Sunday, January 02, 2005

It's 2005. Wow. 10 years since I graduated from high school. 5 years since I graduated from college.

Wow

Some 2005 hopes and prayers...

Speedy restoration and relief as well as hope in Christ for survivors in South East Asia

Stability and self-rule in Iraq

(this one's a stretch but I want to hope anyway) A Nelson Mandela type to replace Arafat as the leader of the Palestinian people

My niece accepted into the Spanish/English immersion elementary school

All my Uzbek friends to know the Lord

My mother to find peace of mind and peace with God

To move a couple more feet away from my one-dimensional understanding of God and closer to knowing the depths of His character and love

Find an awesome church and community in the US of A

All my friends to prosper in all the right ways

Greater maturity and depth as well as more self-acceptance

Learn how to make a website for myself and my students

Mentor inner city/refugee youth

Fall in love with my partner in life and ministry








4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, time really does move faster as you get older. Years seem to pass without giving you time to take it all in. Thise are some noble hopes and prayers for the upcoming year. I hope they all come to pass as you pray for them. What are you looking for in a church group? You know better than I do, but it seems there are many good churches in your area. I understand the anger you spoke about in my own way... maybe I will tell about it sometime. God Bless you Joyce.

jt said...

was that you in the anonymous comment, James? Anyway, whoever it is good to see you on my site. :-)

About the church situation...I'll be sharing more about that in a couple weeks because there's a reason for my wording of that statement. But yes, there are good churches here in SD even though I haven't found any really missions-minded churches.

Anonymous, thanks for your thoughts...

And Tre thanks for the link in a earlier comment.

hyunjung said...

Hey friend,

Hope things will go well with these resolutions, and that God will grant you much more of his blessings. . by the way, where oh where did that email, of the juicy details of your life go?

James said...

anonymous was me... very perceptive Joyce. I think I will just sign in from now on I keep forgetting to put my name.