crystalthecatholictrekker: tchau houston!!!

"thoughts in solitude" - thomas merton

MY LORD GOD,
I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never
do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils
alone.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

tchau houston!!!

hi everyone, just wanted to get you guys some pics of the last few days leading up to my departure from houston to brazil... i put some captions on here, but you´ll have to read the blog post later... agora, esperou que voce disfruta nestes fotos!!! [now, i hope you enjoy these photos!!!]

my super-awesome friend and former co-worker katie organized a happy hour with my officemates at a local hangout, jax grill... they pitched in and bought me a cookie-cake with south america frosted on it, and the approximate location of belo horizonte marked as well... it was so sweet of them!!! the group pics we took didn´t come out but these are the ones that did! (anyone in the HRC have a group pic?)

me with my cookie cake!

me and elaine (eeeeeeeelaine), bud (a.k.a. chip) and andrew (a.k.a. scrappy doo) :]

me & ms. mary

me & ms. katie

this is the wonderful ´chahhhhlessss´(a.k.a. charles du rapau, world-traveling linguist and volunteer BIP portuguese teacher)... seriously, everyone in brazil comments about what a great teacher i must have had to have learned so much in just two and a half months!!! thanks, chahhhlessss!!!