Red dirt roads, muddy water and catfish, I've run the red dirt roads, swam in the muddy water and eaten catfish (as well as crawfish) and its a great day to be alive. We have a great group of new teachers down here and I am enjoying every minute. This is not to say that I don't miss the life I've left but I am truly enjoying my new experience and the new people I am meeting. Today is truly the BEST DAY EVER, the sun is shining, the birds are singing and I have good people around me (and great family and friends behind me) I write this as a reminder to myself for those days when the sun isn't shining. Joyfulness is a choice, it is our destination that defines us not our surroundings. I have been truly blessed and to live my life in any other way would be a waste of the life that I have been given. There are some mountains looming in my horizon, and I am going to have to work hard to get over them. A scary thought but for the knowledge that I am not alone, Jesus is going the distance with me. I know that he is going to be there running right off my shoulder, breathing down my back, never letting the pace slacken. So it is in anticipation that I look towards these next two years. The same way a runner looks at a race coming up; feeling both anxiety and excitement at the challenge to come.
on a lighter note..........
A story of my time thus far
I was shown a trail to run, by a couple our wonderful second years. It was a lot of single track and I was enjoying the soft trails not really thinking about where I was going. Thinking about what these notorious chiggers that I kept hearing about looked like. I ended up coming out in a different place than I went in. I kind of knew the general direction that I should head, but there are no mountains to get your bearings so I didn't really know where to go. I had biked earlier in the day and then played volleyball for a couple of hours. So I had no intention to go more than 45 minutes. But was nearing an hour I was hungry, thirsty and nearing a serious wall. So when I came to a Y in the road I flagged a car down and asked “which way to Ole Miss?” the man pointed me in the right direction and I headed off. I must have looked pretty bad because he pulled up alongside me and offered me a ride, he said I had a “ways” to go. Sure enough it was six or seven more miles to campus; making my potential loop 15 or so. Definitely more than I bargained on. So thanks to some southern hospitality I made it home before dark. After multiple thanks to him he said that I should think nothing of it, just pass on the goodness.
So I leave you with those words, pass on the goodness!
Godspeed
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