I don't generally make lists...

But yesterday I made one of all the things I should remember to not forget. That sentence sounds funny when you say it out loud but its valid. There reLly are a lot of things I Ned to remember to not forget. One thing from my list is to take time to become a part of someone's reality. last summer I learned that you never fully know someone else's reLity. Therefore we have no right to judge anyone because rarely do we realize what someones reality truly is. This summer I am learning that I think Over anything else God wants me tO invest my time in people and in order to do that well I need to be more selfless and take the time to know and bE a part of the realities of those around me. Right now I need to continue to be a part of this family's reality and get to know them better. This helps me better be able to love them too.

Alrighty enough intellectual jib jab. We didn't have Internet for four days and it just so happened that I was terribly emotional during that time. Needless to say I was not a happy camper. It is one thing to bE separated from all that you know by miles of ocean but another entirely to not have SKYPE! exaggerated? Absolutely! But I really did feel so far away and I wantEd to go home. But the Internet is alive and kickin again and my emo phase has passed...for now. Everyday is a new experience. Last weekend Bethany came and my family took us to Madrid. It was a great time and I got to see some mportant places. I am learning more about the Spanish culture... For exame, you can buy canned octopus. Yep. And when they say you'll leave to go to the city this afternoon they mean 6 pm. I am having a little frustration as far as speaking Spanish goes. Learning a different language is hard and Spain Spanish is different than what I have been exposed to for the duration of my learning but it is making me more well rounded, or at least I hope! Now I will write more frequently as long as the Internet continues to work. It is nice to be able to write at night as a sort of alone time. I am finding hat as much as I live being around people all of the time, I do need a few minutes a day :) I will end with this poem that Dustin sent me that I love... Don't worry he did not write it :)


Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst for the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision of the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, to venture on wider seas
Where storms will show your mastery;
Where losing sight of land, we shall find the stars.
We ask You to push back the horizons of our hopes;
And to push into the future in strength, courage, hope and love