elizabeth will begin blogging on this site soon! ...well, that is, if she gets time to. look out for some thoughts and pictures from her.
cheers,
jw
Saturday, June 9, 2007
comments!
a few of you have mentioned to me that you tried to post comments to the blog but had to get a google account to do so. i have fixed this inconvenience. you can now just post a comment anonymously. thanks for reading, and elizabeth and i look forward to your comments!
cheers,
jw
cheers,
jw
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
the man!!!
guess who? that's right folks... it is the man himself... in person... eugene peterson. i had hoped to get a goofy picture with him (like him holding me in his arms or fake punching me in the nose) but chickened out when it came time. so we got a serious one... one that will hang on the wall of my study. i still think he would have gone for the goofy one.he has been here at pts the past few days speaking at a seminarian's conference. it was amazing to see him and hear him speak for the first time. he looks older than i imagined... not in a bad way... but it appears that he has worn himself out from a well-lived life. his voice seems especially worn out. it is quiet and raspy... like he has spent years preaching the gospel and talking about Christ and one of these days his voice will disappear as enoch did. he seems to be a very gentle man, and he does not demand attention when he speaks. he gets it, though, because his words are wise and filled with truth. he speaks just as he writes. he speaks with deep concern for the church and the spiritual lives of the people of God. he seems so serious, but just when you think that he could probably get dull to be around, he smiles. he has the greatest smile. his whole body smiles. you see the life in him. you can tell just looking at him that there is a tremendous amount of energy built up in him. there are words waiting to burst through the surface. words about hope and love and resurrection. words to correct and encourage.
he is like no other. i pray all of you will read his words at some point in your life, and if you have the opportunity to hear him speak in person, do it. you will not be disappointed. he is indeed a modern prophet.
cheers from the best seminary in the world,
jw
Monday, June 4, 2007
more pics
here are some pics of the last week:
elizabeth vs. the primanti brothers sandwich.
elizabeth scarfing it down. despite its ginormous size, elizabeth still wins the battle.
elizabeth and i in front of the american falls of niagara falls. they are pretty spectacular. sorry the picture is too dark to see the falls well. we went at dusk, which was actually awesome for us because we got to see the falls illuminated. some of the lights behind us are in canada!
elizabeth vs. the primanti brothers sandwich. elizabeth scarfing it down. despite its ginormous size, elizabeth still wins the battle.elizabeth and i in front of the american falls of niagara falls. they are pretty spectacular. sorry the picture is too dark to see the falls well. we went at dusk, which was actually awesome for us because we got to see the falls illuminated. some of the lights behind us are in canada!
elizabeth at school! the physical therapy part of the school of health and rehabilitation sciences (shrs) is actually ranked 3rd in the nation. we started school today, by the way. i walked elizabeth to the bus stop at 7:10, and she rode off to begin anatomy at 8. she played with real bones today! i didn't have class until 9, and it only lasted about 45 minutes, as dr. allison stated, "that's all i can do until you all learn the greek alphabet." i think i got it down now. alpha... beta... gamma... delta... oh, sorry. things are going great!
our favorite professor! dr. purves' office door. i can't wait to have dr. connery... er, i mean dr. purves next year...
cheers,
jw
Sunday, June 3, 2007
things to do in the burgh
we have done quite a bit since we got here last sunday (including a trip to niagara falls in the middle of last week). we found some amazing grocery stores (hooray for giant eagle and whole foods), eaten at some great restaurants (joe mamas, primanti brothers, roxies, and dave and andy's ice cream), gone to two city parks, and visited some incredible churches (shadyside presbyterian and the open door). here is a list of places we want to see and things that we want to do in the next few weeks. we will be updating you as we do them. hopefully some of you can come up and visit soon and participate in the city exploration.
things we want to see and do:
1. pittsburgh zoo and aquarium (right down the street from the apt. and has a new polar bear exhibit!)
