Beanhead!!

So so impressive!

Here is my too late for the day but very awesome Holiday Post.

http://media.putfile.com/wizardsofwinter-sm/e


I LOVE YOU ALL

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My precious friend is in Romania with her beau- this email is Amazing

12/19/2006

Dear family and friends, As December rolls in, so does the Christmas spirit. We remember you all during these special times and we send our greetings to you and yours with the warm wish of blessings from God. Looking back just a few days we come to thoughts of Thanksgiving as well.

It is no wonder that this is the favorite Holiday of so many people as we turn our focus from ourselves and ascribe value to the things that we are thankful for. This Holiday season we are thankful for our families and our friends, for the work that we have and for the fact that our needs are met. We are also thankful for the love that God has for us, and that as precious as he is, he offered his life for us so that even though we were opposed to him and far from him, we could come to him. We could find forgiveness from the only one who does not need forgiving.

It is good for us to ask forgiveness from someone who also needs forgiveness, but it has no power of reconciliation between us and God. By this I mean that a human relationship can be reconciled giving a feeling of freedom, but this does not change a person’s position before God and reconcile our relationship with Him.

Does one cellmate say to another, “I forgive you, man, you are free.” No. But it is the judge that must release the man. And a fair judge must still uphold the requirement that the penalty be paid. What greater purchase is there than the one requiring a man’s life?

It is with this life, this perfect life, we have been redeemed, the penalty having been paid, the judge having spoken. And to those who ask for his forgiveness he gives this freedom from guilt and from condemnation. Do we then have freedom from responsibility? No.

For now we have the greatest responsibility. We must live the life of integrity, putting on the outside what we have been given on the inside.

It is this wonderful season that brings all of these things to the surface once again, if perhaps they have slipped from our minds and our deeds.



Thanksgiving was a wonderful time here in Transylvania. Here in our town, in our small private school we were able to host 55 some locals and around 15 native English speakers for a wonderful and tasty traditional Thanksgiving meal. We were able to share these things that we are thankful for as Bryan Damron and I shared our stories to the group.

We are very encouraged by all of the things going on here at the school and are really glad to be a part of it all. It is really incredible to see how the school puts us into contact with so many people from so many different personal backgrounds and then gives us the opportunity to have real and meaningful relationships with them. God is drawing people to himself and we look forward to sharing more with you in the future about the lives that are being changed.

We also have recently gone to a Gypsy village for the first time to see a church service that they were holding there. It was a wonderful time and experience and we plan to go back soon. The community there is in desperate need of love and attention from people who care and understand.

We have a lot to learn but hope we can contribute more soon.

Thank you again! – Bryan and Alina

Prayer Requests
Please pray for:
• Rest during this Christmas break.
• Safety for Alina’s family as they travel here to visit us!
• Language ability as we learn Romanian
• Safety in general and in the spiritual battles that exist here.
• Our students, that they would be drawn closer to the Lord.

Financial Info:Please contact Bryan’s Mom, Lyn, if you did not get an envelope from Global Outreach (GO) to send in your support, or you have any other concerns.LynGullett@aol.com

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funny- forgive the swear word!

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GO BUCKS

http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/osu-m-footbl-body.html

No. 1 Ohio State Clinches Outright Big Ten Title in 42-39 Victory over No. 2 Michigan

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State Heisman Trophy candidate Troy Smith completed 29 of 41 passes for 316 yards and four touchdowns to lead the top-ranked Buckeyes to three straight victories over Michigan with a 42-39 win against the second-ranked Wolverines Saturday in front of a record crowd of 105,708 fans at Ohio Stadium.

The win clinched the first outright Big Ten title for the Buckeyes since 1984 and is its 31st conference title in school history. The victory extended the nation's longest win streak to 19 games. Ohio State now is 12-0 overall and finished 8-0 in the Big Ten.

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TBDBITL

Posted By:jenx

Get this video and more at MySpace.com

posted by jana @ 12:07 PM 0 comments

ok, only 'cause I like this picture

I admit, I'm posting this because I found this pic on facebook (aka was tagged) and like it.

Dominican Limestone Caves- the beauty on the left is a girl from Alaska and she sent me chocolate chip cookies.

i love her!

posted by jana @ 7:43 PM 0 comments

star struck photos

Not that you can really see him, but here is My photo of the romance novel dreamboat...

In addition, here is a lovely email from my mama- it cracked me up =)

"Rumor has it that you have a new boyfriend! Fabio! Ha! Is he handsome in person? Did you slip him your number? (just kidding!) How fun is that!!!" ...(email goes on and then ends with)... " I love you! Say Hi to Fabio for me! Love mom"

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FABIO

My Fabio Story

I'm pumped.

-Went into a restaurant on Sunset with my sis- her friend works there
-To Sonja she says "wanna sit next to Fabio?" I don't hear.
-Son says to me, "So you see that guy over there that looks like Fabio? It is Fabio"

-What?

