So far I kinda stink at this blogging business. I'm pretty technology challenged and better get Lauren to help me figure out the layout options on this thing. Anyways... A lot of things have been going on lately. This weekend my dad, mom, grandma and I went up to visit UC Davis and attend an orientation for the trip to Mexico I'm going on. Our friends the Becks let us stay at their beautiful home in Alamo and it was great visiting them. I'm going on a two week trip with Santa Rosa Junior College (random I know) where I'll be working in hospitals, clinics, orphanages, and farm camps. The orientation was really long but I really like the man running the trip and all the other students seem really nice. I will receive 3 units of medical spanish and 4 transcultural health care units for going on the trip-pretty sweet! I'm really excited to get to practice my spanish and really connect with the people in Ensenda in a new way. I'm not sure how I feel about observing brain surgery and live births though...

God really came through on this trip. I was planning to go on another medical related trip but it wasn't looking like it was going to work out. Then God literally dropped this opportunity into my lap and even provided me with an amazing friend who is helping me pay for it. Then God decided to test my faith a little I think. I went to bible study and was telling everyone about the trip when someone pointed out that the trip starts on Kayla's wedding. I immediately burst into tears. All night I cried and asked God "why did you give me an awesome opportunity and then take it away?" The next day I called the trip coordinator and begged if I could somehow meet the group in Ensenada the day after the wedding. He was so nice about the whole thing and said yes. I was so happy but felt bad for doubting God. He really is good!

After the orientation we went to visit Davis. It was really hard to hear the lady giving the tour because we had to push my grandma around in the wheelchair. I was kinda frustrated that she had to come with us. We ended up talking to some really nice people all over campus. We visited the art, spanish, english, and pre-health advisors. I like too many things! I like the campus and town a lot--but I don't know if I had "the feeling" about the college. I guess I just need to visit some more places for a little comparison. Thinking about college excites me but also worries me because there are so many decisions that have to be made!