Trisha [likes the Pacific better]

About Me

The secret of the mystery is, God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
-- Brennan Manning (The Ragamuffin Gospel)~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~

I love Jesus
Jesus loves me, even though I don't deserve it.
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you
--C.S. Lewis

I am a seminary student at Regent University
I am the co-director for Royal Family Kids' Camp in Phoenix, Oregon.
I love my job so much that I would do it even if I didn't get paid.
I am obsessed with my purple mechanical pencil.
I believe that where you live shouldn't determine whether you live.
I believe that fulfilling the physical and spiritual needs of children is a crucial part of breaking generational curses.
I like to play with words
I never put sugar in my tea.
"To allow the hungry man to remain hungry would be blasphemy against God and one's neighbor, for what is nearest to God is precisely the need of one's neighbor. It is for the love of Christ, which belongs as much as to the hungry man as to me, that I share my bread with him and that I share my dwelling with the homeless. If the hungry man does not attain to faith, then the fault falls on those who refused him bread. To provide the hungry man with bread is to prepare the way for the coming grace."
--Dietrich Bonhoeffer ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~

My Interests

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Link to Royal Family Kids' Camps Home page
Sweet Lozey
more randomness and a little bit of bunnyness
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THINGS THAT MAKE ME SMILE(in no particular order):
Soft, fuzzy yarn
Warm kitties
Making lists about things that make me smile
Music (good music)
Calvin & Hobbes
Converstations with 5-year-olds
Penguins
Bacon breakfast burritos from Muchas Gracias
The clean earth smell after a summer rain storm
Sunrises
Sunsets
Baby sheep and baby cows
Disney movies dubbed in Spanish on Telemundo
Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, and Pinky & the Brain
New books
New book smell
Funny MySpace messages
Royal Family Kids' Camp
RFKC Campers
Playing in the ocean
Peppermint tea
Waggy-tailed doggies
Veggie Tales
A warm, snuggly bed on a cold morning
Thunder storms
Candles
Coloring books
Chedder Bunnies
Clouds that look like bunnies
Bunnies
Christmas lights
Paul's black hat with the ear flaps
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Why blame the dark for being dark? it is far more helpful to ask why the light isn't as bright as it could be.
--Rob Bell (Velvet Elvis)
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I'd like to meet:

you, maybe
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Your Personality is Very Rare (INTP)
Your personality type is goofy, imaginative, relaxed, and brilliant.

Only about 4% of all people have your personality, including 2% of all women and 6% of all men
You are Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Perceiving. How Rare Is Your Personality?

Music:

I made a list
It was long
It was not very accurate
I deleted the list
I like music that makes me want to do this:
...I will celebrate before the LORD. I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes.
2 Samuel 6:21-22
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Some people know all sorts of stuff about music. They know about pitch and modes and keys and instruments. And so, they can hear things that maybe other people donâ€™t and they can find subtleties and nuance in the song that other people might miss. But itâ€™s also possible to be so caught up in the technical aspects of the song that you miss the simple pure enjoyment of the song.
--Rob Bell
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Movies:

Goonies
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Little Miss Sunshine
Evil Dead/Army of Darkness
random musicals with bad plot lines and even worse lyrics
umm, and all things VeggieTales
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Television:

Mythbusters, Brainiac, or anything else where stuff gets blown up in the name of science
Veronica Mars
Firefly
Jack of All Trades
Sliders
Psych
Monk
Knitty Gritty ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.

You Are Ernie
Playful and childlike, you are everyone's favorite friend - even if your goofy antics get annoying at times.

You are usually feeling: Amused - you are very easily entertained

You are famous for: Always making people smile. From your silly songs to your wild pranks, you keep things fun.

How you live your life: With ease. Life is only difficult when your friends won't play with you! The Sesame Street Personality Quiz
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Books:

The BIBLE
Authors:
Donald Miller
Rob Bell
Anne Lamott
Douglas Adams
Philip Larkin
C.S. Lewis
Victor Hugo
Brian Greene
Kip Thorne
Flannery O'Connor
Raymond Carver
DH Lawrence
Pablo Neruda
Ron Padgett
Ron Silliman
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Heroes:

JESUS is my superhero, He's my star, my best friend. (Better than Spiderman!)
Anyone that loves kids and wants to go to camp with me next summer or wants to donate lots of money and/or supplies for camp.
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My Blog

To the extreme I rock the mic like a vandal...

I went rollerskating yesterday. Why is this blog worthy? Three reasons (though you might not agree that they are good reasons): 1. I haven't put on a pair of rollerskates since I was 13. 2. I wasn't ...
Posted by Trisha [likes the Pacific better] on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:37:00 PST

I am convinced...

...that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Romans 8.38 NLT Royal Family Kids' Camp starts this coming Monday.As usual, some of our staff and kids have faced significant challenges in...
Posted by Trisha [likes the Pacific better] on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:38:00 PST

no purpose of yours can be thwarted

Have you ever gone through a period in your life when you were positive that you knew exactly how Job felt?Rhetorical question, mostly. But please feel free to respond if you'd like.
Posted by Trisha [likes the Pacific better] on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:16:00 PST

Could it really be true?

New Kids on the Block back together again! Words can’t even begin to express what I feel right now.!!! I LOVE YOU, DONNIE !!!sorry, guess I got a little over-excited.Sing it with me:"Whoa-...
Posted by Trisha [likes the Pacific better] on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:09:00 PST

poetry randomness

For your poetry reading enjoyment, a few excerpts from Idealists on the Funeral Train: (even though I think most of you have already read them...) painted desert there is a parallel in the response m...
Posted by Trisha [likes the Pacific better] on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:06:00 PST

Dancing in the SonLight

My three-year-old nephew is terrified of baby Jesus. But, my understanding is that he's ok with grown-up Jesus. ******************************************* On a slightly less-wierd note, I'm leaving f...
Posted by Trisha [likes the Pacific better] on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:56:00 PST

New Space

I moved into a new place last week. It's cozy and I like it very much. I also moved into a new space at work last week. It is also very cozy and now has lots of pictures of kids all...
Posted by Trisha [likes the Pacific better] on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:13:00 PST

sad, and slightly lost...

I think the Mead "Official" composition notebooks have been discontinued. I exhausted my stockpile last summer and haven't been able to replace them. I keep looking for them but I...
Posted by Trisha [likes the Pacific better] on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:11:00 PST

two very small copper coins

I went out today and helped deliver Christmas presents that were generously donated by people in my church. The mom at one of the houses I visited made a comment about how even when you hav...
Posted by Trisha [likes the Pacific better] on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:29:00 PST

Colorado

Staff at a Youth With a Mission training center near Denver Colorado were attacked by a gunman just after midnight last night. Two are dead and two more are wounded and currently in the hospital.New L...
Posted by Trisha [likes the Pacific better] on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:49:00 PST