tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:13:10 +0000south africaLifeAmericaChiropractorXenophobiachangehealthyinternetmarketingnycpresidentweatherwebsiteworkAir IndiaBatmanBeanCareCoffeeDriveEnglandFliesGodIndiansJonathanMuggOpenSEOSlangSmitStarbucksStrawberriesZumaaccentamishathleteblessblogbuggycampingcape towncheesechurchcommercialscorruptioncountrydaydiseasedoorseatenoch housefamilyfightflightfootballfootstepsfriendsgrass lawnmowerhappy birthdayhighschoolhumorjokelancastermeatmoneymothersmoviesmovingmusicone yearpatrioticraperighteousrobbedrugbyserendipitysign upsongsportstatesstormersstudytraveltribetvuniteduniversityusavisawinterworldyouthA life's traveling journey through the world of the unknown, beginning in South Africa making my way to who knows where.http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)Blogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-2239672101963000723Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:13:00 +00002008-12-02T09:18:42.300-05:00Alright, so I am still in the England and I haven't forgotten about you.I am working at nando's at the moment as a host. It's alright, Im enjoying it for now. Wouldn't want to do it forever, too much loong hours on my poor sore feet.Other than that, I am really enjoying England, people complain about the weather, but I rather enjoy it. Not sure for how long though. I managed to spend a day in http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/12/uk-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-3331443440446425855Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:19:00 +00002008-11-13T07:17:48.824-05:00Air IndiaEnglandflighttravelThe long awaited day to leave for England came with a sudden rush. One minute I was waiting and the next I was on my way to England.I managed to find a direct flight with AIR INDIA and much to my surprise there were mostly Indians on the plane :-0 It was a very interesting flight, I somehow got a seat right in front of the main door of the plane. I tried to rest my feet up on it, but they would http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-very-goodly-flight-to-england.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-6030259494476330435Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:03:00 +00002008-10-11T12:13:54.169-04:00Hi FolksJust a brief update in Jono's World.We are currently not living in the same house, but a house still in the middle of nowhere. As I'm sure many of you already know, we are applying for visa to the UK. Slow process. If all goes according to plan, I should be applying next week in New York City.Things have been a bit slower now that our lively hood is in two suit cases again. We are also http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/10/jonos-world-large.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-2996513586578315679Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:44:00 +00002008-09-25T15:08:22.270-04:00ChiropractorstudyuniversityusaIt's been quite awhile since I have given an update on whats happening in the Smit world, that's partially because I don't even know what's happening in the Smit world.As I'm sure you are well aware by now, we are leaving the USA. Our plan was to leave and go to England. Unfortunately things have taken time to get done and we were not able to get there as soon as we would have liked. However, http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/09/story-behind-it-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-1026132514171870806Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:27:00 +00002008-09-21T13:42:57.934-04:00CareChiropractorhealthyBefore we start with anything, if you have any personal thoughts about Chiropractic care that has been formed by rumors or past experiences you should remove that train of thought, before you start reading the rest of this article.For the past couple of months we have been experiencing chiropractic care. However, this is not your regular chiropractor that you would go visit if you have pain. Our http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/09/real-chiropractor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-3749209679051691526Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:32:00 +00002008-09-10T11:50:13.185-04:00presidentrobbedsouth africa...your very own president gets robbed. That's right robbed, the president of South Africa was robbed recently. I couldn't actually believe it when I read it, but its true. It seems that the media have sort of kept it on the DL, well at least that I've seen. There hasn't been to much hype about it, maybe it's different in SA?I did find one article which you can read here.Apparently they broke http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/09/you-know-your-country-is-bad-when.