Summer's Tangent

I hate the city of Houston

      but I do LOVE the kids here.

Driving around Houston is confusing for me, as you know, but I am most definitely able to drive to church and back to the house I stay at without difficulty. I look forward to the end of summer.

Weird personal story: .

So, the band 'Foo Fighters' has a song on their latest CD called 'Summer's End'. I actually started  listening to that song around the time I left Tulsa for Houston in June. It's strange how the lyrics kind of apply, in some ways, to my time here. 

But don't worry, I'm not looking for insight or guidance from a song.

I actually first thought how this song would be good to use for a video for an upcoming ACU welcome week. Though it was and still is a song I daydream and think about while driving, part of the lyrics "pray for summer's end" catch my attention. 

Please bare with me as I embark on a tangent:

See, I've had this foo fighters cd since April when I was in Uruguay. I haven't even listened to it that much since then. Anyway, I started listening to it and I kind of like it. It's a good cd, appropriately titled "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace." Good stuff. Haha- I guess about titles: words. I think that one of the most interesting things to me about the Spanish language is that the word for 'sentence' is the same word for 'prayer.' That word is 'oracion.' If a sentence is written, it is labeled a form of communication. Now, isn't a prayer simple communication with God? Aren't many prayers comprised of sentences? Just a cool thing I noticed. 

That tangent was short but it was pretty good. Read it. 

I wonder if I should pray for summer's end. I mean, I love the kids here but I hate Houston. It got up to 100 degrees today!! Hot, Humid, honking and hustling Houston is far from home. HOME. I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma although it's said that home is where the heart is. I want my home to be heaven. I hate Houston's humidity and the hectic humanities here, but there are SO many people who need love and need to hear about Jesus here. Isn't that what missionaries do though? Spread the gospel of Christ crucified in unfamiliar places? 

I don't know if I want to pray for summer's end. I think I'll keep praying for summer's success instead.

Thank you.