All the time!!!

I feel pretty accomplished right now. I just took 3rd place in a t-shirt design competition with this design. I ended up winning a $25 gift card to Walmart. Its not exactly the greatest prize in the world, but I'm just happy that I did so well in this particular competition. 

You lifted me up, but now you've brought me down. I look for an escape, but you've offered me none. I don't know where to go, because your guiding touch is no longer there. I look in the mirror and realize that you haven't changed me for better or worse, I did that all on my own.

So I just opened up my mission call on Wednesday, I'm going to McAllen, Texas!!! I'm super nervous because I have to learn a new language, but I guess I'll pick it up pretty quickly. I'm at the southern-most tip of Texas, so I know that the majority of those I'll be teaching will likely be illegal immigrants. I feel like I will be able to reach out to these people more than most. I have a pretty big capacity for accepting and understanding. I feel as if I've been thrust into one of the chapters of Alma. I won't be serving for 20+ years, but I'm sacrificing a very important time in my life to go and teach in a 'foreign' land. I'm a little nervous about my living conditions; there is a lot of violence, and the threat of hurricanes is always there. I'm super excited to go regardless, and can't wait to get out into the field ASAP!