just some laughes

Camper Comments
These are actual comments left on U. S. Forest Service registration sheets and comment cards by backpackers completing wilderness camping trips
"A small deer came into my camp and stole my bag of pickles. Is there a way I can get reimbursed? Please call."

"Escalators would help on steep uphill sections."

"Instead of a permit system or regulations, the Forest Service needs to reduce worldwide population growth to limit the number of visitors to wilderness."

"Trails need to be wider so people can walk while holding hands."

"Ban walking sticks in wilderness. Hikers that use walking sticks are more likely to chase animals."

"All the mile markers are missing this year."

"Found a smoldering cigarette left by a horse."

"Trails need to be reconstructed. Please avoid building trails that go uphill."

"Too many bugs and leeches and spiders and spider webs. Please spray the wilderness to rid the area of these pests."

"Please pave the trails so they can be plowed of snow in the winter."

"Chair lifts need to be in some places so that we can get to wonderful views without having to hike to them."

"The coyotes made too much noise last night and kept me awake. Please eradicate these annoying animals."

"Reflectors need to be placed on trees every 50 feet so people can hike at night with flashlights."

"Need more signs to keep area pristine."

"A McDonald's would be nice at the trail head."

"The places where trails do not exist are not well marked."

"Too many rocks in the mountains."

My dream

My dream is to be a missionary in Scotland ( or some other developed English speaking country) and to lead youth on mission trips through out the world. To Africa, To Asia, To America: to the world
Is this to much to hope for, to dream for?
Is this even practical?, I have no idea

SO I just read the handbook for my Uganda Studies Program
and I am so excited so so so very excited
It is still way outside my comfrot zone, unlike anything I have ever done before but just the closing sentance
"Living in Africa is not as hard as you think. You can do it."
was like it was written for me
Yes as of right now my heart might seem like it's still in India and in Scotland. But my heart is slowly growing for Africa I love the importance relationships have there, and well I'm excited for my heart to grow by leaps and bounds for the place. Yes it will be hard. I'll see horrible poverty, I'll have to make friends once again, with Ugandans who it frankly will be hard to relate to, for the first time in my life I'll be the minority. But all of these thing also make me excited
God's taking this little heart of mine and reshaping it, he's teaching me how to make it shine, and I'm excited for the journey.

by the way this blog is mainly going to be used this summer for my preperatons for Uganda and I won't be able to write during the month of June but please stick with me. Once I get to Uganda I am hoping to still write on here some but I will have no motivation to deal with the slow internet if I think no one is reading it. Also because the handbook said this is easiest, i might be creating a new blog with fellow students once I get there.

I'm going.....

Well I'm going to Uganda and to be perfectly honest I feel like the lady on the cd I was listening to with Dad on the way home. I know it's where God's calling me , haha just the way in which i was accepted with my mouth covering scream of excitment it confirmation of that. But I'm so nervous, I lost my one excuse i had to not go today, I was accepted and now I know I have to go. I've actually said to myself that I would never go to africa, and here I go. I guess I should learn my lesson. Half of the missionairies I know promised themselves that they would never go to the location of their missions field. It's God who has brought me this far and it's God who will bring my the rest of the way. He knows my heart and will help me in my times of trouble in Uganda and will celebrate with me in my times of Joy. I am so sure God is leading me here. But sometime I forget the Joy and see the pain present there and it hurts my heart just to think about it, and I'm going to be living there with it. I guess I wonder sometimes if I'm too tender hearted to go to Africa, but then I know God's in control and he's saying GO.

a year is almost done...

and it's time for reflection
I was thinking on the way to my first final today, the year is almost over is ccu all I hoped it would be?
And I found myself saying yes. It's my college home, it has allowed me to grow closer to God while learning more about myself, it has allowed me to become more adventurous, it has allowed me to break away from my home bubble, and it has allowed me to create a community for myself.
Not everything about this year was ideal and perfect, but was it worth it... yes
I'm excited for the one and a half years I have left at CCU, for the things they will teach me, and the impact it will have on my relationship with God