2. the carnegie museums (i think there are four. dinosaurs, art, and andy warhol - woohoo!)
3. pirates, steelers, penguins (go black and gold)
4. try out for wheel of fortune (you heard it folks! the w.o.f. rv is here in the burgh next saturday and we are spinnin' the wheel to play. come on big money!)
5. ice skating in schenley park (the city parks are incredible!)
6. eat at church brew works and the original primanti brothers
7. farmers saturday market (we have one next to the seminary)
8. point state park
9. high school musicial!
10. falling waters (frank lloyd wright house)
11. mattress factory art musuem
12. national aviary
13. catheral of learning (we actually have been there accidently on our first visit to pittsburgh)
14. the strip district
15. three rivers arts festival
this should get us started. we will give you details as we explore and experience the city a little more. if you want to check some of these things out, go to www.visitpittsburgh.com.
cheers,
jw
things we want to see and do:
1. pittsburgh zoo and aquarium (right down the street from the apt. and has a new polar bear exhibit!)
2. the carnegie museums (i think there are four. dinosaurs, art, and andy warhol - woohoo!)
3. pirates, steelers, penguins (go black and gold)
4. try out for wheel of fortune (you heard it folks! the w.o.f. rv is here in the burgh next saturday and we are spinnin' the wheel to play. come on big money!)
5. ice skating in schenley park (the city parks are incredible!)
6. eat at church brew works and the original primanti brothers
7. farmers saturday market (we have one next to the seminary)
8. point state park
9. high school musicial!
10. falling waters (frank lloyd wright house)
11. mattress factory art musuem
12. national aviary
13. catheral of learning (we actually have been there accidently on our first visit to pittsburgh)
14. the strip district
15. three rivers arts festival
this should get us started. we will give you details as we explore and experience the city a little more. if you want to check some of these things out, go to www.visitpittsburgh.com.
cheers,
jw
the drive to pitt
so here it is... the pics and notes from the looonnngg journey from starkville, ms, to pittsburgh, pa.
beginning of day one. we left around 7:30 on saturday morning. here is a shot of mississippi between starkville and tupelo. i have realized from my journeys around mississippi the past few weeks that apparently cotton is no longer king. this pic is evidence to this fact. what once was a cotton field is now a corn field. cotton is now queen as farmers have crowned corn with its ability to yield ethanol and lots of money.
tennessee. i wanted to listen to ryan adam's song "tennessee sucks," but the cd was packed in the truck.
that's one big bag of groceries! apparently people are hungry here in jackson, tn.
and kentucky. i almost missed this sign. snapped it just in time.
this is somewhere in kentucky - i think around bowling green, where, by the way, the national corvette museum is. also close by is mammoth cave national park. we actually stayed the night on the kentucky - ohio border in walton, ky, which is just outside covington, ky, and cincinatti, oh. after a little over 10 hours in the car and a delicious meal from raymond's hong kong restaurant, day one came to an end.
beginning of day two. we left our glorious holiday inn express around 7:30 sunday morning and drove into cincinnati. i wish i had a picture of us entering the city. it was gorgeous as we descended into the hazy city on a bridge early in the morning. even better than the view was the fact there was no traffic. any way, i didn't see a "welcome to ohio" sign, so i took this picture a little later on. a bunch of barns around the interstate had paintings like this one.
here is another shot from the ohio/kentucky region. i was trying to get all of the cars in our caravan in the picture as we descended this hill. all you can see is elizabeth directly in front of me and our budget truck driven by my dad.
west virginia. this was a tricky shot as i was going 70 mph and the sign was above me on the bridge into wv. we were only in west virginia for a moment, but it was a glorious moment. elizabeth and i quickly decided we wanted to live there when we get done with school.
this is why. mountains, mountains, and more mountains. my feet were itching to get my hiking boots on. unforunately, they were packed somewhere in the middle of a 15' budget truck that was packed from floor to ceiling and from front to back. really, i am not quite sure how both dads and randell foxworth managed to get all of our stuff into this truck. thanks guys!
