After Hours

This will be my last post for a while, and if you are still reading, then you rock. I've been back for over a week now, and am starting to re-adjust. It's been weird getting back into a schedule, where I have to preform actions/activities at pre-specified times. It's great to be back, and I am loving seeing all my friends and family again. It's weird having graduation next week because I feel like I've been out of school for years, but it should be cool.

I've posted a few more pictures, so a new one will be up every day for the next week or so. Other than that, I don't really know what else to say. I would like to make a recommendation: Go overseas. If you ever have the chance to go to another country, especially a third world country, take it. It will change your life.

Final Thought: Randy Alcorn, in Money, Posessions and Eternity, asks, "Why are we blessed?" That's a great question with a tough answer. What can we do with the time we have, with the money we have, with the things we have? We can consume it in our world of consumers, or we could use it in their world of need. And when I write 'their' I don't mean the African's, I mean other people. You don't have to look to Africa to see a world of need, you just have to look.

Wrap Up

I think we all know that it's true that you appreciate things more once you go without them, but it's a whole other business to experience it. While I loved my time in Africa and plan to go back someday, it feels so good to be back home. These three months have been the longest I've ever been away, and I now have greater respect for Eric and other missionaries, as well as our troops, who have left home to do other work. After we got picked up at the airport we went out to Toco Bell for lunch and I was just giddy about it. Free-refills rock. We're so blessed here. The important question to ask though, is "why?"
We seem to be doing well, adjusting to the time change, and I'm sure we'll be back to normal by this weekend. On Friday I'm taking a bus to Chicago where I'll get to meet up with Arol and my small group homies, and I can't wait for that. I'll be back in Minooka this Saturday.
On Sunday I'll be seeing most of you again, and I can't wait for that. I've missed MBC so much! In the mean time, I'll be taking my "How to be an American" classes and eating greasy food!



How to Be an American:
Lesson 1: Wear deoderant.