becka lippy

SO last night Rachel, Ashlee, Silvia (of course!!!) and I headed over to see one of the most controversial authors in the Christian community give a talk on the Global economy and the Kingdom of God. Brian wrote a book called Generous Orthodoxy that we have all read and I personally have a love hate relationship with it. i disagree with alot of what he says in the book, but I am grateful that he wrote it. Anyways, Rachel and i went up to him afterwards and talked to him. I had him sign the book and thanked him for coming out here to Chile. Random huh, that we would get the chance to see him while we are down here in South America? Anyways, I left the talk last night in a funky mood. I just realize how ignorant I am about politics and economics in general. I have no firm opinion and everyone elses opinion seems to be correct. I wish i knew more, but everytime I try to learn more I feel defeated, like I know nothing and I hate the few things I know. But it was still really cool to meet B

So at Youth Group every week, if someone comes late they have to stand inthe middle of the circle and while turning in circles, they have to tell the group what their high and low of the week was. I have gone to this group since March, basically every friday and I have been on time once. So always get teh pleasure of sharing my high and low of the week. Usually this is easy for me to do. I just pick something good and something bad from my over packed week and share it in my broken spanish. But last night (I was only 7 minutes late last night, woo hoo!), I honestly couldn't think of anything to share. That is just how boring my week has been. a few of the ordinary but nice parts of my week: Monday- I got to hang out with a buddy Susan who is from the States but married a Chileno. Tuesday- (I no longer teach tuesday nights) AShlee and I made a delicious curry dinner together and then walked to Dunkin Donuts for some hot chocolate and incredibly sweet Bible study. Topic for the night

My blog of my trip is a few entries down... it isn't finished yet, but eventually will be, hopefully.

For those of you who know me well, you know that I go through phases more often than a Chileno says "¿cachai?" (that means it happens very often). This includes phases in what books I read. The past ferw months have been filled with the deeper theology books, but since returning to Chile I have been craving biographies. So I am currently in the middle of 3 biographies of different missionaries, including Mother Teresa. I have to say... I may not agree with everything she practiced, like super strict prayer rituals for her sisters, but as I read her biography I am so awed at how a woman can have so much compassion and wisedom in her. So much of her work was political (basically every move she made had to be approved by Rome) and yet, she found time to hold the dying. whao... I still wonder what the balance is in my life. How much service, how much studying?

Today was not a great day. In fact in many ways today sucked. But I just realized that it is my one year mark from the day i left home. Crazy huhhh? Anyways, after a horrid day, that thought brought a smile to my face.

I am sorry for the huge break in blogs. I am back in Chile and safe (except for the asthma attacks that Santiago's pollution gave me). I promise I will post a huge blog soon that will go through the amazing trip I had and these first few days back in Chile. God bless!

I know, I know, I should have written earlier but this is seriously the first chance I have had to really just sit down and type to you all. I will write out the past few weeks in order and include any pictures i can in my entries. But before I begin, I want to thank all of you who were praying for my time in the States. My time with my family and friends was more than i could ask for. And here we go... Thursday- I got to the airport fine and arrived in Miami safely. At the border they found an apple that Ashlee had packed me for the trip that I hadn't eaten and after a minute of explaining to the security guards what the situation was, they let me take the apple out and throw it in the trash. Friday-I arrived in New York and was met by a very familiar and friendly face. Diana who was a good friend from youth group when i was 16 met me at JFK with bagels in hand. We went to her apartment and then out for some great Indian food. After saying goodbye to Diana I made my way over to Je