Need some prayer

Hi Guys,

I just really want to ask all of you to pray for me right now. I'm going through a really awful time and I don't think I've ever felt so much anguish before. God's my only answer right now.

Thanks.

There's no place like home :)

I"M HOME!!!
hoorayy!!!

i got back home late last night...couldn't fall asleep till 7 am (darn you jetlag!) and woke up at 1:3o pm today!! its been glorious. the weather is terrible, so ive just been bumming around at home unpacking and using the INTERNET! oh wonderful unlimited american internet. how i have missed you! started catching up on TV SHOWS that i have missed!! couldnt find gossip girls and heroes episodes though...anyone know wher ei can find them??? haha

well, i hope you all are enjoying your last few days abroad, and that you have safe trips home!! can't wait for the SPRING!!

Leaving tonight!

Hi Guys!

I'm so excited that I'm leaving tonight. My flight is at 5:55 AM tomorrow but my taxi is coming at 2:30 am tonight to pick me up. It looks like I'm not going to sleep either... hahaha.

Anyways, I will write a more thorough reflection on my time in Glasgow later. But for now, I'm sad to be leaving but so excited to come home!!

Beka

mamma mia, il tempo passa!

I miss you guys! My little sister is here and we had a swaheeet weekend going to Rome and Florence. And guess who I saw in Florence! ... Amy!! We ate Chinese food :) Molto buono.

Anyways, I am leaving in less than 12 days! Of course, I am coming down with the flu right before examenes. But whatevs, I've got tons of choc. (For you guys too!) Can't wait to see you all move-in day and decorate rooms and such! AND we're going to chipotle immed. And sushi love.

AH!

Goodbye...

i am leaving cape town tmrw morning! it is ...so surreal. and very sad as well. ive been looking foward to leaving and going home the past 3 weeks, and now that departure is imminent...it is so sad! saying goodbye to my family and friends in Langa today was ... depressing. we said, "i'll see you when i see you" to each other because really....the only way i would see them again is if i come back to cape town...and the likelihood of that happening any time soon is...non existent. SAfrica is just SO far away...anyways, it will be good to go home.

sobonana ikapa!!

duke iv was really good and it seems like the chapter has matured a lot. we had a christmas party and it was really fun seeing everyone again. we talked about forgieness and had a discussion during large group and there were a couple great things spoken to the chapter from students. particularly about not letting things simmer and just talking to people that weren't a part of the problem.
anyways, right now i am kind of angry. at duke parking. they gave me a citation. i was awak for a couple hours last night. because i was so angry. i know with the whole night, iv was talking about forgivenss, but all i could think about was finding the security guy who ticketed me and slashing his tires or breaking his windshield. yes, i know, not good but ah i was just so angry because i parked in what i thought was a legitimate spot, but arg, duke parking.... anyways, they only have my registration number but i havent registered this car with duke, so idk if i shoudl take my chances and hope that duke doesnt have jurisdiction to send a ticket invoice to my house if they can find my info, or try to appeal it and tell them who i am. unfortnately on the duke law website it specifically says that they rarely grant appeals. basically i dislike duke parking because they are buttholes and i would like to key a duke security car. sigh, not good anger. besides getting a citation isnt the worst thing in the world.

I am way into this right now...

For some reason I have a thing for danceable music.. and by dancing I mean uninhibited crazy dancing - not anything that requires skill.

Like this!

HELP!

Guys! I need some emergency prayer!
I have about 20 more pages to write in about...20 hours.
Yes, it is 99% my fault for being in this situation.
:(

back in durham

Hey guys!

sorry its taken me so long to post, i miss all of you!

Lets see, to wrap up Australia,

I didn’t really get to travel very much, i just went to the beach again and then I left. Overall, it was definitely a positive experice, but I didn’t really form any really close relationships while I was there. If anything, it really made me appreciate America and duke and family. Its just hard to appreciate things when youre in the middle of everything.

The flight over was pretty smooth, except when I got to Chicago, I tried to take the subway to northwestern and that took me around 2 hours to do, but eventually I made it over there, and it was slightly snowing! But after that it didn’t snow for the rest of the time I was over there, but that’s ok. It was a good time to catch up with esther and just meet people in iv at northwestern, but I could tell that towards the end of the week, it was time to leave, mostly because of a roommate not being too thrilled I was there for so long, which was definitely understandable. We saw wicked and it was really good. It was one of those work weeks for esther so mostly I just hung around while she did homework, which was really cool because it wasn’t like the trip was focused on me, and it was more just regular college life, which I enjoyed.

I hope all your exams are going well! Or leading up to them at least.

Lets see, being back at duke has been really fun so far. Such a warm reception from most people! Its nice to feel wanted I have to admit haha. The freshman and random people all know about me apparently, its kind of weird. I introduce myself and theyre like oh youre eric! I imagined you would be handsomer. Just kidding. Peter thinks im hot and that’s all that matters. Dan likes me for my inner beauty. Im set.

Anyways, yea meeting up with people has been really cool. Ive met up with most people already and its just so cool to just hang out with them. Its kind of weird that they have to do work though, so it kind of feels like im distracting them, and you know what happens with duke students freaking out about exams and distractions. Well I bet in a week they will freak out at me for bothering them, but for now its fun.

So the day before thanksgiving, I just told Michael chen to invite people still on campus to come to my house to cook dinner and eat, so we had about 13 people come over, 5 freshman and rest juniors, and well geoff and kengo my blockmate from last year. That went pretty well, we made spaghetti and homemade sauce and garlic bread and had cheesecake so it was a good time to meet some freshman and catch up with people.

Hm I should go to sleep.

Ps. The sophomore class things that the junior class is weird because everyone is friends with everyone in the junior class. I think that’s funny.