1 我若能说万人的方言，并天使的话语，却没有爱，我就成了鸣的锣，响的钹一般。
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
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到了美国6个月了，还是很多不知道的东西。那天Loui告诉我们怎样发邮件，原来是在邮箱里放着就行了，但是要把邮箱的红旗举起来，让邮递员看见。我们一直都用CIU的邮箱，所以6个月都不知道还可以这样做，我还一直找邮局呢，就是找不到。
after 6 months in US, there are still many things unknown. Only two weeks ago, Loui told me how to use the mailbox to send mail – I need to raise the little flag to tell mailman to pick the mails. We use CIU mail box, so we did not know it before. and I was trying to find a mail box on the street. 🙂
还有就是开车的问题，我都已经开了差不多1万英里了（×1.7=公里），但是第一次路考还是挂了。我好多年没有考试失败过，所以感觉相当不爽。特别Loui陪我去了两次DMV，第一次没有准备好材料，第二次出去就回来了。因为我的驾驶技术基本自学成才，偶尔Emma指导我一下，但是倒车的技术全然是错误的。标准技术是向右边肩后望过去，但是emma因为身材娇小，所以她是采用从左边看。我学习了这种技术，考试的时候倒车路线就像芙蓉姐姐的pos，考官马上把我拒了，而且要等两周。重新学习技术中。
The other thing is driving. I have driven around 10,000 miles, but I still failed the first road test. I could not back drive straightly. After test, the tester told me that I should look back through my right shoulder, but I did it oppositely. Why? I was self-educated, and Emma was my example. As she is tiny and could not look on the road, so she has to look around the mirror. Oh God! I need to wait a while now.
我有点郁闷，就去参加pineview的cookout。遇见我的邻居Longe，谈到DR.Larkin的Acts to Revelation特别难，我说我好像过了。他就问，你是幸免遇难吗？我说，不是，我是拿到A了。不过我不知道哪里查询成绩。Longe就说，去网站的某处可以看。
So there was a cookout at pineview. My neighbor Longe told me that acts to rev is very difficult, but I said I passed. He said, you meant you survived? No, I just thought I got a A. So Longe told me to check it.
于是上去一看，原来真的是A。另一门系统神学2也是A，剩下一门先知书是A-。结果都出乎意料，朴弟兄说CIU的分数很容易拿，看来不错。我可不想全A毕业，被教授说一句你一定要拿个C，生命才能成长。
And I checked, it is A. Systematic Theology 2 is also A, but Porphets is A-, which is good. For I don’t want to get all A graduated, and heard my professor saying that I need a C to grow up.
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下学期的课程是希腊文，福音书，系统神学1，如果可能，还要学习一门诗篇。不过Emma还没有拿到学生签证，所以她可能修不了这么多课，所以我还可能换我要学习的课程，现在说不一定。
Next semester will be greek, gospels, systematic theology 1, and if possible, psalms. But emma did not get her F1 viva yet, so she may not take 3 classes, and I may pick one from hers. Hard to say.
但是希腊文是一定要学习的，大纲上一看，Dr.dixon要求买Logos软件的Original Language数据库，一下就是200多美元，心痛呀！没办法，还是买了。一大堆各种希腊文，希伯来文，亚兰文，叙利亚文的手稿。以前想买也下不了手的，现在都买了。呵呵。
But greek is for sure. syllabus says we need to buy Logos Original language Library by Dr. Dixon, over 200 dollars, what a pain! so I bought it. so many greek, hebrew, aramaic, Syriac, and many other manuscripts, which i can entertain myself for the rest of my life.
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爸妈去了西部旅游，今天第一天。中午1点给我电话，已经在旅游公司的大巴上，不过还在城里转悠，没有出门。他们或者会知道还是自驾游会舒服一些。
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David最近一睡就是12个小时，从晚上11点到中午12点，中途起来吃奶换尿布。下午他会小睡一会儿，其他时间就不睡了。现在头可以抬很高了。最近在整理他的旧照片，还没有整理好。
中午出门的时候，小路上出现了一条蛇。它没有攻击我，我也懒得逮了它扔到酒瓶里。（CIU不许喝酒。）黄牧师说，不要钓湖里的鳖，因为没有鳖就会有蛇出现。我想了想，也许鳖不怕蛇咬，蛇也吞不下它，倒是它可能偷蛇的蛋吃吧。
there is a snake on the road to CIU.