DECEMBER 11

so wow, these last 3 weeks have been CRAZY. we did 3 weeks of the Go Pass It On tour (gopassiton.org). To be honest, going into it, I wasn’t excited at all. 3 weeks in country towns sleeping on the floor and playing with kids did not sound very fun. however, I knew God would build my character, and he certainly did.

WEEK 1
the tour kicked off in beaudesert. all the girls were sleeping in a room about 4 times the size of my bedroom at home. i’m talking about 35 girls, all basically spooning because of how crowded we were. not to mention there was one shower-15 minutes of a walk away, and we weren’t allowed to go after it got dark...i think i showered 2 times that week. my team went into schools and did a lot of “R.E.” classes (religious education). we also had an after school program where we set up a huge inflatable soccer field and painted faces and had coloring played with kids. putting up/taking down the soccer field was super exhausting. we also had different meals to prep/clean up throughout the week. thankfully, we got 1 day off that week and my team all went swimming together and it was just a good day to be able to relax.

WEEK 2
on to boonah. we got there about 1 am saturday night, and we were all sleeping in the floor of a church. we did have more space, but there were also more ants... we had to wake up at about 5 am to get dressed to go to different churches in the morning and to pack up all our stuff and get out of the church we were sleeping in for their own service. oh, and this is where i started to get sick. by this morning, i lost my voice. me and 3 other people went to a church together. on our way, one of the guys we were with jokingly prayed that someone from the church would invite us over to lunch. after that church ended, this family invited us over for lunch! :) they fed us an amazing meal and it was truly SUCH a blessing to be in a home. they also set mattresses out in their living room and just let us lay down and relax for a bit! God not only answers prayers, but answers them in abundance :) we got back to the church and i definitely needed a nap. i was feeling so sick. i definitely caught a cold. i ended up sleeping about 22 hours and even missed monday’s day activities. monday night, we got together to pray for the town. my group was praying for the high schoolers. there was this skatepark not too far from the tent, so we went and prayed in it, and then to the high school. it was really good, we got to declare God over that area and just pray for love and peace for the kids who skate there.

on tuesday, during our after school activities, one of the leaders asked a couple of us to pray for something else that we could do for the activities. God gave me this really great idea to have a “princess” table- a table for little girls to go and have their hair braided and nails painted. also, he gave me the idea to make bracelets with letter beads- and have each kid choose a fruit of the spirit and put that on the bracelet. such a good idea from God and we made it happen!

also, on tuesday, i felt like God was telling me to go over to the skatepark. so i did. i sat there for about 20 minutes, super awkwardly. then i went over and started talking to the kids there and just kind of introduced myself and started building relationships with the kids. they were super friendly and it was awesome to get to know them. throughout the week, different YWAM-ers went over to the skatepark to talk to them and invite them to the tent each night...they were nice, but hardly any of them came.

friday was my birthday! :) in the morning, i woke up, showered, and had a quiet time. during that, i told God that this day is his. my life is not my own, but his. it didnt matter if anyone acknowledged my birthday or not, because i know how much i mean to Him. i went to the kitchen and started cutting some fruit for breakfast. after i had done that, i looked up and Paige Motz (fellow Texan) made me some breakfast tacos and wrote me a letter for my birthday! they were SO GOOD. after breakfast, i went to where my sleeping bag was at and there were so many letters! i started opening them but i couldnt read them without crying...this is why. ever since i was little, i always expected my birthday to be a big deal. i always wanted friends to do things for me, but they never did. i always ended up disappointed on my birthday. on this day, however, i set no expectations but just gave it completely up to God. yet God loves me so freaking much that he did this for me. it’s really cool that in YWAM, none of us have money, so all the presents are letters and things we make and our favorite foods. It’s truly incredible the friends he has blessed me with. It took me so much time to read all the letters because of all the happy tears coming down! SO OVERWHELMING. i’ve seriously never had better friends, EVER. and these are girls i know i can trust my entire life with. SO BLESSED.

on friday night, during worship, i was outside of the tent. these kids from the skate park came up to me and asked what i was doing. i kind of got to share why i worship God and a bit of my testimony, and that was awesome in itself! i’m not too sure how it happened, but me and Jonny (fellow ywam-er) ended up in the skatepark talking to these two guys. it was amazing that God placed Jonny and I together in this situation. me and him were both able to share our testimonies and bounce off one another. we got to share the difference between religion and having a relationship with Christ, and how Christ has worked so evidently in both of our lives. i could definitely tell that these kids were hungry to know more. one started talking about christians healing people and how it was bogus. he then told us about how he had gotten surgery in his knee a little while back and that there are metal pieces in it. his name was casey. he said that with every step, there is cricking and pain. Jonny and I asked if we could pray for it, and he actually let us. we warned him it might be weird, but he let us. we prayed for it, and asked him to get up and walk. no pain, no cricking! we had to go, but HOW FREAKING CRAZY COOL!!!!

