School Days

"School days, school days, back to golden rule days. With reading and writing, arithmetic. Talk to the tune of a hickory stick."

My dad sings this every day during the few weeks before school. It starts to get on your nerves after a while. Then, on the first day he sings this very loudly to wake me up that morning. But I really am excited about school this year. I know it's going to be hard because it's junior year but I've promised myself that I was going to study really hard. I'll be glad to see all my friends too. I don't think I've seen anyone from school over summer because of all my trips. I've really missed them. I'm also glad that I will be able to drive myself this year. I've gained my independence...sort of. So I'm going to start this year off on a good note, and that begins with being excited.

Kentucky

July was pretty much my travel month. First we went to the beach, then Ecuador, and a week later I went with a group to M-Fuge in Williamsburg, Kentucky. I started off with a bad attitude. I mean, I had just gotten back from an awesome trip across the world to Ecuador. I came on this trip just because I enjoyed my time last year in Philadelphia. Everyone at M-Fuge was like 10 and I would probably be the oldest one in my crew. Turns out I was. Out of PCY (painting/construction/yardwork), Social, Childrens, and Creative, I got put in the creative group-which was my first choice. I chose this group because I knew I would be challenged. During our stay in Kentucky, we would be visiting various nursing homes and adult day care centers. I was terrified, but I knew that no matter what, I had to put all my effort into this ministry. I'm not very good at talking with people. It is way way out of my comfort zone. My comfort zone would be childrens or social where I would fold clothes and various other things so I wouldn't have to talk to people. Turns out, I enjoyed my work in my crew. We would go to nursing homes and adult day care centers and I would sing with a couple of others. We would do some hymns and some silly songs. Then we would put on a puppet show and mingle with the others. I learned that God won't push my farther than I can handle. He knew I could handle this trip, but I didn't. Thank goodness His ways are higher than ours.