tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306571332024-03-13T06:31:57.678-07:00ahhhhhhhhhwhat it isleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-24362244563595993122008-01-19T11:34:00.000-08:002008-01-19T11:38:26.465-08:00goodbye bloggerit has come time for me to say, "KWAHERI!" to my dear old blogger account and, "JAMBO!" to wordpress.<br />yes, yes, yes i have finally switched over. so take a moment to change my link in your blogroll or on your netvibes to <a href="http://leahfriedrichs.wordpress.com/">THIS</a> instead! <br /><br />wahhhhh, ADIOS AMIGOS<br /><br />www.leahfriedrichs.wordpress.comleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-15641715550963176542008-01-17T08:44:00.000-08:002008-01-17T19:32:36.526-08:00about time!<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/0117081042.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/0117081042.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> bless my lucky stars, never thought i would see the day!! <br />Yes my friends, Andrew's teeth are bare and brace-free. That boy and I got braces on at the same time- the summer of 2003, and he has FINALLY gotten them off.<br />hallelujahleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-49195778676878827992008-01-17T06:49:00.000-08:002008-01-17T06:57:43.791-08:00x-ray uh-ohI had to go to the doctor yesterday because my nose had been bothering me. so they checked it out and decided that i needed an x-ray. well in order to do an x-ray you really aren't supposed to have any metal on your face. . . since i got my nose pierced I am really not supposed to take it out for 6 weeks and im not about to just pop that sucker out.<br /><br />Instead they just took an x-ray with it in. the doc was not pleased, but hey, c'est la vie.<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/0116081440.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/0116081440.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />wahhh! can you see it?!leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-55416575382917571222008-01-14T18:57:00.001-08:002008-01-14T19:17:52.281-08:00so this one time when i was a nun. . .<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/NUNNERY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/NUNNERY.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />i found this picture the other day. I was in "The Importance of Being Earnest" in high school (had to change Rev. Chausible to MOTHER Chausible, if you catch my drift). <br /><br />yep. a nun. <a href="www.toriohlerking.com">Tori's</a> dream job. plus i had a butterfly net. ahh, quite enjoyable.<br /><br />i had some pretty nifty other costumes. whats the snazziest costume you've ever sported?leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-5612831530089696482007-12-31T11:53:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:25:49.731-08:00colorado rocky mountain highjust busting out a little john denver, one of the greats. well i am in the be-a-utiful state of Colorado right now enjoying the fresh mountain air and amazing aspen trees. we are up skiing for a few days, but the roads were closed today because of strong wind so we couldnt. Visiting Dad and Elizabeth, always an experience thats for sure.<br />But, alas we shall return on the 4th.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/R3lJICuj6_I/AAAAAAAAAEo/hfOxe--Ifbs/s1600-h/1228071409.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/R3lJICuj6_I/AAAAAAAAAEo/hfOxe--Ifbs/s320/1228071409.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150228051394817010" /></a>waiting in line at breck to hop on the lift<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/R3lJIiuj7AI/AAAAAAAAAEw/MNlBGYn3CcM/s1600-h/hat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/R3lJIiuj7AI/AAAAAAAAAEw/MNlBGYn3CcM/s320/hat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150228059984751618" /></a> a hat i found in REI, thought it provoked this weird face?<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/R3lJACuj6-I/AAAAAAAAAEg/0MtaKpbl17A/s1600-h/1227071231.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/R3lJACuj6-I/AAAAAAAAAEg/0MtaKpbl17A/s320/1227071231.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150227913955863522" /></a> andrew enjoying the snow storm when we first got to denver<br /><br />anyway, i hope everybody has a teriffic New Years, catch ya'll on the flip sideleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-50670843581621367302007-12-29T21:36:00.000-08:002007-12-29T21:39:37.435-08:00the way i see it #284got this on my starbucks cup up here in Denver and i absolutely LOVE IT-<br /><br />"You can't lead the people, if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people."