The Nose.

I have been interested in the NOSE recently because my nose has been smelling a lot of new fragrances. What I have found!

"The olfactory epithelium is an area inside the nose which is responsible for intercepting odors and passing them on to the brain. The mechanics of the olfactory epithelium are not fully understood; this structure contains a huge number of neurons, but the exact way in which they interact with and distinguish between smells is a bit of a mystery. The larger the area covered by the olfactory epithelium, the more neurons, and the better the sense of smell.






Like other layers of epithelial tissue in the body, the olfactory epithelium contains a number of layers of cells. These cells include specialized neurons which communicate with the olfactory bulb via long axons, and olfactory hair cells which have highly sensitive receptors which pick up odors. The olfactory epithelium is also quite delicate, and it can be damaged by exposure to chemicals, strong odors, and head injuries.

The olfactory epithelium is located inside the back of the nose. As people breathe in through the nose, fine hairs and mucus near the opening of the nose trap particles which could be harmful, and the rest of the air passes over the olfactory epithelium. The neurons in the epithelium respond to specific odors and send a signal to the brain to tell it what the nose knows. Essentially, the olfactory epithelium is like a laboratory: when people are exposed to odors, they don't smell them instantly, but rather wait for them to be processed and for their brains to return the results.

WEB: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-olfactory-epithelium.htm

Good stuff, fascinating.


I am living now with two Korean families, they welcomed Bob, Matt, and I with open arms. Its great to be around a foreign family, I am learning much about the Korean culture, the history of Korea, the Christianity in Korea, and the language too. I LOVE IT! I think I am turning Korean....

I have been developing my....CHOPSTICK SKILLS! YA!
I eat with chopsticks as much as possible.




















I have been learning a lot about the world and life, these are a few things.

I have been feeling the strengthening of Holy Spirit in my soul. He cares so much about me and true comforter, helper, healer, encourager. I appreciate Him very much. I couldn't and wouldn't live this life without Him.




Thanks for reading. Have a blessed day.

Dear Family,

I am fighting the good fight.

Enjoy Flyleaf, I am. :)

"Treasure"

Can I tell you a story
As we dance while the sun starts to bleed
Song of songs love is calling
Daughter wake up from your sleep

Refined I’ll become the most dazzling precious treasure
I’ll be treasured over all the earth

Bearing the gift of a new heart
Patience ablaze
I’m slowly burning

Refined I'll become the most dazzling precious treasure
I'll be treasured over all the earth
Refined I'll become the most dazzling precious treasure
I'll be treasured over all the earth

I am in awe and in shock
I’m in love and given away
I’m reserved with these words

Can I tell you a story
As we dance while the Son starts to bleed
Trees rejoice with the wind here
Hallelujah, Yeshua

Tonight I’ve become the most dazzling precious
I am treasured over all the earth
Just look at what he’s done
How he’s laying down his life
Take this life
oh most dazzling precious treasure

Tonight I’ve become the most dazzling precious treasure
I am treasured over all the earth

Dear Family,

Tis the eve of DTS and some are running as if their heads were severed like chickens.

I have been noticing pain today, what pain does to a person, the out comes of pain, the reactions of a person in and around pain. Today a friend of mine felt jaded by the organization I work for, he sighed, spoke some words that showed he felt overlooked and it was true his possession was token from him without question. A friend and I both looked at each other, in noticing our friend was hurt and felt a betrayal, we did our work and left with a sense of compassion and sincerity towards each other. Earlier (jokingly) a friend and I fought over 'shotgun' (getting the front passenger seat) looking out for our selves but at the end we did not play games rather we were preferring one another. It was strange and all because of our friends reaction to his possessions being token.


Later today, another friend of mine whom is a foreigner had a down cast countenance to him. I asked him what is wrong how can I encourage him, he told me and after that my heart broke for him. Language differences, new city, and a lot of new faces had him stuck and I decided to love him even more after hearing his heart.

I have to go! Its a rush day! In the end LOVE, HOPE, FAITH, are the greatest gifts to walk in. Strive for LOVE.
LOVE YOU!

Dear Family,

My family is now arriving in Boston and I am so stoked! I get to hug them, if there is anything I want most right now is to hug them. I cant wait to enjoy their presence, enjoy talking with them and laughing with them. Hear their voice in the same room and not over a phone. Awe I am excited to be with them!


I am working on a wall as an art piece, hopefully it works out fine. I am painting and there is dimensions I am painting and at the moment it looks flat. Oh how I need to go to art school....


Today I was climbing up a latter and on the last step up I hit my knee. It was so painful! Now I am walking with a bruise on my knee. Hopefully I will be able to run still.


These last few days have been hard and I have been getting a lot of encouragements from my friends. They have been telling me to be confident in myself and not to back down from whom God has made me to be.

Yesterday I went to the beach and sat in Gods presence for a few hours, just chatting, asking Him my questions, listening to his response. There is some hurt in my heart that is being healed at the moment by Gods hand. He is kind to be walking through these hurts with me. I know that I will love even more while and after these hurts are healed.

If you are wondering about Hilary and I, well I did break up with her. It wasn't working out. She is amazing. I care for her as a friend and that is all I can give at the moment.

I have been thinking about identity a lot recently, without a official home, without a title at work, without being in the "in" crowd at Boston, I kinda have been realizing I identify myself with all these things or have a desire to have an identity in these thing. I have been asking myself again "What does it mean to have an identity in Christ again?", I have been receiving words from the Lord and actions for daily living. I am realizing (nothing deep) servant hood is a piece of me and a big piece of what Jesus calls me to be. I also have been realizing I need to enjoy the person that is right in front of me rather then thinking "oh I need to be here" or "I wish I could go there", or "I wish I was with someone else". (You see my selfishness, repentance is coming!) God is correcting my thinking, my emotions. Why should I try to be with someone or a group of people who don't want me around or don't connect with me.

