Oh boy, was this an adventure! Sydney (my younger sister) and I had to pack and plan the entire week of meals,  buy the food, transport the food to the lake and make sure that it was all in coolers. It was definitely a challenge, and during the week having to cook and clean made me not want to be a mom for a long time!. haha..jk. I guess it would be more manageable for just a family, but with all the added kids that were coming and going made it challenging to please everyone and keep mouths fed. It was a good learning experience. Finally my mom came home last night after being away for 2 weeks. (That is a crazy long time for ME to be playing mommy) Feeding all the mobs of kids that come through my house can be fun when just baking or making goodies, but when making meals all the time for large amounts of people ..it gets tiresome.

My mom was in L.A visiting her grandma ( my great grandma) that is 92 years old and has recently found cancer in her uterus and her ovaries. Thank you for your prayers. Please continue to pray for her and our family. She is now in a lot of pain and having a hard time keeping weight on. 

I am so thankful to be able to be in a new place spiritually.  I am seeking to be fed spiritually and I feel fed again. In Ecuador it was so much harder to get to the place where I am right now. Although I still have a lot of growing to do, I know how to do it and I am more motivated in this environment.

I still keep in touch with friends from Ecuador and the students in my program that live on the East Coast. Studying abroad together is an experience that we will always have together. We're in such a crucial time in our lives and our program  was made up of such a unique group of people. We are always changing and growing, I couldn't be more happy with my decision to study abroad. It's definitely an experience that will change my life forever.

Lake House!

thailand

Thailand orphanage Blog

my little brothers friends ( my little brothers...) Raised over 4 thousand dollars and have helped this orphanage in Thailand. This is a blog with their day to day encounters while they are there right now for 7 weeks.

summer lovin

Adele is rocking my world at this moment. Great singer. Loving catching up on all the pop culture haha just the music and funny youtube videos that I missed out on. Today I went to Bikram yoga in SLO and it was fantastic. Its so INTENSE!!!!!! We are saying bye to a few friends that are going away this summer to work at camps, but plan on visiting!! I have decided to stay with my major and take my anatomy class (that was cut this summer) and take it in the spring this coming year at Point Loma. I will still be on track with everything to graduate on time unless there is a problem that comes up later.

I have the summer to work and play! I get to spend a lot of needed time with my family and friends that will be in the area. Our family will be leaving for Hawaii in July for my grandmother's funeral. I would love, love, love to return back to Haiti and help out with childhope. I would stay there all summer if I could! This organization in Haiti has set up a fantastic program for orphans and has continued to grow over the past few years. (check out the link!) The cost to come help out is 60$ per night to stay and help out. Although all the money goes to help pay the staff and support the kids, its still a lot to come up with for a college student. I pray that I will get the opportunity to go back to Haiti in the future. If I can make enough money this summer I would go this summer or over a school break. Please keep Haiti in mind and in prayers. The children recently just got a new music program and have been extremely blessed to learn and enjoy this new addition.
                                                         last summer. miss them.....

these are all from last summer. having withdrawls...

party rock !

Music video making!!!! :))

good ol a-town:)

Now my brother is home and it's so great to feel like the house is back to normal. When I say normal i mean always loud and obnoxious with 6-7 other boys in the house. A million different food options out on the table and people coming in and out of the house. It feels officially like summer! I figured out that my summer school isn't gonna happen this summer and I can take my anatomy course in the spring at Point Loma. I still don't really want to pursue physical therapy but I will just finish my time at Point Loma with my intended major. Afterwards if I change my mind and want to do physical therapy I can take physics and put in hours in a clinic before taking grad school. I think this summer will be good time spent with family and friends and Im looking forward to see what God has in store. You never know what is going to happen!

settling in..

My first week back into the states and being at home was rough..to say the least. I was used to being with 20 other students and involved in continuous activity. Being home with my parents out most of the day my sister in school and my college friends still in school made it very hard. I would see friends often but not 24/7 like I was so used to. I left on a Thursday to go to San Diego and see my friends and visit my university, it was exactly what I needed. Seeing all of my friends  really helped me adjust back into being in the states. I needed that support and that comfort of my friends( who are what I consider family as well) Now returning back to Atascadero is so much better there are more friends that have come home and the colleges here are letting out. Compared to the first week being home this is completely different. So great. Its fabulous being home now.:)

CHANGE... in the midst

So today found out that my second session of anatomy and physiology class will no longer be offered at Cal Poly for the summer...

Let me just translate that...
With not having anatomy done before next fall I will not be able to take my major courses for Exercise Science (pre-physical therapy)..which means..
I'm changing my major!! haha So funny what life throws at ya! Last summer they promised me that this course would definitely be offered and I would be able to finish the class this summer for the rest of my classes in the fall..( that anatomy is a pre-req for) at Point Loma.

It just so happens that I haven't been enjoying my major classes...at all!! And I am actually THRILLED to be switching! I figure that graduating with a degree is the most important thing and so many people never do what they actually study anyways. I will be switching to Nutrition and Health this fall if all goes accordingly. I have a lot of classes to take and I may have to take summer school for some other classes and graduate a semester late or a year late. I'm totally content with whatever. Life is crazy and I'll just enjoy the ride.
So after realizing that I may not be taking the 8 week planned anatomy course this summer I get an email from my friends in Haiti about a volunteer summer teaching program... who knows.
Please pray for guidance from the Father and that I will be in his will.

:)
happy summer! I'll keep ya updated.