Monday, July 27, 2009

One week left...

I have one week before I leave WSCF for a month. I am sure I'll still come back to the office during that month, but I won't be here every day. I'll be here maybe twice. Just a few days, mostly for parties either welcoming or going away.

I am planning to take the time in August to really learn French. I enrolled in the class a few days ago and it feels good. I begin next Monday. Next Monday I am going to take this class, I am going to brush up on my French this week to make sure that I test into the right level on the first day. I feel like I am doing something that I have wanted to do for a long time and something that is good for me and my future. It's strange to think about the future.

On a personal note, I had a wonderful weekend. I went to CERN where I learned how physics will destroy the world. Not really, but they are building a 27 mile circumference atom smashing machine. Basically underneath all of Geneva is this huge tube that will re-create the conditions present at the Big Bang, which is the current theory for how the Universe came to be. Sounds cool, no? It is really cool, but actually going there was sort of boring. We went down and saw an old experiment. The experiment was active from 1989-2000. It was where they were looking for the little things that are smaller than the neutrons and protons that make up atoms. It really looked like the "science" places you see in the movies. All the big wires everywhere; the man with the German accent who doesn't look directly into your eyes; giant wheels that refract things etc, etc. I am very glad I went, but I am not sure how much I actually understood.

I also went to a La Servette game. They are the Geneva soccer team (aka football to most of the world). They won and we had good fun watching them. After we sang karaoke at a Chinese Restaurant. Possibly, one of the funnest nights out in Geneva. Karaoke should always be that fun. Usually it is just a little tormenting.

I also have a prayer request. As I am spending all this time thinking about my future, I need to think about where God is calling me. Please pray that I can see and hear what God is telling me while I am searching for my vision of the future.

2 comments:

  1. Thinking of you and remembering you in my prayers. Hope you enjoy the French class - do you read for pleasure yet in French - it took me a long time - butI could lend you some books in French if you want. St Exupéry's Terre des hommes is very good - very different to Le Petit Price

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  2. did they let you take pictures while you were at CERN? i love physics experiments. if they find the higgs boson there (which they were planning to do this year, but the machinery broke down and its being fixed) then it might make the front pages, which usually doesnt happen for science news stories.

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