A transformation is happening in the mind and its a really good one.

I had received prayer for my mentality over the last week with some friends that I trust really hear from God. One friend of mine is Helen Lee (whom leads that prayer ministry at Cornerstone) she prayed for me and my head was becoming placid in thought, my atmosphere was changing, the tension in my body was released and I could feel freedom again as if I were a child again. It was so sweet, lovely and I thought about turning my heart from the freedom but I knew this is what God wanted for me so I tried to embrace it even more in my heart. The rest of the day I sat at the beach with Jesus.

I am reading Jurassic Park and ITS AMAZING! I am loving every page of it!

Thank you for your prayers, they mean a lot. I know that God is hearing your prayers because submitting, humbling myself, hearing His voice, loving others in the mist of craziness has been accomplished easier then before. Thank you for your prayers. I am praying for many of you.

Please love each other, care for one another, take care of the poor as much as possible, keep doing good!

Dear Family,

Yesterday I went out with a friend of mine, we dined at the Cheesecake Factory which was my first official time eating there and it was very good. He went off to use the restroom and I sat alone for a moment looking around me, subtly I thought to my self (and to God whom sees and hears all things) "God, these people eat, sit with nice clothing, involved in their own lives, talk of friends, money, vacations but they will never know of You or your plans. What you are doing unless someone tells them or you tell them, or they really seek it out. I personally, hardly know what Your doing below the mainstream of life."
Suddenly in my soul a desire to know God more, to hear his voice more, to obey more came beneath my spirit and strengthened me to keep going after God. It was silent, quick, steamy, and thrilling to my soul to remember God works underground and I need to be ready to receive and give all that I can when He calls my name out to work/play with Him.

A couple of days ago, I was walking down the street and was in the center of a parking lot. The wind blew over my tense body, between my finger tips. As it blew upon me it blew over and through the trees that were around me in a distance, I could hear the trees shaking and laughing as the wind blew. The sun was high above and it laid warmth and light around me that made all thing beautiful. I sighed and then knew God cared about me, He knows my needs, He knows my joys and fears. He cares about me, thats it and thats all, He cares.

I have a lot of simple moments like this through out my day. It may sound fairy, weird but I don't think it is, I am just not taking these short moments for granted but engaging in them with my heart to love God with my soul.

Meet God in all thinks you do. Its simple. I am going to the beach now.

Dear Family,

These last few days have been hectic, we had a Northeastern Leaders conference at our base, we moved into a new house last week and this coming week we will have DTS beginning, I will also have my parents coming next week to Boston! :)

My thoughts are not doing me well in the last week, I have been analyzing myself so much this week that I have withdrawn from many people I love here at the base. Last night I realized I left Gods perspective out of my analyzing of myself which lead me to damage myself more then help me. Then this morning we had a moment to get with God in small groups and cry out to God that we need Him deeper in our lives, which drew out my thoughts(it was a mess).

Last night I was running thinking about how alone I was and felt it was right for me to be alone because nobody really wants to be with anyone as they may be thinking over life. Then suddenly God hit me with a memory or not a memory but familiar words that are

"I always want to be with you. You may not want me or anyone else around in these moments but I want to be with you. I will never leave you, nor forget you, I want to be with you."

My heart jumped subtly inside my chest because it was the most positive thought in my head at the moment and I knew it was truth from Gods lips. I knew in my heart, tho I make a mess of myself He still comes for me.

Today has been a day of surrendering my thought life to God. God knows its not easy but I need to calm my thoughts, take in His thoughts more. I have a good all around view of myself in my head, I know when I am being prideful, jealous, rude, crude, most of the roots of my harshness which makes me want to just say nothing most of the time but I need forgiveness too. I need to allow myself to live and not worry about my motives. JUST ENJOY LIFE MORE!!!

I remember when I began to think analytically, I was in junior year of high school, my brother began college and would talk intellectually with me, I went to collage bible studies, hang out with collage students, hang out with a lot of adults that had awesome logic! With hanging out with so many intellects I forgot my childish enjoyment of living, being in the moment, enjoying the sun on my back and the wind blowing over my finger tips. I rather enjoyed reading and gaining knowledge and understanding to serve others, to correct injustice in the world. My desire to study was good but I then became addicted to gaining more information that I forgot to see where I was headed mentally.

I remember Holy Spirit telling me to slow down in my knowledge gain and remember Him, to practice what I've received before going onto a new way of life. I rejected His words which now I am stuck in not stopping my thoughts. I have always been a deep thinker, I understand a lot of thing and have a very different way of thinking naturally but it wasn't enough to me. I wanted to be cool and have all the knowledge I could get in my brain but I am accepting that I cant have all the knowledge. I cant over analyze life and the motive of my living because Paul the apostle wrote to the Corinthians

"3But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. 5Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God." 1 Corinthians 4:3-5 ESV

I cant judge myself, my thoughts, anything because in the end God alone is the perfect judge and knows best. There is another version of this scripture that says

"3 As for me, it matters very little how I might be evaluated by you or by any human authority. I don’t even trust my own judgment on this point. 4 My conscience is clear, but that doesn’t prove I’m right. It is the Lord himself who will examine me and decide.
5 So don’t make judgments about anyone ahead of time—before the Lord returns. For he will bring our darkest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due."(NIV)

I am holding close to this right now for freedom, for hope, and faith that in the end God would judge my heart as his.

I am closing my mind and allowing myself to be dumb for a while, I am turning off music that makes me think deeply, not watching shows or movies that make me think deeply, I am trying to be free.

I am ready to just live right now.

Thanks for reading, I love you all. I will write a lot more about life later! PEACE!!!