I always enjoy being up before the sun when there is nothing to do.

It is so nice for all to be quiet except for the occasional train whistle blowing.

This morning I woke up at 5:30... believe me, this is a rare occurrence.

It was amazing to have time to read and pray before

the hustle and bustle of the day.

I thank God for soft sheets, quiet mornings, best friends,

and the fact that He hears my prayers.

Today was warm. It was a great summer day.

I fell asleep in my hammock reading.

Today I hung out with my best friends.

The man taking my customs form spoke to me in such a legit Donald Duck voice... I wonder why he is wasting his life as a boarder control person when he could work at Disney World...

The line for Starbucks is a mile long... intense contemplation, regarding standing in it for 40 minutes, on my part. It is not really getting shorter.

My friend Brianna is moving to Haiti today and I have the privilege of being at the airport with her.

If all goes as planned, which is rarely does, I should be home by noon.

Yet another airport hotel. Flight was cancelled and rescheduled for tomorrow.

I promise it is my last time with Delta.

Nicest hotel yet.

There are perks to being stuck in Edmonton...

Such as Marissa, Mikel, and Brock coming to hang out with me.

Just so happens I am great at alliteration.

Yesterday was Brock's 20th birthday!

We worked hard to make it special because it was

his first birthday without his twin.

We made a cake, caught up on The Office, and played outside

because it was so so nice out.

For dinner we went to this newfie restaurant called Jungle Jim's.

If you are unfamiliar with the term "newfie" you are not alone.

A newfie is a person from Newfoundland, a small island out east.

These people tend to be the nicest people you will ever meet and they

all have a weird scottish/english-ish accents.

So at the newfie restaurant there is tons of fried food.

There is a particular dish called "The Kitchen Sink,"

they bring you tons of food in an actual kitchen sink.

Of course all the boys ordered the Kitchen Sink.

today. i am going home.

When we were in China we were invited to be the closing act

in some giant concert slash talent show.

When we heard about it we just pictured doing some dramas

around a small campfire... little did we know how

legit this giant music festival would be.

There was really intense lighting accompanied by fog and bubble machines.

There were at least 500 people in the crowd.

It was an amazing opportunity.

Sharing the love of Christ with tons of people on stage.

Our dramas were very subtle, mostly depicting scenes between good and evil.

We did my favorite dramas, Puppet Master and Everything.

In China there is a rule against preaching the Gospel or even sharing

the name of Jesus due to the Communist government.

We were limited to only sharing the hope of Christ

through our personal conversations.

This was a great opportunity that we had.

I pray someday that all these people would know what our dramas meant.

"With everything, we will shout for your glory."

Tonight was a huge banquet for all the grads and their parents.

Tomorrow is graduation.

The last day of school.

Summer here I come.