A moment...

Finally! A moment to sit and write about my week. But now, an issue arises! How do I describe the last 10 days? How can 10 days create so many words inside of me needing to be written down?! Well, I guess this is my shot at describing things.

Last week I went to Champion for work week. It was fantastic! My long lost friend newly back into my life came with me, her name is Stephanie (but I may refer to her as Stephi). She's so fun and awesome! We decided we were going to do a 30 days challenge, and so we started that together last week too! Boy, what a challenge it is! But more on that later...

Work week was amazing. We mulched as our job all week. If you have never mulched I highly recommend it! It entails a lot of work, and long hours outside, and you perpetually smell of mulch. Did I mention you get to know the people you work with and that it brings you closer to Christ? We prayed over where we laid the mulch, and we had great conversations. All the food was great, and of course our meetings at night were the best. Worship is my favorite, and the blessing on the speaker was outstanding. Every lesson lead back to the fact that we have to incorporate Christ into WHAT we are doing. Practicing his presence in our lives. Imagine how different life would be if we believed and LIVED that Jesus is with us always. If we daily wake up and invite him to walk with us THROUGH our day... not just the 30 minutes we speak in the morning. For me, I learned that I need to love the people I am with, and the things that I am doing. It's not what you do, it's how you do it. Mother Teresa said, "In this life we cannot do great things. Only small things, with great love." How true that is. If you spend your whole life searching to do great things you could miss the small things along the way. I hope to spend my life doing many small things, and be remembered for the great love I gave while doing them.

That quote reminds me of Guatemala last year. One of my favorite moments while I was there happened in a soup kitchen after everyone had gone. The mops were brooms with wet cloths on the bottom. After mopping was over they took the cloths out back to wash. Not in a washer, not in a sink... in a stone tub. One side of the tub was for soaking, and then there was a higher spot with grooves in the stone. I went out back to help with the washing and the ladies there taught me to wash those rags by hand. You soaked each rag for a moment then scrubbed them against the stone until your knuckles almost bled. It was such a simple action, washing rags... but I felt the presence of Christ. I knew that in that small things, with only smiles and laughter to communicate with those Spanish women, I was doing it with great love. And in their small thing of teaching me how to do it, they did it with great love. I don't know their names, and I will never see them again. But their patience and their love taught me something I will never forget.

Okay, back to the challenge. Stephi and I started it 12 days ago. It's a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual challenge. It entails exercising, reading, memorization, and so much more! I can't even type it all... I guess my point is that it's really tough. I love every second because I can almost feel myself grow, but I really hope that I can finish it AND school!

School... graduation... I don't want to talk about that right this second... I graduate in 9 days... I'm not sure I fully believe that... and I have a speech to write. Haha... about that...

Yesterday I went into the city with Michelle and Dana! It was fantastic! We went in sundresses with on and walked around the city being girls. We went everywhere, ca carousel in Bryant park, strawberry fields, build a bear, mcdonalds, central park for a row boat ride, walked time square then Broadway, and then finished the day off with amazing food from Connolly's. It was a great senior skip day (even though I'm not sure if I really skipped... does it count if I wake up and go to bed at school? haha)! I love being with my friends and walking around until we fall asleep on the train ride home. I love that we made matching bears to take with us to college. And I love my friends. I don't know what I'll do when they aren't just a bike ride away. Luckily I don't have to find out until the END of the summer.

Well... this "moment" has turned into a long entry. Hopefully if I update more it'll only take a few minutes to write an entry!