Low on the Go!

wow. this is one bold and feisty girl.

and watch here (right click and save)

i love people who are bold for the gospel. and seriously...HOW many 18 year olds are bold about the gospel?

(haha, i say this as though i'm a million years old)

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edit: so, i've started uploading previous blogs from my former blog site....its taking awhile...but i've finished all of august and september 2003. they can be found in the archives. its CRAAAZY looking back and reading my old thoughts. i'm pretty much glad that humans are always in a process of growth. i definitely am glad i'm not the same person i was back when i was 16/17...

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In other news, the ongoings between Israel and Hezbollah really hadn't impacted me much ( i know..i am a failed peace and conflict studies student). Sometimes its easier to not listen to the news and pretend as though everything is okay--especially when its just so far away.

However, this time its not as easy to pretend its not real. The reason? My roommate from Montreal Project last year, Katerine, and her fiance, Vaughan (also a projectile) are currently in Lebanon (for those of you who went to Winter conference 2 years ago, yes, Katerine is the cute and bubbly Quebecoise who "swore" when she was speaking up front). i wanted to post excerpts of Katerine's e-mail to our team--so that the conflict becomes more real for all of us. So that we start praying. So that we start believing that our prayers will be answered on the other side of the world.

I feel like I'm living a nightmare that will soon end. War is an unreal concept for me even if I am right in the middle of it!

Everything happened so fast. It's unbelievable! Even last week, we were in Tripoli, visiting touristic sites. Today, they bombarded targets in Tripoli... nothing is the same anymore.

Before, we bought our groceries almost daily. Today, Genevieve (My fellow medical student) and I went to buy food for the whole following week. With the blockade of the borders imposed by Israel on Lebanon, they have absolutely nothing that can get in our out of the country. So, of course, we hope that this will stop soon... or else, we risk eating lots of rice the next few days! (This morning, at the grocerries store, everyone bought rice...) Israel bombarded the electrical centrals and most of Lebanon is in the dark. Happily, at our place, at the Foyer des Antonines, there is a generator, so we can still use the computer to write. They also warned us to use the less amount of water possible. The water reserves of the city could be attacked in the near future. We also hear on the news that Lebanon has only about 1 week of gas reserves left... So maybe even our rice will not be very useful if we cannot cook it on the gaz stoves... Long live the Pita bread sandwiches with hummus!

Here, I meet people with an empty gaze, as if I am at a burial service. However, I can also meet people with sparkling eyes. It's the difference between those who live again their past sufferings and those who chose to take it as ligthly as possible.

Tonight, Genevieve and I have been awakened by bombing between 3h and 5h AM. Happily, we are told that Israelis are quite accurate and they almost never miss their shot. For now, they only shoot the infrastructures like the bridges, the airport, the ports and the highways.

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Usually, in the student room, we study neurology books. Today, we just talked... It's difficult to study when you know that the future of your country is in danger! I also had the occasion of talking with a student from a neighbouring department on the subject of faith and the existence of God. He was considering himself a believer, as most other Lebanese. It is incredible to see the level of religiosity of the Lebanese compared to Quebec. Of course, war must help people to think of life after death, the meaning of our existence and other big questions to which religion bring an answer. As for me, personnally, I persist in thinking that the most important thing is not to practice a religion, but to know God and live constantly in his presence, here or elsewhere, in times of peace as well as times of war...

"ask of Me and I will surely give the nations as your inheritance..." ~ps 2:8