last one at least from me...before we go to SONIC.

So basically this week was pretty much AMAZING.

As i sit here waiting to eat the "greatest food ever" (according to everyone around me) I think about everything that has happened.

Everyone is really SO MUCH CLOSER. Its kind of like a little family. Well, actually its kind of big.

Anyways, this morning was John Perkins last discussion with our group before we got ready to go. We talked about David singing the Blues. Something that really hit me that i had never noted before was David's cry out to God in Psalms 22. He had so much despair when he wrote this Psalm that the man that i once saw as invincible, God's Chosen one, the great leader actually became human for me. I used to see him as so extraordinary and yet he went through the same struggles every person in the history of mankind has gone through. He felt neglected by God because he had helped his people so much but he himself did not feel His presence. JP said something so important: There is ALWAYS hope. At the end of the tunnel there's always this light. No matter how impossible it may seem it is ALWAYS THERE.

I think that on our way home something to think about is the struggles we are going to encounter going back to our homes. We're going back to the place of comfort and the shelter that at times may hold us back. The group as whole is going to face problems at school and in our individual homes. The thing we need to keep in mind is to have HOPE. Through this, we will have motivation and God will give us the strength to continue on this journey. This trip to Mississippi is only the beginning. God has just started to make us aware of the world we live in and the power he has. Whether we do this as a group or (i'm going to talk to the seniors for a sec) as we go to College and on our own way.

HE IS ALWAYS THERE. THROUGH THICK THIN. EVERYTHING.

THANKS TO THE TEACHERS AND EVERYONE WHO WENT ON THIS TRIP.

LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH,

CAROL.