Heart Speak

Warning: Sappy-ness alert

These lyrics speak my heart right now:

Look at me (by Carrie Underwood)

I would bet my life like I bet my heart
That you were the one, baby
I've never been so sure of anything before
You're driving my heart crazy

I can't hold out
I can't hold back now
Like I've done before

Darling look at me
I've fallen like a fool for you
Darling can't you see
I'd do anything you want me to

I tell myself I'm in too deep
Then I fall a little farther
Every time you look at me

How do you do that, babe?
Make me feel like I'm the only girl alive for you
I don't know what it is that makes me fall like this
First time in your arms I knew

The way you held me
I knew that this could be
What I've been waiting to find

Darling look at me
I've fallen like a fool for you
Darling can't you see
I'd do anything you want me to

I tell myself I'm gettin' in too deep
Then I fall a little farther
Every time you look at me

A National Anthem

In six days we leave for a two-week mission trip to Lesotho. As a 4th grader at the local British primary school, I learned to play the Lesotho National Anthem on my recorder. I can still play it. Today I looked it up to see if I remembered the words correctly (and I wasn't too bad through the first verse and chorus). Here it is for my ghost readers:

LESŌTHŌ FATŠE LA BONTAT'A RŌNA

Lesōthō fatše la bo ntat'a rōna;

Ha ra mafatše le letle ke lona;

Ke moo re hlahileng,

ke moo re hōlileng,

Rea lerata,

Mōlimō ak'u bōlōke Lesōthō;

U felise lintoa le matšoenyeho;

Oho fatše lena;

La bo ntata rōna;

Le be le khotso.

English translation:

Lesotho, land of our Fathers,

Among the lands it is the most beautiful.

It is where we were born,

It is where we grew up--

We love it.

God, please protect Lesotho.

Spare it conflict, and tribulation--

Oh, this land,

Land of our Fathers,

May it have peace.

The lyrics were written by François Coillard, a French missionary, and the music was composed by Ferdinand-Samuel Laur. It has been used as the national anthem since 1967.