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In honor of my HUNDREDTH post; the title of this post contains the word hundred translated into 10 different languages.

See if you can guess which word is in which language. The languages included are...

1. Norwegian
2. Spanish
3. Italian
4. English
5. Chinese
6. Russian
7. Portuguese
8. German
9. Dutch
10. French

Can you do it? With no outside help? I dare you.

P.S. I have no idea who the man pictured above is...if you do, you can get bonus points! Even if I don't know him...he sure does look happy for me and my hundredth post:)

Do You See What I See?

This is what I see when I come in to work everyday. It's my new desktop. It's Baby Don.

He's my 4 month old nephew...and there are times when just thinking of how much I love him (and my other two-Jeremy and Lillian) makes me tear up. Just looking at this today reminds me of how good God is. That he would give me such a beautiful family. I don't think I have ever loved my family as much as I do today. It shows me that God is helping for my small, inconsistent love to grow and flourish into a minimal image of His amazing love. I hope to love my family even more as years go by. That one day I can love them beyond measure...just as He loves me...because they deserve that and so much more.

Do you see what I see in this picture?

God's perfect love.

Weekly Prayer #9

Lord,

Please help me to know what it is that I need to do. What it is that You would have me to do. There are many things that come into my life. Demanding that I do them. I don't want to do things because they just present themselves before me. I want to do things because You want me to do them. I have two jobs, school, family, friends, ministry, myself and all of those things are important to me. I don't want to ignore any area. I know that you can help me achieve this.

Thank you:)
Love,
Your Daughter

Yesterday

I had a pretty jammed packed yesterday.
Here's the low-down:

*Went in to work (at church) at 8:30am.
*It was my turn to do the morning devotional.
*Cookie was in, so we did Children's Ministry things for the better part of the morning.
*Searched for a Student Ministry retreat location.
*Shopped for some things that we needed for the weekend.
*Picked up In-N-Out for lunch.
*Worked on tons of paperwork until about 3:30pm.
*My sister, Lillian, Jeremy and Baby Don stopped by the office so I could make a couple copies of a CD for them (for Lillian's cheer competition).
*Tons of phone calls came in all at once.
*Did a quick work overview with Cookie before I left.
*Searched for some stuff online my sister needed.
*Saved all of my sister's pictures from her camera into my computer.
*Did this stuff while trying to spend time with my sister and the kids (so nice to see them while at work).
*Walked them out and headed for my tutoring job.
*Got to Laura's (my students' mom) house at around 4:20pm.
*Tutored until 7:20pm.
*Rushed home in time to hang with my sister, the kids, my mom and dad.
*Had dinner and talked/laughed with them.
*Edgar picked me up at 9:30pm.
*Got to Edward's right after the 9:30pm show of 300 began.
*Saw 300.
*Got home at 11:45pm.
*Talked to Edgar on the phone.
*12:10am...to sleep.

More Job=Less Blog?

Since I now have another job and still no computer at home, it's more than likely that blogging will become a greater challenge for me.

But fear not!

I will strive to quench your blogging thirst...no matter what it takes.

This is just a heads up!

Me: Miss. Torres

Yesterday I started my brand new job.

After finishing up here at church I head three blocks over to one of our Sunday school teachers' house and tutor her 3 kids from 4:15-7:15pm Monday through Thursday.

I was a little hesitant to get the job but after a little persuasion from my mom I decided to do it. And if yesterday is any indication of how it will go...I'm glad I decided to go for it.

I forgot how much fun spending time with kids was. The kids I'm tutoring are in 2nd, 4th and 6th grade; so it's this perfect balance of ages.

For most of my college years all I did was work with kids: teacher's aide, substitute teacher, reading tutor, after school program tutor...it's funny, but yesterday I realized how much I missed that part of my life. Spending time with kids: one on one.

Needless to say, I am enjoying my new job and am happy to be able to help one of our teachers and her kids.

Don't get me wrong, I love my job at church. It just seems that I end up spending more time with adults, than with kids/students at times. It's nice to revisit my life as a teacher :), even if it is for only 12 hours a week.

Side Note: I was used to hearing myself being called "Miss. Torres" for so long that now after not being called that for such a long time...it felt weird to type it. Funny huh?

Hungry

It's past 4:30pm and I still haven't had any food today...I'm hungry.
I'm on my way to get some grub!

Knott's Pee Report

WARNING: This WILL be a long post...read at your own risk!!!

Last week I prayed that the Jaguar line at Knott's wouldn't smell like pee.
Well, I went and conquered...here's the report:

For Val's 14th we went to Knott's Berry Farm this Wednesday.
We had a couple of goals in mind for this trip.
#1 To celebrate Val and her awesome-ness.
#2 To get all the scaredy-cats on the "big" rides.
#3 To just have a fun, relaxing, "hookie" day.

Here are some of the highlights (in pictures):

The Scrambler was dizzy, but fun...not vomit or gagging involved...yet. Here's the bday girl with Alex.

We headed over to the bumper carts after that...as you can tell from the photos...we meant business!



Here's Evelyn before she got on Boomerang. The suspense was killing her...literally.

