My new friend Andrea!

I made a friend at school, her name is Andrea and she is awesome. Almost every morning we both get to school earlier than we need to (out of habit from the beginning of the year when we DID need to get there early) and we sit and chat for like 10 minutes before staff devotions! It's basically just social time for me and her before we are with students and everyone else all day.

Anyways, she listens to Greg and Fernando on Movin' 99.7 every morning on her way to school and at the beginning of the year she told me about how awesomely funny they were and would tell me about "the good, the bad and the ugly, the three stories you need to know to get into the day". So, of course, I started listening to Greg and Fernando because Andrea listens to them. :) And now our 10 minute conversations before devotions often start with what Greg and Fernando were talking about.

The week before school got out for christmas break, Andrea told me that Greg and Fernando are going to be at the Safeway for a food drive in San Jose on Friday (the last day of school) and asked if I wanted to go visit them. Of course I said YES. I could put faces to the people I listen to every morning. The only way we could go though was to wake up and see them at 6AM so that we could make it back in time for school/morning staff devotions at 7:30AM.

So we went. And it was so awesome. I felt really creepy because 1) we woke up so early, 2) we drove a good 30 minutes and 3) I feel like we know Greg and Fernando just by listening to them every morning but they definitely don't know us.

It wasn't that awkward though and we got free t-shirts, mugs and stickers. They talked to us for a while and then we got starbucks at safeway, said goodbye and left.

Then we listened to see if they would mention us (because they had been mentioning people that dropped by all morning). They could have said that two school teachers came down to the food drive, or that two girls named Andrea and Sommer came to say hello. But NOTHING! We got no recognition. So lame.

I just wanted my name on the radio Greg.

Fernando, I talked to you for a good 5 minutes and gave you gold, GOLD (in terms of funny stories you could tell). But no. It's alright though, atleast we got to meet them and we got free stuff and starbucks (which was much needed after waking up so early and to sustain us through the entire last day of school before break.)

I'm glad I have a friend that will do these things with me at school.

Psalm 13 and this season of the Nunans lives!

I feel like Psalm 13 speaks greatly to this season of my (and Michael's) life right now. I heard it in a bible study I went to and couldn't believe how much it expressed what I have been feeling.

I know God has wanted us here in Redwood City but God definitely took/is taking his time in showing us how exactly he is going to use us here. I love that it says, "restore the sparkle to my eyes." I can't tell you how many people have described me a sparkler, bubbly, bright, etc. But it's been so hard. It's like this ongoing battle to keep trying to trust that God has a plan for us here and that he will take care of that cell phone bill even though we totally don't have money for that. Or that God will pay for the tires that Michael needs on his car even though we don't have an extra $400 lying around. Or that God will provide a job for me in the Spring.

But at the same time, this season has been so sweet because I have seen God work through and grow Michael and me in ways I haven't before. Since we don't really have anything else, we have been forced to rely on God and it's so awesome how he has provided every bill and every need. Like the random check from a year ago that I found in the shed from Michael's last job that payed for the cell phone bill. Or the $400 in christmas money we got to pay for Michael's tires. Or the job that God provided for me in the spring so that I can continue to work at King's not only teaching math but also teaching health to 8th grade girls.
After connecting with a lot of the 8th grade girls this semester in Geometry, I felt a little sad that I wasn't going to see them again. But now I not only get to see them, but I get to teach/discuss how they are beautifully and uniquely made in His image and can be confident and claim that truth! So awesome! What a blessing!

It is just so sweet how God has taken care of every step of the way and I can now claim His promises in confidence. I love that during this harder time in our lives that our "roots are going deep" (as my friend Helen puts it) and that we will come out of this with such a strong confidence for future hard times and could possibly help encourage others facing the same struggles.


Psalm 13

For the choir director: A psalm of David.

1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever?
How long will you look the other way?
2 How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,
with sorrow in my heart every day?
How long will my enemy have the upper hand?
3 Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!
Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
4 Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!”
Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.

5 But I trust in your unfailing love.
I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
6 I will sing to the Lord
because he is good to me.


As a fun sidenote:
For Christmas Michael got me a necklace that has two hearts on it. One side of one heart says "love, Michael" and the other side says "Psalm 13". So sweet! Then he said that he got a free jewelry box with it and they told him they can engrave something on it. So on top of the box it says, "Real Fancy". SO AWESOME! I love it.

I have noticed...

I have a lot of pictures of me eating various things...










Michael is the culprit for taking such pictures.









This last one I wasn't even drinking anything. Just pretending I was drinking... Oh man.. it's gotten REAL bad!

B-Per

So I decided I wanted to post the top 10 reasons why I heart my sister-in-law/favorite friend Becky so much!


10. She married my brother and gave birth to my awesome nephew, Luke, who I love!






9. She will wear "Team" anything with me.











8. She is proud to be a Perry



7. She loves anything associated with Tigers and UOP



6. She is apart of the fellowship of the hood and is on TEAM BRITNEY!





5. She will point to something, hold an object, jump, give a certain look or dress up just to make the picture more FUN














4. She loves Starbucks, The Office and Target as much as I do





3. She inspires me to be more athletic, more stylish and just cuter in general






2. She loves libraries and vegetables with faces.





1. She completes our family!

I don't know why I love Marcel the Shell so much but I think I could watch it 1,000 times :)

Feeding the Toothless

I have wanted to give the homeless people I see around town something when I drive/walk by, so I bought a box of granola bars to keep in my car and hand out. The first day I saw a man outside of Trader Joes. I said hello and asked if he was hungry offering up the granola bar. Surprising to me he said, "No Thanks" and I was disappointed in not being able to help in the way I wanted to (which sounds ridiculous when I write that sentence).
A week later I went back to Trader Joe's and saw the same man. I thought I would offer my granola bars but I expected him to deny me once again. But instead he explained that he couldn't have it because he didn't have enough teeth to chew the hard granola bar.
So I bought something softer and easier to chew for this man. (Which I got the idea from my friend Melia who has been doing this for years). Svenharts pastries. They sell a big pack at Costco for $12. I am pretty sure they are not nearly as nutritious as granola bars but at least he won't be hungry for a good hour or so until all the sugar burns off! Needless to say, I'm really excited to see the man this week!