- Cornel West (a professor from Princeton)<br /><br />speak the truth Cornel, that is the way I see it as wellleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-69341629166866819582007-12-17T22:32:00.000-08:002007-12-17T22:36:40.484-08:00Newmanapparently nobody understood the Brittney Spears picture from my last post, but the reasoning was the fact that it said she had a NEWMAN. <br /><br />see, Newman is my middle name and i thought thats what i read when i first saw the magazine.<br /><br />yes, thats a random middle name.<br />yes, im aware its a guy in seinfeld. indeed.<br />but its a family name [great grandmother's maiden] and i love it. nobody else has it.<br /><br />so, there you go all you poor tortured friends who were tormented by that. i didnt post that picture because of shiny teeth or pointy elf ears (?) but simply because of her new manleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-68156046039321321962007-12-12T07:05:00.000-08:002007-12-12T07:40:41.682-08:00so if it is december, why does it feel like july?yes, it IS December. i know that there has been debate due to the terribly humid and stuffy weather. but, yes welcome to a Louisiana winter. anyhow, here are some pictures from recent happenings in my world. . .<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/chessisasport.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/chessisasport.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>that is definitely the sports section of the newspaper and alyssa in pointing to an article about a chess tourney. i had NO idea that chess was a sport, but hey thats great news for andrew.<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/newman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/newman.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> you may be thinking, "leah, why in the world do you have a random magazine with Britney Spears on the cover?!" well, no i do not really care for our dear friend here, but if you can tell me what is significant about this cover. . . ill get you a venti ice water from Starbucks.<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/shoes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/shoes.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> This is Matt. Matt is a hard worker. last wednesday he helped with <a href="http://www.justforjesus.tv/">Just for Jesus</a> all day then came to <a href="http://refuge.healingplacechurch.org/">Refuge</a> that night. take a close look at his shoes. . .that is correct, they are two different shoes. poor hombre was so pooped he didnt even realize it.<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0001.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0007.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> So what had happened was. . . our lovely youth pastors <a href="www.jasonlaird.com">Jason and Jennifer</a> came over to watch the LSU-Tenn game. Jenn and I decided it would be a splendid idea to go roll Jason's car. so we did. His payback was the trashbags on my car. . . then <a href="www.friedriches.wordpress.com">Andrew</a>, Shana, and Alyssa rolled mine<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0012.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> some of my FAVORITE people came over and we decorated for Christmas. <a href="http://laceydotson.blogspot.com/">lacey</a> and Shana are ah-may-zing.<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/KCandJH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/KCandJH.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>setting up for TWISTED last night at the annex. <a href="http://kristincheramie.wordpress.com/">Kristin</a> and Josh have both done an INCREDIBLE job planning and working on this event. and you cant tell but Kristin is definitely on top of the coke machine, wahhh<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/ventiicewater.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/ventiicewater.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> talk about service. i walked into Starbucks with Tori yesterday and sat down at my table and one of the baristas just walked over and handed me a venti ice water. Thats pretty much the drink i always get because its free and i like aqua, so its pretty great i dont even have to ask for it. <br /><br />FINALly. . . (pun intended)<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/finals.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/finals.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> this is my perspective right now. FINALS. this was right before my history final. they are almost over. one more tomorrow and essays due friday, then im FIN.