My binder...

All the things on my binder...

Fiji
Adventure & Biography
some distant, unknown time in the future when
Getting Cabin Fever
World Afghanistan
Will change your life for the better
Europe
Turkey
Galapagos
Beijing
Rome
Samoa
Customs
Be authentic,
ready for adventure
Thailand Explorer
Ancient Egypt
over 200 countries, like India.
Costa Rica
Delhi, Jaipur, Agra
Culture
Globe-trotter
boundless
show you the world
At least once in your life, visit Japan.
Catch a little culture
on the move
Worldwide
Explore the globe
South Seas
Witness an active volcano
Morocco
Traveling Australia
[something in Hebrew]
Peru
Embark
One world. Many possibilities.
Not waiting for change,
foreign
on a journey.
GO WORLD

And that's only one binder...

Immediate Family

Parents
David Clifton
Patricia Carol

Kids
Phillip Ross
Timothy Scott
Jennica Leigh
Matthew Garret
Brenda Renee
Jayden Lee
Alexis Nikole
Giovanni Vann

Sisters-In-Law
Audra Ann
Ashley Nicole

Possible Sister-In-Law
Kaydee Marie

THIRTEEN MEMBERS IN MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY!

Teaching

"Teachers who make text reading assignments and then go over in class exactly what is in the text not only make class boring but also encourage students to neglect to read their assignments. This type of teacher is not encouraging the development of independent readers who can take their place as useful citizens and lifelong learners in our society. A teacher who focuses only on content ignores the process needed by students to comprehend the content in immediate and future reading situations."

-Content Area Literacy, Bean, Readence, and Baldwin
p. 8

Heather and Austin are getting married tomorrow!!!!!!

Santa Monica...oh yeah.

We went to Santa Monica yesterday, and we had a blast! We went out in the waves, swung on the swings, tried the gymnast rings (2 different kinds!), got dinner, climbed on a monument, took pictures...ahhhh, it was fun! Then we dropped off Sherrie at Apt. 29 and went to Luke's place to see Phelps win his 8th gold medal in Beijing!!! We also saw the women's heavyweight lifting, but I think we'll try to block that out of our memories. Just kidding...

Trust me, this was the best of the 3 attempts :)
Josh, Luke, me, Danielle, Sherrie

Gymnasts' chalk for the rings...
Josh, Luke, me

Some of the rings....Yeah, I think we could have been gold medalists. ;)
Josh, me

"We are too segregated!!" Haha!
Sherrie, Josh, me, Luke, Danielle

It was kind of funny to be doing this with a bunch of people strolling by...but we didn't care. :D
Sherrie, me, Luke, Danielle, Josh

We found some cool trees...and police tape...and capitalized on the ideas of Josh and Luke
Josh, Danielle, Sherrie, me, Luke

And of course, the kosher sign in Coffee Bean, my star of David necklace, and my Israel shirt.

We had such a good time! Thanks for coming guys! :D

The Race

"He [Obama] is just a scary man."
-Sherrie

Jenn-i-ca

My name is Jennica.

NOT
-Jennifer
-Jessica
-Jenna
-Jennie
-Jenni
-Jenny
-Jennagrin
-Grettica
-Jerrica
-Jenika
-Jennika
-Jenecca
-Jennitta
-Jannica
-Jenneeca

Get it right, people...

I'm really not a jerk...But after being called "Jannica" again today, I decided to write something about it. ;)

Adam

I think if Adam came back to the world, either to the Middle East, North America, or any other civilized region, he would not believe it was the same earth:

"What is this huge canyon doing here? What did you do to the dinosaurs? I guess they still think scanty fig leaves are an adequate covering. What have they done to Eden? Be nice to that guy; he could be one of Cain's descendents. What is that big, loud, gray thing in the sky? Money? What is money? Transplants huh...Eve and I did that years ago. Why don't you just walk...or ride a horse...or a camel. I've never seen that kind of dog before...or is it a rat? I don't believe you; you can't talk to people on the other side of the world using this weird contraption. You thought we looked like that?!"

Phase 2...

of my chosen career is about to begin...the dreaded credential program!!! I think I am being too optimistic in assuming that it will not be too bad or too stressful or too hard...hopefully I am right! :) (Unfortunately my pictures don't want to upload right now! rrrrr...)

The last four years...I remember
-my mom suggesting that I try to do Master's in 3 years instead of 4 because she thought I could do it and Master's is expensive...Well, it turned out that in order to do really well, I could not take more than 15 units a semester, plus there was IBEX, and I didn't want to only spend 3 years with these new friends! I am very blessed that I was able to do everything I did at Master's...

-thinking "Israel. Who wants to go to Israel??? What is there to see?" Then there was the chapel announcement showing the Pool of Siloam and some of Todd's pictures. So I asked my parents if I could go...and the rest is history.

-meeting Katharyn. Who is this giggly homeschool girl with long hair and skirts? And who is this weird, silly guy following us around? Little did we know I would be in their wedding!

-hating Foundations of Science. I now think the idea of the class is very good, but the execution of it was so boring, I wanted to either cry or hit someone after class.

-the fire drills: My poor mom having to go outside with all the college students ("No, Mom, you can't stay in here!") and having to lead Katharyn down the hallway when she failed to wake up completely.

-the explosion freshman year! It shook the windows of my English Comp. class. :D

-meeting new friends and saying goodbye to old ones. As odd as it sounds, both were hard. Hard to say goodbye because I didn't want to acknowledge that both God and I knew that it wasn't good...And hard to meet new friends because I only wanted to keep my old ones after IBEX. But I hadn't said hello, there would have been no Lester, nor Elizabeth, nor Sara, nor Naomi, nor Josh, nor...

-starting my first official job besides babysitting. It was Sunshine Day Care, with an interesting boss. Any way...I went on to work at Togo's, Kohl's, IBEX in Israel, Ikeda's, IBEX in California, Wolf Mountain, housesitting, babysitting, Honors Review. Each one had negatives, and each one had positives. I am thankful for the different opportunities God has given me to gain experience and to make $.

-pulling pranks on people. :D Katharyn and the closet, Margot Chicca and the roses, the IBEX profs and Viola, John Glass and the IBEX letter, Amos and the vacuum...

-Spring Break!!! Home, Egypt and Jordan, NorCal (Paul's, mine, and Lindy's homes), and home.

-telling myself (and a few others) that "I wasn't going to get married before I graduated." Yep, that proved true! ;)

-discovering Richard Halliburton and his wonderful travel books!! Thanks Megan! :D

-going to Israel not once but twice! That was the best gift of my life so far...I dare anyone to top it. :P

-discovering I did not want to teach elementary students! Oh dear, what do I do now? Junior high and high school, here I come!

I do NOT remember
-even going in to the IBEX Office to pick up an application!

-really meeting Paul. But I do remember the infamous picnic in the dirt!


Through it all God has been faithful to teach me things, even when I plugged my ears or turned my head or closed my eyes...His faithfulness will be there to the end...May I learn from the example of Asa:

"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.” - II Chronicles 16:9 NKJV