hmm . . .

Deb(Please rate my quiz)

Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you?
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Well well, I was Summer Wheatley at first, but then I thought, wait just one minute. I don't want to drive a BMW whatever thing. They're kinda ugly anyways. I haven't watched the movie, so I have no clue what these characters are like . . . ah well. When I find the time I will. :P
I had to post this quiz though, so more tomorrow. There's so much I want to post about!
Oh, make sure to post where you're from on my guestmap thing. heh, I don't know why I like it so much, lol
I miss you all. *hugs*

well well . . .

well, my tooth surgery is finally over. It was quite the day though.
The morning of the surgery, I was saying goodbye to my Daddio, I turned around, everything was black, I smashed into our microwave stand, and fell to the floor. What I basically did was faint. It was kinda scary though, so now I have this bruise on the side of my head.
So we called the surgeon people, and they said they wouldn't take me, I had to go to the doctor and get it checked out first. By this time it's 10:30 AM, my appointment is at 11:30 AM, we have to go to the doctor first, and the surgery place was 45 minutes away. :S
The doctors said it was a "typical faint", and to have surgery as plained, so we had to quickly call back the surgeons, who had canceled my appointment for that day, and yeah.
So I eventually got there, and everything went really well. Since I hate needles, the anesthetic guy gave me a mask first, laughing gas, so I don't remember a thing about the needles in my hand or in my mouth, which was nice. :P
So that was my day. Very hectic for my Mom. ^_^
I don't really feel any hurt, and I hope to go to Summer's and Shimmer's choir concert today, which is, surprise surprise, 15 minutes away from my house. Kaffeine and Laila are also going to be there, so we'll have an awesome time.
Well, that's all for now, I think I'll post again on Monday about my piano mark. I don't think I've told most of you yet, but this post will get way too long, so tootaloos!
Hope you all have a great weekend! :0)
*hugs*

tooth surgery, and the weekend . . .

Wll, my tooth surgery is tomorrow morning. EEK! Since I'm quite a melodramatic person, it's kinda scary, but I think after I think about it all I need to put this all in perspective. I'm having a tooth removed, think how scary it would be having a lung transplant.
It's tomorrow morning, and I'm getting a tooth that my orthodonist said is called an "ankleloose tooth", which is fused to the bone, and my other teeth beside it have grown around it. Eventually what will happen is, if this tooth is not removed, all my teeth will fall out. Not good, lol.
They're going to put me under, with a needle, EEK! :S So hopefully that will go OK, I need to keep my mind off it, so no more talk about needles. :P
I was teaching gymnastics today, and two little kids from a certain family that's part of our homschooled gym group, gave me cards. They're such sweet kids. The cards said, "Dear Miss Allegro (lol, they did say my real name), hope your surgery goes well! I will pray for you!" They're such sweet, good kids, I love them.
It's so encouraging to have people praying for you. I found that a lot too with my piano exam, it's such an inspiration to know that people care. Even about little things like a tooth surgery (well, little *ahem*)
I'm also working on an essay I'm supposed to have done tonight . . . I don't know if it will happen though. For some reason I detest writing essays, don't know why.
I gtg, music lessons.
xoxo everyone!

hehe . . .

20 Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity
1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.
2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.
3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with That.
4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In."
5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone Has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch To Espresso.
6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write "For hit Favors."
7. Finish All Your sentences with "In Accordance With The Prophecy."
8. Dont use any punctuation
9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.
10. Ask People What gender They Are. Laugh Hysterically After They Answer.
11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go."
12. Sing Along At The Opera.
13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme.
14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play Tropical Sounds All Day.
15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You're Not In The Mood.
16. Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock Hard.
17. When The Money Comes Out Of The ATM, Scream "I Won!, I Won!"
18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking Lot, Yelling "Run For Your Lives, They're Loose!!"
19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, "Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go."
And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity.......
20. Send This Message To Someone To Make Them Smile...It's Called Therapy...

hehe, I found this on Sophia's blog.
And I will hopefully post tomorrow about the next few days . . . and my scary tooth surgery on Friday. :P
*hugs*

Atheist's Dodge, Part 2

Atheists argue that evolution is the case of our moral sense.
When the atheists admit that humans have a sense of right and wrong, they need a cause for that fact other than God. Not surprisingly, they say that evolution caused our moral sense. Now for someone who denies the existence of God but accepts the presence of evil, this argument is very compelling. When a Christian says that only God could give people a sense of right and wrong, the skeptic usually has an answer read. "Who needs God? Why can't evolution explain our moral sense?"
Again, however. there are holes in the atheist's argument.
Here are two:

• First, it's fascinating that atheist's want a cause for suffering or a design for suffering, but they have already denied that either of these are necessary to account for the effects we see every day.
• Second, no evolutionist has explained how an impersonal, amoral, "it-just-happened" beginning of the universe--combined with the amoral process of evolution--has produced a moral basis of life.

