henri nouwen is pretty much my favorite.
"As you see more clearly that your vocation is to be a witness to God's love in this world, as you become more determined to live out that vocation, the attacks of the enemy will increase. You will hear voices saying, 'You are worthless, you have nothing to offer, you are unattractive, undesireable, unloveable.' The more you are called to speak for God's love, the more you will need to deepen the knowledge of that love in your own heart. The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be."
~Jesus: A Gospel
die mountains
whenever there is a chance to go the mountains, I take it. a no-brainer, right? especially when it's for free.
right at the end we made an executive decision to visit an igloo hotel/bar. the furs covering the seats did not make things even a bit warmer and even the bathrooms were icy! ooooooh, not sure i'd want to indulge myself there. yikes.
mountains, always beautiful, add some snow, even more beautiful. add the skiers and you've got your typical picture of the Alps.
i really live in Switzerland. COOL. :-)
last week it was Engelberg, CH for sledding in the Alps. EuNC took their spring retreat (mostly to help the new exchange students settle in) and the volunteers were invited to join. so, last Tuesday, we all bundled up in our ski/snow gear and long underwear and went up to the Alps.
a cable car ride was provided by the school (for paying the student activity fee) and most of the afternoon I sat in a cafe, enjoying the sun, hot chocolate, Henri Nouwen and the fact that I was beginning to feel my toes again. (as soon as i had stepped out of the car, my toes were frozen. i decided that the "boots" i had brought were definitely water-proof, but as rainboots NOT snow boots. BR!)
a cable car ride was provided by the school (for paying the student activity fee) and most of the afternoon I sat in a cafe, enjoying the sun, hot chocolate, Henri Nouwen and the fact that I was beginning to feel my toes again. (as soon as i had stepped out of the car, my toes were frozen. i decided that the "boots" i had brought were definitely water-proof, but as rainboots NOT snow boots. BR!)
right at the end we made an executive decision to visit an igloo hotel/bar. the furs covering the seats did not make things even a bit warmer and even the bathrooms were icy! ooooooh, not sure i'd want to indulge myself there. yikes.
mountains, always beautiful, add some snow, even more beautiful. add the skiers and you've got your typical picture of the Alps.
i really live in Switzerland. COOL. :-)
leadership conference 2007
2.03.2007
last week it was Leadership Conference. a time when lots of people from around Europe come together for fellowship and learning -- 4 days straight.
i wasn't feeling well most of the time, but here are some pictures, anyway. :-)
theme: "Holy Churches Becoming Whole"
speaker: Dan Boone from Trevecca Nazarene
people: almost 140 from Azores, France, Spain, Holland, Denmark, UK, Germany, and more.
lots of cookies, coffee breaks, fellowship and reflecting on the story of Noah. it was really cool to come to LC as a part of the communications team -- we thrive on story and much of what i'm learning is through it -- and then to hear an old story be opened up to themes of redemption, waiting, trusting and being the loving people of God.
(oh, it was this week it snowed! thus, the snow picture.)
i wasn't feeling well most of the time, but here are some pictures, anyway. :-)
theme: "Holy Churches Becoming Whole"
speaker: Dan Boone from Trevecca Nazarene
people: almost 140 from Azores, France, Spain, Holland, Denmark, UK, Germany, and more.
lots of cookies, coffee breaks, fellowship and reflecting on the story of Noah. it was really cool to come to LC as a part of the communications team -- we thrive on story and much of what i'm learning is through it -- and then to hear an old story be opened up to themes of redemption, waiting, trusting and being the loving people of God.
(oh, it was this week it snowed! thus, the snow picture.)
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