From Time to Time, I'm reminded.

Wow.

Where have I been.

I'll tell you where I've been.

I have actually been super busy lately. For the past 5 days I've had to be up before 5 and have gone down to bed after 1, so I've been well tired. Today I slept in until about 11 so I'm catching up on all that I have missed. Mom, you can rest easy knowing that.

I've had to get up for work, which I will have to get up for again tomorrow. and I have had language school and prayer and discipleship and theology. I'm well busy at the moment. and I really love it. I really don't wanna leave this place.

It's all nice and sunny now. It really is a great time to be here. I got to walk around in shorts yesterday and play frisbee, which I will be doing today.

On the schedule for today is frisbee in the meadows (the city centre park) and a barbeque, and a youth outreach. I'll take some pictures of them and load them up later. I've pretty sparse on the pictures lately, and I think that's because this place is starting to become home to me and why take pictures of home. Because you're there.

I have recently had my heart jumped upon, spun around, and pounded into oblivion, and it's now in the process of being rebuilt. I went to a meeting called "city reach" for the church about how we want to get involved in the community and be helpers there and show our heart for the hurting and actually help them. and I realised as people were sharing what they had hearts for and what broke their hearts that nothing breaks mine.

I don't care for the poor
I don't care for the downtrodden
I ignore the hurting
I know that's not right

I read about Paul constantly telling the churches to care for the poor and the hungry and the orphans and widows, but I don't. I grew up in upper middle America. I didn't have to deal with them, so I didn't. So I'm off to find a heart for the hurting. It's probably goina suck, but it's like Jesus and I need to be like Jesus.

Ian