Doesn't it seem odd that of all the billions of permutation and combination that a random universe could produce that we would end up with ideas of the true, the good, and the beautiful? In fact, why call anything good and evil? Why not call them orange and purple? That way, we settle from the start that what we perceive to be good and evil are merely different preferences, one as good as the other. (By the way, Bertrand Russel tried that approach and looked quite pathetic at it.)

The claim that evolution produced our moral sense must not feel like solid footing even to some atheists, because some try a final, despeate maneuver.

Some atheists argue that evil doesn't really exist.

Listen to this far-fetched explanation by one of atheism's champions, Richard Dawkins of Oxford. Sooner or later in school you will hear about Dawkin's, a brilliant scientist whose books sell far and wide. His eloquence, however, can mask the absurbity of his arguments.

"In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at the bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, and no other good. Nothing but blind pitiless indifference. DNA neither knows nor cares. DNA just is. And we dance to it's music. (Richard Dawkins, Out of Eden (New York: Basic Books, 1992), 133.)

Do you see what has happened? The skeptic started with a long list of life's most horrible things, saying, "These are immoral; therefore, there is no God." But evolutionists can't afford to raise these problems, since their own system has no way to create the sense of right and wrong that almost all of us recognize. So what then does the skeptic do? Some conclude that there really isn't such a thing as evil after all.

The next time you show up in science class with your homework unfinished, tell your teacher that Richard Dawkins said you could dance to your DNA. Actually, don't.

Let's see how well Dawkin's theory works to explain the horrors of life. Could you tell a rape victim that her rapist merely danced to his DNA? Would it make sense to the victims of Auschwitz that their tormentors were fulfilling their genetic juices? In lectures to the British Humanist Association in 1992, Dawkins made another astounding assertion. Having debunked the idea of God and explained away evil as DNA's dance, he tackles another problem: How should we explain, then, the sense of morality that we find in the human experience? Why do we even ask questions about good and evil? Dawkins has the "answer"--viruses. A virus scrambles the data within the human gene and spits out this misformation. If we could somehow delet the virus that led us to think this way, we would be stripped clean of these "irritating ideas" of God, good, and evil.

In Dawkin's--speak, those who asked Jesus what caused a blond man's loss of sight needed an antivirus program. In fact, Jesus Himself would need to be scanned with up-to-date virus definitions. And, I suppose, anyone who complains about the Holocaust needs to be quarantined and his blood sample mailed off to the antivirus research labs.

Let's not forget that Dawkins is, of course, free from the virus and therefore provide us with the correct moral programming. More seriously, let's not forget that we have circled back to the beginning of the atheist's argument--and if evil is denied, then how can evil be said to disprove God's existence?

Slicing up Baby

I put Dawkin's theory to the tes with some students at Oxford University. I asked a group of skeptics, "If I took a baby and slicd it to pieces before you, would I have done anything wrong?" They had just denied that objective moral values exist. At my question there was silence--and then the lead voice in the group said, "I would not like it, but no, I could not say you have done anything wrong."

My! What sensitivity! He would not like it. My! What irrationality. He could not brand it wrong. But would he think it wrong if I carved him up?

All we have to do to prove that objective moral alues exist is to push to the extreme, and suddenly we find that yes, all reasonable people will declare that they are absolutely sure there are indeed behaviors that are absolutely wrong. And if these objective moral values exist, the best explanation is that God exists, because the best answer of the atheist--evolution--can't produce these values.

How would other religions answer the question behind the disciples' question :Is God cruelly responsible for evil? . . .

This excerpt was taken from Ravi Zacharias' book Jesus Among Other Gods, youth version. Sorry if there were some typos . . . it took a long time to type and I don't feel like reading the whole thing, lol. Have a great day everyone! :0)

The Atheist's Dodge

Aethism employs the existence of evil as one of its main challenges to Christianity. Try hard to track this argument, because you are bound to hear it as you hike through school. And you are bound to find people at various spots on this trail of illogic.

