Today’s Highs and Lows

I play the mother role in our musical. There are quite a lot of lines to say. I feel a little pressure from it. But I’m much more concerned about the solo parts of the songs. Although I was a member of my high school’s chorus, my voice often cracks. Especially in the high singing range, like my solo parts. Maybe I’m not using the right part of my body to sing. Thus I’m afraid of not singing well. I hope I can do it better than today by practicing late. That was the low part of today.

The high part was Thanksgiving, I really liked the decoration, the food, and the atmosphere of Thanksgiving. And when we were sharing our thankful things, I was really grateful for what God had given to us.

Pearl Lin
Team 4

“Dinner at the Greenlaws” by Charlie Wang
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A Taste of Oklahoma

Although we seldom go out, I still have some feelings about Oklahoma. Here is hotter than Taiwan, but Taiwan is much wetter I think. THe distance of every house is really far. So the living environment is great. If I want to move to another city, maybe Oklahoma will be the perfect choice. I still remembered that we went to see the capital of Oklahoma last Saturday. It’s really special that something hidden under the ground, such as oil and golden car.

After that, we went to Pops to get a bottle of pops that we like. There are hundreds of pops there. It’s a special place that I’ve never been before. I think we will still stay here for more than one week, maybe I’ll find more special and interesting things of Oklahoma.

Tina Cheng
Team 5
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Weekend Adventures

The first weekend of VOICE/TESOL was jam-packed with loads of activity. We started off with an ethnic twist at the Greenlaw house for a delicious Romanian dinner of sarmale (cabbage rolls), mamaliga (polenta), and tocanita (tomato sauce with chicken) made by an authentic Romanian cook, Mrs. Stefana Copu. Games followed.

Saturday gave the VOICE students a chance to catch up on a bit of sleep in the morning followed by a guided tour of the capitol building of Oklahoma by Audra King (anecdotes included). Pops was the next great stop where the VOICE/TESOL students put a dent into their infamous hoard of 502 different “pops” (or sodas, if you prefer). I had sarsaparilla pop which tasted just like root beer.

Sunday’s highlight, after church and the mall, was a scavenger hunt in the Town of Brick (commonly known as Brick Town) to find 10 of the greater land marks/sights of interest and in teams, take a creative picture of it. The winner of the contest is yet to be announced.

All in all, it was an eventful, refreshing, exciting weekend. The highlight for me was getting time to meet and get to know my fellow classmates, the VOICE students, and staff. God bless and good night.

Rebecca Copu
TESOL / Team 5

“Pops-happy” by Katie Pleckham
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My Journey to the USA

It is a special opportunity coming here with the VOICE. I hope I can learn the knowledge of Bible and the skill of listening to God’s voice.

Like what the Bible said, “The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.” So I decide to sacrifice myself to the LORD and follow His Will.

It will be an exciting journey with VOICE in USA. I hope I can see many things I have not seen before, and also make good friends here.

Eyes opened by God consists of a real journey in our life. Through the opened eyes we can find new angles to things and get amazing surprises! Now, I can’t wait to see what will happen in coming time.

Zoe Ting
Team 4

“Zoe’s audition” by Nichole Simpson

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3…2…1… VOICE 2009 is about to begin!

This year’s staff is preparing busily for our sixth annual VOICE conference which begins tomorrow– July 16!

Pray for the TESOL students who begin class tomorrow morning.
Pray for the VOICE students from Taiwan and Hong Kong who will be arriving in the evening.
Stay tuned for more updates!
“Staff Orientation” by Karen Kallberg
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