rachelanna.com

Dear Friends and Family,

My site has been updated and retrofitted, thanks to my loving brother, Gabriel Serafini (check out his site at serafinistudios.com). I am very grateful for this update.
Thanks Gabriel!!

Whats new in my life? Nathan, my fiancee, moved out to the Bay Area in the beginning of July and moved into his own new apartment in Fremont, CA a few weeks ago. He is loving his new job, a small consulting tech firm that assists Novell and Microsoft clients (businesses and schools) with their networking problems and projects.

I am working as a live-in nurse in Palo Alto, as I have been since mid-June.

In my last post, I announced my engagement, and said that we might get married in April. We have moved that to June 9, 2007 so that all members of our families can be there. (My step-dad is tremendously busy doing taxes in April and the preceeding months leading up to it, and June 2nd, the day that Nathan proposed, happens to be the Upper School Graduation day, and Nathan’s Dad supervises Food Service at the Upper School. June 9th it is, and we are looking forward to it!

On the rare chance that I get a Friday or Saturday night off, then I like to go either folk or contra dancing, and Nathan joins me every once in a while. I also get a thrill (still) riding my bicycle and enjoy taking walks.
Thank you, Readers, for patiently waiting for this entry which has been a long time coming, and I joyously welcome comments!

Much love and best wishes to you,

Rachel McVey (Robertson)

Dear Friends,

I have some happy news to share with you all. I am engaged!! Nathan J. Robertson (a school friend from years back) and I have been cooresponding for a few months now and not a day has passed that we haven’t exchanged several emails and called each other, in addition to hours spent on skype (free phone calls over the internet). I visited him in St. Louis for a few days in May, and he came to CA to visit me in June. Our priorities in life are the same: honesty, integrity, and love towards our fellow brothers and sisters. He is a Christian Scientist, just like me, and is interested in keeping that an important aspect of our life together, as am I.

We are currently thinking of marriage next spring, possibly April, marking one year from when we reconnected (online).

My best wishes to all friends out there and God bless you!!

Sincerely,

Rachel McVey Robertson (soon to be)

love you all!!

I pray that the world will acknowledge that indeed, as the founder of The Christian Science Monitor, Mary Baker Eddy said, “Truth is always the victor” and “Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and bestowals.”

http://csmonitor.com/lib/backgrounders/readersWrite/jillCarroll/jillCarroll_readersWrite.html?s=yv2
(Copy and paste link to read other prayers from around the world for Ms. Carroll.)

Just looking at these prayers from all over the world regardless of religion, denomination or sect: such love pouring out from hearts acknowledging God’s (Life’s, Truth’s, Love’s) protection for each of his precious ideas (men, women, and children).

Truth is always the victor, and this prayer-fact is reliable. We can stand on this rock of truth. Paul’s supporters prayed for his release and Paul was delivered. Daniel on God to shut the lion’s mouths, and the lions could not touch him–they weren’t even tempted too! Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego weren’t touched by the furnace. They walked through it, but not even the smell of fire was left upon them. Evil, error cannot stand up to Truth. Error and evil must always be destroyed by Truth.

My hope for today is that persons around the world read these prayers and recognize that we have more in common (Life, Truth, Love) than we can imagine.

My prayer for today is that the persons around the world, the captors, the hostages, and pray-ers and onlookers realize that good, God, Love, truly is the only power and that evil has only the illusion of power.