Well. Wed and Thurs I had my first bit of homesickness. Which totally caught me off guard. I really thought that maybe it would hit towards the end of next month.. I guess the whole not being able to just pick up the phone no matter when to call home or call friends made it hit faster. Curse you time zone difference! :o) Consiquently I was pretty grumpy. But I think I did a pretty good job covering it up. Thank you mom for sending those peanut butter M&M's they helped. Also devouring about 5 chocolate chip cookie bars helped :o) Now I feel better and about another 3lbs heavier but hey, I ride my bike so I'm not worried! hah! Anyways. While I was so homesick I watched some Louis Giglio video's. Now. If you haven't watched anything from him you don't know what you are missing out on! He is really great at explaining how big our God is. And how even though he is so big he loves us so much. It's way cool. Here is the link to just 1 of his video's. There are 4 or 5 parts to this, but here is the attention grabber 1st one :o)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKMw1ndl-EY
Anyways. So after I watched that I was thinking. Wow. So cool. Thanks Lord. feeling a bit better. Still a little homesick and hating the crappy attitude maybe I'll dig into my Bible and find something encouraging. He did not disappoint. I love that. So after eating a few more M&M's I went to bed last night determined that today would be a better day. It had to be. You just can not have 3 bad days in a row. And I had decided that no way was today going to be bad. Because it was going to be a new day. It was going to be Friday. I was going to eat some yummy American food at Steve and Sheila's and hang out with 8 other girls. It had to be a good day. So I woke up. Feeling grumpy and I said. Ok self. Listen up. This is just crazy. Get over it. You are just fine. Snap out of it. Get your butt downstairs. Make the breakfast and put a smile on your face. So I go downstairs praying for a good attitude. After breakfast I come back to my room and my Bible is on my bed. Now. I don't remember putting it on my bed. In fact I am positive I put it away last night. Weird. But I say ok Lord. Give me a happy verse. One to boost my attitude. So I open to Psalm 16:11 (which is underlined in my Bible so that's where I looked) and it says " You will fill me with joy in your orsence with eternal pleasures at your right hand." Thanks God! But I notice on the back of this page something is highlighted so i turn back and also in Psalm 16 it says " I will praise the Lord who counsels me, even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord ALWAYS before me. Because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken. THEREFORE my heart is Glad and my tounge rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because YOU WILL NOT ABANDON ME TO THE GRAVE." Yup. Thanks God. Thanks for filling me with joy and for always being before me and for not abandoning me. I sure appreciate it. Instantly. Attitude gone. Instantly I remember that He cares about every detail. He cares about me. He know's I felt homesick. He knows that I needed that verse. I love it. I love that he is so faithful. So all day I have been singing Kari Jobe's "You are for me" song. I love it. Here is the link for the video. The 1st 45 seconds is her explaining the video but the song is after. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbSMfL5LuSo
and fyi. not homesick anymore. feeling much better. and really looking forward to a night of BBQ, Jello (which they don't have here! Isn't that crazy? Good thing Sheila smuggles American food in when she comes back!), Pepsi, new friends, lots of laughter and GLEE!! :o) (also courtsey of Steve and Sheila they have American TV on their computer so they tape Glee for me) yay! Have a great weekend everyone!
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