Atheists argue that because evil exists, God does not. Atheists say that the reality of evil proves that God isn't real. If real, God, after all, would solve all the world's problems.
Christianity immediately confronts that idea. The argument goes like this:

-If evil exists, then we have to assume that good exists--or we would not know the difference.

-If good exists, we have to assume that a moral law exists--or we would have no way to measure good and evil.

-If a moral law exists, we have to say that there is a moral law giver--or we would have no basis for an objective moral law.

By an "objective moral law," I mean a definition of good and evil that is absolutely true--at all times and all places for all people--whether we believe it or not.
Christians have long argued that the design we see all around us shows that the world was fashioned by a Designer. The belief that someone made what we see is like a reasonable explanation of reality based on a clear case of cause and effect.
We live in a world, after all, where any effect can be traced back to a cause. An example: If you pull the family car into your driveway and your parents see a broken taillight and crumpled rear fender, you would be foolish to tell your parents, "It just happened." Maybe you backed into something. Maybe someone ran into you. But something made the dent. Something caused the effect.
Over the years, naturalists--people who believe nothing exists in the universe besides matter--including God--have tried to do away with this highly reasonable reasoning.

-First they denied cause and effect as a proof of God's existence. Why do we have to have a cause? Why can't the universe just be?

-Then they denied design as an argument for God's existence. Why do we need a Designed? Why couldn't the world all have just tumnled together with the appearance of design?

-Now they deny morality as an argument for God's existence. Why do we need a God to explain our perception of right and wrong? Why can't the moral sense of humans just be a pragmatic reality?

Arguing that evil is real actually creates two huge problems for atheists: (1) it implies the existence of a moral lawgiver, and (2) it mean there are moral absolutes they are obligated to follow.
And something has to have caused humanity to know right from wrong, since we would have to discard our whole human experience to do away with cause and effect. We would be accepting the moral equivalent of the belief that car fenders dent themselves. Since something has to explain our moral sense, atheists come up with another explanation . . .

Which I will do for my next post. I'm keeping this all short, so everyone will read it. :0)
The excerpt above was taken from Ravi Zacharias' book Jesus Among Other Gods, (p.89-91)
More to come everyone! Have a nice day!
Cheers!

Question . . .

Hey everyone, I was thinking the other day about my blog, and thinking that the look of it is boring, to me anyways, so I was thinking what you guys thought about a new template.
Lol, I don't know why I'm asking you guys this, I should just do it, lol, but it's always kinda scary when you change the template, so tell me what you think. Even though it's quite a random thought. heehee :P
Oh, and I will blog later on today too, quoting this amazing book that I'm reading called "Jesus Among Other Gods", and I want to type out the part about atheism and there stand on evil and why God doesn't exist. The author of this book, a very Godly man named Ravi Zacharias, is an amazing speaker, who speaks and debates all over the world. So that will come later.
Cheers!

-Life-

again, another post with that title.
Well, my Gr.9 piano exam is FINALLY done! It's a huge relief to have it done and over with . . . it took SO long to prepare for.
It went really well overall. One scale I bombed out on, Bb- melodic, which I had practiced the night before, but it's one scale, so I'm not too worried.
My songs went really well too. I was a bit nervous about my exam, but as it got closer, I was so excited.
I was REALLY happy though, because after my List C, the examiner was crying, I think from her sniffing and kinda choking out words. SO that's a good sign.
And it's done! YAY! Now I'm just awaiting my mark. I hate waiting for something really important . . . I just want it to be there right away, lol.

So that's my music life, and now to LIFE . . .
nothing much has happened since I posted last. I did get a lot of schoolwork done today though, so I was glad for that. I have a cello lesson tomorrow, and I haven't practiced too often, because I've been practicing piano so much lately, so I hope it goes well. I'm doing this really cool concerto, I don't remember who its by, but it's a really cool piece, so I hope he asks me to play it tomorrow.
And that's all that's been happening lately. A few sleepovers to go to, friend gatherings and such, and a choir practice I think *winks* I'll be going to, and a benefit concert to sing at for the Tsunami disaster this Sunday. So busy busy as usual.
I'm looking forward to my piano lesson too this Thursday . . . NEW SONGS! It's hard to imagine actually practicing more than four songs, two studies, and UNENDING technique. :P
Anyways, I have to get back to my work, so I'll be going. I have ballet tonight as well, so I have to get ready for that.
Love to you all! *heart*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARA! LOVE YA LOTS! :0)

And . . .
I found this test thing on Sophia's blog, and then on Thea's blog. It's pretty cool. ^_^

"Totally cool Test!