<br />thats what been haddneninleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-15513484550698806552007-12-10T21:52:00.000-08:002007-12-10T22:09:39.819-08:00broken" i earnestly long for more of you in my life. Im getting to a place to be broken before you, honestly i dont think im quite there yet- but its where im headed and i think it is where you want me to be. you need to break me more. That is how i would like my entire life to be- broken- uncapable of doing it on my own, but trusting entirely in you for everythig. Im pretty aware this may be painful and tough at times, but the joy and peace you will provide will be more glorious, and the intimacy it produces with you would be greater than any hardship i could endure. Break me of myself. i want to be an unardorned clay vessel filled with the light that shines through."<br /><br />thats something i wrote in my journal this past wednesday, and you know what the crazy thing is? He continues to break me. He began to break me that day, and it has truely blown my mind that He listened that quickly. i know when i wrote that i believed He would, but at the same time it always catches me by surprise.<br />its so funny because different things have happened and i get so uncomfortable, frustrated, or upset and then i just keep flipping back to that page and its as if He is saying, "see! its right here boo! im just doing what you asked, dont you get upset with me." and i just break down and am so overwhelmed with his love. He has truely been breaking me of comforts that i did not want to have to deal with. But while at the same time its weird or uncomfortable, i feel His intimate peace overwhelm me and I am beginning to see Him in a different way.<br /><br />He is just amazing. im loving it.leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-55865748592583588692007-11-21T10:33:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:25:49.980-08:00lets go for a ride. . .oh wait. <br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/R0R6HQrDplI/AAAAAAAAAEY/2Y0S7rbiu4k/s1600-h/tree+bike.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/R0R6HQrDplI/AAAAAAAAAEY/2Y0S7rbiu4k/s400/tree+bike.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135363740262442578" /></a><br />i was walking to class today and stumbled upon quite a sight, this bike was definitely up in a tree outside <a href="http://www.lsu.edu/campus/maps/LCKT01.html">Lockett Hall</a>. . . <br />maybe they decided this was a better option than using the handy bike-racks. or maybe. . .<br /><br />i dont know. i cant think of anything else. <br />just thought i'd share.leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-7185784649701056642007-11-15T08:22:00.000-08:002007-11-15T19:41:44.747-08:00NITAKUJA!just thought I'd let everyone know that if you are looking for me this summer. . .you might have a travel a little far. you know, just right over there in. . . TANZANIA. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_es_Salaam">Dar Es Salaam</a>, Tanzania to be exact<br /><br />yup. that is right, my friends. it is looking like i shall be spending my summer right here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tanzanianorphans.org/images/map_tanzania.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.tanzanianorphans.org/images/map_tanzania.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />AHHHHHHHHHH.<br /><br />as many of you know, i go to LSU. duh. and i study swahili as my language. Well LSU has a study abroad program to the<a href="http://www.udsm.ac.tz/">University of Dar Es Salaam</a> where i will be able to go and spend 6 weeks- finishing my last level of swahili and then taking an International Studies course focused on swahili culture and such. I'll be able to get 8 hours credit, so its a pretty nifty deal. PLUS. . .ill be THERE learning the language WITH THE PEOPLE. oh my dreams.<br />We spend 2 weeks in a resort on the coast- beach on the Indian Ocean. indeed.<br />then, 4 weeks in a HOST FAMILY. ahhh, living with PEOPLE. SWAHILI PEOPLE.<br />like this guy:<br /><a href="http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v98/18/75/23417254/n23417254_36842492_1006.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v98/18/75/23417254/n23417254_36842492_1006.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> (my friend who went last summer took this picture. im pretty sure this snazzy old man and i could be friends)<br /><br />im so pumped about this, its hard to contain myself. <br />its not definite yet. i have a hard time talking about things that aren't definite because im scared that if it doesnt work out then i look silly. But i truely believe that this is what God has for me this summer. Its the oppurtunity of a lifetime and i dont want to pass it up.<br /><br />Now, just need to figure out delightful financial details, which is pretty much the major thing. <br />my parents are accepting it. its all good. i plan on spendng alot more time than this overseas, so they should probably just go ahead and get used to it. <br /><br />well, thats my current adventure. if you think about it, please just pray that God would guide me and open up doors financially if this is His will!