> June 26-30 - Habitat for Humanity
> Also with youth group, in Baltimore, Maryland. Worked very hard, got very dirty, got a chunk bitten out of my shoulder with a hammer claw (it hurt) but had a great time anyway. We got a lot of work done, felt very helpful and stuff. Long live the Swat Turtles. In the non-work time, I am constantly with OneStaple.

Sounds very fun! I was just in Baltimore (Elkridge, actually, but we visited Baltimore, and we landed in the BWI Airport), and I will be living in Davidsonville, Maryland, (which is by Annapolis, in case you didn't know) for awhile. I leave in about three weeks, yikes!


> Now, for those of you who actually care about my Spiritual Growth...
> 1) I had a really amazing experience at Semuc Champey. I jumped off of a 20, 25 foot cliff (i hate heights), then i slid down all these waterfalls with a bunch of guys and my female-type best friend (I'm totally not athletic) and basically did a lot of stuff i wouldn't normally do. At one point, we were climbing back up waterfalls, and I knew I couldn't climb up where they were and that there was an easier spot just a little way over but i tried to climb up it anyway and got all annoyed cause (surprise) i couldn't. So i was thinking about it, and I realized that deep down, I'm a very competitive person, which isn't necessarily bad cause it drives me to do stuff I wouldn't necessarily do otherwise. It IS bad though if I'm doing it just to show that I can. On the other hand, I know my absolute limits, and although I can push them, crossing them can be dangerous. Then I was thinking, and I realized that I can apply that to my spiritual life. If I can push myself physically, why not spiritually? On the other hand, God hasn't given me gifts in certain areas, and although I can definitely do stuff in those, I shouldn't try to be what God hasn't made me to be.
> 2) Through a series of events in which God first suggested it to me, then confirmed it, I know what my calling is. I'm going to do missions through drama.... don't ask me how or where or anything, I just know that that is what I am going to do. So yeah.
> 3) I think overall I'm just a lot more focused on God and open to his voice. He convicted me of so many things that aren't really BAD, but just ways in which I'm not evidencing Him clearly in all parts of my life.
> I'm sure there are more ways my life has been changed that I don't even recognize yet.... there were so many other things I could talk about, but if you've gotten this far, I don't want to keep you much longer.

Wow, that is so cool. I love those times in my life when I feel such....joy. There's no other word to describe it. Joy. It's a neat experience, and I am so happy for you.

> So that is my life from the end of school last year to the beginning of this, my senior year. so, um, yeah.
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> uni"you actually READ all that?"peg

Mi"actually read all that :-)"a