The best part was that this was all on my birthday! that i didnt expect anything great for my birthday, but just told God that my life is his and he can do whatever he wants with it. yet he loves me enough to bless me in the morning and make me feel so loved, yet also at night he let me be a light to share the love of Jesus as well as heal casey!

on saturday night, i went over to the skatepark and invited everyone over to the tent again. i saw casey there and asked him how his knee was. he said there was no pain at all, and no cricking! PRAISE JESUS! Jonny asked him to come hang out at the tent, but he said he was about to be going to a party so he couldnt.

later that night, i was so frustrated. i wanted to talk to more people from the skatepark, but i didnt want to be annoying and go over there AGAIN. so i prayed that God would send them over to the tent. that they would come and have questions and that God would give me all the answers, and that my words would not be my own but would come directly from Him. not even 30 seconds after praying, i look over and 2 of the skater kids were standing a couple feet away. i went up and started talking to them. they said that casey told them about his knee and wanted to know more about it. i sat down with them two and started answering all their questions! just then, casey walks up!!! he wasn’t even supposed to be there, he was supposed to be at a party yet God sent him over! i asked him if he wanted to know more about the God who healed his knee and he said no. he didn’t care about God at all but was just happy he was healed and didnt have pain anymore. he sat down next to the two boys and listened. i also got to share my testimony and how God has worked in my life! it was so cool because i didnt know a lot of answers to all their different questions, but the holy spirit just spoke through me and answered them all! i got to share about God’s crazy amounts of love and the difference between religion and christianity. it was almost time to go, so i asked them if they wanted to receive Christ and experience the joy i have in my heart that comes from God and accept the forgiveness that Jesus offers us through the cross. they all 3 said yes and became saved, even casey! cool thing is, right when we prayed with them to receive Christ, a Christian girl from the community walked up. i was able to connect them so that they would have a church to go to and other Christians to lean on. they were so excited and we got to give them Bibles and contact details and they want to hang out in Brisbane with us and skype and have so many more questions to ask! praise Jesus that he used that one healing to bring people to the kingdom! and if just those 3 stay on fire for God, they will impact all their friends and it will be a revolution!

WEEK 3 we physically ran from Boonah to Warwick (80 km). we would drop off a runner, drive 4 km and then wait for them to get to the bus...this took about 8 hours but it’s all part of what the pass it on tour stands for. those 8 hours were filled with heat, and flies. we had a lot of R.E. classes again, and no free time at all. we also had after school care everyday. I actually got to meet this girl. she is about 7 months pregnant, and stuck in a really terrible situation with a man who treats her terribly and no family to run to. i met her monday night, and on tuesday morning i felt like God was telling me to write her a letter. so i did, and finally saw her on wednesday evening. she said she had been looking for me and wanting to hang out. that night she told me about her situation she was in, and i gave her the letter. it was crazy because the letter was about how valuable and beautiful she is and how much worth she has in God. we hung out the next day, and i got to buy her lunch and just share so much more about who God is and the love he has for her and that she can find strength in Him even if theres nothing else to hold on to. it was a really great opportunity to speak truth to her and plant a seed in her life. Warwick was really hard in the living areas, and the fact that the shower was again, about a 15 minute walk away. the flies there would also swarm you. they were super co-dependent, and were obsessed with trying to get in your mouth, eyes, nose, and ears. it was terrible.

these 3 weeks were the roughest of my entire life, but it was definitely worth it. God did some absolutely amazing things, and these are only MY stories. there were about 50 of us, so imagine all the other crazy things he did! it was amazing to see that God is actually using ME, to bring HIM glory. i never thought i was a good enough person to do any of this for God, but he doesn’t care. he loves me just as i am and it’s amazing to see what he’s going to do with me in the future in order to bring others to his kingdom!

