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La Serena... home sweet home, almost

So this weekend is a long weekend here in CHile. I haven't the slightest clue as to what holiday today was, but I appreciated it. We (Ashlee, Sebastian, Allison, Birgit, and I) went to La Serena for the weekend. Although I only saw my host family for a few minutes each morning, it was nice to be "home". We went out to Elqui Valley and walked along the beach at night. We sang Kareoke and danced our hearts out.
On a side note... at youth group on friday someone shared that a challenge they face in their daily Christian lives is praying for people. Not just trying to fix their problems but realizing that prayer is the first and greatest thing we can do for anyone. This is not to say that we should forget helping people materially, but that we should realize how important prayer is. I am also reading Knox's Doctrine of God and he talks a lot about how we are created in the image of God which means that we are created in the image of the Trinity and that means that we should be relationial as the Trinity is. And that means that we should be other centered. And I have just realzied how self centered i am. I make decisions based on how I can benefit, how I can gain, how I can win. So these two concepts have been on my heart this weekend. And they were my challenge. It is my prayer that God would continue to show my heart where I fall short, and that He would give me the desire and strength to live a life worthy of my calling.

HOME COUNTDOWN: I leave in 31 days!!!

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