tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75058146608915361982011-07-30T23:13:30.625-07:00when facebook isn't enough...keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.comBlogger421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-28185954243159434502009-09-26T14:22:00.000-07:002009-09-26T15:26:32.889-07:00

my roommate just posted on her blog after several months of inactivity.......and it just wouldn't be right to let her win "the most recent blog" award.so i suppose here's the snapshot of my life since initiatives.....i'm a teacher. holy freaking cow.....i'm a teacher.block periods of high school algebra I, geometry, algebra II.....middle school remedial algebra I, pre algebra, and advanced

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being at camp.......i am falling in love with initiatives all over again.initiatives: those activities specifically designed to promote communication, teamwork, and unity within a community. (from the puma's revised dictionary 2009)we do initiatives as a staff during orientation week so that later, we can do them with the campers:flying vteepee shufflespider weblava bootshuman knotshrinking

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i've been told that it's about time for me to start blogging again. it's been several months since the previous post and i do hope this one does a bit of justice for the absence.a lot has happened in the past couple months:i graduated (just waiting for the diploma to prove it)i got hiredi'm moving into a house (no more apartment!!)we hired a new female lead counselor for this summerand there's a

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for the past several (i think 5 or 6) years, my christmas duty has been to write the "traditional" family christmas letter. that annual thing that goes out at the end of every year and recounts only family highlihts.....sound familiar?well.....this year, the chrismas letter is available via email in a jpg format. if you're interested, send send me a location and i'll get it to you soon.so as to

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someone reminded me recently that i haven't blogged in a while....holy smokes! it's been about two months!the end of this last semester was overwhelming to say the least. no-sleep-november quickly progressed to dead-week and then finals.......ugh....funny thing though. now that the semester is over.....and the grades are all in.....i don't remember the pain and stress nearly as vividly as the

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-29635628508366225942008-10-15T20:42:00.001-07:002008-10-15T20:42:52.317-07:00

as tyler said......"liturgical chapel is one of those gems..." (or something like that)i love liturgyit reminds me of my participation in this family of God that extends beyond borders, denominations, cultures, generations, etc.during a liturgical service, i am no longer alone in my ChristianityGod is no longer engaged in conversation with me aloneWE are togetherliturgy = We and God....at least

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-90919977529485661542008-09-15T00:35:00.000-07:002008-09-15T01:06:51.699-07:00

so.....i have this habit.....i like my days to have purpose and meaning. i like them to be full of stuff to do......places to be.....people to talk with.....i like that every day in israel was full of activity and learning from the moment we woke up to the moment we crawled into bed. i like that my team planned every minute of camp with stuff designed to draw the campers into a family. i like

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-50001734969169230512008-08-21T21:02:00.000-07:002008-08-21T22:16:25.797-07:00

.....from the greek nostos "returning home" and algos "pain"i miss jerusalemi miss galileei miss hanfordi miss big beari miss rancho la sherpai miss......the problem with college is that one develops too many homes and too many families.

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-4388697730040774722008-08-10T18:28:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:47:24.377-07:00

jr. high camp 2008

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logging camp 2008

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logging camp 2008 ended yesterday at about 11:00am.........which means the entire staff completely crashed in order to prepare for our next week.(2 hour naps all around!)but oh, friends! i love what we do so much.....i've never been part of a more united team.....joshua, ben, and bethany are family. so often, i step back and wonder, "why the heck to we mesh so well?" i mean, yes, we're all

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-22693689567639818422008-07-16T21:28:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:47:24.377-07:00

it's what we do.

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perhaps one of my favorite parts of being on staff at a camp is the orientation week.it's a time where we (the four of us) come together and spend time dissecting and analyzing every aspect of what we do. questions surface like.....how do we help the campers/counselors to build relationships?how do we enable campers/counselors to experience the Gospel?how do we encourage the campers/counselors

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-76476547848446977072008-07-15T23:41:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:47:24.377-07:00

i'm taking a brief hiatus from israel for the next four weeks to focus a little more on camp. our final project does not need to be completed until august, so there are more pressing events with which to concern myself at the moment.and besides.....i forgot how much i love camp..........and how much there is to discussyesterday evening began our orientation week. woot! ......and due to a

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at last......i've posted pictures from israel to my facebook profilefor now, here's the public links to see all 300 picturessorry for the wait.....and the massive amountinspiration 1inspiration 2inspiration 3inspiration 4inspiration 5

