Give the Paper to the People

My tall, energetic, funny, and Flight of the Conchords-loving friend, Steven Gist, regaled all of us at Yukari and Daniel's wedding yesterday with his engaging rendition of the song, "Sello Tape." It's a beautiful piece with some moving lyrics:

"Lives are like retractable pencils
If you push them too hard they're gonna break
And people are like paper dolls
Paper dolls and people, they're a similar shape"

The humorous song ends with a flourish:

"People people
People people
Pencil pencil
Pencil pencil
Paper paper
Put the pencil to the paper
Give the paper to the people..."

I suggest you take the time to hear it for yourself and be inspired. I was inspired. I don't have any "paper to give to the people" but I do have some pictures from our life here and thought that'd be a good thing to give to the people.

Our church out in the wild for a weekend camping get-away (above) and worshiping with some friends at a local nursing home (below).

Good times in Abilene with family: Jenise, Jon & Sherwin (LaShae is inside) (above), and hanging with the niece & nephew (below).

Hitting the Austin, TX scene with our "Urban Immersion" MRNA crew, 2009

Erica & the GST Ladies Intramural Volleyball Championship Team

Celebrating our friends, Yukari & Daniel's Wedding

There's been some wonderful times this semester, though it hasn't all been "get-aways" and championships: we also managed to fit in a full load of grad classes and a full time job. It has been a blessed semester and we get to finish it off with a flourish...Cami and Aaron are gonna be stuck together with the tape of love!