We have great neighbors. When there is an issue in the neighborhood, we want to know what is going on and wants to do something about it. It was 10:30pm and we were doing our own thing around the house. Some of my housemates heard someone knocking on our door. It was our neighbor and he said someone needs to translate for the cops that were in front of our neighbor’s house. Our neighbors speak Spanish and the cops didn’t …
Howdy friends! (I officially sound Texan) I am so excited that it is getting warm outside and it is only February. But time is flying by!!! I feel like I have learned so much about myself in the past 5 months. It is unbelievable. I rejoice of the fact that God placed me here for a reason and He knows what will happen next although I can be so frustrated and worried at times. I thank you my friends and …
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Dear friends, Hope everyone is having a beautiful January! Just wanted to let you know about our new Launched ETSY account – Crafts made by the 3 teams in Houston will be sold on etsy! Support us in our fundraising this year! 100% goes to Mission Year! So check it out! http://www.etsy.com/people/MissionYearHouston Quote o’ the day: “We shall go the mountain of the Lord, where we shall walk with Him. We shall change our swords into plows and our spears …
Tuesday at staff meeting, one of my co-workers said to me. Jenny, I have something for you to do for MLK day for our neighborhood walk – and I eagerly wait for his request… He says, “I want you to learn the “I have a dream” speech”. That was a joke that he played with me. But then today, I thought about it. Maybe I should really learn this. This is really powerful. Everytime I listen to it, it gives …
“And I will say… “You are my people”; and he shall say “Thou art my God” – Hosea 2:23 I shall always remember one of Martin Luther King’s disciples saying to a gathering of many thousands of blacks in Chicago, in the early seventies: ‘My people are humiliated.’ Mother Teresa of Calcutta says: ‘My people are hungry.’ ‘My people’ are my community, which is both the small community, those who live together, and the large community which surrounds it and …
I am making up for the past 2 months which I haven’t written. Sorry if this blog doesn’t make any sense. After all, it’s just a blog. LOVE! These are some of my favorite things in Mission Year. -Houston, TX Houston is huge. There are a million different things I could do in Houston and one year is not enough for all that. But I am learning so much about the Houston culture. Yes. Houston does have a culture. These …
Greetings, Couple more days til I officially start Mission Year. For the past month, I’ve been visiting the motherland (India). So many times I thought to myself “Oh gosh I am so blessed to be living in America.” So many injustices, so much poverty in every corner. I was so ready to come back. It is a whole different world out there. I had to remind myself whose I am and also the fact that everything I saw can be …
I am such a blog slacker. It’s not that I don’t have anything to write. But it’s just that a million things are going through my head. I have about a week before I leave for India. But I tell you – Miracles, they are everywhere. I can’t seem to comprehend how amazing God really is. I am actually getting really nervous. It’s like I have been counting down days and as it gets closer, I am getting scared. I …
As I walk into the room not knowing that he was standing at the door. I was scared. I was shocked. I could feel my heart beat a hundred miles an hour. I said “I am so sorry. I was just checking if anyone was in.” And words come out of my mouth “doin’ okay?” He says with a frown on his face “still workin’ on it.” I walked back to reality. Or is it reality after all? What did …
I pick up my pen and I don’t have words to write. Maybe because I’m so awestruck. Awestruck because of how marvelous you are. I am running. Running so fast sometimes that I can’t even feel You. I dare to slow down and to listen to your heartbeat. Play me your newest song so I can be alive again. Show me your newest dance so I can be Free. Free from this world, aiming into another world. World of wonder …
I’m not a writer. But I enjoy writing. I’m confused by language. Maybe it’s because I know more than one language. Maybe if everyone spoke all the same languages that I speak, it will be all good. Language is amazing. But it is not my talent. I always wish to articulate in language. Never works. But I write anyways, because I love it. But again, why does language matter anyways? Another thought. We all have the language of Love and …
Thank You for stopping by. I am so excited to be a part of Mission Year. Mission Year is a dream come true for me. So I am here to share that dream unfolding into my Life. I am here to share my Love. Join me as life unfolds and reveals the Glory of God. I pray that I will be a vessel to serve lives. I am ready to see miracles. I am surrendering all of me. I am …
There is Space Deep in this heart For greater awakening. Breaking, sinking, entering into Imagination, yea tis Love. Closer Closer to me Come on come on I say But yet my heart feels so far away from You. Tis like the horizons of the beach front Oh it seems to stretch out from the shore So far away yet so Close Assure me Awaken me Open my eyes to You I want to hold you Hold you so tight I …
“The Vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart – this you will build your life by, this you will become.” It was so hard for me to Vision life. I do dream that one day, there will be freedom. I know there will be. There will be freedom for ALL men, women and children. I never knew there was a promise that the Almighty One placed in my heart. I was reading …
