Almost Home After A Slow Week!

March 3, 2010

This has been a fun but slow week. I leave for home in only 4 days as of now and it is truly killing me! I just want to blink my eyes and be home but noooooooo I need to wait 4 more days, then a gross long plane ride, and another plane ride. I honestly shouldn’t be complaining. I am going home and some of the kids here would kill to be in my place. I guess this is also talked about in the bible when they said “to wait on the Lord’’ haha. Well the Lord does have the best timing! I can’t wait for my mom’s wedding! Hopefully I will be giving a speech at the reception. I have been praying about what to say and I have one goal. GOAL: Make her crap up laughing with a tear here and there! She is basically my hero in my life and I want to make sure this wedding is nothing better than perfect for her!

On the 1^st of this month was one of my best friend’s birthday! She is 20!! Woohoo! We went to Momma Rosa’s (which is owned by a Christian and has the best pizza around) and we collected money for this awesome cake! A good amount of people showed up.. around 20 or so. We had an awesome time and I personally ate more than I could handle. I split a calzone with Gabe (which is a little more than half the size of a pizza pie here), some fries, coke, and we actually wound up splitting the cake. When I say split I mean I licked the knife and he ate the cake, but trust me this is better because the last thing I needed was this amazing cake!! It was a fun day and probably the most interesting since we came back from our vacation in Pichi (down south Argentina). Literally it has been hard with days consisting of sleep, eat, class, eat, work, eat. Don’t get me wrong me and the girls try to spice it up with a soccer game or a run at night. I personally prefer the running cuz I’m pretty much the worst soccer player imaginable. Rugby is def the sport I was made for. I am not upset about this free time, I just want to be a good steward of my time. The mornings have been the best. I get up around 6:45, take a shower, put on whatever is near, go to the Lunch room and read my bible for a whole hour before breakfast and after breakfast I read for about another hour. It’s like a thirst that cannot be quenched sometimes. I also made a decision this summer during camp that every time I spend an hour in watching TV or movie I will read for an hour. I mean if you think about it, it is the only right thing to do. We let the world feed our minds when really we need to let the Word of God fill and feed us. I mean it is the only sufficient thing that can fill our hunger. Anyway between the weeks I had in Pichi and this week I have watched more movies then I have ever seen in the last 2 years of my life so therefore the more Bible I read the more I am learning and not only learning but the better I feel!

So home in a week, my mom’s wedding in another week, and a week after that of babysitting my crazy siblings! Let’s just say I am going to need to be in the word more than ever! Some things “my readers” could be praying for are a couple of things…

1st - That I will continue growing and understanding more about the Bible and what the Lord wants for me in my life.

2^nd – The Lord will provide the money I need to be in Argentina until December. I am also praying about maybe attending Liberty.

3^rd- When I am home that He will use me as a light not only to my friends and outsiders but more importantly my family.

There are so many more I could list but these are my top three as of now. I will try to keep you updated as best I can while I am home but with a lot of the craziness it will be hard. Please keep me in prayer and if there is anything I can be praying for you for let me know.