- I sneak my camara out and take a 'secret' picture- HA- I look at the picture and he's looking directly at the camera.

-oops

-We manage to be normal, eat dinner, chill out till the restaurant starts clearing out.

-We get up to leave and they do too, and he walks by us to get to the door (I guess
people do that when they're leaving) and I look as he's walking by

KEY = He catches my eye and says "HI"






-So now I am telling people that Fabio is my boyfriend.

-that's my story. STILL can't believe it.

posted by jana @ 11:30 AM 2 comments

Bummer: I posted last night and lost it.
anyways, here's a follow-up post

1) I love Melissa!!! She rocks my world because
a. she has faith in me 100percentsignhere
b. her nickname is "giggles"
c. she's in paris. how romantic is that?
d. she commented =) merci mon amie

2) I FOUND A HOME!!!!
Not by the beach, but by the mountians! It's crisp and cool and smells like pine, and it's close to a cute downtown area! I didn't even take a day to think about it, I just said yes right away. Why?
-Because I know the girl I'll be living with already (big downside to craigslist! and I know she's a Christian)
-Because it's furnished
-Because utilities are covered
-Because I live with a Pug =) yea, I'm a lil allergic... but she's the cutest thing ever!

3) My SISTER'S in town!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I drove hours (thanks drivers of LA) to see her.. and it was well worth it. and the sushi we ate was phoenomenal.

4) There's more, but I gotsta work.

ps. pic below is of coworkers and I (with a little photoshop help and web genius magic)

posted by jana @ 12:50 PM 0 comments

Life? what life?

Alright, so my work has become my life. But it is okay, because I kinda like it =)

My first 2 weeks in the LA area (apparently the OC is not LA and heaven forbid I confuse that) has been a good whirlwind that really isn't slowing down anytime soon.

Blips:
- I live with 80 (more like 90) year olds. Nope, not being funny. Art and Bernice are well over 80 and goin' strong. Why do I live with them? long story that isn't exciting. I won't be here forever, but they left for Thailand today (did I mention they're going strong? they went Coup and all) so I'll be in the house at least until they come back.... in 2 weeks and in 1 piece, let's keep our fingers crossed.

- I've been to a hookah bar- no, didn't smoke any. but the stuff smelled really good. I'll let you know if I do cross this line...

- I saw the Hollywood sign today- on my way to the LA zoo. It was exciting enough without being the first time.

-I still haven't been to the beach! horrifying.

-I have started going to a Climbing Gym. So Fun. hard. but So Fun. hopefully I'll be ripped by Thanksgiving (kidding.)

- Got in contact with an awesome college buddy- I went to an Open House Art Gallery thing last night. Met 2 cool girls who will hopefully be my friends. Hung out with Raffy, which is always fun. and ate meatless bacon which tasted surprizingly like bacon.

-The church I'm checking out: www.rockharbor.com It's no Crossroads but I like it so far =)

This post and the pics should go a bit of a ways for a bit of a while. Until next time...

(and please pray for my faith and for my job. I want to do so well! but it's tough)

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Eddie our web genius put these together. I'm so impressed!

posted by jana @ 1:02 AM 0 comments

Ooooh, i wanna go!!

Lead Singers of Switchfoot and Mae to Headline Benefit Concert

Switchfoot front-man, Jon Foreman, and lead vocalist of Mae, Dave Elkins, will each play acoustic sets from their popular musical hits at a benefit concert at Biola University on October 6 to raise funds and awareness for Invisible Children, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to changing lives of the underprivileged kids in Uganda by providing education, healthcare, employment and safety.

The concert will be held in Biola University’s Chase Gymnasium at 7:00. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.ticketforce.com.

For more information on Invisible Children, Inc., visit http://www.invisiblechildren.com/.

posted by jana @ 3:37 PM 0 comments

Cali, baby!

I'M HERE. Yes, it is very warm and sunny. I haven't been out yet to really experience it =) But it makes lunch time really special!!

My Job: North American Program Coordinator

sounds kinda important and very vague. I know.


But I am basically in charge of the Faith Based division of ISV: organizing four trips to the dominican republic starting May 18 and every 2 weeks after that.

Two weeks at Crossroads doing hands on dirty work with the western hemisphere's poorest kids and people
www.dominicancrossroads.com

and Two weeks doing crazy adventure activities like Spelunking, White Water Rafting, Waterfall Rappelling, Horseback Riding, Surfing, etc etc.
www.isvonline.com click on Dominican Republic photo gallary.

Want to come???
yeah, i'm not kidding!! come with me.

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posted by jana @ 10:35 PM 0 comments

caving (splunking) and swimming in another cave, pueblo...

posted by jana @ 3:39 PM 0 comments

more casa bonita, ferry, crazy snakeskin dude and club

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and more...el capital, island, rope swing..

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