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| Whoever thought that one's hair can be linked to so many deeper thoughts. I've been thinking about vanity latley. I've realised I'm pretty vain. My roommate doesn't help much either. Sometimes I think, "where did I go wrong?, When did I start caring so much about my own appearance?"
Living in a country where appearance matters doesn't help much either. Once I thought, "If I cut my hair... then maybe I won't be so vain" No that didn't really work. If anything I may spent more time in front of the mirror putting gel in my hair. So I let my hair grow out again. This time I let it grow about the same length. My bangs touched my nose, but the back was a bit longer. But then it started to get to long. A guy can't have hair too long. I don't like short hair anymore. I've had short hair long enough. I can't have my hair too long, and most medium size hair cuts i've seen are gay. Not even to mention getting anything but a short haircut here is nearly impossible.
So when I went to the barber today, I went fully expecting to have short hair cut for the rest of my life. However, I tried talking to the guy and another customer translated what I want. Someone started, and I don't think this guy new what he was doing. I think he was desperately trying to buy time for someone else to step in. There were quite a bit of customers there. Finally an older gentleman stepped in. I could tell this guy new what he was doing because he wasn't trying to pull out my hair like the other guy.
Anyway, this guy cut it how I wanted it. I have never had a haircut in Morocco that I liked. Now the only trick is to keep having the same guy cut it. It is a medium length and doesn't look like an old man, nerd, or just plane stupid. It looks nice.
Though I'm talking to the big Guy upstairs about my vanity, I think getting this whole hair thing under control has helped. I have realized that we all can be vain sometimes. We were created to commune with the Father. To have a loving relationship with him. All the love and acceptance we need. However with fall came the need to find acceptance through other means. Sometimes our vanity can take the best of us. I need to pray to keep it in check.
Robbie
Question of the Day:
If the Celsius scale is based on 0 degrees being freezing and 100 being boiling point, what is the Fahrenheit scale based on. I know I learned that in my science class, but it was long ago and I don't take science anymore...
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| Endangered Species:
The last single guy in Morocco!
Careful on approach... Gets very skidish around the female species
May get frightened and scared away when confronted
At our last in country meeting it was pointed out to me that I am now the last single male in Morocco... I corrected this person saying the last single guy in our company. My roommate was single... at the time. Now he isn't... So that makes me, as far as I know, the last single guy in Morocco!
Question of the Day:
Why is your reflection upside down when you look into a spoon?
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| Your prayers have been heard! My prayers have been heard! It is alright to want good things! The funny thing about my last post was that the campus that sent me out had already been conspiring to get me a computer. When I wrote that post they already had one bought for me.... HALLELUJAH!
Our national meeting was last week. Adrienne came back. She brought me the computer. It is a Dell Inspiron 1501 1.60GHz. 896 MB of RAM. I am extremely blessed to have this. I now can do e-mail and all sorts of things on my OWN computer. One of them is language. The language program I have been using has been adapted to use on Windows. This is such a blessing!
However, the last day of this conference a handful of us decided to climb a mountain up behind the orphanage we were at. We made it to the top. A beautiful site. We were on our way down. I recieved a text. I tried to respond, but couldn't. I had fallen behind. Naturally, I ran... Naturally, i rolled my ankle. Don't run down mountains! I sprained it. During crunch time as well.
I do not yet have my residency papers. I was going to go to Spain the very next day. Luckily we already arranged to travel with someone the next day. The plan was to go up Monday ( last week) and then I would come back wednesday and be back in Agadir to help test the students who had already paid.
My foot through a wrench in the socket! Jim and Ann also traveled with me. I thought they were going to stay for about a week. They ended up getting done with their errands in one day. They went back instead on Wednesday and I was left to recuperate.
Adrienne had just flown into Spain just before our meeting. She left her things in Spain to return to get them after the meeting. She had a lot of stuff. Four suite cases and two trunks. When Adrienne and I finally headed back in on Friday we took the four suit cases in. We were able to get a ride from the same person who took us out. He was coming back in with a friend. He was able to drop us off in Rabat. From there we were able to get an all night bus to Agadir. Which was such a blessing. My foot is walkable at this point, but not by any means 100%. I can walk a little bit, but this is a long trip all the way down. Going to Rabat with this friend helped us both a lot.
I am back and Adrienne is moved in. She is living in the place I use to live... well up stairs from my old place. She likes the land lord and the apartment very much. Thank you for your prayers. And thank you to those of you who knew about the computer and didn't tell (Nadia ) Thanks and God Bless.
Question of the Day:
If you were in tight spot who would you rather have bail you out... Jack Bristow? Or Jack Bauer?
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| I like when groups come. I also like when they leave. That's not as cold as it sounds. I used to be so burnt by the end of a group's time here. However I felt so encouraged when both the groups that were here in town left on Sunday. One of them was supposed to leave, and the other group felt like they were needed elsewhere in the country.
One of the groups wanted to be a blessing to the workers here with our company. They put packages together for everyone in the country who works with us. The thing that blessed me the most about their gift was the prophetic words of encouragement left inside. These spoke deep within my soul. Deep to the core of that "funky mood" I wrote about last time.
The two things that spoke to me the most were about looking ahead and and poverty. Did you know it's ok to want good things? This is something I know, but my actions seem to betray my beliefs. I'm sleeping on a single mattress on the floor. I have nothing to put clothes in. I'm still living out of a suitcase. So I went out and bought a bed yesterday. It arrives tonight.
I have also looked back a whole lot. My time here with Drake and Randy was great, and lately I have been reflecting on it too much. Great things are going to happen in the future. Great things are happening right now. I need to let go of the past and keep my head up.
So one personal need that I've almost been afraid to ask for is a computer. I really need my own. I need to realize that it is alright to want a computer. Please pray with me on this.
So! Bottom line, God is Good!
Thanks for your prayers,
Robbie
Question of the Day: What is the most obscure thing you've eaten?
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| Hello xanga folk that don't read this cause i don't post nothin, I'm in a funky mood. That's all I'm gonna say about that. Pray for me. Things here are going alright. I just saw a group off this morning. There are still two more groups in the city. I have been busy. I love working with the groups that come through here though. I've met some great people. Our English scool is coming along. We will start soon. Halelujah! There is probably more to say, but I don't really feel like typin it right now. Question of the Day: Do you think it is possible for a guy and a girl to dance and have it be platonic? I'm not talkin hoochie momma sex with your clothes on dancing, but let's say swing and I think there are others as well. Can dancing be non-sensual or is all dancing sensual? | | |
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