Pics...again

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel
Rose and world map, Apt. 29
Sutter puppy, NorCal
Swamp, NorCal

Abandoned building, NorCal

Twitterpated

Apt. 29 has been infected with twitterpation...However, as of 11:03pm, the Canadian and the NorCalian have managed to avoid the disease.

It was an accident...

So I got in a car accident on the way to LAX, but I'm fine. Fortunately the car that I hit was partially made of plastic so the impact was not as bad and my car was not damaged as badly, but now I can't drive it in case something is wrong under the hood. Oh yeah, and I can't open my hood. Hmmmm...
Thankfully God protected the other girl and I from any serious or even minor injury. No one else hit us and I was still able to get to the airport to see off my group of IBEXers. And my insurance is really good, so hopefully we won't have to pay too much once the claims are settled.
Now I am dependent on others for rides and such. I haven't had to be dependent for even more than a week (probably) since I was 17 when my parents got the first car for me. That car just became "undriveable" because the 2nd gear just wasn't there any more. My parents are so kind to me, and they bought me a 1998 black Subaru within that week. I really liked it (except for the radio; I still haven't figured it out totally) and my parents could have easily said, "We're sorry, but you are 21 and you need to buy your own car if you want to get around." I am very thankful for my parents' generosity, though sometimes I think they go too far.
Any way, now I am being blessed by my friends who are willing to drive me places, to look at my car, to follow me to the collision center, to give me rides to church, etc. Now I know a little bit how maybe an international student feels who needs to be dependent on others to get around...So if you are one of those people, thanks... :)

Ummmm, hello!!

Does anyone else see a problem with Barack Obama and his high ratings?????
*Isn't Obama a Muslim?
*Didn't we go to war with Afghanistan because militant Muslims attacked our country and killed our people?
*Don't Muslims have strict rules that are opposed to the freedoms that America supposedly holds so dear?
*Can't America wake up and realize that some things just cannot be accepted, namely cowardice in the name of religion (or cowardice in the name of acceptance)?
What is going on in this country? I am not opposed to Barack Obama as a person. I am opposed to him as president. I am also opposed to those Americans who look on the outside - he's nice, he's charismatic, he's different - look on the inside! Look at what he believes! The religion that he claims to be affiliated with has terrorized our country and countless others! Yes, that was militant Islam, but where does militant stop and moderate begin?
Please wake up...tell me it's a dream...

Jo=Jennica

"...for Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way."
-Little Women, ch. 23

I love all my friends very much. It causes me pain when they think they are free but are really trapped; when they think they can see but are really blind; when they think they are right but are really wrong...

I want to see the world. Oh God, will You let me go?

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_maps/world_rel_803005AI_2003.jpg

Bah-humbug and yea!

On an annoying note, what I don't understand is how a student can apply, be accepted, and have everything done for IBEX in 2 days, yet the people who were accepted 4 months ago still don't have it together. I guess it is this way in a lot of things (classes, jobs, applications, etc.), but you would think that if you really cared about going to Israel, you would be prepared.
On a happier note, my oldest brother graduated from the police academy last night and is now a full-fledged policeman! After 24 weeks of study and preparation, Ross is now a Placer County deputy sheriff! He works for the same department as my brother Scott, who has been a deputy sheriff for about a year and a half. They both looked very spiffy in their green uniforms. They also sported little black elastic bands across their stars, in honor of the policeman that died on duty on Wednesday.
On a funnier note, when Brenda and I walked into the auditorium last night, the usher handing out programs gave one to Brenda and asked her to share it with her mom.
"Mom? or sister?" he asked.
"Sister," I said.

Pickles

For some reason when my parents had Brenda 7 1/2 years ago, I started calling her "Pickle." I don't know why; she doesn't look like a pickle. Any way, the other day Brenda was commenting on the fact that Mom had written "pickles" on her shopping list.
Jennica-"We don't need pickles, we have one right here!!"
Brenda-"I'm not a pickle to eat, I'm a pickle to love!!"


Pickle has a big forehead just like the rest of her family...

Status

The sentence has been served...Off to credentialing I go...

Status

Jennica is awaiting her sentence...

Christian Worldview Reading...

The Christian faith is not true because it works. It works because it is true.

Genuine understanding generates genuine faith, and genuine faith in turn generates genuine experience. Without genuine faith, experience can easily be counterfeited by emotionalism. Without genuine understanding, what passes for faith can be a counterfeit confidence of purely human origins (such as the power of positive thinking). So understanding is integral to faith, just as faith and understanding are both integral to experience.
- Os Guinness, God in the Dark

Does your worship inform your theology or does your theology inform your worship?
-Dr. Greg Behle

Overheard...

I was walking to class yesterday when I overheard this conversation:

Tim: Where are you going?
Adam: The IBEX office. [I pretend not to hear this as Adam waves his application in the air] Are you going to Israel?
Tim: No, I don’t have time.
Adam: Ahh, you always have time for Israel!! You don’t know how long it’s going to be there!

Hehe, Shabbat Shalom!


Tank museum, Latrun, Israel