Birthday in Jamaica!

I tried to get this done on my birthday... but three days late isn't too bad right?

They also had a surprise birthday dinner with cake and such... but I didn't have my camera. It is weird though because two other students' birthdays are October 19th. Here's a little clip of breakfast that morning :)

                                                              

So last week we had an opportunity on Saturday to go downtown and do a street feeding. I knew I would love it, so I volunteered to go. Let me tell you, there were some of the saddest people I have ever seen. We brought a huge thing of oatmeal, cheese sandwiches, hot cocoa, and some kind of veggies for them to eat. We just sat with them, talked to them, and sang a few songs... nothing too special, but it was another one of those experiences that really makes me grateful for what I have. Here are some pics from that morning.

I want to take advantage of these kinds of things every chance I get. Encouragement and attention are some of the strongest tools we have to help someone out. It doesn't matter what we have or what our message is, in the end we all just want to be loved. So yeah I am definitely looking forward to going again!

Greatest challenge of last week: getting enough sleep. our speaker this week was intense with out of class work... and we had another school here so I had to get up an hour earlier to cook breakfast. But, the times where we are the weakest are when we see our biggest strengths! 

Best thing that happened: got re-baptized. Great story behind this too if you ever want to talk about it :)

So yeah it has been a great/tiring/stretching/looooong/exciting week... but some great work was done. Here comes the sappy part by the way...

I have been able to really relax (in my mind at least) for the first time in my life and I've had a chance to think about who I really am. I have always struggled with my view of myself and the reason for that is I never took the time to figure it out. I have mistaken activity for achievement, and in doing so I've hurt many people along the way. I just want you to know that if I have ever hurt you in any way... I'm really sorry. I know who I am now.

Anyway... if you made it through that... here are some random pics for you to enjoy :)

Me just throwing my bud Joel. nbd.

Bananas... almost as good looking as
the ones Camree is sending me ;)

Care package that only took 4 weeks to arrive!
Thanks mom and dad :)

my MANLY dresser




Ok... what number is this? Great game ma mom taught me :)

That's all I have for this one.

p.s.- Outreach info is still being worked out... but once I know, you will know.

LOVE YOU ALL!