...malia...

...malia... http://meesparker.multiply.com/ "Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man's rib. Not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior. But from the side to be equal. Under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved." - Hebrew Talmud Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:59:45 -0000 Tue, 9 Sep 2008 08:24:22 -0000 ...malia... http://images.meesparker.multiply.com/logo http://meesparker.multiply.com 100 100 Out & about... http://meesparker.multiply.com/photos/album/22/Out_about... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 08:24:22 -0000 Humbled...                 The resounding gong of humility seems to play over and over in my life.  Whether I embrace the revelation and/or necessity of humility on my own, or maybe God Himself gently brings me to my knees, this is one thing I wish you could just take a pill for…  This year, even with four months still to go, I’ve already had enough ‘drop to my knee’ moments with God to leave imprints in my wood floors.  If it isn’t the constant need to rely on Him for His financial, emotional, relational, psychological (haha, yes, this one too) provision, it’s the mere fact that He places the lives of young people in my hands every day to mold into passionate people for God.  What experience do I have or what do I know to be qualified for this?  To be entrusted with this ridiculous and yet tremendous responsibility?  Or the all too familiar cry of David, “Who am I” that You would cho... http://meesparker.multiply.com/journal/item/6/Humbled... Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:54:49 -0000 music http://meesparker.multiply.com/music/item/27/music Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:02:20 -0000 Must be love... Matt 11:28-30. 'Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light."' NLT Gosh, I love the Lord...Even with a dozen things on my plate right now, I couldn't be more thankful for His yoke that He's chosen, to refine and mold ME!  Step by step, walking into the sunset of His bigger vision... This was just an appropriate revelation to start the day...thought i would share it with you ;) http://meesparker.multiply.com/journal/item/5/Must_be_love... Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:23:42 -0000 Kauai ;) http://meesparker.multiply.com/photos/album/21/Kauai_ Sat, 10 May 2008 11:24:54 -0000 FRIENDS! http://meesparker.multiply.com/photos/album/20/FRIENDS Sat, 10 May 2008 11:21:09 -0000 Dreaming... <img class="alignright" src="http://www.ezthemes.com/previews/c/cinderellaandprincec.jpg" border="0">Lately I’ve been contemplating this idea of the standard of living.  This generation seems to feed off of living in the ambiguity of mediocrity, of aiming for the expectation level, of drawing satisfaction from just getting by... It seems like we’ve stopped dreaming and have settled for much too short of the fairytale... maybe ending up with the coachman instead of the prince (I’m not advocating that the coachman never get a girl, okay...)  But we’ve trained ourselves to think this way so never get hurt or run the risk of being...ouch...disappointed... Anyway, this is not exclusive to meeting our ’S.O.’ (significant other).  We’ve been conditioned with this capped expectation level in our careers, lifestyles, even friendships... To an extent, it seems like this generation has been starved of hope and possibility to the point that it’s stopped trying…like that picture of the elephant held in captivity that’s leg is tied up...eventually without even having a rope on ... http://meesparker.multiply.com/journal/item/4/Dreaming... Wed, 9 Apr 2008 21:04:08 -0000 Holiday Party 2007 A night at the O-Lounge (club) to honor and thank all of our Youth, College, & Young Adult Leaders... The owner of the club committed her life to God this year and is now passionate to reach out to people in the bar and club scene, including her workers :) http://meesparker.multiply.com/photos/album/18/Holiday_Party_2007 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:40:06 -0000 Halloween Party '07 FYI...i was a harajuku girl...not a gangsta... ;) haha... Gosh...what an exhausting http://meesparker.multiply.com/photos/album/17/Halloween_Party_07 Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:58:34 -0000 Homeward Bound.... <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RxewYAoKCngAABViVbs1"></a><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RxewYAoKCngAABViVbs1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.meesparker.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RxewYAoKCngAABViVbs1/PoipuBeachPark060419brightacropped2.jpg?et=IPrHY1InOilLkHzYfBi%2BnQ" border="0"></a>One of the most surprising elements of my trip to Kauai this time around, and quite possibly, the only reason that I truly appreciate the 11 days that I’m here, is the fact that I believe I’ve finally found my home…on Oahu :).  It’s crowded, there’s too much traffic, and stupid random black trucks stop in the middle of dark side streets only to be hit by usually very cautious, unsuspecting drivers…yes, it’s true, beware!  <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/wink.png">  Yet strangely enough, I kind of like it now. Anyway, for the past three years plus, I’ve been traveling the world (well, mainly just the west coast and Hawaii), in and out of school, back and forth between houses, roommates, jobs, churches, and wardrobes (I don’t mind that part), and never really knowing where my “home” is.  And even though home is such an ambiguous term (you know, ’home is where the heart is,’ ‘my home is in heaven,’ ‘there’s no<a href="http://meesparker.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RxewYAoKCngAABViVbs1"></a> place like home’) …realistically, home hasn’t been a term that I could identify with, quite possibl... http://meesparker.multiply.com/journal/item/3/Homeward_Bound.... Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:23:07 -0000 The meaning of MY name? <h4>malia</h4> Sensitive and emotional you are highly intuitive and have a wonderful imagination. The instinctive impressions which you receive about people and situations are usually accurate and mean that you can rarely be misled. You have healing and counselling abilities which can help to alleviate the suffering of others. Your loyalty, integrity and belief in life means that you are much admired and assured of many friends. Yes, I'm a little bit of a skeptic...but I can flow...the description sounded like my job so i have no arguments... So here it is if you wanna check yours out too ;) <a href="http://www.bostonuk.com/name_meanings.php">http://www.bostonuk.com/name_meanings.php</a> http://meesparker.multiply.com/journal/item/2/The_meaning_of_MY_name Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:51:35 -0000 UH Football Weather makes all the difference when you're sitting in an outdoor stadium... but despite the rain and wind in this second home football game, it was still http://meesparker.multiply.com/photos/album/14/UH_Football Mon, 8 Oct 2007 11:38:00 -0000 What a "Super" Service ;) I wanted to add to the collection...more to come! This Super Service was about being "Made...God's Way." http://meesparker.multiply.com/photos/album/12/What_a_Super_Service_ Tue, 2 Oct 2007 06:37:56 -0000 A must read... “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end of the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” -Theodore Roosevelt I just liked this quote and i wanted to see how this blog thing http://meesparker.multiply.com/journal/item/1/A_must_read... Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:07:38 -0000 Thailand & Laos 2007 http://meesparker.multiply.com/photos/album/6/Thailand_Laos_2007 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:50:22 -0000 World Conference '07, Manila Aww...Can't wait to go http://meesparker.multiply.com/photos/album/4/World_Conference_07_Manila Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:32:37 -0000 Fun Stuff! Random stuff from here and http://meesparker.multiply.com/photos/album/2/Fun_Stuff Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:37:06 -0000