Tuesday, May 1, 2007

prayer request from my Russian penpal Rena

I have a Russian penpal who asked me to post her prayer requests to get as many people praying for her friends as possible.

Three christian brothers she knows were murdered in their office for their christian faith. She wants prayers for their families and the other Christians in Russia to be protected.

Keep Rena's friends and their families as well as the Christians in your prayers.

Showing my Razorback Pride

The 5 news shared a new message board for Razorback fans and those to support the team its free. I joined it today. I will get to meet other fellow Razorback fans and learn to follow up more with the team. They have forums for everything I love it. They even have a forum called Doing Business with a Hogvillian ." You can post about your business. I took a shot at it. Since I'm one of few Arkansas who do MG. I thought hey why not? A lot of Okies are on the hogboard too. I will get a wider scope for mineral girlz.

I love what they call the introduction forum The SlopHouse. Thats too cool. you can have discussions on whats on your mind about the razor backs, mitch mustang, Hoston Nutt etc. Man its great. I will be on there a lot for sure.
I should have changed my user name to Razorback girl. oh well. I used the nickname one of the boyfriends I had whom I loved gave me Katie Girl instead. Thats cool.

Gotta love it!

Wooe pig Sooie! Razorbacks!!

Adopt A Sister

I will be getting a sister to adopt in a few days. Its through this website for anyone who would like to do it

sisters4sisters.com

Basicially you send encouraging notes/ cards etc to a sister who lives in the Hariette Tubman House.

you send little things she might need for herself such as pencils, pens, tolitries, underwear etc.

Just give them encouragement and be a mentor to them. I am looking forward to having a sister to adopt.
That was one of my 100 goals in life. I reccommend you write them down. I met 5 of them I believe.

1. learn a new language
2. make christian penpals from all different cultures
3. write a solider (my friend's sister is one) I'll be getting her address next week
4. Volunteer to be a big sister for someone
5. Start studying about the different cultures.
I still might look at Big Brother/ Big Sister too. Be a big sister to another little girl in my area. I'll do that while my own daughter is in school. They have it where you can eat lunch with them at school or do an activity with them once a week. I will print out the application anyway and start filling it out and see from there. I'm not sure how long it would take to get one. I would like one while Rylee is in school.
Thats about it

Spanish Class starts tonight

This evening I start Spanish class. I'm looking forward to it. I will have two teachers helping me in spanish. It will be great to learn the everyday dialect the Spanish people use and not the former one that no one uses. I will get my first material printed out tonight so that I can read up on what I am doing. I'll be learning 100 lessons.
Once I see how it goes I may sign up next time for advanced spanish.

prayer request- God will help me learn the spanish language quickly and practice everyday.
He will make it so natural that I'll be able to communicate clearly to the Spanish people and understand what they are saying.

I have some e-mail pals from Mexico and 1 snail mail pal from Mexico. It will be great as I go through and will be able to write in spanish to my new friends Irlanda, Carlos (hes 3 yrs younger than me) a awesome brother in christ.
Luna, Liz and the other ones I wrote. I emailed a bunch and am waiting to her back from them. I am hoping to get some other snail mail pals too. I have a few in the US and 1 snail mail in Mexico. I wrote a few from Russia. I know they will snail mail me. the Russians love to get letters in the mail. I had 5 penpals who I made friends with while there. We wrote for 3 years before we lost touch with each other. This will help me make new friends.

I have a kind friend from Japan who is teaching me about her culture and about the Phillippines.
I am learning the phillippines they eat lots of fish and fish sauce, coconut milk. (i love coconut milk)
I use it in my smoothies. That they are really friendly people. Thats really neat.

Japan is different. They are really quiet and serious workers. Its takes them time to open up and be a friend to you.
They do treat their guests really well though. Ruby is going to tell me more about Japan in my next e-mail.
I did e-mail a few more from Japan as well. I'm hoping to hear from them soon.

Monday, April 30, 2007

Learning new languages and new cultures

Today I've found some e-mail pals from Japan, Phillippines and France. I emailed a few from France and Russia and a few more from Japan. One of my new friends is teaching me some of the common words and phrases of the Taglog language. I'm going to print out the words and practice them.

I'm sure my French penpals, Russian penpals will teach me their language too. I will practice them. I know a bit of Russian from when I went in 1996.

BaSeba= Thank you
Dobre ootra= Good afternoon
Niet= No
Da= yes

I will be learning a lot more about the Asian, French, Russian , Hispanic/ Lation Culture.

I start my first class of Spanish tommorrow. I can't wait to learn. I've been wanting to for such a long time.

I look forward to the many e-mail and snail pals I will make as well.

until manna'

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Wish List

In the blog profile it asks for wishlist's. I thought it would be much easier to post here.

1. Women of Faith Study Guides

2. Lady in waiting book

3. First place bible studies

4. Christian CD's

5. Christian women's books

6. Christian Women's devotionals

7. I love Juanita Bynum she is awesome. I would love her books

Most important of all to have Christian Female friends my age to talk to and interact with.

I want to be around postive and uplifting people who can encourage me Spiritually.

Thats my wish list.

Friendship & Worship

I really relate to someone in my class and would like to be their friend. I am so shy around him. I have no idea what to speak or say . Its kind of silly really because its someone I can talk to about things and am really comfortable around. I don't know why I'm not confident enough to tell them I would like to be their friend. Maybe because their a single guy my age whose goodlooking. It makes me shy. I never know how I will be received from him.

I really need to get my confidence level up. There a few women I want to be friends with how are my age to. again I'm really shy around them and not sure how I will be received either.
Melissa, Laura, Tonya and Glenda. I never know what to say to them to let them know I would like to be friends with them.

In all honesty I've been a loner and have never really stepped out in faith to start making friends. Taking the inative to be their friends. I want to get out of my comfort zone and start stepping out in confidence like I know God created me to be a secure and Confident woman.

My prayer request is God will fill me with his confidence and that he will give me boldness to befriend these people and not to allow fear or rejection and my old man to get in my way.
Nor listen to any lies the enemy may whisper to me along the way. I really don't want to hear them.

I want to take the steps to be around postive people and people who can encourage me in my christian walk with God and to go deeper closer and more intimate with him. I need to start developing some variety in my quiet times with him. Enter into worship. Tune out everything around me not only in my private worship but my public as well. Not care so much on what other people think of my worship or my emotions. I've been one to hold back any feelings for fear of people's thoughts or opionons of me. I will no longer let these things run my life and hold me back. I strive to step out in faith and share my feelings with God in my worship. whether I laugh, cry, dance, raise my hands, be still, clap, jump for Joy. my worship is between me and him anyway. I need to get it into my spirit that no one cares how I worship. there not even looking at me. they are doing their own worship. Its strictly between myself and God. Everyone expresses themselves differently.