A few exciting things coming up: HARRY POTTER. That's right folks; it all ends this week. Thursday night, to be precise. And I've got my ticket to the midnight showing. I haven't missed a midnight showing since Prisoner of Azkaban (I didn't watch the first 3 in theaters...that was before I knew the wonders of wizardry) and I'm not about to start now.
Second exciting thing: MY BIRTHDAY!! While I've enjoyed 22 (it was LOADS better than 21...and that's a huge understatement), it's about time to turn 23. Unfortunately, nobody likes you when you're 23 - or so I hear. (If you didn't get that Blink 182 reference, I'm not sure whether to congratulate you or be disappointed. Anyway). Julia and Ryan are planning something special for my birthday - I don't know any details yet, but I hear that Julia is good at planning parties, so I'm sort of excited. We probably won't be able to make it off the island, but who knows. Hopefully 23 is even better than 22. At least I will be heading back to civilization.
Speaking of, for those of you who don't yet know, I've been accepted to Fuller Theological Seminary, and will begin working toward my Masters in Theology starting mid-September. I've learned a lot at MSA (mostly from Ryan and Julia), but I can feel my time there running short...and for those of you I don't talk to on a really regular basis, let me just say that it's REALLY difficult to work for MSA for an extended period of time. But enough about that - in regards to Fuller, I'd really appreciate any and all prayers offered on my behalf in prep for returning to school. I'd like to find a job (still waiting to hear back from a church on a worship leading position) and a place to live that doesn't eat up all my money in just one month. I know it'll come together because I truly believe this is God's next step for me, but living on an island doesn't make preparations very easy.
Alright, now a quick recap. Summer has been bearable, and parts have been fun - especially the weekend of the 4th. My friend and sister Jen came down to visit that weekend - she got to see the island, and then we spent a couple days in Long Beach wandering around and enjoying each other's company. It felt so good to have someone who knows me so well see where I am and how I'm doing. And getting to spend a holiday with family (even if we're not blood related, she's still family) was definitely a blessing. Plus, if you didn't see my status updates on the 4th, let me preface the next section by saying it was the MOST interesting 4th of July I've ever experienced. I'll give you the short version - it's not nearly as funny if you weren't there...and a lot of people who have heard it are questioning my judgment.
We decided to take a day trip up to Pasadena, because I wanted to walk around Fuller - we couldn't get in anywhere since it was a holiday, but we at least got to see the campus. And then we went to Intelligentsia. I love that coffeeshop, and I'm pretty sure I'll be heading there a lot while back in school. While there, a guy walked up to our table and struck up a conversation with us. After about half an hour he bid us farewell, but we ended up meeting again outside the coffeeshop and he followed us to Lululemon. And after that, we all decided to head to the fireworks celebration down at the Rose Bowl Stadium, and so Jen and I got into his car. Before you judge me too harshly - I normally wouldn't do this. But we had been talking about church and God and the Bible in the coffeeshop, and from what I gathered, he knows his stuff. Had that not been the case, I would've said "thanks, but no thanks." Anyway, he bought our tickets into the stadium to watch the fireworks and dinner at a nice-ish sushi place, and was a complete gentleman the whole time. We also had some company during the fireworks from the group of 3 in front of us - two very drunk women and their (mostly) sober male friend. They were quite outrageous and provided a good amount of entertainment during the fireworks.
I've already told you what I'm looking forward to, so I hope you all have something to look forward to as well! Hope to hear from you all soon!
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