yay!
a sign of hope after over 15 hours in the car.
the tunnel into the burgh.
the light at the end of the tunnel - downtown pittsburgh!
cheers,
jw
beginning of day one. we left around 7:30 on saturday morning. here is a shot of mississippi between starkville and tupelo. i have realized from my journeys around mississippi the past few weeks that apparently cotton is no longer king. this pic is evidence to this fact. what once was a cotton field is now a corn field. cotton is now queen as farmers have crowned corn with its ability to yield ethanol and lots of money.
tennessee. i wanted to listen to ryan adam's song "tennessee sucks," but the cd was packed in the truck.
that's one big bag of groceries! apparently people are hungry here in jackson, tn.
and kentucky. i almost missed this sign. snapped it just in time.
this is somewhere in kentucky - i think around bowling green, where, by the way, the national corvette museum is. also close by is mammoth cave national park. we actually stayed the night on the kentucky - ohio border in walton, ky, which is just outside covington, ky, and cincinatti, oh. after a little over 10 hours in the car and a delicious meal from raymond's hong kong restaurant, day one came to an end.
beginning of day two. we left our glorious holiday inn express around 7:30 sunday morning and drove into cincinnati. i wish i had a picture of us entering the city. it was gorgeous as we descended into the hazy city on a bridge early in the morning. even better than the view was the fact there was no traffic. any way, i didn't see a "welcome to ohio" sign, so i took this picture a little later on. a bunch of barns around the interstate had paintings like this one.
here is another shot from the ohio/kentucky region. i was trying to get all of the cars in our caravan in the picture as we descended this hill. all you can see is elizabeth directly in front of me and our budget truck driven by my dad.
west virginia. this was a tricky shot as i was going 70 mph and the sign was above me on the bridge into wv. we were only in west virginia for a moment, but it was a glorious moment. elizabeth and i quickly decided we wanted to live there when we get done with school.
this is why. mountains, mountains, and more mountains. my feet were itching to get my hiking boots on. unforunately, they were packed somewhere in the middle of a 15' budget truck that was packed from floor to ceiling and from front to back. really, i am not quite sure how both dads and randell foxworth managed to get all of our stuff into this truck. thanks guys!
yay!
a sign of hope after over 15 hours in the car.
the tunnel into the burgh.
the light at the end of the tunnel - downtown pittsburgh!
cheers,
jw
Friday, June 1, 2007
we're here!!!!
hey everyone (all three of you that are reading this)! elizabeth and i are here in the burgh. the move went great; although, it was a whole lot of driving. i don't think you can ever prepare yourself for driving 15 hours in two days. any way, we arrived safely on sunday afternoon, got moved in, and spent the next two days getting the apartment set up. "thank you" to all of you who managed to have mail arrive in our mail box here the day after we got moved in! we felt right at home!
sorry i haven't blogged until now, but wednesday morning we decided to head up to niagara falls with my parents to see my grandmother. we didn't get back tonight until a little after 7 and learned a few lessons in driving in pittsburgh - avoid hwy 28 at all costs and 376 is the only downtown exit when you are on 579 (i will explain later). i will also be putting up some pics and details from the trip, as well as some pics of our new apartment. i have yet to put up pics and details from the last stop of the intermission "never say die" tour, so that will be coming soon, too.
cheers from the burgh,
jw
sorry i haven't blogged until now, but wednesday morning we decided to head up to niagara falls with my parents to see my grandmother. we didn't get back tonight until a little after 7 and learned a few lessons in driving in pittsburgh - avoid hwy 28 at all costs and 376 is the only downtown exit when you are on 579 (i will explain later). i will also be putting up some pics and details from the trip, as well as some pics of our new apartment. i have yet to put up pics and details from the last stop of the intermission "never say die" tour, so that will be coming soon, too.
cheers from the burgh,
jw
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