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-52167128118839045102008-07-03T09:18:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:46:13.301-07:00

and there's at least one item that i can check off the list.....woo hoo!so, i'm officially back.....in hanford......sitting in my room......on my bed.it's rather surreal to be honest. the plane landed sunday, (monday morning if you account for jetlag) my brother drove me home monday, and on tuesday we were down at church and working on vbs decorations. wednesday i was even greeted with a hearty

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-2390440125233299412008-06-27T14:08:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:46:13.302-07:00

i've waited two days to comment on it......because i want to get it right.i still won't do it justice.a small group of us watched schindler's list on tuesday night before going to yad vashem holocaust memorial and museum the next morning. this was my first viewing of the movie.....and it definitely ripped my heart in some places.......but in many ways, it was still a movie.yad vashem was

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things i'll misshummus, olives, and pita with virtually every mealthe google and blogger homepage in hebrew text and right-justified textshopkeepers who know how to say "i make you a deal" in 12 different languagestea with mintlimestone (streets, staircases, walls, bridges..........)the "ancient" feel......this place is rooted in thousands of years of traditionthe communitythings i won't

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today we visited the garden tomb at 17:00 and then the church of the holy sepulchre at 19:00.both sites claim to be the place of Christ's death and resurrection.....golgotha and the tomb..... but one seems slightly more legitimate than the other.the garden tomb is located right next to a bus stop on the northern end of the old city. though the tomb is a "rolling stone tomb," it completely

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-10534322632529346342008-06-26T14:04:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:46:13.302-07:00

more incredible recent events...spent three hours in yad vashem (a holocaust memorial)spent three hours talking with "vin diesel" (a muslim shopkeeper) about everything from islam, to politics, to the price of groceries, to modesty--or lack thereof--of touristsspent two hours at the western wallsaw two of the isaiah scrolls in the dead sea scrolls collections......and more artifacts from

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-25158279772564069532008-06-25T13:22:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:46:13.302-07:00

i can't believe i'm flying back to the states.......that's really all there is to say.tomorrow we walk our last tour of jerusalem (including the holocaust museum) and friday we take our last exam of the term. saturday is a free day, and sunday will take us back to america.i feel "at home" and now it is time to leave...... why is that?as i am coming home soon......do let me know if there's any

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today.....at 10:57pm....i beat dr. robert duke (aka bobby duke) at a game of nertz.104 to 83it was a good day

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kibbutz ha'on......right on the water of the sea of galilee.it's a very surreal experience....eating a kosher breakfast and kosher dinner on the edge of galilee....the water Jesus walked on (well...maybe not officially those specific molecules of dihydrogen monoxide)....here, Jesus calmed the storm.... sent demon-filled pigs to their demise.... preached to thousands from a boat in the water....

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-53548899519728938162008-06-20T15:22:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:46:13.303-07:00

i went to a shabbat dinner tonight with some friends. it was unlike any meal i have ever experienced.it took us 45 minutes to walk to the home of the rabbi.we weren't the only gentiles invited to the mealin a room smaller than our home living room, seven long tables had been set for "regulars" and unexpected guestsas we sat down to the meal and settled in comfortably, more and more people showed

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it seems i only just got back and we're headed out again tomorrow.instead of visiting southern israel, guess where we're going this time?that's right....northern israel!we'll be staying in a kibbutz right on the sea of galilee.....and traveling all over the northern regions. i'm hoping for cooler weather than the negev of judah.....but because galilee is below sea level.....i'm not expecting

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-58692120151393584392008-06-19T22:16:00.001-07:002008-08-13T11:46:13.303-07:00

we have an exam in two hours that i should really be studying for.....so we'll keep this short and come back to it later.the negev was fantastic.....but temperatures were up there in the lower hundreds. (i hear that it's the same in california, so i wouldn't complain except that we're hiking rather strenuously in these 100s......)so......for the sake of being concise....here's the list of

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we're going on a field trip to the southern end (the negev if you will) of israel for the next couple days.trip includes:swimming in the mediterranian seavisit to masadaswimming in the dead seamore hot hot hot suntrip does not include:internet accessthus......i won't be blogging again until thursday evening (that's thursday morning for you in the states).anyways.....i'll be back......and there

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-38684059820839220472008-06-15T14:49:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:46:13.303-07:00

today was a free day.....woot!which meant that instead of traveling around and having class from 7:00am until 5:30pm, we were able to do whatever we pleased.now....i had plans to visit places like the Western Wall, the Holy Sepulcher, and other sites like that....it just seemed appropriate....instead...i went to Christ Church and ended up meeting an incredible man (rouel) who assured me that it's

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i can't believe it's only been one week....(well.....i suppose the "one week" thing is a little relative considering all the jet lag nonsense)but honestly....i'm so exhausted from these few days. and it feels great.too often i forget live like this.....squeezing out all the juices from each day.the jerusalem university college (where we're living) doesn't provide "real coffee" in the mornings.

