This is not my church, although I used to go to a Bible study there and know people who go there.
We're staying home today. I wanted to go to church but kept getting texts to "stay home" so I finally decided against it.
Another bomb in Jos
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Another bomb in Jos
Story here: www.newsday.com/news/nation/suicide-car ... -1.3558254
This is not my church, although I used to go to a Bible study there and know people who go there.
We're staying home today. I wanted to go to church but kept getting texts to "stay home" so I finally decided against it.
This is not my church, although I used to go to a Bible study there and know people who go there.
We're staying home today. I wanted to go to church but kept getting texts to "stay home" so I finally decided against it.
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Much appreciated.
A coworker was at the church with their kids when the bomb went off. They weren't hurt but it was of course quite traumatic. A lot of people came to see what happened and the police and soldiers shot into the air to make them disperse, which is typical and moronic, of course.
A coworker was at the church with their kids when the bomb went off. They weren't hurt but it was of course quite traumatic. A lot of people came to see what happened and the police and soldiers shot into the air to make them disperse, which is typical and moronic, of course.
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So...DotD...not suggesting anything here...but have you and the hubby discussed your threshold for coming back to the States? (I'm worried about you guys... )
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, Meredith."People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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Ali: we talk about that frequently. All we can say is, not yet. In fact, school opened normally today-- thank God. Sitting at home waiting for something or nothing to happen is the worst.
One of the children in my class was in the church when the explosion happened. I gave her a big hug today. (sure glad I'm in a school where I can do that!) Another coworker was also there with her kids, one of them a former student of mine.
One of the children in my class was in the church when the explosion happened. I gave her a big hug today. (sure glad I'm in a school where I can do that!) Another coworker was also there with her kids, one of them a former student of mine.
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Avatar wrote:Africa is not for sissies.
Be safe Deer.
--A
Thanks, Av!!
I did on Sunday, but life goes on. I walk tall. What they want, after all, is people cowering. But I do appreciate your concern.wayfriend wrote:Keep that head down, Deer. And by God yes, stay home.
Yes, violence is the way of the world. Got my hope in something else.I can only hope that this is a short bad stretch and the violence goes somewhere else. (It seems like too much to hope it stops altogether.)
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. -Philo of Alexandria
ahhhh... if only all our creativity in wickedness could be fixed by "Corrupt a Wish." - Linna Heartlistener
ahhhh... if only all our creativity in wickedness could be fixed by "Corrupt a Wish." - Linna Heartlistener
i think about you a lot over there deer.
i am like ali...i'd prefer you'd think about coming back
over here and i wanna say "time to come home now"
but my guess is that you are already home and it'd be
silly to say that playing it safe is always the right choice.
we all know it's not and you didn't go there to be safe.
so take care of yourself and your family best you can.
we'll all be keeping you in our thoughts.
i've got several candles burnin tonight, one more will just make it brighter in here.
ps. i liked that, Avatar. africa is not for sissies. we knew that.
i am like ali...i'd prefer you'd think about coming back
over here and i wanna say "time to come home now"
but my guess is that you are already home and it'd be
silly to say that playing it safe is always the right choice.
we all know it's not and you didn't go there to be safe.
so take care of yourself and your family best you can.
we'll all be keeping you in our thoughts.
i've got several candles burnin tonight, one more will just make it brighter in here.
ps. i liked that, Avatar. africa is not for sissies. we knew that.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Hahaha, I thought I'd said it often, but I must be thinking about RL, 'cause I see I've only said it on here once and that was years ago.
When we hear about something brutal or tragic, it's not an uncommon response. Casual violence is commonplace and life is often cheap.
Saw on the news last night that some school kids chased down and beat to death a few guys that had tried to rob them yesterday, for example.
--A
When we hear about something brutal or tragic, it's not an uncommon response. Casual violence is commonplace and life is often cheap.
Saw on the news last night that some school kids chased down and beat to death a few guys that had tried to rob them yesterday, for example.
--A
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Thanks, luci.... these are for you.lucimay wrote:i think about you a lot over there deer.
i am like ali...i'd prefer you'd think about coming back
over here and i wanna say "time to come home now"
but my guess is that you are already home and it'd be
silly to say that playing it safe is always the right choice.
we all know it's not and you didn't go there to be safe.
so take care of yourself and your family best you can.
we'll all be keeping you in our thoughts.
i've got several candles burnin tonight, one more will just make it brighter in here.
ps. i liked that, Avatar. africa is not for sissies. we knew that.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. -Philo of Alexandria
ahhhh... if only all our creativity in wickedness could be fixed by "Corrupt a Wish." - Linna Heartlistener
ahhhh... if only all our creativity in wickedness could be fixed by "Corrupt a Wish." - Linna Heartlistener
deer of the dawn wrote:Thanks, luci.... these are for you.
oh this is fabulous deer! yer a dear deer!!
(candles still lit!)
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Another one today, Sunday June 10 2012.
Story: www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/scores-fear ... ch-in-jos/
My husband and daughter are fine.
Story: www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/scores-fear ... ch-in-jos/
My husband and daughter are fine.
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Deer, I heard about this on the radio news just now and thought of you. Glad to hear your family are OK. It said no deaths but some very serious injuries. It's strange, but I'd never heard of Jos until I joined the Watch, and the news report would have meant nothing to me until then, but today I suddenly had butterflies in my stomach when I heard it mentioned.
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The Watch brings lots of places around the world close to home for me.
Glad to hear your family is okay, DotD.
Glad to hear your family is okay, DotD.
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