closer.

i have a plane ticket to Nairobi, Kenya. with a return date that is very far from now.
:)

I leave South Florida on Friday. Crazy.
I will be spending some time at home with my family before I leave.
Last night they had a "going away" party for me. I was blown away by the love shown to me. Thank you so much for anyone who came. It really does mean so much to me.
I came here, never expecting to have been so impacted by the people I've met and the things I've seen.

Today - im just thankful. that's it.
Thankful for these people. Thankful for the job I was given for 8 months here. Thankful for the opportunity to go and serve in Africa for the next 8 months.
just thankful.
I'm completely undeserving.



Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor." But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.
Matthew 26:6-13

i can't get this passage out of my head.
i want to be like mary with the alabaster jar. to "waste" my life on Jesus.

I'm Mary Magdalene and tonight is a bottle of perfume
There's not enough dignity to hold me now
When I know your going to meet me here
There's not enough gravity
To keep me away from you
- john mark mcmillan

love yall!
i'll update more later. my time is limited...so I can't be wasting it on my computer screen. :)

[happy birthday b. welter!!]

happy st. patrick's day!

got the shinin shamrocks in.
today's my favorite holiday.
go celebrate!

you never will.

love these lyrics.
love his voice.
love the directing.
makes you wanna sing.




creative inspiration for the day.
not my own.
hillsongunited.com

trees.

It really is the best tree I've ever seen.
bold statement, i know.
here's a few pics from my weekend. :)

I have a hundred thousand bazillion things I want to say tonight. Okay...slight exaggeration, but I am going to refrain. I have a ton of thoughts/emotions/craziness going through my head about the upcoming trip to Kenya. But here is the bottom line, regardless of what I think or feel or what does/doesn't happen...

God cannot lose me.

Not only does He have my next minute planned out, but He is there, in that next minute. So no matter where I go or what I do, He is there. Already. He has not just prepared the way and prepared me, but He is waiting.
It's that simple.
Let's keep it simple.
He won't lose me. :)

I've broken out the Swahili books. It's time to get serious! Sadly, I've forgotten a lot of what I've learned the past year.
Si nzuri! :)
Nitasoma vitabu zaidi lugha ya kiswahili. (ish)

let's do this peeps!
-T

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all in favor say AYE!!!

I feel like sometimes my posts are too serious. Sorry. Eh, no, I'm not really.
I feel like if you're going to read something, you don't want to read something pointless.
Not that I have really profound things to say.
This however, is a pretty pointless post. :)

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happy tuesday!
ecclesiastes 8:3

I've been working on my organizational skills.
You can see how that's going.



But when life takes a >> on ya, you really have no choice.
I work best in a state of controlled clutter.

not about us

today has been one of those whirlwind days.
i mean it still is.

found out the little girl, Mackenzie I visited last week in the hospital who has been battling cancer for awhile now, passed away early this morning.
life has been turned upside down for this precious family.
all in a day.
we have to believe that God knows best. but it's tough.




i don't have any eloquent words to say right now.
currently working on a video in her honor for tonight.
ill update more later.
just figured i'd post something so whoever reads this can pray.
the family most definitely needs it now. and in the weeks to come.