Creativity
| June 30th, 2008
We’re trying to foster her creativity . . .
Archive for June, 2008
Home Depot
| June 29th, 2008So I’m applying to Home Depot because, come August 1st, I’m jobless. And, I’m told, money is fairly necessary when it comes to food, shelter, clothing, etc.
Anyway, they asked me all these questions online. I had to put some things in alphabetical order, talk about my work ethic, and then I get this question:
Seriously. I just read it over and over. I mean, I’m trying to get hired here. I wanted to put the correct answer. I wanted to make a good impression.
So, if you know of any job ops in the Cordova, Bartlett, Germantown, Memphis area . . . holla.
This is what I do.
| June 28th, 2008This is what I do. Everyday.
Don’t let anyone tell you it’s easy.
Milk Crate
| June 28th, 2008Me: Hey! Look at those milk crates! Does anybody need a milk crate?!
Girl: Why?! They ain’t got no milk in ‘em.
Books. Lots and lots of books.
| June 27th, 2008
So, I’m at the library right now. McMath Library if you’d like to come by and visit. It’s on Barrow Rd. Near the house with all the external decor.
I’m just chillaxin’.
That’s one of our girls behind me. She’s waiting on one of the computers to open up.
One thing I’ve noticed about this library is the quantity of books. It’s like this place is book-obsessed. I’m going to look into it. I’ll let you know if I get to the bottom of all this bookishness.
Next Chapter
| June 27th, 2008A little over a year ago, I wrote the following words:
This is a hard job. We knew that coming in, but we didn’t know it. You can only know how hard it is by doing it. But . . . the amazing thing is that God has given us the heart to do it. We very much enjoy the job, despite its hardness.
We’re getting dirty . . . . because we’re getting involved in messy lives. Real messy. About as messy as they come. And sometimes we find ourselves asking “Jesus, why did you put us here? What have you gotten us into?” To me, he always seems to say things like:
It’s not about you.
I love these girls as much as I love you.
These are the kinds of lives I got involved in when I was on earth.So we keep on keeping on in a spirit of worship and thankfulness. Jesus put us here and it’s a joy to work hard in his orchard.
We had been working at the Promise House for several months and reality had set in. The honeymoon was over.
Now, a year later, we’re still clinging to the hope that Jesus will profoundly heal the broken hearts we see manifested daily through cutting words, tears, and confusion.
But now our time at the Promise House is coming to an end. We’re doing our best to follow Jesus, and we’re leaving in faith that he is leading us to full-time graduate work at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN. Our last day at the Promise House is August 1st. Classes start two weeks later. The job situation is still up in the air, but I have no doubt Jesus will take care of that.
We are proud to have been a part of the ministry of the Arkansas Baptist Children’s Homes.
We’re thankful for we’re we have been. We’re excited for where we are heading.
There will be more details soon . . .
Chihuahua
| June 25th, 2008[Context: We had just seen a Chihuahua.]
Girl: Mr. Ryan, we used to have a Chihuahua but it was a lot bigger.
Me: Are you sure it was a Chihuahua?
Girl: Yeah! It was just a really big Chihuahua.
Me: Well, how do you know it was a Chihuahua?
Girl: Because we got it from a Mexican!
Me: Oh. Of course.
17.06.08 [Promise House]
| June 25th, 2008
Working out the aperture muscles on my D40.
Gawker
| June 24th, 2008
If you like to create and you use a mac, then Gawker will knock your socks off. This free application captures still frames to produce time-lapse videos. Here’s the website write-up:
Gawker is an application for Mac OS X that creates time-lapse movies using a webcam. Images from your camera can be shared, allowing other users to record your image stream. Streams can also be combined to create a time-lapse movie with up to four locations side-by-side.
For some reason the whole time-lapse thing can be very addictive. Maybe it’s because you can see ordinary, everyday things from a whole new perspective. Here are a few things I’ve done with it: