Hmm. Lots easier than I thought, this creating your own website thing. Now someone else will do it for you! And since my creativity is minimal, that option seems best. For now, anyway.
I'm leaving in less than 3 weeks to go to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for 6 entire months -- a scary thought some days! But it's definitely something that I've wanted to do for awhile, and that God has put together without question. Have I questioned and doubted? Of course, but that makes the fruit all the more sweet because I've had to work it out for myself.
That's something that I have come to believe with much conviction -- if I simply accept whatever comes my way, if I don't question or doubt, then nothing will ever really be personal. Nothing will ever be mine. My beliefs will always be someone else's. I love my friends and most of those around me, but shouldn't diversity be celebrated? If I couldn't ever respectfully disagree with people I come into contact with, then the world would be a very boring place. VERY boring. And the Bible says to "test all things. Hold fast to what is good." By searching and testing the information that others give us, we learn a lot more about others and ourselves.