Take this test for yourself and send it to your friends. Dr. Phil scored 55 and when he did this test on Oprah she got a 38.
Don't peek but begin the test as you scroll down.
Answers are for who you are now ... not who you were in the past.
Have pen or pencil and paper ready.
This is a real test given by the Human Relations Dept. at many of the major corporations today. It helps them get better insight concerning their employees and prospective employees.
It's only 10 simple questions, so... grab a pencil and paper, keeping track of your letter answers.
Make sure to change the subject of the e-mail to show YOUR total. When you are finished, forward this to your friends, and also send it to the person who sent it to you.
Number you paper 1 to 10 first.
Ready? Begin.. .

1. When do you feel at your best?
a) in the morning
b) during the afternoon and early evening
c) late at night

2. You usually walk.....
a) fairly fast, with long steps
b) fairly fast, with little steps
c) less fast head up, looking the world in the face
d) less fast, head down
e) very slowly

3. When talking to people, you...
a) stand with your arms folded
b ) have your hands clasped
c) have one or both your hands on your hips
d) touch or push the person to whom you are talking
e) play with your ear, touch your chin or smooth your hair

4. When relaxing, you sit with...
a) your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
b) your legs crossed
c) your legs stretched out or straight
d) one leg curled under you

5. When something really amuses you, you react with...
a) a big appreciated laugh
b) a laugh, but not a loud one
c) a quiet chuckle
d) a sheepish smile

6. When you go to a party or social gathering, you..
a) make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
b) make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
c) make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed

7. When you're working or concentrating very hard, and you're interrupted, you...
a) welcome the break
b) feel extremely irritated
c) vary between these two extremes

8. Which of the following colors do you like most?
a) Red or orange
b) black
c) yellow or light blue
d) green
e) dark blue or purple
f) white
g) brown or gray

9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep, you lie..
a) stretched out on your back
b) stretched out face down on your stomach
c) on your side, slightly curled
d) with your head on one arm
e) with your head under the covers

10. You often dream that you are...
a) falling
b) fighting or struggling
c) searching for something or somebody
d) flying or floating
e) you usually have dreamless sleep
f) your dreams are always pleasant

POINTS:
1. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6
2. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 2 (e) 1
3. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 6
4. (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1
5. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 2
6. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 1
9. (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2 (e) 1
10. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 6 (f) 1

Now add up the total number of points.
OVER 60 POINTS: Others see you as someone they should "handle with care."You're seen as vain, self-centered and one who is extremely domineering. Others may admire you, wish they could be more like you, but don't always trust you. They hesitate to become too deeply involved with you.
51 TO 60 POINTS: Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality; a natural leader, one who's quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once; someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.
41 TO 50 POINTS: Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical and always interesting; someone who's constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out.
31 TO 40 POINTS : Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful and practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to friends you do make; and who expect the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally, that it takes you a long time to get over it if that trust is ever broken.
21 TO 30 POINTS : Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.
UNDER 21 POINTS: People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after; who always wants someone else to make the decisions and who doesn't want to get involved with anyone or anything! They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don't exist. Some people think you're boring. Only those who know you well know that you aren't."

