randomness

It has been brought to my attention that some people actually check this pretty often, and that I should therefore write more often/more exciting stories! Not sure if that means I should write more exciting stories, meaning more in quantity, or that what I write should be more exciting, in quality...but moving on!

I am writing an academic paper on the effects of blogging on self-identity for one of my classes, which has led me to go back through my old blogging entries, starting with my Xanga blog that I started at the beginning of college. It is amazing to go back and see how much I have changed and grown in four years. That is one thing that has encouraged me to keep writing for so long (regularly since the 6th grade!)...I love to go back and read about the person I used to be, and be glad that I have grown since. Can anyone else relate? With that being said, anyone who has journals/diaries and at some point has the urge to destroy them because they are too embarrasing, too hard to read, etc....DON'T DO IT! You will thank yourself later by being able to learn from your past experiences.

This weekend was pretty uneventful overall. I did have to stand up in front of everyone in church, today, which I was not expecting. I had lunch with the pastors this past week to interview them for a religion paper, and from our conversation Pastor Dan discovered that I hated standing up in talking to people. For some reason, this meant that I was the perfect person to volunteer to come up front during worship service today. Luckily, there were 3 other people up there, and it wasn't for too long, but still, my face was a very lovely shade of pink the entire time (no surprise to those of you who know me)!

I am extremely blessed to have found ICB in Spain, though. So much of the positive experiences and growth I have had here so far are due to this church and this wonderful group of people that have become my family. Wednesday night at home group, we are even going to have a dinner together...complete with a turkey, stuffing, and squash casserole! It will be bittersweet, though, because we're also saying goodbye to Tim, who is moving down to the south of Spain...

That's all for now because it's time to watch the Titans become 11-0!!! (If I can get the game streaming...)

Comments, thoughts, updates are always appreciated!