Snapshots.

Snapshot: A brief look or summary.

Hannah's Snapshot: A brief look or summary of Hannah's week. :)

1. I felt like I was in Narnia. I had real Turkish Delight this week, from Turkey. It was delicious! I had had some before, either in Portugal or Mozambique, and it wasn't that tasty. (could be that it was rose flavoured... hm.) But, this time, it was delicious! It tasted like, and perhaps this is a gross description, but it tasted like a roasted marshmallow Jelly Belly jelly bean :)

2. This snapshot was sent via email to Damarise, and she forwarded it to me.

a.) I have no idea how Baskin' Robbins knows that about me. (A little weird!)

b.) Damarise's response to this, "Uh, no, sorry Hannah, no ice cream cake from me."

3. My younger siblings are amazing. I've been chatting with Sarah a lot this past week, which has been wonderful! And my two wonderful brothers have been leaving me sweet messages, or just fun stuff on Facebook :)
4. We're starting into another book for Youth Ministry, The Prodigal God by Tim Keller. I started into it last night before going to bed and this quote just stuck out.

"God's reckless grace is our greatest hope."

5. Today in chapel, we had a guest speaker from the UK, Mr. MacKenzie. During his chapel talk he said, "Too often we gaze at the world and glance at the King. Shouldn't we be glancing at the world and gazing at the King?!" Amen.

6. Phone numbers. This is a little semi-funny snapshot into the life of Hannah. There I was, in my dorm room. I had just finished a test and needed to get ahold of an orthodontist nearby. Two of my brackets have been popping on and off and my orthodontist said to have that fixed. So, I dialed the number and a very nice, southern woman answered the phone. She asked me my name, my date of birth, and my current address. And then, she asked me for my cell number. Well, I told her I didn't have a cellphone number. She read off a number, which was Mom's number, but I told her that would work. She replied, "Well, why don't you just give me the number of the phone you are on." Oh. yah. I suppose I could've done that, whoops. I told her that was a great idea, it was my room phone, so I may not always answer it, but whatever :) And then I realized... I've never had to call that number, and nobody knows it except a few people. So, I didn't know my own phone number. Wow! Talk about feeling... uh, well, embarrassed to say the least. I told her that I honestly had no idea what the phone number was, but that I would try to find it :) She waited for about 15 seconds and finally said, "You know what, I think I have caller ID." She did. She read me off my own number (which I recognized ;) ) And then proceeded with the rest of booking my appointment. Haha, it was an embarrassing but laughable experience :)

7. Lastly, I'm really happy it is the weekend! Oh! A little rest from this busy week will be much welcomed! I don't have huge plans for the weekend. I'll be studying for a test on Monday, going to my suitemate's play tonight, and hanging out with some friends Saturday afternoon :) It'll be a nice weekend.

And there you have it. A little snapshot into my week. :)

Thoughts on a Foggy, Rainy Day.

*written yesterday, posted today*

Fog is covering Covenant College's campus right now, wrapping us up in a giant blanket of grey fluffiness. The fog isn't alone, it's come with chilling temperatures and rain. Ah, the slow changing of seasons, going from cool to cold.

I'm done with my homework (for now) and am sitting on the Chapel Department's couch. The heater is on warming up the chilly room. My cup, which did have tea in it, is now sitting next to me, empty. And I am sitting here with thoughts floating around in my head waiting to be typed out into a blog post.

So, here it goes–thoughts from the Traveling Banana on a foggy Wednesday afternoon.

The first thought, is actually a quote. On Monday, we had some people from Wycliffe share in my English Syntax class. They shared about the importance of language and syntax and talked about translating the Bible. While talking they shared this quote with us:

"There is no such thing as a word in one language that has a perfect equivalent in another language."

Ah! So true. I remember trying to communicate things in Portuguese to my friend in Mozambique and thinking, "There just isn't a word that communicates the same thing as (for example) lickity split." So, yes, that quote, I thought, was true.

Another thing I've been thinking about lately is thankfulness. Thanksgiving is coming up this month and as I've been thinking about that I've realized just how much I have to be thankful for. So for the rest of this post I'll highlight a few things that I've been thankful for in just this month (yes, I know, this month just started :) ).

• My job. I honestly have no idea how I got blessed with such an amazing job except that God gave it to me! I was signed up to be cleaning the library again, and I was excited about it :) Then, a week before school began, I was told I would be working in the Chapel Department. It has been great! I've gotten to learn new things, I've enjoyed working with everyone in the Chapel Department, and I love getting together every Wednesday to pray with everyone who works in the Chapel Department. It's been an encouraging job, and one that fits in perfectly with my hectic class schedule. I'm so thankful to God for it!
  
  
• Textfree. :) It's an app ( there's an app for that ;) ) , and although I don't text much, it is helpful/nice :) Like the other morning when I was up getting ready for the day, Dad and I texted the whole time :) It was a great start to my morning.
  
  
• My family. I love them! I love hearing from them whether it's through text, Facebook, or phone calls :) They're great! I got to talk to Mom and Andrew last night for a few hours... it was great!
  
  
• My advisor. She is amazing! I met with her last week to talk about my schedule for next semester. She has everything planned out for me. It is wonderful, and made my life a whole lot easier when I went to register for classes this morning.
  
  
• Getting to be here at Covenant College. I'm so thankful that God has allowed me to be here studying. I love it here. I love learning, I love the professors, I love my friends, and I love all the opportunities there are everyday to talk with fellow believers about Christ! It's wonderful! And I'm SO thankful!

There you have it, my definitely-not-exhaustive list of things I'm thankful for in this month :) There are many more, but it is time to scidaddle off to another class.

Until next time, toodle loo.

A special call from a special someone!

Last night we got to talk to our Grandma!!! It was sooo great!!! we haven't talked to her since January! Woah! Way to long!!! It was wonderful hearing what she's been up to and laughing with her :) Can't wait to see you in a year Grandma!!! :)