I’m the kind of person who can get stuck in the past. i mean up-to-my-neck-stuck-in-mud kind of stuck. and truthfully, i havent been doing that antmore. Maybe cause i dont remember enough to trully love reminiscing anymore. I used to remember a lot but now i cant… well thats another topic. But i have to tell you, watching the missions trip video again didnt make me sad at all, it made me grateful i could go and that i had THE TIME OF MY LIFE! And seeing as though we are going to go on  a missions trip this summer, i am more pumped than ever.

To brush one up on how i got prepared for the big MT of 06 to michigan, i will tell you (beause i think its really amazing how it all worked out.)
So once or twice every few weeks, me and anele would hop in the car right after school and Indre or Momma would drive us down to C Bus.
We had these meeting where, i didnt think i knew what i was doing, but apparently it all worked out. We signed up for different jobs¹ Every meeting we would pray work on our assignments, joe would talk, pray, talk, go home. trust me, i was SUPER uncomfortable because, heyheyhey, i didnt knoww ANYBODY. i was pretty shy too. I was shy throughout the last meeting (when jenny adopted me as her friend.) And the night before, our moms set it up so we-LE and NL- sleep over Jenny Botti’s house. now one thing i remember about that was how AWKWARD it was. We talked a little and then sat down to play apples to apples, that was the first time i ever played it. We were all thinking it, so Jenny just said it. “this is kind of awkward.” After that we laughed and talked, it was bonding
Well there were several vans to carry xenoids from xenos to michigan. it took a day or two and we stopped for cabins over night. all the while we became more comfortble with eachother, that i was myself again.
We stayed camped slept then came the day camp.
me and anele set our crafts up and the kids came out of the vans.
Every day there were more kids.
they were so cute and so fun!! by the last day, we all basically had a friend.
The teachings were just the right amount of time and my skit prevailed.
before every day, we had an hour to read our Bibles, pray, think, and get ready. it was very peaceful.
One day i remember i just sat there praying (thinking i would read the missionary bio i had w/ me) but i just prayed. and God totally was talking right to me. As i prayed, i felt so rejuvinated, if you will. It just snapped why i was there and what i was doing.
So liek 18 kids were saved and it was amazing.

So, it was super coo and made some awesome friendships.

So i am just looking forward to this trip like no other. It realy is a great serving opportunity, fellowship time, ffaith building and al together awesome experience. So i hope those wordies are revvvved up as i am..!!!!!

i know they are, wtf :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

1. for example: me and anele on craft squad, nikki and mitch were a few on the teaching squad, i knew i wrote a skit for the skit crew (ayyayyayy, am i NOT a good cctress at all, ill stick to writting, if i can spell it) and just other ‘jobs’ like games and warm-up things. [↩]