como te va?

hi friends. currently, i should be doing one of a couple things:

1. working on my italian essay
2. reading ‘the tempest’
3. reading for sociology (BUT ITS SO EFFING BORING!)

but, im not. instead, i be downloading my thoughts…

God has been crazy amazing in my life. i’m sure you’ve been able to pick that up in the past posts. i guess its kind of cool you’ve been able to see the things God has done in my life….

I really found a place very dear to my hear this year. I think it was basically when God said “no” to Communications and “yes” to Sociology and International Studies. it’s nice,  when God cuts things off so easily  because you understand life a little better…  but its also painful and sucks sometimes. like recently:

I was planning on going to Mozambique this summer. I was really excited about it because I was excited about the location, learning Portuguese, and going somewhere not many have had the chance to go to. I was looking forward to sleepin in a tent for a month…  I put a lot of my heart into it. but sometimes when you follow God, you really can’t hold onto things very much. its like that song, “you give and take away, but my heart will choose to say, blessed be your name”. And that’s what i’m trying to do right now.

Because, we aren’t going to Mozambique… instead, we’re going to Cairo, Egypt. Wow. It’s one of those places that I’ve always said I wanted to go to, but did not believe that in any way I would get there, because there wasn’t a reason for me to go. Now, there is… and I’m going!!

We’re gonna be working with Sudanese refugees… teaching them English, and anything else. we’ll be staying in their homes… intense. i really don’t know what i’m getting myself into, but i know a couple of things: i will be changed through it, God is working, it’s going to be hard. those three things, im SO looking forward to.

I am sad about Mozambique. I still have visions of a lush african safari…. and sleeping under mosquito nets. but obviously I need to go to Cairo. so, i’m going to follow him and be his hands and feet to the people we owe a lot to.

other than that. life is good. spring quarter laziness has set in and the ratios of hours spent studying and hours spent doing other activities has changed significantly…. (hours spent studying has declined significantly). however, the quad is my new living room, and my skin is getting darker… so whatever! lets hang out!

today im going home to eat milanesa. argentinean food.
OH! and my bday is THIS THURSDAY! HA! AMAZING. Im extremely excited…  especially for the flood of facebook comments that comes with a birthday.

you guys are awesome. lets be friends and go get fro-yo.

and, listen to this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8qGZ6vSWvI

xo
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