<br /><br />NITAKUJA TANZANIA KUHIBIRI NJILI, KUSOMA KISWAHILI, NA KUPENDA WATU WENGI!! <br />it really doesnt get any betterleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-89564131765065016372007-11-12T09:47:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:25:50.151-08:00going up?<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RziU9BNMQHI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/WiaBqpJjo6Q/s1600-h/DSC_0122_3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RziU9BNMQHI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/WiaBqpJjo6Q/s400/DSC_0122_3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132015551405375602" /></a>a cute little house that <a href="www.toriohlerking.blogspot.com">Tori</a> and I saw at the <a href="http://www.spencerabbey.org/">Saint Joseph's Abbey</a> in Covington. i really like the porch. <br /><br />thats all.leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-10191902999942851762007-11-08T09:23:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:25:50.291-08:00fully committed.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RzJ8FRNMQEI/AAAAAAAAAD4/d354IaPaRh4/s1600-h/fully+committed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RzJ8FRNMQEI/AAAAAAAAAD4/d354IaPaRh4/s400/fully+committed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130299355488337986" /></a> Alyssa Williams, faithful to the end<br /><br />this, my friends, is what i call dedication. <br />Alyssa is pretty much amazing and a ginormo help all the time. Well, every week Alyssa makes lemonade. . .or kool aid before Refuge to serve. <br />This week we had blue kool aid. <br />Alyssa coudnt find a spoon.<br />DID THAT STOP HER?!?!<br />the answer is: NOPE.<br />that girl plunged her hand (after being washed) into that pitcher and got the job done, and now has a smurf hand because of her dedication! <br /><br />so, here's to you Alyssa, thanks for all you do<br /><br /><a href="http://iacoma.cs.uiuc.edu/~kstrauss/images/smurfette-small.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://iacoma.cs.uiuc.edu/~kstrauss/images/smurfette-small.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-75674046371220972782007-11-07T10:41:00.001-08:002008-12-09T16:25:50.498-08:00my worst nightmare<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RzIG04NBLUI/AAAAAAAAADw/RSTs0l5UxRk/s1600-h/soccer+mom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RzIG04NBLUI/AAAAAAAAADw/RSTs0l5UxRk/s320/soccer+mom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130170431038369090" /></a><br />join in on the soccer fun?!. . . no thanks<br />i have this really large fear of having kids and becoming a soccer mom. people make fun of me, but i cant help it. i shall avoid mini vans, soccer uniforms, grass stains, and tide-to-go at all costs! <br /><br />NOOOOleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-35528927106369803622007-11-05T08:08:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:25:50.845-08:00indeed<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/Ry9AA4NBLTI/AAAAAAAAADo/rGybZLCVK1c/s1600-h/yes+sir..jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/Ry9AA4NBLTI/AAAAAAAAADo/rGybZLCVK1c/s320/yes+sir..jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129388884429450546" /></a><br /><br />i would dare say, yes sir. indeed we can.leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-25801088095257370732007-11-03T19:38:00.000-07:002008-12-09T16:25:50.910-08:00it's beginning to look alot like. . .Christmas?its pretty insane that Christmas has already begun. <br />November 1st - Christmas music on 103.3 begins NONSTOP until December 26th, Halloween candy was rotated out for Christmas candy, and TV and radio ads are all Christmas-geared. its ridiculous<br /><br />Is it just me or has Christmas begun freakishly EARLY this year? usually all of that jazz really kicks off the day after Thanksgiving. . . but i guess big corporations just really want to cash in on the birth of Christ.<br /><br />TIA- this is america. gotta love it.<br /><br />lacey and i were at Wal Mart and saw these delightful Christmas decorations set-up. . . really got me to pondering on this conundrum of this early Christmas. . . but i must admit, Santa is wearing some snazzy shades<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/Ry0yTINBLSI/AAAAAAAAADg/TkBKLrJv3jE/s1600-h/Lacey+Christmas.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/Ry0yTINBLSI/AAAAAAAAADg/TkBKLrJv3jE/s320/Lacey+Christmas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128810854845852962" /></a><br /><br />I LOVE CHRISTMAS, but i just feel like this is REALLY early. its so much more exciting when you turn on the radio the day after Thanksgiving and hear your favorite holiday tune. now its just going to get old.<br /><br />but hey, go ahead. drink a glass of eggnog and get ready for the season. its going to be a long one!leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-25595563622874999212007-10-28T07:42:00.000-07:002007-11-02T10:14:14.458-07:00notable quotablei apologize for my brief hiatus, but here is a teriffic little quote found in a fantastic book i like to call the Bible-<br /><br />"I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence, REJOICING IN HIS WHOLE WORLD AND DELIGHTING IN MANKIND."