traveling aside...

While speaking to friends recently about my trip, one friend asked me a question in which I stumbled in answering. She asked me apart from having fun and going places, what are my goals...or what do I plan to achieve for the next half of the year? It seems that I've been so caught up in the whirlwind of planning after thesis...that I didn't pause to think about something so important! So far I've only come up with a list of books I'd like to read...

• The Screwtape Letters
• Indelible Ink ~ thanks Vivian :)
• Neither here nor there: Travels in Europe
• If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat
• The Kite Runner
• The Heavenly Man
• Out of the Salt Shaker & into the World
• Any other suggestions?

I also want to improve my French...however, as always I will probably embarass myself by speaking English with a French accent when I don't know the words...

During my time in Taiwan, I am hoping I will have time to visit pastor Chen at their new church and also the students we met from the STM trip last December...would be great to see how they are doing after 6 months...(altho it feels like its been years).

Oh, and I'm just hoping that my IQ will not drop too much after 6 months of vacation...maybe sudoku will help?