November 11

This week was awesome. Seriously becoming family with everyone on base. In lectures, we studied the heart of worship. Some main things I learned this week! -Even when I have nothing, I should choose to praise God -In the hardest circumstances, DONT GIVE UP -Even when the circumstances change, God stays the same -True worship is out of the response of your love for God -I WILL worship, because God is worth it -Worship should never be about what I feel or what I’m going to get out of it, it is SOLELY to bring him praise

Another really cool thing that I learned this week is this: I don’t even have to go through intense pain, yet I always let the little things bring me down and take me away/distract me from my relationship with God. Do these issues give me an excuse to be discontent with God and my life? Absolutely not. no mater what I’m feeling, I must CHOOSE to be content and carry on praising God. It can be SO DIFFICULT, but HE IS SO WORTHY.

Also, we are so lead by our emotions, and it never turns out well. So many things we do are based on the “feelings” we get. We become enslaved to our emotions. Romans 6:16 says, “Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?”

This is interesting because whatever we let influence us, is what we are enslaved to. We should be enslaved to God. Not necessarily servants to him, because that is not what Christianity is- Christianity is a relationship WITH God. So if we let God influence every part of us, we will become more righteous, and more like Him.

ANOTHER cool thing, is that yes...God will take us through trials and hardships, and that is fine. Without a crisis, there can be no breakthrough. God brings a breakthrough and you will grow, get so much stronger. It can be painful, but once you heal, you become even better than before. So no matter how much God puts you through, if you just persevere, it will be totally worth it!

The last thing that I really loved figuring out this week is this: We live in SO MUCH bondage of our past and what we’ve done. We are not sinners striving for holiness, we are saints who sometimes struggle with sin. Thanks to the gift of the cross, God forgave you as soon as you repent. It’s us and our worry-some minds that are the problem- not forgiving ourselves.

SO YEAH. This week was so cool. We also had a 24-hour worship session, which was AWESOME. I’ve been making some new friends here as well as becoming a little TOO COMFORTABLE around the ones I’ve had this whole time...(S/O to Dan Moreira). I’ve really started feeling like I’m at home here, and I’m just realizing how absolutely blessed I am to have the ability to take a portion of my life aside, live in AUSTRALIA, and have weeks like this... where I get to learn about my creator and build some extraordinary, life-long relationships.

November 4th!

OKAY WOW. OH MY GOSH. so we are learning about our spiritual gifts, and I’M SO OVERWHELMED. i had no idea about the spiritual gifts at all. we’ve been going through them to an intense level, and even practicing them in class to figure out how to use them and what not. i’ve realized especially that i have the gift of discernment of spirits. i’ve always been able to read people to an extent that most people couldn’t. this means like, to be able to tell if someone is genuine or not...or if they are hurt or feeling a certain emotion, or even possessed.  i always wondered why no one was able to see things in people that i could, and now i know why!  it’s amazing to know that God cares enough about me to bless me with an actual GIFT. i’ve never been good at anything. no sport, no musical talent, not artsy either. i always felt discouraged when people would ask me what i “do for fun.” because usually it would just be hanging out with friends and watching movies and whatnot. 

as we were going through the gifts, we got to “words of knowledge” which can be used to show people God’s realness. what it basically is, is the Holy Spirit downloading information to you about someone’s past. this is so that you can prove God’s realness, as well as to discern why someone may act the way they do. so in class the guy teaching us, asked us if we could come up with any “words of knowledge” for him. i got a picture of an elephant...and him and his wife riding it. i had no idea why, and i definitely was not going to speak up about it because it seemed so absurd. finally, i spoke up and said what i saw, and as soon as i said “elephant” someone else in the class said “i got that too!” it was insane! and then i told him exactly what i saw and he said that him and his wife have been talking about going and riding an elephant together for quite a while now. HOW INSANE. WHAT THE HECK. OH MY GOODNESS. WHAT!? DID THIS SERIOUSLY JUST HAPPEN TO MEEE!!!?????? wow. i had no idea that God had placed these things on my life. 

