So I just checked the weather for Guatemala City, Guatemala... it's 80 there.. I kinda hope it stays around there for 2 months : )

Yeaaa... I'm suppose to be studying... but that's getting really hard to do. I just want to fastfoward to Wednesday night-- then I could go home and pack and hang out with family and friends before leaving. But.. despite my wishes.. I still have an exam tonight at 6, tomorrow at 1, and Wednesday at 3:30.. bummer dude.. haha

I'm getting sooo excited and nervous at the same time... Yesterday I was getting so worked up over the idea of me going, that I took a break from studying and decided to run to the monogram. From my dorm.. I'd say its about 3 miles or more there and back? maybe? The monogram is this place on the top of the little mountain/hill beside Liberty that has been cleared and rocks have been arranged to say LU. Lots of little trails lead to it, and the view is gorgeous once you get up there. I thought it would be a good place to go to clear my head.

I use to run up there alot my freshman year...

Yeah... I'm not a freshman anymore... At one point of my run I was reminded of the time I ran a 5K with my dad and at the end I told him I would never do that again because I was so tired and felt sick.

So after alot of huffing and puffing.. I made my way up there.. and it was breath-taking.

I felt so small. Not because I had just burned 500+ calories... but because of my view. I looked at my university and it looked so small compared to the majestic mountains that lay behind it. It was all so beautiful. If you're ever stressed out, and you happen to be in Lynchburg, VA-- go to the monogram to get things in perspective.

One of the girls in my prayer group posted this as her status the other day, "You can tell the size of your God by looking at your worry list. The longer your list, the smaller your God." Yeah, I'm super excited about Guatemala... but I'm a human... let alone a girl.. of course there are some things that are worrying me about this trip. I'm nervous.. but I think it's good to be nervous sometimes.. get's ya out of your comfort zone that's for sure...

I don't want to ever stuff God in a box because of my worries and fears ( not just this trip, but life in general)... I and my worries are small when compared to God.. why not just give them to Him from the get-go. That is faith.. daily saying you can't do it, but God can.

For some reason, this song just popped up in my head-- it's a song I learnd when I was but a wee-little girl... maybe the fact that my roommate woke me up to a kiddie Bible song the other day, triggered my memory to recall this one:

"My God is so big, so strong and so powerful there's nothing my God cannot do.
The mountains are His, the valleys are His, the stars are His handiwork, too.
My God is so big, so strong and so powerufl there's nothing my God cannot do."

Asking for perservance and focus to finish my schoolwork.
Begging for God to continue to teach me how to be more like Jesus.
Longing to be a godly, young woman walking by faith... not by sight.