tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082Thu, 23 May 2013 20:51:39 +0000robert servicegoogle+crossmiraclechallengeteacherspoemStarbucksgraduationmoviesCape TownJesse Stuartliststypingchristmasnew terminspirationHuguenotsearthquakeepicentersoul foodobediencevirginiapicturespringroommatesAmerican EaglecomputermacbookObamacoffeecharlottesvilleflowersELSfeed your soullate nightteachingcleaningheartache"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news." - Isaiah 52:7http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Emily)Blogger395125beautifulfeetbloghttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-852225255229848038Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:51:00 +00002013-04-13T20:52:47.389+02:00<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?--> Today, I started studying for the GRE's and my brain exploded.  Literally.  OK, not literally. But it felt like it! It's been ages since I've had to think about math that requires letters like x,y, and z, and all of my advanced, educated vocabulary has gone out the door since I started teaching ESL and became adept at translatinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/BACzAABh0qQ/headaches.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/BACzAABh0qQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/04/headaches.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-3024185411554489697Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:16:00 +00002013-04-11T19:16:10.639+02:00A little while ago, some blogs I read did this thing where they showed all the contents of their purse. While most of the purses on the blogs I read included things like "Chanel lip gloss"and "Gucci sunglasses" and "keys to my volvo," I think mine's still pretty entertaining sans Chanel and Gucci. So here you are. A look inside my handbag today... Clockwise from top left: 1. "Energy" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/57sPSACPY-w/in-my-bag.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/57sPSACPY-w" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/04/in-my-bag.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-7340698320046222894Sat, 06 Apr 2013 06:17:00 +00002013-04-06T08:19:30.101+02:00 I took this pic on outreach with my students a few weeks ago. The kids were captivated by the "reverse" photo button on the iPhone. It reminded me of the reaction my students in Tanzania had when I tried to explain to them about telescopes and four-lane highways. See this post. I love the sense of wonder at the world that kids have, kids everywhere. It is so beautiful to see it in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/B0Y2IiMcv-o/wonder.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/B0Y2IiMcv-o" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/04/wonder.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-6750971827662805344Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:48:00 +00002013-04-04T13:48:46.136+02:00Yesterday, I was browsing through my "Top 25 Most Played" list on iTunes and thought I'd share it with you. This is a little insight into what I play on repeat at the start of my day…or sometimes at the end of a very loooooong day. They're pretty predictable, except for the Whitney Houston one. How'd that get in there?! So pull up a chair, and share an earphone with me for a sec... 1. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/nCoUc8wm4ZY/now-playing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/nCoUc8wm4ZY" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/04/now-playing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-1832323894365407455Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:43:00 +00002013-04-03T10:53:41.997+02:00I've spent most of my life praying for provision. I suppose perhaps its a byproduct of the type of job I have, of the type of poverty in the countries I've lived in, of coming face to face with the daily reality of need whether it's in my school, in the people we work with on outreach, in the community, on the base, or in my own life. Recently, though, thinking back on the last few years, I havehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/scf0nKY9Uvw/preparation-prayers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/scf0nKY9Uvw" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/04/preparation-prayers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-1764948077311034043Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:04:00 +00002013-03-08T04:05:20.548+02:00After a lot of tests and a lot of different doctors and a cabinet full of medicine, we seem to have finally discovered what's wrong and the doctors say I have something called Larytshrtjhfahreijlarijelir Disease... or something like that. Basically it means I have to take medicine for the next three months and eat a special diet forever, a very special diet, which excludes pretty much EVERYTHING http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/uK0vinOxUFw/a-carrot-egg-and-cup-of-coffee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/uK0vinOxUFw" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-carrot-egg-and-cup-of-coffee.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-6688141835462557813Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:47:00 +00002013-02-21T20:47:06.190+02:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/0EF_x9l1H5E/the-best-kind-of-medicine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/0EF_x9l1H5E" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-best-kind-of-medicine.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-9086744803634674446Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:02:00 +00002013-02-21T02:02:19.937+02:00 Well, the lung doctor has prescribed me four new much stronger medicines, one of which is some kind of narcotic which sent me into a deep sleep last night, so deep that my mom came in to see if I was still breathing this morning! Here's hoping it works...  In my heavily drugged state last night, I dreamed of the school of all things! The ELS was on an outing and they went to the wrong place and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/VNEEfC6yCyM/thoughts-from-my-bed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/VNEEfC6yCyM" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/02/thoughts-from-my-bed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-8271221137779917297Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:34:00 +00002013-02-17T18:06:38.427+02:00<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?