Also, when i was telling my one-on-one leader about this, she asked me to do the same for her. i got so uncomfortable, because i figured the one earlier in the afternoon was just coincidence. she was like “i’ll wait for you.” so i just relaxed and asked God to speak something to me. immediately i got a red dress. i asked her if she had one, and she agreed, and asked the age she wore it. i said about 14-15. then described the fit and length of the dress, and she nodded that i was right. then i could see her wearing it at a party... it wasn’t a bad party. there was a purpose for this party. like the celebration of something. there were all ages of people there. astonished, she told me that she wore that same type of red dress, at age 15 or 16, to this party that was celebrating the end of the production of a play. i mean yeah, what i got for her was pretty vague, but STILL. GOD IS FREAKIN’ TALKING TO ME. HOW INSANE IS THIS!? HE IS GIVING ME REAL WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE. also, we are learning that if you want to strengthen a certain spiritual gift, you can easily do that by just making the decision that that is what you want to do! keep practicing, and ask God to help you see what you can do to develop it. And of course, the main key, is to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Oh yeah we also learned about the spiritual gift of healing. I watched my friends with bad backs, bad knees, bad necks, etc. be healed by the Holy Spirit through MY FRIENDS. US. THE STUDENTS, HEALING STUDENTS. HOW INSANE!? Just like that, miraculously healed. wow. God is definitely working in the lives of all the students here, and it’s amazing to see that God truly does have a supernatural side and is willing to share it with those who want to use it.

OCTOBER 28

SO IT’S OFFICIAL YALL. I’M GOING TO GERMANY AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC FOR 7 WEEKS ON OUTREACH! wooohooooo!!! SO STOKED. seriously couldn’t be happier with my team/location. ITS SO PERFECT. God placed every single person in the right place. No doubt about it. For example there are 6 people in my team, which is perfect for traveling in Europe..however, 14 people were called to go to India. I would absolutely hate having a team that big, but everyone that on the India team LOVES the large size! Just little things like that proves his guidance here.

So this week we just learned about a lot of foundational things. Such as devotionals, mediation, and what it means to be a disciple. Did you know that being saved and being a disciple are two totally different things? God calls us all to be disciples but it’s amazing how few Christians actually go do that. To be a disciple we must walk in the footsteps of Jesus, we must enhance the earth. To be fully devoted to Him is to basically “hate” yourself. This is because the true commitment to God is so strong that our own pride absolutely ruins what God calls us to do. The only thing worse than dying is a wasted life. To be a disciple is to be disciplined. Salvation costs you nothing, but discipleship costs you everything.

Anyways, this week absolutely flew by. On Friday night we had a graduation for the school of digital filmmaking here. After it was over, some friends and I went into the city and just walked around and got coffee. On the way back to the train, these two guys were asking people walking by if anyone had a lighter. I had one, so I stopped and let them use it. As I said “you’re welcome.” They noticed I was American. Then came the inquisition of where I’m from and what I’m doing. As I explained I was from Texas, they kept going on about how “f-----d up” they were. I just listened as they went on and we started talking about music and what not (they love steve aoki too! :D). Then we realized we were taking the same train home so we sat next to each other and talked some more. We actually had a lot in common, so they were really easy to talk to. I was able to just love on them like Jesus would, and eventually the subject of YWAM came up. I got to share my testimony and tell them what being a Christian really is and how God has been working in my life. THEY ACTUALLY LISTENED AND ASKED QUESTIONS! It was so awesome! One said “Dude Jesus like washed peoples feet and stuff? THATS SO COOL.” hahahaha. I added one of them on facebook and I’m gonna try and keep in touch. I freaking LOVE opportunities like this. I’ve only been here a month and God is already giving me chances to make a difference! Well, I really have a lot of homework to do. So I must be off to get all that done. HOWEVER, being called to Germany is a VERY pricey outreach, so if you feel led, PLEASE donate. It’s really hard to be a missionary if the funds aren’t provided. So even if you can’t give anything, if you could just pray for me and that God will provide, that would be awesome! Cheerio!

<<<<<<< TEAM GERMANY!!! :D

OCTOBER 20

So this week we learned about hearing God’s voice. We had this amazing speaker, Jason Solari. It honestly didn’t even feel like we were in class because he just told stories that applied for all the lectures. He really made me think about how selfish I really am. This week I think I’ve probably changed the most. God gave me TWO visions this week! HOW CRAZY IS THAT!? Also, we found out our possible outreach locations: Peru, Germany/Czech Republic, Malaysia/Indonesia, Russia, or India. I’m not allowed to say yet where I have decided on....but I know God is definitely going to use me in this place!

