Thank you God.

You may not have what you want, but take a look around you and see just how B.L.E.S.S.E.D. you are.

Here are some blessings in my life:
Sunsets: I can't resist a beautiful sunset. Its a problem. My Monday night grammar class has a beautiful view of the ocean and palm trees and with this comes a BEAUTIFUL sunset most Mondays. Try concentrating sometime in a room like that...its SO HARD. :) But it is so worth watching the sky errupt in colors, God's creativity bringing life and peace into the world by illuminating the sky with ORANGES, PURPLES, PINKS, YELLOWS, REDS, BLUES. Thank you God for las Puestas del Sol. I watched another tonight. The blue Pacific Ocean sparkled underneath the setting sun. Thank you God for beautiful sunsets and the opportunity to enjoy them in all circumstances-during times of work and times of rest and times of play.

New Friends: Thank you Lord for new friends. My Chilean friends and my ISA friends. They are such blessings. I'm thankful that I can spend time with these people- its like I've known them forever. The greatest gift is the lessons they teach me: like how to life (Chile is a gift) and love and laugh at myself. Though, I miss people from home, I'm glad I get to share this wonderful experience with these people. We laugh as we dance during Traditional Dances-with our crazy teacher and cry when we feel like our classes with Chileans will kill us or laugh when we remember our adventures and old friends from the Summer. Thank you God for friends and the opportunity to live with them.

I'm also thankful for this break. I honestly for once in my life am not running around like a crazy person trying to do EVERYTHING. I get to enjoy life. How cool is that? I'm still trying to figure out how to do it but I get to do it. I just hope I don't mess it up by filling it up. But I get to volunteer and walk and live. How cool is that?

I'm thankful for lessons, even if they suck.

I'm thankful for being remembered.

I'm thankful for patient people.

I'm thankful for this blessing God has given me.

I'm thankful for ISA. I was not having a good day today. It sucked actually. I fell down before leaving this morning because we have a rug that does not have rubber at the bottom of it. Needless to say, it moved and I went down. Then I couldn't dance one of the Cuecas in my Dance Class because I couldn't figure it out. Then I went to my Literature class and there is this crazy girl from ISA in the class who decided she wanted to complicate everything, the whole tutoring thing that ISA set up. Needless to say I was frustrated. BUT as soon as I sat down in the ISA office and started talking to the people that work there, I felt a ton better. The atmosphere is freeing. I can laugh with them and learn from them. I believe they have the best jobs in the world. They are so helpful and so nice. I'm so thankful I can go there and just let go. I'm not afraid to be myself or make mistakes or ask questions when I'm there. The atmosphere does not allow it. PLUS there is always some sort of Christian music playing-rare to see in a program BUT GREATLY APPRECIATED. So thankful...and they find answers right away or work to find them in a timely manner. <3

AND I'm thankful that my lit professor from the summer is going to be my Literatura Espanola 4 tutor!! :)

AND I'm thankful for interesting literature topics.

AND fresh fruit. AND almost spring. AND flowers. AND the smells of spring and the ocean. AND waves. AND family. AND walking. AND spending time with people. AND change (both $ and change!) AND playing UNO! AND volunteering. AND something I can't remember right now. AND WJTL. AND the ability to EXPERIENCE THE WORLD! AND the blessing to buy a ticket for HILLSONG! AND hugs. AND the metro. AND the ability to walk. AND education. AND PICTURES! AND letters. AND LIFE. thank you God.

Thank you God for your blessings and PLAN for my life. I may not know it now but I'm going to wait to see where life takes me. I think I've come to meet peace finally with that. You've shown me that I need to TRUST you because if I don't...I will fall down. (literally) woah. God you are amazing.

My life:

just had a beautiful reminder of something she's seemed to forget: God is amazing and this time she has in Chile is a gift, its time to enjoy it more fully. "Life is a dance towards God. The dance is not so graceful as we might want. While we glide and swing our practiced sway, God crowds our feet, bumps our toes, and scuffs our shoes. So we learn to dance with the One who made us..."