Today

Today I...

+ spoke up in class

+ climbed a fence

+ peeled potatoes

+ talked on the phone

+ sent e-mails

+ ate 2 burritos

+ took some pictures

+ listened to soundtracks

+ celebrated a good friend's birthday :)

New NickNames

Well, I have a couple nicknames to add to my list...

Japper
From Shane again...This came from the corruption of Jennica->Yennica
->Japanese Currency->Japper
GLS
From Pablo...I remind him of a sister...Not his sister, just a Generic Little Sister...Not so much a nickname as it was a title...

Hmmmm, are either of these compliments?

Gimme a break...spring break, that is...

Brenda (aka, Pickle, Monkey, or Monkey-Bean) was thrilled that my friends wanted to play Mousetrap with her!

Uh-hum, someone's shoes...Not mine, though...

We found a lizard in a pinecone at Lindy's house...Just hangin' out...

Sunrise in Willits...

Lindy's awesome hair...We got to drive around in her mom's convertible...

Sutter puppy and Pablo...

My little man, Sutter puppy!

Pickle tries to make a quick get-away..."Not so fast, Monkey!"

Paul was adament about the fact that he did not want to get pelted by Lizbeth...

Yea for shorts! Crazy college students...

Spring Break in a.....pistachio shell...

Katrin!

Hello, Katrin! Miss you! Wish you were here...

* Jenn-ee-ker

Spring Break, Part I

So, finally leaving our wonderful campus a half hour late, we left for Sara's house, the first of many stops! My poor little car made it up with 5 people and much luggage. My copilot was Sara, with Lester, Lindy, and Shane stuffed in the back. After stopping for ice cream to eat with homemade apple pie later, we headed for the Thomas home! Because of a lack of room in my car, Amos came up later with Sara's dad. We had a great time watching Looney Toons, eating dinner, playing Balderdash, and being "attacked" by Gracie (the Australian shepherd).

Sara's dad:
If God meant for us to be vegetarians, He would have made animals out of meat.
Us:
Uhhh, He did make animals out meat!
Sara's dad:
If God meant for us to be vegetarians, He would NOT have made animals out of meat.
Sara's mom:
That's so lame!! Where did you come up with that?!
Sara:
You should have heard the first version...

This morning Paul, Lizbeth, and Emily finally arrived at 1:12ish...Not that it mattered much...As we were about to leave, Shane and Sara disappeared into the garage. We got tired of waiting for them, so Pablo had the idea that we should leave. But, hmmmmm...they would hear our engines...So we put the Suburban in neutral and pushed it down the driveway. Well, Pablo steered, I took pictures, and other people pushed... :)

Goodbye, Suburban!
Goodbye van!

Goodbye Sara, Lindy, and Shane!

We arrived at the Ellsworth house just in time to have dinner! It was very good...mmmmm...Then Lester, Lizbeth, Amos, Bethany, Dr. Ellsworth, and I headed to Trinity Bible Church to help Pablo with his choral thing for Easter. Came back, got on the computer, had a family prayer, and got back on the computer...Church tomorrow and a flute concert featuring Bethany Ellsworth and the Hawkey girls (a family I met at Thanksgiving)...

Dum-de-dum

I couldn't think of anything to say, so I wasn't going to say anything. Then a Computer Services guy came into my office and informed me that my old, bulky monitor was being replaced with a new, flat-screen monitor! So I got a new monitor and a subject for my blog, all at the same time! How cool is that! ; ) Now if I can only make it so it doesn't appear fuzzy...

arrrrrr

It is always dumb to complain, since God has given us so many good things in life. It is even more dumb to complain about being bored...

Burger King in Tel Aviv traumatized me, I guess...

I admit it...

I am an ibex nerd. Daahhh, I love ibex, but I don't particularly like being called a nerd. But then again, it is my job to be a nerd...Wow, that's a weird thought...
Who gets paid to be excited about Israel? Yep, I do. Can you tell I like my job? I get paid to be excited about ibex (ok, and to help the profs). How cool is that?

Melyndee, myself, Bethany, Heather Zorichak, and Heather Donckels headed out to Northridge to visit the Falafel Palace, highly recommended by Dr. Behle, Bible professor and ibex staff.

All the other girls ordered falafel, and I ordered shwarma, Israeli style!

Heather got a free falafel 'cuz she is so friendly...Everyone loves her! She also got some free sesame dessert. We were all thankful... : )

Look who I found at Falafel Palace! Rabbi Schneerson! Man, this guy gets around! Many religious Jews consider Rabbi Schneerson to be the Messiah, even though he's been dead for years...how sad...

A good time was had by all! Yea for the Falafel Palace! I want to go back and buy some hummus...Anybody want to come with me? ; )

Oh, here is part of the e-mail Donckels and I sent to Todd, Bill, and Randy:

You know you're an IBEX nerd when you spend $5 on a falafel that only costs you $1 in Israel.
Guess where we went tonight?? The Falafel Palace in Northridge! It was like Israel in some ways, because Heather Z. was very friendly to the people who owned the place and they gave her discounted/free food! We even saw Rabbi Schneerson. The guy there kept telling us that we could get a free trip to Israel even though we weren't Jewish, but we didn't quite understand how that would work. Too bad. But we got cool Purim brochures and the falafels were good.

Anyway, we miss you all a lot!! And we hope that the semester is going well.

Shalom,
Heather and Jennica (and Heather Z., Melyndee, and Bethany) :o)

You're all Platonists...

Randy, talking about Platonism:
The Fall was the cause of the Split!

Paul:
My dad told me that when I broke my arm...

*The Platonic Split is the idea proposed by Plato that there is a difference between what is perceived and what is real, the real being ideal. This came about because of the Fall. The dichotomy really should not be there, but because of sin.......all is not as it seems....

Think about it

God does not call us to understand someone before we love him or her.
So simple, yet so hard.

“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8
“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves.”
Philippians 2:3