"For the JOY of the Lord is my strength"
Joy pretty much describes my life right now for so many reasons!!! First of all, I feel so blessed to have made so many new and amazing friends this semester at CCCB. As the semester comes to an end, I am sad to part ways for the holidays but I will look forward to see everyone's smiling faces when I return! God has taught me how important friendships are while being here because I am that introverted person that can tend to neglect friendships, especially if I have homework or other things going on, but these girls keep me balanced! It has been truly wonderful to be around people of faith, especially when I get crazy God-given ideas for the future! My heart continues to be poked and prodded by God in so many ways! However, my love for Africa still runs the deepest! Since arriving back in America after my first trip to Burkina Faso I knew I wanted to go back! (Maybe not right away because it was VERY difficult but nonetheless I planned on going back some day!) I had no