otra dia en Mexico

so i´m at an internet cafe right now with some other girls (staff) and i never really thought about the fact that the keyboards would be different in a different country, they are! haha anyway. my weekend was really fun. the staff decided to go camping. we drove about an hour and then stayed at a ¨camp site¨ - it was a place on the side of the road haha, it was a lot of fun. we slept right next to the ocean. it was gorgeous. we were next to this place called the la bufadora its where the water hits the side of the ¨cliff¨ and shoots up really high. that morning we also saw dolphins and whales. it was really cool. i´ll try to get pictures up eventually. sunday we went up to the states and listened to Brad speak at Eddie´s(director) church. orginially eddie was going to but then switched so we went and then we picked up the next group. they are still here. they´re from wisconsin. one of the girl staffer´s family, friends, and community. and this weekend we have orientation so we wont be able to go to church this weekend either so i haven´t had that experience yet.

i had my third bulid today. it went a lot better then yesterday. Hayley (staff) put me in charge of the side walls on a 12x16 and i had one measurement off an inch and it screwed that up so we had to pull up the plywood. kinda annoying but its okay i made sure i learned from my mistakes today. by the end of this week is when i should be leading. i´ll find that out tomorrow at the staff meeting. the whole group is here now. i love the girls and the guys are cool too. i´m just trying to stay open and teachable and just love others.

Estoy aqui!

It is about 7 in the morning right now in TJ. everyone is just beginning to think about getting up. Still being on Michigan time i've been up since 6. but yesterday got in around mmm 3 i think and got the tour of all the sweet staff areas that groupos aren't allowed in and got settled in. the staff down here is great. everyone is every welcoming and helpful. they do have a close-nit bound already so hopefully i'll be able to slip in soon. It's not that they aren't friendly they have just been together longer so it would make sense that its there. I'm not exactly sure what i'll be doing today but i'm excited. I love this place.

emotionally and physically i'm doing alright. all the nerves and fears subsided once i stepped into the dorm. I'm trying to stay aware though because i know that getting to comfortable isn't always good either. but just be praying for the staff to become a community (another newbe next week) and for me specifically? um just getting adjusted and being an encouragement, loving, teachable person.

surreal

I'm off to Mexico tomorrow morning! I'm anxious and eager. please pray! thanks guys- i'll try to keep up with the blogging as much as I can.

rant

disliking very much how i have to schedule time in for friends and the fact that it is extremely stressful doing so. I don't want to be unfair by having more time with one individual than another. I don't like that almost my whole week is scheduled either. I'm fearing that I'm not going to have time to relax before i leave. if only people could do things in the morning and by that I don't mean 1pm. there was one person who took the initiative and called me and then came over and just hung out with me while i was working on other things; that was nice. it let me know that they cared and took away stress big time! plus it didn't cost anything. i don't have money to do everything that everyone wants to do. blah. plus...I'm scared that I won't spend enough time with my family. friends are important yes but family is really important...huh maturity?


stressful.

graduate

Yesterday some where between 4:30-6:30(ish) p.m. I offically completed high school! Now onto the next segment of the journey. Mexico next week. Liberty next fall (D.V.).
All for God's glory!

Steppin' into the last weeks

In two weeks from now I will be flying to San Diego, California. I have to keep planning times that I'm going to be hanging out with friends and other various events/activities. It's crazy. I done with high school as of last Friday but I'm officially done this Sunday when I move the tassel. Crazy. Each day I have random times when I'm just thinking and then I realize in glimpses what has just happened and what is going to happen within the next two weeks and the next year. I'm so excited for everything that I'm going to learn and experience but I'm definitely getting to that point where I'm getting nervous.

tweaking

ha i started to type this note but i didn't like how it sounded so i kept hitting the backspace key which made me think of "You've Got Mail" when Tom Hank's is writing to Meg Ryan about why he "stood her up" and ends up writing that he's in the process of a project that needs "tweaking." random kinda, but not really because its me ha.

i was hanging out with a friend last week and i was asked "isn't it weird thinking that what you've done for the past twelve years will be done?" to which with no hesitation i said, "yes. definitely." i had thought about that concept before that conversation but still even now thinking about it i conclude, it's weird. now as i'm on the brink of the last two weeks of high school the concept is become less of a concept. i'm not terrified as i may sound from those past words but just pondering the thoughts. my whole life has been school (pretty much). i'm scared because i'm leaving all i've ever known, in more ways then one...but at the same time i'm ecstatic. not necessarily for the "i'm done with high school" (that's just a perk) or "i get to get away from home." but rather the fact that i get to jump into a whole new segment of my journey and i get to do it knowing that God is always there with me. Yeah, sure i'm still nervous but as i'm giving my nerves to God i'm relying more and more on Him as it should be.

so not working on a project but jumping into a new segment of life where i can always use some "tweaking."

Proverbs 3:5-6