Lost in Translation
Here it is, as promised... one completed, semi-high quality, Malaysian-manufactured, Cypriot-and-American-assembled wardrobe! Impressive, no?
Today was a very busy day. We cleaned some around the house this morning, then had some wonderful chicken and onion souvlaki (homemade by Leia's dad on his grill) for lunch. Afterwards, Leia went to the church to have a dress rehearsal for the youth Easter drama that is going on tomorrow night, whilst I sat chained to my computer, futilely trying to get some work done on the book I'm currently writing.
Then this evening, we attended a pre-Easter service at the church where Leia's dad pastors (which just happens to be attached to our house... makes for a nice, stress-free 5-second commute). One of the men in the church kindly accomodated me by providing translation of the sermon into English through headphones, but there were a few technical problems, and one of the sound engineer guys kept rushing up to the section where Leia and I were sitting (two rows from the stage, naturally), and fiddling with the headphone jacks. Finally, he got one to work, but the phones I had to wear.... let's just say on a scale of 1 to 10 in size, with 1 being an Ipod earbud and 10 being the ones that workers on an airport runway wear, these were a solid 8.5. I felt a bit conspicuous, sort of like I was the random guy on the subway in a trenchcoat and a propeller hat that everyone sort of looks twice at, then keeps their distance from. Anyway, I finally did get to hear most of the message, and thankfully I remembered to take the headphones off before I tried to stand up for prayer.
With that, I must bid you farewell for the evening. Leia and I still have a lot of work to do to prepare for the drama tomorrow. Hopefully we'll be able to tell you all about it tomorrow night, and if we're REALLY lucky, they might even let us remain the youth ministers. *knock on wood*
I thought I'd leave you tonight with one of my favorite quotes and pieces of advice, by Frederick Buechner:
"Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace."
Wish I remembered that more often. Thank you all for reminding me occasionally.
–John
posted by John and Leia @ 1:00 PM
2 Comments:
Allo :D Iza me! I have been readin your blog since youz guyz started. Its a great idea and love your posts! John, dont knock on that wood too hard or it'll probably fall apart in your hands again! What was really funny was talking to Mum on the phone last night and I seemed to know more than she did about things! LoL! Oh well...
Wanted to say *hugs* n *squidges* and hope everything is going well.
;-)
Tele
Johnathon: I just finished writing an Introduction to the Bible textbook that our denomination is going to use for training our ministerial candidates. And now I'm working on the Instructor's Guide. And of course, being the Bible scholar that you are, you'll realize that it actually DOES involve a good deal of death, destruction, and dismemberment. ;-)
Dale and Steph: Glad to hear that your dad is doing better. We've been praying for you guys. Miss the whole gang lots already.
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