#Pray4Togo

Hi Friends! The pastor is still being held in prison in Togo. 😦 Please: Join the Seventh-day Adventist world church in prayer and fasting for two Adventists imprisoned in Togo. Pastor Antonio Monteiro and church member Bruno Amah have been falsely detained for eight months. Even though there is no evidence of guilt, the menContinue reading “#Pray4Togo”

Week survival

By: Gabriela Yareliz This week was absolutely insane. When I mean insane, I mean: finishing an oral argument at 10 p.m. at school (but thank God, owning it), that night having to read two briefs and an oral argument, 95 pages each (and it had to be that night thanks to the professor sending usContinue reading “Week survival”

Favorite French Women

By: Gabriela Yareliz Growing up a Francophile made me pay attention to the culture, food, music but also the women who were iconic. My favorite French women: 1] Marion Cotillard-because she is pure brilliance, passion and achievement (and her hair is always amazing). 2] Juliette Binoche-because she is a powerful and real performer. She canContinue reading “Favorite French Women”

This Week’s Picks: March 17, 2013

By: Gabriela Yareliz Hello dear friends! Tomorrow, the adventure begins. I have every minute of my time mapped out because Mondays are terrible. I am going to have a 4 a.m.-9p.m. day doing law school stuff because of oral arguments and the contracts make-up class (which makes me want to cry). Yesterday and today wereContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: March 17, 2013”

Stephen Colbert’s ineffableness….

By: Gabriela Yareliz “I like that ineffable thing, cause I then get to say: I can’t explain it– I am right, though…I am ineffable about everything.” Stephen Colbert, aka: The Catholic, in conversation with John Sexton. As oral arguments approach:

Daniel’s secret

“Daniel’s clearness of mind and firmness of purpose, his power in acquiring knowledge and in resisting temptation, were due in a great degree to the plainness of his diet, in connection with his life of prayer…” Youth’s Instructor, July 9, 1903, Ellen G. White