Wow, I've had the BEST weekend ever. It's been totally fun and amazing. But I'll start at the beginning . . .
On Saturday Andrea and Cho came over to my house at 9:00 in the morning, and we all hung out, and catched up on talking and stuff. Ihad ballet then, and after that we all went shopping and to see The Phantom of the Opera in theatres, which was really cool. The movie was really well done, and the singers were quite good too. The girl (Christine) had a different kind of voice, but the put a ton of reverb on and stuff. I guess everyone is saying that she was 17 when she filmed the movie, and that's pretty young to be singing The Phantom of the Opera, lol. The Phantom had a nice voice too, a bit of a "rocky" Phantom, lol, but it suited the movie really well. Raoul was cast really well too, he had a really nice voice.
It was so funny at the end though, because Cho was kinda crying at the end of the movie, cause it was really sad, and we stood up afterwards, and there was this guy, he said, "Oh look! The girls behind us are crying!" We were like, "Yeah, and we're proud of it! LOL" Inside joke, heehee. :P
Oh, and on the way HOME! haha, you had to be there, but it was sooooooooo funny. It started back when we were in the theatre, ANdrea saw this sign that said caramelize your thoughts, so she turned to me and said, "Caramelize your thoughts honey." ROFL. And then in the car all of a sudden Cho said, "Drink milk. Love life." It was very random, LOL. And then after that Andrea was talkign about her biology class and how her teacher said, "So the DNA shows the onion is the onion. BE the onion." So we made up this really funny thing, "Drink milk. Love life. Caramelize your thoughts. BE the onion." We were laughing our heads off, Andrea was crying from laughing, it was really funny. Very inside, illogical joke thing, but very funny.
hehe, I think CHo talked about it on her blog already, and we all look weird now, but yeah, we had fun. And then they left, and that was sad. I always get this feeling, after you have your friends over, you see them for a while, and they leave, it's all of a sudden, you feel so sad and like you can't go on. It's really weird.
And Sunday I had church, which is always refreshening. I woke up at 6:00 that morning to study for a catechism test I forgot all about *sheepish grin* I got a good mark still, which was good.
And Monday was a normal school day, and I practiced piano like crazy, because my exam is THIS Saturday, so close! I'm so prepared though, but it's still a bit nerve wracking.
And yesterday my little sister Aria had her Gr.3 violin exam, which went really well. She's so cute with her little violin, lol.
And yeah, today os today. The normal life. School, music, family, friends, everything else. Nothing exciting happening. Other then maybe I'll be making supper tonight. Which might be a bit scary, because I'm extremely bad at cooking, but hey, last week I made supper, and it didn't taste to bad.
Anyways, I have this really awesome quiz thing that I want to post soon, so I will probably do it tomorrow or the next day. I wish I could do it now, but that would be WAY too long of a post.
Anyways, CHEERS!

Happy Birthday dearest Cho! 15 . . .wowness. I love you like you'd never know, you're the most darlingest friend in the world.
Have an amazing year to come and may God bless you.
LOVE YA!

Be who you are. Don't fake what you're not. Live every dasy like it will be your last. Inspire someone. Love everyone. Encourage a stranger. Lighten up. Understand that all dilemmas in your life have a purpose. Face your fears. Run after your dreams; don't walk. Discover from the past. Look to the future. Expect exceleence. Make someone happy. Believe in moracles. Carry out random acts of kindness. Pray. Surrender. Let Jesus be your hero.

another pic, but read the post below too. :P 

Letter From Word and Deed Canada

The above organization is a mission that our church supports. The president of this mission actually goes to my church. This was a letter sent out on the Tsunami disaster in Asia.

"On Sunday Dec 26, 2004 a powerful earthquake hit just off the coast of Indonesia causing Tsunami waves to hit a number of countries in the South Asian region causing tens of thousands of deaths, extensive damage, and overall destruction. Word and Deed Ministries Canada Inc has joined our sister organization in the Netherlands (Woord en Daad) in providing relief through a number of organization in the affected areas.

An initial 100,00- euros ($160,000 CND) has already been sent and is being used for the initial needs such as medicine, shelter, cooking utensils, and water supply. Much more is needed and it is our prayer that through your generous support in this emergency we may supply our brothers and sisters in our partner organization with the resources they so desperately need.

Below is some information we have from each organozation involved in the relief efforts.

Batticaloa (East Sri Lanka) CSI (Church of South India)

Rev S Jeyanesan writesl "The whole of Batticaloa is in funeral mode. Every family either lost one of their family members and or their home." Some centers (girls and boys homes) have been totally lost while others are heavily damaged and full of sand. Al the children from one of the homes completely destroyed were worshipping at church at the time the waves hit. Alll those inside the church were safe however 6 church members along with Pastor Selvantha's wife and 11 month old son were washed into the sea.

Presently help is being distributed here as follows:
-Food is provided for approx 4000 families (20,000 people)
-Thursday 4000 cooking apparatuses are being distributed
-Each day 8 wells are being cleaned and chlorinated. On Thursday pumps are also being delievered.
-Cleaning of the centers and churches has begun.
-Each day volunteer teams people are being buried.

Rev Jeyanesan closes with "We are grateful for our friends and partners for their support and concern. We are grateful to God for His mercies. It could have been worse. Please uphold all the effected families in your prayers, and also pray for us for our operations."

Word and Deed Sri Lanka (Colombo)

Rev. Charlie Jansz, Chairman of the board and President of the Dutch Reformed CHurch in Sri Lanka, informs us that many of their churches in the South have been affected and some churched have 6 feet of water inside. They have opened a place in his church nearby for donations of food and provisions, water, blankets, sheets, bedding, clothing, etc. He appeals for help. Cynitha Davadason (director of W&D Sri Lanka) on Tuesday wrote "Please we need your prayers for us to know where to begin and how to operate. We need wisdom to answer people around us who are asking 'Wht this?' and 'where is your God now?' people are putting up posters saying that this tragedy is because of the Christians who celebrated Christmas. Anything to blame the Christians."

