So I haven't blogged in forever! A few things that have been going through my mind lately:
A) I wish that I could blog was well as my sister. Her blog is hysterical. She is quite possibly one of the funniest writers EVER!. Most of the time she has me in tears I'm laughing so hard....who knew?!?
B) I lost my grandfather two weeks ago today. Its strange that he is just not a part of this earth anymore. I mean strange. I keep a picture of him on my desk now just to remind me of what he wanted most for me. What did he want most for me, you ask? To lose weight. A part of me feels like I should make more of an effort now, just for him. I know that you shouldn't do things like that unless you are doing them for yourself but a little part of me feels like I let him down or disappointed him by not trying harder. I know that he didn't sit around and think about my weight problems/issues 24/7 or anything and I know that he still loved me no matter what but whenever I think about him I think about how much he wanted me to lose weight. I think that maybe he should have wanted me to want to lose weight for there lies the problem.....how bad do I really want it? What am I willing to sacrifice? All I know is that I've gone at least 5 days without french fries (intentionally) and its only started killing me today. I am going try and kick the french fry habit.....forever.....who knows. Next is soft drinks. I thought that if I could put my will power to those two things first maybe adding more things to the list won't be a hard as french fries and coke are my biggest weaknesses.
C) I REALLY want to go to Africa, not to see the wild animals or more than a square mile of untouched earth (cause you know you can't find that anywhere around here anymore), but to do missions work. I haven't ever had the "I need to go on a mission trip" bug and never really thought that God was calling me to do so until recently. I always wondered why God wasn't calling me to have more a heart for missions but I guess I just figured that He was happy with the ways in which He was already using me (working with high school students). So, why Africa? And by the way...only Africa. I don't feel called to go to Central America or the Middle East or other places that I know are also in need....I just feel like I'm supposed to go to Africa. There are hundreds of thousands of people dying over there from poverty and hunger and genocide not to mention the AIDS epidemic is out of control over there. Did you know that there are witch doctors over there telling the infected that if they have sex with a virgin that they will be cured of their AIDS. Can you imagine the reprocuctions of this blasphemous news?! There are infected people raping children in order to "cure" their disease....which in turn just infects more people. These folks need to be educated guys! I'm not saying that that is why God wants me to go over there but this is just one of the many situations that He has laid on my heart regarding the African people. I would love to be able to go over there and help them plant gardens and help them have access to fresh water in some way. I am looking into different resources where I can possibly join a team that is going over there but if anyone can help me get connected with a team that would be awesome!
D) Other than that not much else is going on. I am still working with high school students both through my church's youth ministry and through Young Life at Shiloh High School. I am loving both of these ministries and the kids so much! I think about them often during the day and hope that they are standing firm against the temptations of the world. I really enjoy going on trips with them too! Work is going AWESOME. I love my job so much. My boss ended up resigning after she had her baby and I miss her being here and her support and leadership but am happy for her and her decision to stay home with her little guy. Needless to say though, I stay pretty busy.
Ok, I guess that's it for now. Later!
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