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Christina Copeland

Never wake sleeping bears

About Me

Just graduated from UTA, and am currently working at an orphanage in Southern Sudan. Been to Ghana and Thailand, would like to backpack to other places.

My Interests

Cultures, traveling, fighting human trafficking, refugee resettlement, dance, music, books, independent films

I'd like to meet:

Everyone has story to tell, I'd like to hear it...

Music:

Requiem for a Dream Remix, Mum, U.S. Postal Service, Thomas Newman compositions, Cat Stevens, Fleetwood Mac, Beatles, Monkees, Pretenders, Weezer, Aria, John B, Tiesto, Emmylou Harris, Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, Dar Williams, Indian music, reggae, drumnbass, trance, happy hardcore, pink floyd, led zeppelin, soundtrack scores, Les Mes, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Jennifer Knapp, 100 Portraits, Jurassic 5, Okravil River, Enya, Folk music

Movies:

Mansfield Park, Vanilla Sky, The Village, Howard's End, Remains of the Day, Whalerider, Casablanca, Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Gone With the Wind, Rear Window, Schindler's List, 12 Angry Men, 12 Monkeys, The Usual Suspects, Momento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, The Pianist, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Requiem for a Dream, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Boondock Saints, Donnie Darko, Royal Tennebaums, The Princess Bride, Bugsy, The Graduate, I Dreamed of Africa, Life of Brian, Mystic River, Finding Neverland, Shrek, Roman Holiday, Young Frankenstein, 25th Hour, Monsters INC, Much Ado About Nothing, Westside Story, Sideways, Almost Famous, In America, Garden State,

Television:

Cold Case Files (The real one on Court TV), Law and Order, Animal Planet, Angels in America, Empire Falls...

Books:

books by Caleb Carr, anything about culture, religion, and history. "Stolen Lives", Edgar Allen Poe

Heroes:

Catherine the Great, Cory Ten Boom, anyone who died or was abused while fighting for human rights.

My Blog

Yea! Corrupt police!

Heres some stuff that has happened lately, to give you an idea of how life here flows (Patrice is my sister):   christina says: hmm...how do I explain it all... Patrice says: go ahead christina ...
Posted by Christina Copeland on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:18:00 PST

Fire!Fire!

Any Christian who has worked in an area such as Southern Sudan will tell you that miracles abound. Below is just one story of what we at Harvesters have faced recently.   Two days ago, a gr...
Posted by Christina Copeland on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:44:00 PST

News from the Playpen (December)

Those Lazy Days of Summer?            The school term in Sudan runs from February until December 9th. Therefore, soon after I arrived, the kids were r...
Posted by Christina Copeland on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:59:00 PST

The African Experience: Head lice and Izzy

  So, life has been adventurous lately, no surprise there. Having survived the past week, I have definitely earned my wings! ;-)   First off: the head lice. They wont go away! You may thin...
Posted by Christina Copeland on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 04:14:00 PST

Ah, Life is gooooood...

Ok, heres some stories from life here in Africa&   1)      So I went to use my toilet one night and discovered I had friends! You can see pics of them in the attachments...
Posted by Christina Copeland on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:11:00 PST

MY WEBSITE!!!

http://christina.trapezoid.org.uk/sudantripwebsite/index.htm   Visit it to learn about Harvesters, Sudan, and see pics of the lil' kiddos!...
Posted by Christina Copeland on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:52:00 PST

SUDAN!

I love life here! Its so beautiful, exotic, raw, calm, chaotic, and content at the same time! I think you would love it here too. Kelly told me that the kids would grab my heart immediately, and they ...
Posted by Christina Copeland on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:33:00 PST