Willy took some time to flirt with some of the locals.

Val braved through Supreme Scream...although it took some convincing.

Here's Howard...on our way to the Silver Bullet AKA the ride that made half the kids sick and one throw up.

Here are the boys walking to lunch.

Here's what I had!

Nautious German taking a nap at Mickey D's.

When Evelyn and Ghostrider meet.

Howard and his man-purse.

Howard saying goodbye to some of his buddies.

It was a great day! We had fun and bonded. I'd love to do it again!

FYI: We met all our goals and there was little to no pee encountered.

Weekly Prayer #8

Dear Lord,

Today I will not ask, but instead thank.
Thank you for:

• Mom
• Dad
• Sister
• Niece
• Nephews
• Evelyn
• Bibi
• Howard
• Edgar
• Janette
• Damaris
• More friends than I could ever want
• Life
• Food
• Disneyland
• Laughs
• Smiles

Just a couple of things I wanted to let you know I appreciated.

Gracias!

Me

Congra-CHANG-lations!!!

On Tuesday morning my friend Howard went in to his interview for U.S. Citizenship. Howard is originally from Taiwan but came to the US with his parents when he was 10 (or 11?). They've been waiting a long time for this and it finally happened!

Howard passed and will be sworn in as a US Citizen in two weeks!

Great job Howard! Now you won't get held back at immigration!

Dear reader,

I haven't posted much this week.

Actually, I was out of the office for the past two days which means I had little to no access to a computer.

But I'm back!

Name: Jessica

This morning Bibi emailed me the following message. I thought it was pretty cool, she said she found it on some website while she was taking a break from homework.
Take a look: (hers is first, mine is second)

Your First Name of: Bibiana
Though the name Bibiana creates the urge to understand and help others, we emphasize that it causes procrastination, lack of confidence, and the inability to realize your goals and ambitions.
This name, when combined with the last name, can frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses in the fluid systems.
Your name of Bibiana makes you easy-going and refined, but detracts from your physical vitality.
You desire all the finer things in life--lovely clothes, home, furniture, and environment.
However, procrastination is your worst enemy, and you find yourself lacking the ambition to make your dreams a reality often because of lack of confidence.
People are inclined to take advantage of your sympathetic, tractable nature.
You naturally attract people with problems who seek your understanding and advice.

Your First Name of: Jessica
Although the name Jessica creates the urge to be reliable and responsible, we emphasize that it frustrates you through a scattered and emotional nature.
This name, when combined with the last name, can frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses in the liver, bloodstream, and through worry and mental tension.
Your first name of Jessica has given you a responsible, expressive, inspirational, and friendly personality.
Expression comes naturally to you and you are rarely at a loss for words; in fact, you have to put forth effort at times to curb an over-active tongue.
Self-confidence has made it easy for you to meet people and you are well-liked for your spontaneous, happy ways.
You sincerely like people and do not often experience loneliness; your work and home-life are likely filled with association.

So many of the things that were on there for my name were right on...kind of scary. Here are the scariest:
1. I have a scattered and emotional behavior. (I like to think that I have an emotionally scattered existence)
2. I make myself sick because I get worried. Yikes! (I find this one hard to believe)
3. Everything in between "Your first name of Jessica" and "likely filled with association" are pretty much true of me.

I wonder what your name means.

Sleep "Not" Over

Last Saturday Bibi slept over at my house.
And when I say sleep-over I mean sleep-over.

We went to Albertson's to pick up some ice cream and cheese, headed over to my house, put on some Grey's, warmed some pretzels, watched two episodes (while eating ice cream and pretzels w/ cheese) and by 12:30am we were out.

It felt strange to go to bed so early when you have a friend over.
But we couldn't help it...we were just so tired.

Funny...we really are getting older.
We can still stay up later that our high school girls, though :)

Weekly Prayer #7

Dear God,

Next week I'm going to be making a trip out to Knott's Berry Farm. My prayer is that the inside part of Jaguar's line doesn't smell like pee like the last time.

Thanks!
Jess

Lock-Out

In the youth ministry business we have a little something known as the good ol' lock-in. This is an event in which students are "locked-in" the church facility all night long. The night is filled with strange activities and students have absolutely no sleep.

Yesterday the complete opposite of that happened to me.

I came in to my office as usual, when I went over to unlock the door, nothing. The key went in but wouldn't turn. I tried all of my other keys (thinking I might be confused or something) but still nothing.

Needless to say, since I couldn't get to my computer, I had to make things up to do at work for the better part of the day until Hno. Vega climbed in through the window to open it from the inside. I felt so bad. I got in at approximately 1:30PM.

Because the Word says that "all things work for the good of those who love him, according to their purpose", I want my experience to help others like me. So I give you this...

Things to do if you ever get locked out of your office:
#1 Clean up your "other" office.
#2 Go shopping for any of your work needs.
#3 Walk around.
#4 Sort snacks.
#5 Decorate.
#6 Walk around.
#7 Double check all of your work.
#8 Order things online from someone else's computer.
#9 Walk around.
#10 Chat with co-workers.