me about our row of people from Freedom Friends …
Today I bought a plane ticket for Savannah, Georgia. I am so excited to go see a new place, meet new people, and talk about interesting things. I’ll be heading out in exactly one month. I will fly into Savannah, stay there for one night, and then go on to Saint Helena Island in South …
“I’m Leaving on a Jet Plane…” (1 more month to go) Read More »
The wind has been doing it’s best to push the trees over in my apartment complex tonight. It has been quite a day between my job search, vehicle search, dance class, and play rehearsal. I also went and worked out, it felt pretty good. Shocker I know. Then tonight I learned how to throw a …
I got to see Katrina and Ashley!!!! This is me bragging to the world. I just had a totally awesome weekend in Seattle. Not only am I immensely proud of myself for tackling the downtown streets while driving, I also pumped my own gas, helped Katrina find her way around, and found my own way …
(For those of you who don’t know, I am an Editorial Board member for the Quaker Youth Book Project. This letter is from our Project Coordinator, Angelina, and is being distributed to Quakers around the world.) Dear Friends, We’re excited to announce that it is now possible to donate to the Quaker Youth Book Project …
I have an uncanny knack for visiting churches when there is food involved. I never plan it that way but it often happens. I believe the first time I visited Freedom Friends, it was potluck Sunday. The time I visited Multnomah? You guessed it, potluck Sunday. I’ve heard one meeting calls potlucks, “meetings for eating”. …