<br /> -proverbs 8:30-31<br /><br />i just really enjoy this scripture. just take a moment.<br /><br />read it.<br /><br />let it marinate.<br /><br />hmm, what do you think?<br /><br />yeah. . . i know. its good, right? rejoicing in his WHOLE WORLD and DELIGHTING IN MANKIND. ohhhh i want to delight in mankind and in all that he created within this world.<br /><br />this leads me to a leah-thought. <br />if God created us in His image. . . then different cultures and peoples are different facets of who God is, different aspects of his heart. They illustrate his deeply rooted creativity. ahhh. i love people.<br /> i want to just learn to experience life with all kinds of people, rejoicing with them in this whole world God created for us and experiencing and living this life in love.<br /><br />thats all.leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-14048412205502364472007-10-02T12:57:00.000-07:002008-12-09T16:25:51.212-08:00victoria "Mwinjilisti" ohlerking<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RwAAPzzeWuI/AAAAAAAAACY/e-j3kxe93i4/s1600-h/DSC_0077_2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RwAAPzzeWuI/AAAAAAAAACY/e-j3kxe93i4/s400/DSC_0077_2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116089448297028322" /></a><br />happpyy birttthdaayyyy to one of my <a href="www.toriohlerking.blogspot.com">favorite people</a> ever.<br />go by her blog and wish her a tremendously HAPPY day! <br />or if you really love her go buy her a box of mini wheats and a plane ticket to africa. you know, its the little things that count.<br />whooop whooooopleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-11616313897346730872007-09-30T20:48:00.000-07:002007-09-30T20:56:42.424-07:00don't trust burt bacharachim just sitting here jamming out to some good ole' burt bacharach and i had an epiphany. . .<br /><br />my compadre, that talented old crooner is a hypocrite! yes.<br />In one song, "What the World Needs Now" he says, "What the world needs now,<br />Is love, sweet love,<br />It's the only thing that there's just too little of."<br /><br />okay. and so then, in "I'll Never Fall in Love" he ventures to say, <br />"Don't tell me what is all about,<br />'Cause I've been there and I'm glad I'm out,<br />Out of those chains, those chains that bind you<br />That is why I'm here to remind you<br />What do you get when you fall in love?<br />You get enough tears to fill an ocean<br />That's what you get for your devotion.<br />I'll never fall in love again."<br /><br />ouch, burt. ouch.<br />thats quite distant from what the whole world needs, i'd say.<br />basically, don't take what my pal burt says seriously. <br />he is a little wishy-washyleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-22074073538457504682007-09-28T08:07:00.000-07:002007-09-28T09:52:33.897-07:00see what had happened was. . .<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0037-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0037-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>oops.<br />yes. diet coke explosion.<br /><br />lesson learned.leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-87968611714739499602007-09-23T22:00:00.000-07:002008-12-09T16:25:51.605-08:00a few of my favorite thingswhen i think about life, i really like it. and there are certain things in life i especially enjoy. here are a few.<br /><br />Venti Ice Water from Starbucks<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RvPdNzzeWrI/AAAAAAAAACA/WXZqi0IJoFE/s1600-h/Photo+69.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RvPdNzzeWrI/AAAAAAAAACA/WXZqi0IJoFE/s200/Photo+69.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112673231309789874" /></a><br /><br />Playing in the fountains downtown<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0135_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0135_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />passport stamps<br />although my passport is quite lonely, i really enjoy the sense of accomplishment that comes from a passport stamp. its a little splotch of ink that signifies an entire trip to another nation. <br /><a href="http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1002366/2/istockphoto_1002366_travel_australia_passport_stamp.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1002366/2/istockphoto_1002366_travel_australia_passport_stamp.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />diet coke<br /><a href="http://www.israel-shops.com/images/bigimg36521.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.israel-shops.com/images/bigimg36521.