So I wanted to make a nice Christmas Card this year and post it to our blog, but unfortunately the photo card makers actually want you to buy prints of their pretty designs, so instead you get a funny card! Click the link below to check out our video Christmas greeting! It really took Mosby a while to get the moves down....
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/m1OdEyIjHdnM9wTmk5N6
Couldn't help myself,
Kirsten
Monday, December 14, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Words of Wisdom
A friend of mine, Ryan Alaniz, from the department is doing research in Honduras this year and is documenting his time on his blog (http://buildabetterworld.blogspot.com/). He has such a heart for people. The other week he put up a quote that was really encouraging and thought I would share it with you all.
Ryan says, "The Archbishop of El Salvador, Oscar Romero's story is a beautiful one of conversion and sacrifice for the poor. Indeed, activists throughout Latin America continue to call on his spirit for inspiration. I do the same below, citing one of his most famous homilies:
“It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us…We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities. We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.”
Ryan says, "The Archbishop of El Salvador, Oscar Romero's story is a beautiful one of conversion and sacrifice for the poor. Indeed, activists throughout Latin America continue to call on his spirit for inspiration. I do the same below, citing one of his most famous homilies:
“It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us…We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities. We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.”
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
I finally was able to decorate for Christmas. I am usually all about Christmas immediately following Thanksgiving, but this year it took me a couple of weeks to really get into it. I think it was probably because we had the second warmest November on record here, so it still felt like fall. Well fall is definitely gone now and we are supposed to get 7-10 inches of snow tonight, so it really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Here are some fun things we are looking forward to during this season:
*Holidazzle Parade
*Mates of State concert
*Cohort Christmas party
* Waiting in line to get Swedish Sausage at Ingebretsons
* General Swedishness
*Attempting to take a "family picture" in which Mosby will sit still, preferably wearing a Santa hat
*And of course, Christmas movies!!!
Until next time,
Kirsten
Thanksgiving in Willmar
We had a great time in Willmar celebrating Thanksgiving! Most of our time was spent laughing until our sides hurt and catching up with one another. For some reason I was not in picture-taking mode, so here are just a few pics to give you a "taste" of our Thanksgiving.
Pic 1: Grandma must be telling one of her hilarious stories. She is cute AND funny- at age 94!
Pic 2: Telling some more stories (and me sitting exactly like my mom).
Pic 3: My cousin Jean and Uncle Doug (AKA Connan O'Brien).
Pic 4: The best table at the Willmar Bowling alley:)
It is always so fun to get together, so we are already looking forward to Christmas at the Guthries!
Pic 1: Grandma must be telling one of her hilarious stories. She is cute AND funny- at age 94!
Pic 2: Telling some more stories (and me sitting exactly like my mom).
Pic 3: My cousin Jean and Uncle Doug (AKA Connan O'Brien).
Pic 4: The best table at the Willmar Bowling alley:)
It is always so fun to get together, so we are already looking forward to Christmas at the Guthries!
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