AMG - India (Andhra Pradesh Area)

As of Wednesday AMG staff has distributed relief material of rations and clothing to 700 families in Giripruam, Uppada Kothapakalyu and Uppada Pathapakula areas in the town of Machilipatnam. Today (Thursday) they hope to distribute clothing and other relief material to 2000 families in the Prakasham district.
AMG also wants to stimulate the fisherman they have worked with for years to go back to work. Many are afraid to go back to the sea, as they have lost everything, homes, boays, and fishing nets. A whole program will need to be set up to help them obtain homes, boats, and nets.

IREF (India Rural Evangelical Fellowship) Repalle, Andrha Pradesh

In conjunction with the local evangelists (supported through IREF) in a number of villages help is being administrated to 1000 families by way of rice, blankets, clothing, and fishing nets.

HBI - India Tamil Nadu (Chennai)

Bobby Gupta President of HBI starts his email to us as follows "Csn you imagine burying 294 bodies together on one day? I received an urgent call this morning (Dec 28) from Nagapatnam, the worst hit area in Tamil Nadu. It was heart breaking to hear from Mr. Parri, the head man of Tharangbodi village in Nagapatnam who called me and shared with me that he and his fellow willage men found 294 bodies out of 500 that died and did a mass burial yesterday. They were recovering another 150 to 200 bodies that were stuck in bushes, trees, and rocks and are trying to bury them today."
On Tuesday a team of 22 from HBI and New Calvary Church visited 5 villages and distributed rice, utensils, plastic buckets, pots, plates, glasses, etc to 750 families in the villages. On Wednesday a team from HBI and New Clavary Church left for Chennai with 2 medical doctors and relief supplies to help 400 people in desperate need. They were planning to provide aid to the children first and render medical help to as many as the doctors coulod handle. However they did not have enough resources to provide for all 4000 people.
Bobby Gupta writes, "One of the exciting things about the relief distribution in these villages, two of the village head men have promised to give us lands so that we can start a church. Three villages do not have any Christian presence and other two villages have two or three Catholics. So it is a great opportunity not only to give them hope of Jesus but incarnate Jesus in the midst of them Praise God!"

SO that was some info from a letter to people in my church. It's amazing how when you get deep down into what actually happened and the Christian perspective, people are asking Christians in this part of Asia why their God did this. Below all the media coverage and that, there's people asking that, and through this disaster the gospel can be brought to many people, and give them hope.
We don't know why God chose to do this, but we know He didn't do it by mistake. There's a purpose to this tragedy, and God will work all things out for good to those who love Him.

Some of the disaster of the Tsunami in Asia 

-LIFE-

Living it in full extremity. It's just so BUSY, nut I like it when I can live in a schedule. For instance, in the Christmas holidays, I love having a break, but with no schedule, you almost waste your day away, if you know what I mean.
But now I'm back into the swing of things. Well, almost. My Gr.9 piano exam is coming up so fast, so I'm getting all prepared for that. Practicing has been good lately too, so that brings up my level of confidence.
And school is going well, although I'm not doing everything, cause I'm practicing a lot for my piano exam. But other than that, all my subjects are going well, but I do need to catch up on Math. Agh. Math. I won't even talk about it, I DO NOT LIKE MATH. :P
New Years Eve was a lot of fun . . . I stayed home with my family and we watched movies and ate yummy food. So that was good.
And I was going to say something else, but whenever I actually get to the keyboard, all the ideas I had for posts totally slip my mind. I think of things when I'm not near the computer at all, lol.
Oh, yeah. I was just going to mention about the disaster in Asia. I thought it was interesting because no one has posted about ityet in our community. Wow, it is such a sad catastrophe. Over 140,00 people dead, all their homes totally ruined, everything they have, their cities are in ruins. I want to help somehow, but it's hard to know how. I was really happy though because my family and I got asked to sing at a benefit concert to help the relief efforts in Asia. So there's some way I can help, show my support. My choir, Choral COnnection, is also going to see some songs, so it should be fun, and an opportunity for other people in the community to help out as well.
Anyways, I'd better go. Homework os piling up constantly, Math is calling. Sadly.
Miss you all,
Legro