Tonight is the last night in the house that I grew up in. All of my bags are packed for the next adventure - living out of a suit case for the next month and a half. My thoughts are overwhelming me ( Read more... )

27 days until I am out of the country. Which means that I've got 26 days left at home. The first count down makes me happy. The second makes me rather sad ( Read more... )

First day on the job was fun. I enjoyed being handed the keys and alarm system password to the church. It was a little overwhelming being told exactly what I am going to be up to this summer - and that will be pretty much eating, sleeping, and breathing children/youth ministry! I worked all day today, I have to work most of the day tomorrow, yep ( Read more... )

I just got done with my last set of mosquito salivary glands until the end of September ( Read more... )

I did not get a chance to say good bye. And I am not sure if I am glad or not. Even if I would have went home, I still wouldnt have made it on time. She died at around 6:30 this morning. Thank God that she didnt have to suffer for long. It was only three weeks ago that we found out that she had cancer. And last week, after the surgery, they ( Read more... )

This weekend was far better than I could have ever wanted. I did not want to go on the trip. I was stressed out and had way more "important" things to do. But the weekend turned out way way better. There is still a lot to do, but I am, once again, excited to be here at SPU. There is a twinge of sadness - it is weird being surrounded by 70 girls ( Read more... )

He he he ( Read more... )

Things are great. Life is hard. I love it. I am growing - stronger and stronger each day - and it is amazing. This feeling is... hard to describe. I feel on top of the world, yet at the bottom of a pit at the same time (but I am on top because I am at the bottom). Everything is before me and all I get to do is sit and wait for everything to ( Read more... )

Silence
Mountains
In between two bushes
Trouble
Talking with God
Enveloped
Nothing but trouble

Beauty doesnt even begin to describe today ( Read more... )