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>[this one is in Hebrew. which is always a plus]<br /><br />my cammy cam. my handy-dandy camera, oh its so faithful<br /><a href="http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11529843/Nikon_D70s_Slr_Digital_Camera__.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11529843/Nikon_D70s_Slr_Digital_Camera__.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />crossword puzzles<br />oh my, i cannot really explain why it is i so deeply enjoy to sit and rack my brain for a four letter word for freshwater fish, but i do. and i do it on the daily, at least during school.<br /><a href="http://www.tammyyee.com/keiki_page/puzzles_/puzzle-kam.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.tammyyee.com/keiki_page/puzzles_/puzzle-kam.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />this book. its one of the most practical encouraging books ever. love it. <a href="http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/media/B-Practice-of-the-Presence.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/media/B-Practice-of-the-Presence.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />dark chocolate. i absolutely love dark chocolate. and hate milk chocolate. <br /><a href="http://www.thedharmadoor.com.au/images/Cocolo_Dark_100g.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.thedharmadoor.com.au/images/Cocolo_Dark_100g.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>[never had this kind]<br /><br />sitting outside here:<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RvcnbjzeWtI/AAAAAAAAACQ/j75p55_1HhQ/s1600-h/DSC_0291.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RvcnbjzeWtI/AAAAAAAAACQ/j75p55_1HhQ/s320/DSC_0291.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113599256323578578" /></a><br /><br />and that is just a few.leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-75522407188205375442007-09-20T22:02:00.000-07:002007-09-23T19:34:24.177-07:00s-e-r-v olutionare you ready?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.healingplacechurch.org/servolution" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.healingplacechurch.org/servolution/images/banners/banner1.jpg" width="400" height="250" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />um, yes sir. if you want to be a part of the biggest outreach in Healing Place HISTORY. . .ill see you Saturday morning at 9 am. its going to be pretty incredible.<br />especially since I will be serving with some fantastic FRESH Refugee girls. i guess you could say im pretty lucky.<br /><br />and if you aren't there and you're somewhere in baton rouge this saturday, keep your eyes peeled for some red shirts. your guranteed to catch a few.leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-28378753946448698782007-09-11T12:10:00.000-07:002007-09-11T13:25:30.475-07:00haddy birdday<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0214.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0214.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Heri ya Siku ya kuzaliwa! <br />Feliz CumpleaƱos! <br />Saeng il chuk ha hamnda! [ <a href="bluekardia.com">David Song</a>]<br /><br />Happy Birthday! to <a href="http://jasonlaird.com/">Jason Laird</a>. Youth pastor extraordinaireleahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-61989170217929189832007-09-06T12:15:00.000-07:002007-09-06T12:58:34.021-07:00ninapenda mti sana<a href="http://www.dof.virginia.gov/urban/images/landscape-man-drawing-Tree-with-roots.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.dof.virginia.gov/urban/images/landscape-man-drawing-Tree-with-roots.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>i had a teriffic birthday, really one of the best i've ever had. <br />Surprise party, dinner and hanging out in New Orleans with some friends (jarred and chris made my birthday really great), and I even had the honor of leading <a href="http://fortydays.childrenscup.org/">Children's Cup</a> forty days of prayer gathering on my birthday. (thanks <a href="http://danohlerking.com/">mr.dan</a>)<br />Saturday MORNING (morning being the key word) my mom thought it would be cute to have a surprise party. so its 7:00, im asleep and all of a sudden there are 20 people in my room yelling. Needless to say, I was extremely confused and didnt know what was going on. But, it was great. My mom had tons of breakfast, everything was Disney Princess, we played games, and a couple of people even walked away with starbucks gift cards. not too shabby. The best part? i was 100% surprised. <br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0057-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0057-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>HA. Tori made me a sign that she thought said "Hey! Happy Birthday Leah!", but in all actuality said, "Hey! Congratulations Leah!"<br />i love it.