Big news...

SO my plans for next year have changed a little bit, and well even though it is my back up plan I am not planning on studying abroad in the UK next year. Crazy thing, I'm applying to a program to study abroad in Uganda next year. I have been thinking about this the whole semester, but honestly the whole thing sounded so scary I was afraid to even apply. But through hearing about Africa in class and for many other reasons my heart for the developing world has grown tremendously this semester, and through prayer and talking with the study abroad company I feel like this is the direction God is calling me towards for next year. I can't even describe how excited I am.
So if your be praying that for 1 I get in and that 2 I only go if it is where God is calling me to because as a man from Liberia said thursday night: only go to Africa if God is calling you there.
If I get in I am sure there will be many more prayer requests, but it's at the beginning stages right now, and to be honest I'm still wondering if I'm crazy

A Glimpse Into My Heart

This video does not complelty describe my heart of why I want to go there, but it does describe a side of Africa that most people are unaware of, their joy, this joy was once the reason where I felt uncalled to Africa, because I felt like I needed to bring the joy of Christ to people who had none. But now I have a desire to celebrate life with them, to learn from them a little more about what true joy truly is

In My head right now

I desperately want it to be summer break.....

I don't want to have to leave the mountains behind for half a year, especially when I would love to hike and play in them,

mountains you have indeed captured my heart

most of my year this year I have been pondering my last minute decision to become a global studies major. One of the things that is most important to me is making sure I am being myself. So changing my major at the last minute to Global Studies because I loved going to Scotland and my world geography class made me really excited threw me for a loop. I thought numerous time this year, oh no did I make he right decision, am i being myself or did I only pick my major because of it's glory. It has scared me that I hate foreign languages, that just 5 years ago I had little interest in going anywhere internationally. It scares me that i felt out of my comfort zone in Spain, and didn't want to go to Africa ( I wanted to go to Gibraltar because it's part of the UK).
But this morning I started to realize some things, like how even when I was in Jamaica I really didn't want to go home, along with every trip I have ever been on unless I had a desire to see my family. I realized how much I have learned through traveling , and how much experiencing other cultures and places makes you grow as a person. I remember the desire I had to travel when I was little, and how I dreamed of going to Africa to help people and to see the Eiffel Tower.
Traveling going to other countries the cultures is learning. It makes us realize that life isn't the same outside of our little box. It opens us up to new ideas, new experiences. It gives us a passion for people. And for this little girl who jumped up and down when she had her first homework assignment, that makes me excited quite excited.
So I love my major, even if i have to deal with stupid politics.

Scotland

So my trip to Scotland has come and went
and in some ways it was my least favorite trip, and in some ways it was my favorite.
It was my favorite because I didn't have the distractions, the fanfare, the fluff. I was merely in Scotland, and that was my focus: being in Scotland. And it made me almost cry when I left. I got to see the people in a different light, I saw the need there in a different light. And part of me wants to go back this very moment. But in a way this trip also made my desire for adventure grow. I want to see other parts of the world, to help them, to show them Jesus.