this was in the Guardian today.
Children Hardest hit by humanitarian crisis in Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2138058,00.html
Steve Byers showed a movie at Gordon a couple years back called 'Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq' by John Pilger. it narrates a similar account of the situation in Iraq before the war, during the economic sanctions. should watch it if you can, i think he borrowed it from the MCC library online.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour
I found this video while checking out CAIR--the Council on American-Islamic Relations. It is kinda scary but also sort of inspiring. It seems that now, maybe more than ever, experiences like ours in Egypt are needed and opportunities abound in the Church to promote understanding. So, before you watch this, decide to get inspired instead of just pissed.
http://vimeo.com/251385
http://vimeo.com/251385
Sunday, July 29, 2007
what are we doing?!
here's an idea: let's increase military aid to israel by 25%. oh, and let's sell big guns to the saudis too.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6920988.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6920988.stm
Thursday, July 26, 2007
unexpectedly employed
a year ago, i was telling everyone that i was going to be studying in the netherlands for my last college semester. well, that theory didn't make it too far into the fall semester. when i was approaching the deadline for off-campus study programs, i was restless; the idea of going to the netherlands wasn't sitting too well with me. so, i started talking to a few friends, and soon i made the call home to my parents to tell them i was going to egypt instead--one of the best decisions i've ever made. i relied on my gut feeling, and i ended up meeting all of you beautiful people and getting more than shwaya MESPed up.
i've found myself in a bit of a similar situation again. when i was in DC over the 4th, i met with someone from the ONE campaign about a potential job with the new ONE Vote '08 initiative focused on making poverty an issue in the next election. the meeting went very well, and i came home thinking that i could likely be moving to DC in about a month from then. however, i soon became a bit frustrated with this prospect. my contact had told me to call her the next week, but i kept having to leave voicemails for her since she was out of the office so much. i continued to wait to hear back from her, and in fact, i'm still waiting.
then, about a week ago i got an email from my favorite professor, a brilliant little korean man. he asked me if i'd be interested in teaching english in south korea for a year at a christian university. i checked into it a bit more and liked what i was hearing. i admit that it doesn't make a lot of sense. the opportunity has little to do with my knowledge of the middle east, and i'd even considered the whole english teaching gig before and sort of already dismissed it in my mind. but, this just felt right in that gut-feeling sort of way, and even though i don't know much about korea, this will give me a chance to explore further something i'm quite interested in, christian theology in a non-american/european setting. the bonus is that the school had not just one but two spots open, and a good friend of mine is going too.
so, that's my news. i'm moving to pusan, south korea in exactly four weeks from today. visitors are welcome.
i've found myself in a bit of a similar situation again. when i was in DC over the 4th, i met with someone from the ONE campaign about a potential job with the new ONE Vote '08 initiative focused on making poverty an issue in the next election. the meeting went very well, and i came home thinking that i could likely be moving to DC in about a month from then. however, i soon became a bit frustrated with this prospect. my contact had told me to call her the next week, but i kept having to leave voicemails for her since she was out of the office so much. i continued to wait to hear back from her, and in fact, i'm still waiting.
then, about a week ago i got an email from my favorite professor, a brilliant little korean man. he asked me if i'd be interested in teaching english in south korea for a year at a christian university. i checked into it a bit more and liked what i was hearing. i admit that it doesn't make a lot of sense. the opportunity has little to do with my knowledge of the middle east, and i'd even considered the whole english teaching gig before and sort of already dismissed it in my mind. but, this just felt right in that gut-feeling sort of way, and even though i don't know much about korea, this will give me a chance to explore further something i'm quite interested in, christian theology in a non-american/european setting. the bonus is that the school had not just one but two spots open, and a good friend of mine is going too.
so, that's my news. i'm moving to pusan, south korea in exactly four weeks from today. visitors are welcome.
This Just in from FOX News (a couple days ago...)
What do you all think of this new video game?
All I can say is WTF?!? (I haven't had time to try the demo or anything though....)
http://www.peacemakergame.com/
All I can say is WTF?!? (I haven't had time to try the demo or anything though....)
http://www.peacemakergame.com/
Monday, July 16, 2007
Two Weeks and Counting....
Well I thought I'd update you all on my life at the moment... it's not that exciting, but thought you'd all like to know. We've got 12 days left, and it seems like so far away and so close at the same time. The more I sign my name "Sarah Boyd" the more I think about signing it differently in the future. Man, I worked so hard on my "b" signature for 21 years! Oh well, I've always liked "k"s too. So we're doing a catered bbq, which will be fun since it's at a park. We've had about 200 people rsvp, so hopefully it'll stay there!
We spent a couple weeks in California, looking for a place to live and a job for Will... and found neither. So hopefully we have a place to live before we move out there! We're considering renting a house with my sister and her husband. Knowing my personality, you all should know how much better I'd feel with something nailed down! It's a learning process.
I'm so excited to see Laura and Stephen in a few weeks! I miss you all like Kara misses kamel humps.
God wills it!!!!!
Sarah
We spent a couple weeks in California, looking for a place to live and a job for Will... and found neither. So hopefully we have a place to live before we move out there! We're considering renting a house with my sister and her husband. Knowing my personality, you all should know how much better I'd feel with something nailed down! It's a learning process.
I'm so excited to see Laura and Stephen in a few weeks! I miss you all like Kara misses kamel humps.
God wills it!!!!!
Sarah
West - Muslim relations
Hey, what do you guys make of this? In this order.
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peFQWuk4nuo
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcOKzcPQkGY
3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3_ZqeR27Mg
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peFQWuk4nuo
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcOKzcPQkGY
3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3_ZqeR27Mg
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)