<br /><br />But, anywho. the point is I had a great birthday. mom and steve got me some really wonderous luggage! ah, thats really the only thing i wanted. Whenever i travel end up borrowing luggage or using old beat-up stuff, so its nice to have a set to call my own. <br /><br />Regardless, i must say that my favorite present i recieved this birthday was a tree. <br />a tree?!<br />yes.<br />a tree.<br /><a href="www.toriohlerking.blogspot.com">tori ohlerking</a> knows we all too well. We both share a deep appreciation for trees. I don't know, they are just such magnificent creations. <br />and Monday night she rolls up to my house with a tree in a pot. I just can't tell you how much i love that girl. <br />she said, "well i just thought you should have your very own tree!" <br /> [ not to mention the fact she had already given me a GREAT gift. a book called TOILETS OF THE WORLD!] --> <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0051.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/DSC_0051.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />YEAH. i know. <br />Now i just have to plant my new little drake elm and watch it grow. and everytime i see it, i will think of little miss ohlerking and smile.<br /><br />luggage, toilet book, a tree. what more could a girl want? <br /><br />quick question: What is the BEST birthday present you have ever recieved. . .or given?leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30657133.post-50336925560043734052007-08-30T06:35:00.000-07:002008-12-09T16:25:51.791-08:00my fav fiveif you know me, then its very likely you know that i pretty much want to travel everywhere. i just really love cultures and people, and want to see as much of this world as i possibly can. But, of course i have my favorites, my places i just can't wait to go and experience. So, i decided to compile a list of my top 5 places to go, my Fav5.<br /><br />Here it is (not necessarily in a specific order)<br /><br />#1- TANZANIA<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/T049307A.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/T049307A.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>duh. this one is a no-brainer. Since i started to learn Swahili last year, I just really want to go, learning about their culture and language in class has given me a passion to go and meet and be with the people. I want to see the landscape, the ocean, the island of Zanzibar, Mount Kiliminjaro. ahhh! can't wait.<br /><br />#2- GREECE (& Cyprus)<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/greece-flag.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/greece-flag.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>To me, this just looks like the most beautiful place ever. There is so much history there, so much to see and learn. Its my number one "want to vacation here" spot. so, if you ever want to be my friend and have a ticket to Greece. . .call me up.<br /><br />#3- INDIA<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/India.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/India.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>Wooooo. i love Indian people. a.whole.lot. <br />I love their accents, their clothes, plus their food is amazing. Spiritually, its a very different country. I would love to do mission work there, just reaching out to the oppressed people. It definitely seems like one of the harder places to reach out to. They have so many people that need a just need to be shown love and compassion, a hand to reach out to them when they are in need. Oh, yes indeed. in a heartbeat.<br /><br />#4- ISRAEL<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/20050629023821Israel_flag_300.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/20050629023821Israel_flag_300.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>OF COURSE i want to go here. This is where it all started. and i LOVE me some jewish people.(i guess because im related to a whole bunch) The amount of rich history there, especially pertaining to the Bible, intrigues me. I find something so beautiful about the Jewish culture and traditions.<br /><br />#5- TIBET<br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/tibflag1.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/leeugh/tibflag1.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>i don't really have a justified reason to WHY i want to go here, i just do. the Himalayas, a lot of yaks, and cool nomads like this:<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RtcdYNZtfjI/AAAAAAAAAA0/-c3tuqqpsgg/s1600-h/dsc00291_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nkc9hpeKNWU/RtcdYNZtfjI/AAAAAAAAAA0/-c3tuqqpsgg/s320/dsc00291_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104581004399312434" /></a>just seems like a interesting country. <br /><br /><br />There it is. that's my list. <br />so. . . does that sound appealing to anybody, could i find a travel buddy?!<br /><br />[what places are in your fav5?]leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359518753187669619noreply@blogger.com7