sweetness

wow. so much already! so after an all-day flying experience i made it to LA at around 10pm Cali time. And I was exhausted...which may have contributed to my ephemeral freak out feeling of "what the heck am i doing here?!?!" and temporary doubting moments. But morning came...actually it was afternoon b/c i was allowed to sleep in...:)...and with it came a day full of excitement! New people to meet...and these people are seriously so cool...we got sum representation from Germany, Switzerland, Britain, Asia, Canada, all over the states, and prolly more i just forget. but veryyyyyyyyyy cool accents! and a couple of them are not all familiar with English words/slang/what everything means and its awesome. i love it. one girl carries her German translation dictionary around with her lol. its just way cool. everyone so different and yet here for the exact same purposes. to serve and glorify God. so much passion for Him in one place!!! watch out world.

and im definitely gunna get my exercise in without much troubles...lets see...we played sum futbol (soccer)...ultimate frisbee...sum basketball...and there is plenty of place to get my job on if needed.

they have awesomated lemonaid on demand---palm trees and a pretty tight mountain view. gotta love it.

oh and for all ya'll detail-enthusiasts, lol...i got sum updates hehe.

1. There are about 12 trailers that they have us living in. umm...about 8-10 rooms in each, so kinda like a dorm setting. i will have 1 other roommate but sum of the rooms down the hall have 3 to a room.

2. We will choose our tract for studying within the first week, and the outreach location by the second or third week.

3. what else...um...the shower is amazazing. seriously, maybe b/c unlike sarah's and i's the water actually comes out at a high velocity...its like getting a massage. its pretty much a mission base typa living tho...bare basics:) which is not much new to me lol.

4. I'm finding out the more that i talk with people that having a "past" is not uncommon

5. sum of the staff have kids here on the base...and they are so cute and very talkative.

6. this is where i'm sposed to be. i don't know all the whys to that, but i'm excited for what is to come and the short-lived anxiety of last night has totally dissapated. i will however miss my sis, friends, and of course...my boys. however...i did see a dog runnin around today and i might be able to get sum of my therapeutic pets out on him lol. might be too big to cuddle with tho!

7. my roommate has not arrived yet so i have the room to myself so far which has actually been kinda nice

8. there is another school going on here so i get extra people to meet! a 9 mo SBS...which i have yet to figure out what that stands for lol, but i think sounds pretty intense of studying the Scriptures...and from what i hear ALOT of homework! glad i'm in the DTS:)

9. i'm sure i'll learn more once the week starts out and will keep everyone updated as much as i can...and can remember haha. i'm starting to get names down tho...it only took like 5 times asking each person ha. oh well.


update prayer requests:
* to continue to seek out God's will for my tract and outreach options
* for the financial situation to match my outreach needs
* and to keep learning LOTS!!

Thanks and please keep me updated on your lives as well,

Peace n love