Karen

was your retreat through intervarsity? I went up to NH with my school to a place called toah nipi, it's retreat center the president of christian fellowship worked at over the summer. it was soooo good!

yeah we're going into winter!! getting chilly outside, but then there's CHRISTMAS!!!!

hey i really like the avatar you made joe! it is great

the guy with his arms open! it is cool and yeah, I finish uni in...2 weeks? something like that. Meanwhile, I'm pretty much swamped with work but I can't complain, I've had a great first semester at my new school

OH and I really like your avatar

i knowwww! what's new sir?

hi joe!!

you too! yep, I'm out of town, I'm visiting NJ kim I had the best thanksgiving ever with her fam! And I helped her cook. Did you have a lot of family over, or go over anyone's house?

i'm doing well! can't wait for thanksgiving break ohhh my goodness. doing anything fun for the holiday?

football is just ehhh. Kinda not a sports person, i'd much rather just read a book

I'm giving my life to the only One who makes the moon reflect the sun, every starry night, that was His design. I'm giving my life to the only One who was and is and yet to come, so let the praises ring, for He is everything!

same!! not the basketball thing, the college thing. I started my new college so I'm finally settling in and making some good friends and enjoying myself

DAAAX MY CELTICS FAN! what have you been up to?

si, kim del foro! ahorita ella esta aqui! Y si, quizas voy a espana pero creo que eso es muy tipico de personas que estudian espanol, quiero ir a chile o la rep. domincana o algo asi! algo diferente!

jaja esta bien! Estoy una tutora para esp. 101 y me gusta mucho, es en el centro para los logros academicas en mi uni. Finalmente tengo una compa~era de cuarto y ella es muyy dulce! Estoy pensando en estudiar afuera y mm si! eso es todo! oh y la proxima semana kim me visita desde NJ.

look at you, a mod and stuff now!! felicitaciones

ya know, I've been getting that a lot lately. I just don't try to fit people's expectations and I guess I'm doing a good job

LOL I wouldn't care at all, you're right! I'd actually be flattered. And yeah, it'd be blasphemous though because I don't wear a ring LOL. I'm prepared to address that too hahaha.

...I'm prepared to respectfully debunk that, and I am also honored that I might be mistaken for two other beautiful religions.

lol I have no idea! I think people are still generally confused over the covering topic in Judaism because there are so many different spins on it. I am sure that at some point, when I wear a scarf, I will be mistaken for a Jewish woman because that's the style I'm wearing. If I were wearing a hijab, people might think I'm muslim.

oh and this is a picture which sums up a lot imo: http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loj2njJOCG1qcv7ogo1_400.jpg i think there'definitely a double standard when people say christian women are devoted and muslim women oppressed. I think they are both beautiful.

that is awesome sarah!!

that depends on the context and I think there are many things in the bible that shouldn't be taken literally so I'm not doing it because of that. I just think women who cover their hair are really beautiful and are focused on God and not appearance.

of course! look at nuns for example, they cover from head to toe and are generally really modest. Also, branches of christianity like the amish and the mennonites the women cover their hair. In the Bible it says for a woman to cover her hair when prothletizing (sp??) or praying and then it also says in a different passage that we should pray without ceasing.

hmm it's a good question! well I got thinking about women who cover their hair and it's a common theme in the three main religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam but I'm not doing it because the Bible tells me to. I think that women have been objectified and I feel like more of a feminist covering myself up than showing a lot of skin, you know?