Happy October!

Many good things happened this week. First of all my parents came to visit which was awesome because that meant that I finally unpacked all my boxes so that I would look moved in by the time they got here. Nothing like a little motivation. We spent friday visiting my church and walking around inner harbor. It was a beautiful day (thanks God!)

It was wonderful to have people who are close to me here in Baltimore so that I could lessen the big gap in between my Michigan life and my Maryland life. I am blessed to have parents that would drive over 20 hours to spend 10 hours with me. Wow!

Saturday I went to King's Dominion (a theme park in Virginia) with a deaf/blind man from church. It was a great day of facing fears. The only real big rollercoaster that i went on, traveled backwards. I decided to ride on that one because I could not see when I was going to drop so I was less scared. (If that isn't a giant metaphore for giving it to God and trying not to control the future I don't know what is)

Sunday I connected with a local young adult group (insert hallelujah chorus here) it was really nice to meet some people my age who share my faith and who share my views on life (politically and theologically) Prayer works.

Here is an interesting piece of information. the sign for "Methodist" is the same sign as the sign for "enthusiastic" or "motivated" I think that is a great reminder for us as methodists to remember why we enjoy religion and to be enthusiastic about our faith and about how we show our faith to others. It is easy to get bogged down by problems in the world. It is nice to remember the love and the motivation christ gave us to show that love to one another.

Peace