--> You know that iPhone app called "Find Friends" that tracks where your friends are? I think I need to create a new app called "Find Emily" so everyone will know where I am. It's getting confusing to explain these days! Currently, I'm back in the USA. I know, it seems like I never left! Actually, I was in South Africa for four weeks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/86hUESGJ-yY/find-emily.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/86hUESGJ-yY" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/02/find-emily.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-4414296857100260453Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:36:00 +00002013-02-03T13:30:38.764+02:00soul foodfeed your soulIt is so hot here in South Africa that mostly all I can do when I get home at night is change into light clothing, turn the fan directly on me and lay as still as possible, waiting for the cool of night. It's too hot to even move, let alone turn on an oven and cook. So most of my eating consists of half-melted protein bars and pre-packaged junk food which, when I am rational and sane, I swear Ihttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/ghk5Zrs6woI/how-to-feed-soul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/ghk5Zrs6woI" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-feed-soul.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-3285308190597841347Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:31:00 +00002013-01-17T17:31:28.802+02:00<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?--> "To me it seems a very terrible thing to be a woman. There is one crown which perhaps is worth it all - a great love, a quiet home, and children. We all know that is all that is worthwhile, and we must peg away, showing off our wares on the market if we have money, or manufacturing careers for ourselves if we haven't. We have not the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/nglrxws66pY/the-predicament-of-womanhood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/nglrxws66pY" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-predicament-of-womanhood.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-5179045908934428946Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:05:00 +00002013-01-12T12:05:52.066+02:00<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?--> One of the core values of the mission that I am apart of is "hearing God's voice." I guess it's not a core value for all Christians since probably a lot would say that they're not sure they can hear God's voice at all. But since I was little, I can remember my mom telling me to go and ask God what I ought to do about something. Althoughhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/_wN-sXewgro/2012-reflection.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/_wN-sXewgro" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2013/01/2012-reflection.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-8615039998166553164Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:17:00 +00002012-12-06T17:26:36.083+02:00I needed to remember this today... When I am tired and frustrated from working my booty off night and day, it's easy to forget that I'm not doing it for fallible people but for a perfect, unfailing God who is worthy of my all. If I forget that, people's lack of care and their insensitivity can all-too-easily offend my exhausted ego. So today, I'm gonna read this again, take a deep breath and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/z_hC9tX3F0A/love-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/z_hC9tX3F0A" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/12/love-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-8685303397070577820Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:22:00 +00002012-12-03T19:22:28.814+02:00In the chaos of your life, sometimes it's good to stop and ponder this... Why Love Never Ends ...the most beautiful, inspiring thoughts I've read in a while.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/X_xpXQmIYbc/why-love-never-ends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/X_xpXQmIYbc" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/12/why-love-never-ends.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-1418118334199122630Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:57:00 +00002012-12-02T22:58:33.118+02:00<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> <!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> In less than two weeks, I'm off to the USA for Christmas. Usually, after a couple of weeks in the USA, I start missing my home here in South Africa and my people here and I start thinking about coming back. But after the difficulties of this year, I'm not sure I'm gonna have quite the same feeling. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/YuQhfXeovwM/reasons-why.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/YuQhfXeovwM" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/12/reasons-why.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-3637474517634177558Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:35:00 +00002012-11-25T19:35:13.201+02:00This photo is called "lunch at my desk". <!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> Currently my office looks like a tornado hit it, not only because of the general back-log of papers and tests and homework and to-do lists but also because we are in the middle of preparing to paint. Painting turned out to be a much bigger job than we expected and involved a giant sanding machine which http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/M7jJ8XAvPVA/sunday-picture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/M7jJ8XAvPVA" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/11/sunday-picture.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-8571947760977641435Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:41:00 +00002012-11-24T17:41:34.036+02:00Today, I made the mistake of reading this letter... Letters of Note: She is my best friend I should just stop reading this website altogether because I always read the saddest love letters that make me want to cry. And then I put on Adele, and well, it's like a downward spiral from there. But this one made me miss my puppy. No, not Puppy. The other puppy. The puppy that's waiting for me in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/4QvCKH05An0/the-downward-spiral.