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-8365232390033484207Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:17:00 +00002008-09-07T22:34:22.264-04:00footballhighschoolFriday night is high school football night, but most of you probably already knew that. Saturday is college and Sunday, well apparently that's the holy day. The NFL.So here I am Friday night, watching some boys in tights and big heads (should have gone to ballet rather) try to ruff each other up.I went, well because I got sucked into it and I figured I could put it down as "now I can say I've http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-high-school-football-experience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-3691830040384921054Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:17:00 +00002008-08-27T12:29:42.327-04:00amishbuggyIt's funny how so many different people believe so many different things. Some good and others well, let's just leave it at that.Before I met some friends in South Africa, that were from Lancaster, I had never heard of the Amish.Who are they?What are they?Why do they think the way they do?For those of you who don't know, Amish is a religion, a culture and a way of life that is very far from http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/08/meet-amish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-5711101143621168007Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:16:00 +00002008-08-18T12:51:40.916-04:00athletesportSince all the magic of the Olympics is happening with Phelps breaking World Records and what else, I thought I should at least say something about it. After all it will probably be talked about for generations after us. We are living in the time of the greatest athletes that have walked on the face of the earth.A Jamaican guy, Bolt, just broke the world record for 100m sprint. He did this withhttp://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/08/who-are-greatest-athletes-ever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-7226033618073549853Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:51:00 +00002008-08-15T15:07:20.297-04:00changeLifeAs I mentioned in my earlier post, 24 hours, you will see how quickly things can change. As of right now, I think our plan has changed a numerous times. I actually don't even know how many times. We need to make some decisions on which country we going to, when and how, since we leaving the USA.By just speaking to one person we learn something new and find something else that we need to do. I http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/08/your-advice-counts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-2316846071903501176Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:33:00 +00002008-08-14T11:44:39.427-04:00Welcome to the new jonathansmit.blogspot.com blog. If you are a regular reader and reading this in your email, then make your way over to the actual site. You will have noticed that it has had a drastic make-over. I think it looks much better than it did, but it's not what I think but what you think?I'm going to be advertising my blog on a much bigger scale now and increase my readership.Over thehttp://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/08/make-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-485441103611838454Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:56:00 +00002008-08-11T15:09:30.975-04:00happy birthdayvisaBefore you ask if it felt any different waking up to be 2o, let me answer it.It was totally totally different, I could feel like 20, not 19 anymore. (Sarcasm)Nah! I pretty much feel the same OLD same Old. Nothing to much new, It was however one of the best birthdays I've had, for obvious reasons.I of coarse had to use my free Shady Maple birthday ticket, so I went for breakfast with my bro and http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/08/hippy-happy-birfday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-5686994345795772885Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:51:00 +00002008-08-09T15:25:02.445-04:00LifemovingIt feels like its been at least 2 weeks since you last heard from me, very bad on my part. I'm going to have to pick this up. The past 2-3 weeks has been the most intense, life-altering, mind boggling and overwhelming time of my life.To give you an update if you don't already know:Monday two weeks ago, we spoke to a lawyer about our visa situation in the USA. We were and are under a ministry thathttp://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/08/time-to-leave-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-8000678065450148053Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:58:00 +00002008-07-31T14:14:05.812-04:00changeLifeIf we could have 10 bucks for every time our life has changed in 24 hours, we would be very rich people. I'm sure it's the same for you too. One moment you know what's happening, know where you are and know where you are headed. Suddenly, one phone call or one meeting can change your life forever.So why do we plan or think ahead? I asked myself this quite a bit. Especially since I'm someone who http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/07/24-hours.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-7099314791540711062Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:03:00 +00002008-07-28T12:11:59.088-04:00familyHey Friends and FamilyHow are you all doing? I sometimes feel like this is a one way conversation, since I'm always (okay...should be always) writing, but I never know how my readers are doing? So let me know in the comments.Since I'm mentioning family, I just want to let my family members back in South Africa know that I really really miss them. I think this is one of the toughest things about http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/07/family-forever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-2200013436103569045Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:55:00 +00002008-07-21T10:10:08.815-04:00BatmanblogmoviesHey hey everyone.Hope you had a great weekend? I did, it's been really warm the past few days, which has been very nice. We have a portable pool that has a leak so it's about a foot deep(30cm) in the deep end. I spent a good part of the day just laying in it enjoying the "scenery." In case you don't understand what I mean by scenery, I mean cows on one side and corn fields on the other, which