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-16716283445994232322008-06-14T08:05:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:46:13.304-07:00

i'll be back to blogging in a short time. as there are only 4 available computers and we've been pretty full of activities during the day, i don't have the time right now to give decent juicy details and reflections.......however.....i do have some thoughts...yesterday we played nertz for 3 hours (half hour break for dinner)today it was 35 degrees celsius in the shadepottery shards from the

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-59432906863235459642008-06-12T12:46:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:46:13.304-07:00

i knew it would happen eventually......i just didn't expect it on day three......we walked the new testament route in the old city today.....the "upper room" (according to church tradition.....but due to archaeological evidence...... not the exact room)the house of caiaphs (or one with a similar floor plan)the temple mount (a good long chunk of time.....but i'll probably still go back)a muslim

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1. saw the Western Wall and visited the city of David2. listened to some very insightful thoughts from a devout Jewish gentleman. (more to discuss on him later)3. walked through hezekiah's tunnel. i actually was too tall for some portions and had to duck to get through.3. showered4. played team nertz

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-41785343580951696912008-06-10T13:57:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:46:13.304-07:00

we went on an "old city" tour today for about 4 hours (see the green line...i live in the circle)for every line on the outside of the city.....we were actually on the ramparts on the wall.......i was just too lazy to draw in everything.i think i've had my first realization that i'm actually IN israel today. we talked about hills and valleys and strategic building plans of the era.....our

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so....my living space.....we live in a building built in 1517 A.D. and it's freaking awesome! some of the doorways are so low that people taller than me have to duck to get through. yet another reason why it's good to be short.the walls and are made out of huge limestone bricks, so as you bump into them, white powder coats your arms and shoulders. and it's either super warm inside, or

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4 hours of check-in/security/anticipation10 hours of flight7 hours of layover5 hours of flight1 hour of security/luggage check in. . . .i know people do this regularly....and willingly....but i wonder how many of them actually look out the window...flying over greece-ish at 3:00am, i watched what appeared to be a thunderstorm. no turbulence at all....so it must have been far away....but it was

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see you all when i get back.

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-14163327009905793722008-06-06T12:39:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:47:03.363-07:00

we finished our overview of the current conflict between palestine and israel with this 20 minute video.please enjoy....west bank storypart 1part 2part 3

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it's true.we're learning some basic hebrew by singing:Sh'-mah Yisrael (Hear, O Israel! deut 6:4)David Melekh Yisrael (David, king of Israel)Heyvenu shalom aleikhem (We bring you greetings of peace)if i thought my pronunciation was bad yesterday.....today it was even worseprofessor mullins encouraged the addition of the "hand jive" and some circular dance choreography to the already "familiar"

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passport......passport....passport.......plane ticketphone cardmoney/means of getting moneymodesty kit (still need to buy a shawl......what the crap is that!?)scuba geartext books (bleah!)chacosi'm set.

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the long anticipated trip is coming at last.....i'm headed to israel!in november of last year, the study abroad office at apu offered a three week summer study abroad experience to students. knowing that this was the only way i (or my parents) would feel comfortable with a visit to the Holy Land, i figured......yeah......i'll do that.so here it is at last......we fly out of lax at 9:15 on

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so.....i'm spending the next week studying quadratics with this junior high student.....he's going to fail....pretty inevitable....i mean, this young man needs to ace his next exam (on wednesday) if he's going to make it to the next grade level.but the problem isn't with his math concepts. he's a very bright student. his mental computations are incredibly fast and he recognizes patterns

keasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191880464652870826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505814660891536198.post-69641237933894097472008-05-08T23:16:00.000-07:002008-05-08T23:21:34.169-07:00

this is merely an uninteresting test of the fonts and colors as they appear....pay it no mind, for my use only...

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