This week I would consider it dry. Dry for many reasons.

First of all it is hot but I like it hot so that is not much of a problem. Since it is very dry I have been warned to watch out for the black poisons snakes on campus. Those who know me well know I hate snakes. 

 Second it is dry because I think it is finally hit me that I am really here. A place where poverty is all around me and I am still in the United States. I have been trying o figure out how we can stop this problem but money is not the answer. God tells us to help the poor so I am trying. I have also realized this is how I am choosing to spend my summer and I cannot leave until August. I have been question myself wondering am I here for the right reasons? Am I putting my all in everything? Am I really showing God’s love? 

Third there have not been any mission teams in this week and there will not be and here next week either. This has given me a break to get some things I needed to get done but it makes things lonely too. I need people in my life because I get my energy from them. This week I have felt like I have not really given back to Perry County as much because I have been focusing on myself and not others in the community. I did though go back and help with crafts on Thursday and Friday and the kids where sad to see us leave but I have already seen them around the community and whenever they see us they say, “Hi arts and crafts people.” Which just brightens up your day.

 Fourth  because my Mahomet life is still going on though I am not there which makes feel out of the loop. But mostly I am used to spending my summers home and used to just calling up friends and hangout with them. Just doing my normal summer activities like babysitting and such. I miss my family too. This week though I have been able to catch up with many friends which has been nice. Also we had a chance to go to Tuscaloosa on Monday and we saw a movie though we had to drive one hour to see it so that was a nice break.

Fifth because it is crazy to think of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett both dying in one day. Though they were not really icons of my generation I was still knew of them. Both of their deaths have really helped reassure me of my Hollywood ministry. For those of you who don’t know my goal after college is to go to Los Angles and work as a Christian personal assistant for someone or people in the entertainment industry. I really feel like that is my ministry and The Hollywood World is soooo lost but I can help. I want to make a difference.

Sixth I need to focus more on my quiet time with God. I have started reading Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne and also Crazy Love by Francis Chan. Though I have just started these books are changing my world view and perception of things.

 This is an expert from Crazy Love: “Isn’t it interesting that in Acts 11, at the end of verse 26, it says, ““The disciples were called Christian first at Antioch.”” What I find interesting is the simple though that the Christians didn’t name themselves. But rather, they were called (or named) “Christians” by those watching their lives. I wonder if it would be the same today. Could someone look at your life and name me a Christians? A humbling question for sure.”

 So hopefully my next week will not be as dry