Guatemala... Fluff... Sad

Guatemala

So... yay. I've felt for the past few months that God has been nudging me to go on mission trip to Guatemala in March (during Spring Break). Well, I sought out the information and made it on at the last minute almost. They just started having their meetings. On Sunday I went to the information table to find out more about it, and I was told to go to a meeting today (well, Tuesday). Tonight I went to the meeting (I was 45 minutes late... which I didn't know!) so I got training on culture differences and what to expect and then after it was all over I found out the when and what.... They told me plane tickets went up from $350 to 800... everyone else had bought there ticket in December when they were meeting and I was clearly at HOME with my family. Anyways, the trip will cost me an estimated $1400 or so. I have a lot of begging to do... but more importantly a lot of praying. I'm scared about what I will encounter, but I'm excited to see what God will show me and what and who i will experience during the adventure.

Fluff...

I can't believe I'm staying in town this weekend, but I'm kind of happy about it I guess... not having to travel anywhere. To be honest, I'm starting to get attached to this place. I've found a niche. I like my job and my friends and my church and what God is doing with me here and time is running out!!! :(

I was thinkng about the fact that I'm OK with Valentine's Day this year. Like, I'm ok with the idea that I will probably spend that evening alone on my couch (after working at the RedEye... my new volunteer gig), while other people are having dinner with their significant others and doing the whole flower/chocolate thing, random gifts, random acts of love... all of that. OK.

Oh yeah, to my schedule this week I added exercise, coffee shop volunteer hours, and now Guatemala meetings on Tuesday nights.... I still want to do bellydancing classes on Wednesdays... there is that whole SCHOOL thing too. I probably should be in those books. Maybe I can wake up early, eat breakfast and then go to school to study/do work... then carry on with the rest of my day as planned so I can get everything in.

I have decided that laziness has NO place in my life and I acknowledge that I spend most of my time CLEARING out gaps in my schedule so I can have so-called "me" time, but now I'm spending my time filling up those gaps according to priorities in my life. I'm minimizing the "me" factor and increasing my opportunities to be the "tangible" hand of Christ. This means that soon I will also be tacking on community service opportunities as well... beyond the coffee shop.

Sad

My heart goes out to one of my old friends who is in a VERY difficult family situation and feels trapped. He told me his story and I cried.