http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/07/batman-smashing-hit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-8702913857274090885Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:37:00 +00002008-07-17T09:53:16.389-04:00FliesworkJuly 17! Wow, if you don't keep track of the days, you get a shock when you do. Ever since I've been in America, the days seem to run into each other. The week feels like weekend, the weekend feels like holiday. It's been interesting. This is mainly because I haven't had any set schedule to keep.At times I like this and other times it's a real test. However the past few months have been very goodhttp://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/07/tick-tick-time-flies-by-but-its-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-4642368173413824892Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:56:00 +00002008-07-10T15:28:25.922-04:00Slangsouth africaIt feels like it's been awhile since I last posted, so I thought I'd give you a really interesting funny post. Not that my other ones aren't... but this one is a special comparison between America and South Africa.Since I've been in the States I've been asked a number of times "What are some of the slang words you use in South Africa?" For those of you living in South Africa you would quickly be http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/07/south-african-slang.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-4889388173081425388Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:04:00 +00002008-07-03T13:29:34.525-04:00Well Well, Can you believe it? We are in July already. I've now been in PA over 5 months, which seems actually like 5 days. This past year has really gone very fast. As I'm sure you know tomorrow is July 4th, so congratulations to all the Americans (you do congratulate don't you?) including those that aren't in the states!Hopefully I'll go somewhere to see some fireworks, anyone know a good spot?http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-4th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-2458387075066597124Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:42:00 +00002008-07-01T16:56:06.849-04:00Hi AllI'm back after an amazing week at a youth camp. I was a group leader of a few youth from feet on the street in Reading. The boot-camp took place in Reading, Pa and was focused on evangelism. We did outreaches into Reading everyday, as well as work projects cleaning up the area. If you drive through Reading in the next few days, chances are you will see something we painted.God did amazing http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/07/youth-on-fire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-9220126067749787071Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:13:00 +00002008-06-22T10:17:21.820-04:00Before I go, I thought I'd leave you with something to laugh about. I think these are really funny.Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/06/before-i-go-i-thought-id-leave-you-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-3869934377507585368Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:56:00 +00002008-06-22T10:04:06.547-04:00Well well, it most definitely been awhile since I last posted anything. My apologies.As I mentioned earlier, we had our camp and it went really well. We experienced different kinds of weather including monstrous thunder. Needless to say, most of the tents flooded and we ended up sleeping inside. But it was an all around good camp. We then had a conference at feet on the street, which also went http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/06/catch-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-4640764620596068626Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:38:00 +00002008-06-12T10:49:41.549-04:00campingIt's time... the weather is good, the land is ready (sort of) and the tents are backed.We are having our first camp this summer. It will be part of The Enoch House so it's not a fun camp, but rather a camp with purpose. Although camps are always fun. As you may know we used to do alot of camping with our church in South Africa and we saw great benefits from that. We would like to get back into http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/06/church-camping.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-2731011356283594900Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:42:00 +00002008-06-05T12:01:10.291-04:00one yearstatesYesterday, was the day. I have been in the USA for one full year now. And I didn't even get any gifts. It's been a very eventful year, so I thought I might share a brief outline of what has happened.One year ago I left for Florida, expected one thing and was met with another. Those few months there was a very trying time for as I couldn't do anything. Nothing at all! And that's pretty much it. http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/06/one-year-in-states.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021159496002365795.post-5457587003932368386Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:44:00 +00002008-06-03T10:55:55.861-04:00enoch housewebsiteWebsite building. It's definitely not very easy and takes a lot of time, but I have enjoyed doing it over the past few weeks. Learning various things about it, I still only know very little.As you may know, I have been working on one for the Church Organization we starting. It's called The Enoch House. Just click it and it will take you right there!The website is still a work in progress, but it http://jonathansmit.blogspot.com/2008/06/our-new-website.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan)0