Hey guys!
  I'm off of myspace for a week...it's becoming a bit of an addiction, and I felt like God wanted me to take a break from it. It's funny the kinds of things that can become idols to you...Myspace? But it's just a website! I guess it technically is, but I just realized yesterday why people love myspace (and the computer in general) so much. It's because in your real life, you have to go with what God gives you. If it's raining outside, it's not going to change just because you want a sunny day. If God wanted you to be born without hands (or something of the like) you can't control having no hands. In life, you have to deal with whatever 'cards' are dealt you. But on the computer, it's your own world. I think humans have a need to control something, and this manifests itself in how much they love the computer. On the computer, if you tell your page to be blue, it's not going to be red (unless you use the wrong code, of course). On myspace you can control what your page looks like, you can add things to it or take away from it any given time. You can control the way you want the myspace world to see you. In real life, if you have a bad hair day, there's little you can do to change it!
  I was just pondering about that...But I know that even though the computer is a good thing in some areas, that particular site is becoming too much of an addiction, and so I'm off for awhile!
  Things have been going well here in Texas for the most part. Bethany has become a pretty good friend. My mom, sister and I took her to see 'Marie Antoinette' the other day, and we all liked it a lot! It was the first time Bethany had seen a new release in awhile, because if you want to see a movie that isn't second-run here, you have to go into the city, which is about 45 minutes away. It's kind of strange how far away we are from the movies and other things of the sort, because we spent all summer in an apartment that was about 5 minutes away from just about anything we wanted to do, and suddenly we're thrown into a thoroughly country setting. We've done that so much this year! You know...just switching from one environment to another with very little notice. One day, my mom just said, "Pack up, everyone, we're going to Austin!" I was like, "What?" lol...I've gotten quite used to unpredictability.
  I like it here a lot. We haven't found a permanent church home yet, and I've only made 2 friends, but that's alright. I know all that will come together in time.
  Hmm...Oh, I don't know if I posted this yet, but they changed the mission trip I'm going on from Italy and France to Italy and Spain! That was also quite unexpected, and I was looking forward to going to France, but that's alright. God must want me in Spain for some reason! And besides, Italy was the country I was really looking forward to! Also, I've sent out quite a few mission trip support letters.
  I miss everyone a lot...I can't WAIT to come to WV and see you guys...I think that's happening this Friday! I can't be sure, but I think we're coming really soon. It's going to be awesome. At least 3 of our friends are going to be having parties while we're there, lol...It's crazy! I can't wait to see everyone, though...I love you all!