Kristina

hello everyone,

i wanted to share a short story with you all...


this summer i was blessed with the opportunity of going to Bulgaria with vision outreach international (VOI) link. our main objective for the trip was giving eye care to orphans, the elderly, and the mentlly ill. we worked at various orphanages and clinics in the southern part of the country. it was at one of these that i met a very special orphan named Kristina.
Kristina was at an orphanage for severely mentally retarded children. the children had various conditions including autism, downs syndrome, epilepsy, and various others. Kristina had an unknown mental disorder and epilepsy. many of the other children were running around making all kind of noise. some were in wheel chairs yelling and making noise. almost every single child made noise, except Kristina. Kristina sat in a chair and stared at the floor. she would not let anyone come near her. she would not look at me. there was no way she would let any doctor examine her.
each of us (on the team) were "assigned" an orphan or two to take care of and try to befriend so that their examination could go more smoothly. i was assigned Kristina. at first i just sat there with her. then i picked her up and put her on my lap. we sat there together the rest of the time. after an hour, we left.
i worked with alot of people for the two weeks we were in Bulgaria. i held a lot of orphans. but for some reason that moment keeps coming back to my mind over and over again. i thought that God had used me to work in Kristina's life. i later realized that God had used Kristina to work in my life.

                                                    


peace,

davis





 

30 Days without Facebook

this post is pretty self explanatory. i took a 30 day fast from facebook and journaled my thoughts about it everyday (well, almost). here are three big things i found:
1. i was lonely (i missed that constant info feed)
2. i was bored (reading a book is harder than being online) 
3. i realized that i could overcome an addiction (i am bigger than facebook)

here is my journal (starting november first)

Day 1: wow! i feel free! i have time to read a book
Day 2: i am feeling lonely and bored. eating too much sugar
Day 3: better than yesterday. still checking email like a maniac. got to read again.
Day 4: dear people at work, of all the days you had to inform me that you have added me as a friend on facebook....WHY TODAY!?!?!
Day 5: desperately wanting to get on facebook.
Day 6: not so bad today. spent some time with the fam.
Day 7: nothing
Day 8: i think that my problem lies not in facebook itself but in the mindlessness of it. it doesn't take a whole lot of thinking. i hear that little voice in my head saying "read a book!"
Day 9: up since four thirty, feeling productive.
Day 10: tired and not really feeling like getting on facebook...
Day 11: weird, i find myself looking forward to the first of december, that kind of destroys my purpose in doing this experiment.
Day 12: nothing
Day 13: dreamed about getting on facebook...hmmm
Day 14: ok, today i have revelation. i was going upstairs for a break and thinking of what thing on the computer i could possibly spend fifteen minutes on. then it occured to me that maybe i could find something else to do besides the computer. this is what i was hoping would happen. too bad i never happened until halfway through.
Day 15: whoa....i'm halfway there, whoa-oh livin' on a prayer...
Day 16: i am bigger than facebook
Day 17: somehow i've stopped caring
Day 18: i think i've broken my facebook addiction!
Day 19: i think that people naturaly waste time. but it is possible to get absolutley nothing done while walking outside rather than stalking someone you saw once in your life on facebook
Day 20: nothing
Day 21: was up till 1 am playing my accordian. that beats facebook in every way, shape, and form!
Day 22: i've begun to get sick of writing these updates
Days 23-28: (did not blog due to excess food and laziness)
Day 29: almost to the end. that was a really interesting month.
Day 30: last day

that was interesting
peace
davis