I have no posted any blogs yet which I greatly apologize for.  I hate to be one to make constant excuses but at the same time I don't want you to just see me as lazy.  Lately my life has been so busy that I have to use EVERY spare second wisely, which means if I park my bus for five minutes I'm either working on my prayer letters, doing homework, or getting my reading done.  Oh you probably don't know, I drive a school bus!  My days are filled with constant action which starts at 7 and goes til midnight.  It's been crazy but today I am sick, so I was just sitting in my room feeling like crap and I thought "Hey I can finally blog!"  So here goes...

I do not actually know what I am supposed to blog about so I will kind of just start writing my thoughts. 

This weekend was my birthday and it really made me realize what amazing people I have in my life.  I am currently at New Tribes Bible Institute where I have had the best friendships of my life.  I was sitting and talking with my roommate the other night until 2am, we discussed how being here is like the closest thing to heaven on earth.  Where else in life do you have over 200 people living together who are totally in love with the Lord and their greatest desire is to serve Him with their lives.  Every person here has a story about how God is using them.  Every one here genuinely loves eachother, the teachers know you by name, invite you to their houses, and pray for you on a regular basis.  Multiple times everyday you can just sit down and have a deep conversation with someone and hear what God is doing in their lives.  The guys are our brothers and are always watching out for us girls.  Just a couple of weeks ago I was walking home alone when a car began following me and a man tried to lure me to his car.  I immediately called my friend Shane who immediately went into action and made sure I was alright as well as warned everyone to avoid that car and for the rest of the day the boys would walk with the girls if they had to go anywhere.  This is not normal.  All my life I have had bad experiences with men, men treating me as if I was nothing more than a sex tool.  It's not like that here, I have great friends who I know love me, ones that I could trust with my life.  So as I was talking with my roommate I got this deep saddness come over me.  In just a short amount of weeks I will have to say goodbye to all of these people who have become like family to me.  Each of us are from a different location from the world and heading to do ministry in another area of the world.  Most of us will probably never see eachother again.  It breaks my heart to even think about it.  Sarah reminded me of something though that I had never really thought of before.  She told me that one day we'll be in heaven where all of these people who have impacted my life so much will all be together and there will be no more sin tainting these relationships but we will be perfect and we will all be worshipping our Savior together!  What a beautiful day that will be!