I’ve grown SOOOO much closer to all the girl’s I’m living with.. It’s amazing how real and deep we can all be with eachother. Like I’ve really never had such close friends, and I have about 15 of them! They are already like sisters to me! Our friendship’s aren’t fake or superficial either. We’re all really there for eachother and encourage one-another. I’ve never had friends like these before.

On Friday night, we had a birthday party celebrating all the September and October birthdays. We all dressed up as “when we were little, what we wanted to be when we grew up.” It was hilarious seeing all the different costumes. I wanted to be a pop-star, so naturally i dressed up as a (modest) Britney Spears. It was fun to just be goofy and dance around with my new family <3.

ANYWAYS CAN I SAY I AM SO EXCITED TO GO TO MY OUTREACH LOCATION! I wish I was allowed to share it, but no one here knows where anyone else is going yet, so I can’t. :/ But we are all sooooo antsy to find out our outreach groups and where everyone is going!

RANDOM PARAGRAPH SOWEY. I really miss my cats....so if you want to mail me a cat, you should do it. It’s getting realllly hot here also, so that is getting annoying. I spent a lot of money of food this week since I’m getting tired of chicken and rice everyday lol. Bought some yogurt, cream cheese, oatmeal and brown sugar, some apple-mango juice, some cheesecake, chips&salsa, and some coca-cola. Well, I have heaps of homework to do and I also have to finish this book we’re supposed to read, so I’ll write when we’re allowed to release our outreach locations!

P.S. could really just some donations :/ (link is at the bottom of this page)

OH AND ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT BASED ON PROMISES! (this one is God's promise of forgiveness!)

OCTOBER 14

THIS WEEK WAS SO AMAZING.

We had this speaker, Michelle Skorski come in and speak to us all week. She is from Florida, and is on a Christian radio station there. She was sooooo insightful. Seriously this woman has an amazing relationship with God and his love was definitely shown through her this week. She spoke on the “Father heart of God.” We learned a lot about forgiveness and just the attributes and lovingkindness God has.

This week was actually a little rough though. Almost all my friends from home are guys, so it’s pretty difficult living in a room with 11 other girls. Especially since we all have such different personalities, it gets a little frustrating when I just want to be alone or with all my “bros.” I miss my friends from home a lot, but it’s fine. It’s really good to learn to adapt to all different sorts of personalities.

Got to talk to a couple friends from home this week for a few hours each! Was great to share how my life is changing with them, and how accepting and open they were to listen to me. I am so blessed with such amazing people in my life :)

This week I’ve really just been working a lot on letting go of all anger and bitterness, and focusing on humility and selflessness.

Friday night the whole YWAM base here went into the city of Brisbane to evangelize. Some pretty traumatic things happened, and quite a few of us witnessed a tragic death, so if you could all pray for that man’s family, and those of us that were affected by what happened, that would be great!

Saturday I went into the city again with a couple of friends to go to this man-made beach and pool. It was SUCHHHH a beautiful day! It was also nice to just lay out in the sun and just relax after a long week of lectures. We also went and saw the movie “Taken 2.” It was really fun! There was about 20 of us, all speaking in different accents so we got quite a bit of funny looks from those around us at the cinema.

Alsooooo, since there are so many musicians here, I am learning how to play guitar! It hurts a looooot because I don't have calluses on my fingers yet, but I'm getting there! It's really something I've wanted to learn for a long long time so I'm glad I finally get to! Maybe eventually I will buy my own guitar (if the finances are provided!) Because it's something I'm realllly enjoying and I know I can use it in so many good ways! :)

Anyways, it was a great week and I am very thankful for just being here in Australia! Oh and some of the food was a lot better this week, (lots of mexican food!) the main cook here is from Arizona so he likes to make a lot of mexican food. This week was his birthday and I wrote on his birthday card thanking him for bringing some home food to australia, and the next day he gave me a jar of his home-made salsa! WHAT A GEM :)

OCTOBER 9!

