Ok, im ready for this heat to be gone! the last couple of days iv had to take 3 showers a day...COLD showers, i have yet to turn on the hot water! Third week of classes just ended- i can tell this semester is gonna FLY by so fast!
If you've talked to me recently, you know i'v been havin a rough time...not with anything specific, but i think just the perspectives and the beliefs of people down here (for the majority) are just different! And i obviously already stand out visually, but then to feel out of place in the way i think and feel about certain things is a whole nother experience. That said, i think thats why im down here...i was interested in meeting new people, seeing new things and broadening my horizons and thats what im doing! sometimes that doesnt necessarily make it any easier! but god has constantly been finding ways to keep me encouraged! someone will say something, a friend from back home will call or text, ill get an e-mail from my mom, or a letter from my dad,or a call from my brother! (called from prague the other day!!!) or ill hear somethin at church or bible study that just hits home! an extra little gift has been  the speaker for R.U.F, he is home for me! i dont know what it is, but i am so thankful for it! haha! so i dont doubt that gods in this with me and im not doin this alone...but if ya'all think about it, leep me in your thoughts/prayers!
There are not a ton of new developments...classes are pretty easy, the community is still awesome (dont know how my time here would be if i wasnt livin in the perkins center!), i may be helping lead worship at r.u.f starting next week, we have a leadership retreat next weekend, so ill be sure to update ya'all on that, i may or may not have volunteered myself to be in a play, HAHA...i think thats it tho!
still learnin tons and tons...in fact im thinkin about carrying a journal around with me and writing down all the things i learn on a daily basis...the big picture things but also the little things, like yesterday i learned what a "shotgun" house was (yes, i was the only person in class that needed clarifying! haha) so be on the lookout for a publishing party in the near future! haha