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/4QvCKH05An0" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-downward-spiral.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-1746088171334018587Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:20:00 +00002012-11-17T16:27:57.079+02:00<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> Renting enough of bungalows for two nights - R3740 Buses and cars and petrol - R850 Muffins and coffee and dish-soap for 60 people - R690 Half-melted chocolate bars for our "secret friends" - R20 One trip to the ER for stitches - R200 1 broken cup, 1 broken plate and 1 missing knife (really?) - R32 Discovering the girls have mites http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/Z8j0YkG_E8w/goudini-by-numbers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/Z8j0YkG_E8w" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/11/goudini-by-numbers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-5420480695959684353Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:28:00 +00002012-11-10T18:30:21.958+02:00<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> Have you ever wished that time would just slow down? Not because you were afraid of the future or because you were too tired to keep up, but because the present was just so happy that you wished it would never end. Have you ever wished that your "now" could be forever? I love this song. According to itunes, it is my most-played song with 153 plays. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/X8sDMf2d_-I/slow-it-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/X8sDMf2d_-I" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/11/slow-it-down.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-1907256957530980394Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:38:00 +00002012-11-08T17:39:20.326+02:00I have hot-pink pajamas pants.  They were my mom's idea. Clearly. My mom is funny. But sometimes after a very long day, I put on my hot-pink pajamas and they make me happy, just because.  <!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> When I was in college, my best friend and I once imagined where we would be in 5 or 10 years and I remember, so very clearly, saying that I would probably be a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/uNh1CsHVxzw/hot-pink-pajamas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/uNh1CsHVxzw" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/11/hot-pink-pajamas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-5546993186138443546Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:34:00 +00002012-11-05T21:34:31.891+02:00This week no matter how crazy and insane my work week may be, I have determined to not let it steal my joy. Life is too short to lose sleep over imperfection or less than ideal. Sometimes just good enough is...good enough. Last week I was thinking suddenly that perhaps I won't be in South Africa forever. Don't worry - I don't have any life-changing plans! But who knows what tomorrow holds? So http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/HJJi2RzkO6c/mondays-manifesto.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/HJJi2RzkO6c" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/11/mondays-manifesto.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-5299632339896546610Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:56:00 +00002012-11-04T09:29:19.919+02:00<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> "But as for me, I will always have hope." - Psalm 71:14 For some reason lately, I am irrationally, inexplicably hopeful. I mean it just doesn't make sense at all! This year has been one challenge after another and just when I feel that I am out of the woods, that the clouds are starting to clear, something else comes up. It is as though the trials http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/tGBbRHjIcKQ/but-as-for-me-i-will-always-have-hope.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/tGBbRHjIcKQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/11/but-as-for-me-i-will-always-have-hope.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-4015444300051534004Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:20:00 +00002012-11-01T18:20:16.832+02:00 Today puppy met a giant beetle. She was very curious and decided to investigate. Suddenly, he moved! But she didn't like that. So she ate him.      And went back to sleep. The end.  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/Zhv978y-pWc/puppy-vs-beetle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/Zhv978y-pWc" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/11/puppy-vs-beetle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-4957354474984596437Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:40:00 +00002012-10-28T20:44:52.549+02:00 Have you met Puppy yet?  My housemate got a dog.  No name has really stuck yet, so I just call her Puppy. This is Puppy. <!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> Puppy sleeps a lot, because even though she may not look like it, she's still a puppy. At the rate she's growing, I'm pretty sure she's gonna grow up to be the Beast from "The Sandlot". Either that or a small http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/9XvQEngZhhc/sunday-picture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/9XvQEngZhhc" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/10/sunday-picture.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047087520322244082.post-3332416570508345917Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:56:00 +00002012-10-27T16:32:44.784+02:00<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> I spent my afternoon yesterday reading letters. Not letters that I received. Not even letters that I had written. Other people's letters! Haha. This website called Letters of Note is A.MA.ZING. I love reading other people's letters. I love seeing their paper and their handwriting. There's something so sacred about hand-written letters, something rawhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~3/pWjJb4nI4Es/letters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Emily)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/beautifulfeetblog/~4/pWjJb4nI4Es" height="1" width="1"/>http://howbeautifulfeet.blogspot.com/2012/10/letters.html