DANG. this week has been crazy. we had our first week of lectures which was about God’s character and nature. I’m learning sooooooooo much, it’s insane. Every lecture is so eye-opening. It’s not like sitting in a bible class at school, or like a boring church service. The way they do things here is so different...so perfect. In my photography class, we have a project running about God’s promises to me. I haven’t picked up my camera in SOOOO long, it felt so great to start taking pictures again, and to be reminded of the talent God gave me! I am becoming so close to so many people here! It seriously is the only place I have felt truly cared about. I’ve never met so many people that genuinely care about me.

The food still sucks, but that’s ok. I made queso and chips for everyone here, it was gross though, yet everyone liked it but me...? I guess that’s because i actually know what good queso is supposed to taste like! I also bought some easy-mac :D.

OH AND THE COCA-COLA HERE IS MADE WITH PURE CANE SUGAR HECK YES! so gooood.

Some girls and I went to the Gold Coast this weekend! The beach was beautiful and it felt so awesome to spend a whole day with girls I absolutely adore! Seriously it’s like if I went through a crowd of people and interviewed them all, the girls I live with are the one’s i would have picked to be my best friends!

I’m truly happy here, and am learning SOOOOO much! I feel like I’m finally back on the right track!

Here is my photography project, and also some pictures from the beach! :D

this first project is about God's promises and what he has promised to me, through my name meaning. Jaeci means "God is my salvation," and salvation means "to protect from harm/risk." So these three are about the way God has rescued/protected and saved me. interpret how you wish ♥ PSALM 28!

annnnnnnnd surfer's paradise, gold coast!

september 30!

beautiful.incredible.amazing. australia. ah, i literally just got goosebumps typing that word. i’m in love with this place. it is absolutely amazing. i got to the ywam base about 6 days ago, and have had an awesome week. i have the most incredible girls that i’m living with. everyone has such different talents, it’s so cool. we have so many musicians in our room, so everyone is always singing and playing the guitar. we are all so artistic, but share the same heart and love for Jesus. it’s crazy because i hardly ever get along with girls. i usually cannot stand them. but these girl’s that i’m living with are amazing. each and every one of them is so beautiful in so many different ways. i can already call them my sisters. anyways, here on the base everyone is so friendly. when i got here, i had to tell literally 70 different people (usually at different times) my name, where i’m from, and what track i’m taking here (photography). oh goodness, did i mention how much public speaking i have already had to do? in front of the whole school, (about 100 people) i had to introduce myself on a MICROPHONE. if you know me at all, you know public speaking is something i absolutely cannot do. also, everyone in my class (music, art, and dance) all sat in a circle and over two days we all shared our testimonies. it was awesome to see the different lives/backgrounds of everyone. it’s crazy to see how many people have struggled in the same ways i have. i honestly came into this program thinking i wouldn’t be able to admit to my past and that everyone would be goody-goody’s. how wrong was i! it’s so incredible to know that each and every one of us have such different backgrounds and different experiences we have dealt with, yet God has called us all to do the same thing for him. for example, the girl i’ve become closest with here is from switzerland. we have so much in common, yet we have lived on opposite sides of the world our entire lives. carrying on…the food here at the base kinddddaaa sucks. haha, not gonna lie. but it’s fine because they give us the freedom to walk down the street and we have a bunch of options just like 4 blocks away. there’s even a mall about 7 blocks down the road with a target, cotton on, grocery store, the store called “city beach” which is like pac-sun, and SO MUCH MORE. seriously in the mall it feels just like america haha. okay…so the city of brisbane…. BREATHTAKING. i’m in love with it. there’s a river that runs through the city, and when i say river i DO NOT MEAN LIKE SAN ANTONIO RIVERWALK. this river is HUGE, and sooooo beautiful. in the city at night, i went and saw a light show that they did above the water, and it was amazing. also, the city is SO ME. like, there are a bunch of clothing stores, and they are ALLLL my style! it’s crazy! and every store i went into was playing dubstep/electronic music. it’s like i belong here haha. anyways, it’s just amazing how much i can see God working in my life here and everyone’s lives around me. seriously i have never met a group of such faithful, loving, and accepting individuals. i am SO EXCITED to get to know my family here even better. i know i’m going to change so much, and i honestly cannot wait for it. although there are deadly spiders, and disgusting bugs, and did i mention lizards living in our dorm…i think i’ll get used to it. this place is amazing, and i can feel the presence of God here, every second of every day. i love and miss each and every one of you, and i will try to blog whenever i get the chance!

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