this past weekend, i spent time with one of my favorite couples (there is definitely a list of “couple crushes”), and there is just something about being around the lundgrens… just makes me feel joy and love and encouragement and peace. well, i do know what it is. the spirit alive in them, working through […]
knoxville’s airport completes its quaintness with rocking chairs. loved how typically southern and welcoming it was to sit and read as i left for colorado on monday afternoon. zoomed from knoxville-to-chicago-to-denver-to-colorado springs. made friends with a nun in the chicago airport. the flight from chicago to denver almost made me vomit from the high winds […]
i am grateful for the way the Lord is in everything. especially this thunder as i lie in bed… i will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, i will remember you wonders of old. i will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds. your way, o God, is holy. what god […]
there are not enough words to describe this week. HARD – BLESSED – WORN.OUT – INTENTIONAL – SPIRIT.FILLED – PARENTS – WORKED – REDEMPTIVE – KNOXVILLE.COMMUNITY my area is here. my parents are here. rachel’s mom and sister are here. fort worth is here. everyone seemed to come the same week. it’s been tiring having […]
it’s been a while friends.. i suppose i should go in the order of the way things have happened these past weeks BRECK (as its known to the locals, duh) two fridays ago (june 4) was my first solo road-trip-to-a-foreign-place-to-hang-out-by-myself day. i cannot say that i hated it — in fact, i thouroghly enjoyed it. […]
attention all : this is not to be confused with …. last night, officially day 1 of the summer (and the session along with the week), at 8:45pm a CODE RED was instituted across camp. everyone was immediately ordered to go back to their housing and everyone was on lock down. for us in the […]
well, things are busy here. period. today is what camp staff has dubbed “day zero” (we speak in days here.. day 1=sunday, day 4=wednesday). in official, grown-up terms, today is known as training day — shout out to denzel. i worked from 6 to 3 training our new cooks — touring the kitchen, safety instructions, […]
1-2 inches of snow — off to do housekeeping!!!!
greetings from the great state of… home of what i like to call the altitoots (lots of pootin’ due to the altitude) well, after a road trip full of bumpy roads (arkansas), many o’ cows (oklahoma), massive winds (kansas), and snow in may (colorado), WE MADE IT!!!! last night around midnight local time [aka 2 […]
i, emma jane brooks, solemnly swear by the power invested in me ( mainly to thy self ) to document this summer. be that via blog, picture-taking, or letter-writing, it shall happen. keep thy accounth. just wanted to make it a public announcement, so the world will know i’m not falling off the face of […]
