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| WOW!!!! :) so I almost missed my semi-annual update on Xanga! hahaha 
Well there's just way too much that's happened and that I've learned in the past 6 months, like even adjusting back to NoVA life from DTS. getting back into gear of George Mason University. getting back into ICF. getting back into ICF as an officer. building lasting relationships with the sisters I love. trying to squeeze in more time with the family and realizing that family is and should always be a top priority  .
But the greatest thing I've learned and reaffirmed is God. Period. God and His grace. God and His love. God and how He longs to be with me. God and the feeling of intimacy when I'm talking with Him. God and His purity. 
And more often than not, I will never be able to figure out why or how things may have gotten to where they are now or even where it will go tomorrow, but I will forever be grateful that it is because He loves me that I am not the same as I was yesterday. I have finally learned to be content, not the just barely satisfying content, but really joyful content . To know that whatever happens to me, even through sufferings, I will not stay in that state and that ultimately I will gain something from it and understand God's heart even better. Through Jesus Christ, I have been reconciled in the most perfect way.
Too much to handle? It was and still is for me too! Hahaha which is why I think this isn't something you can learn or grasp in a day, but it took almost 21 years to realize that no matter how hard I search, there really truly is nothing greater  .
And for those who don't see me everyday, or even for those who do... slight picture update!
Back in February... there was a group of guys who put together a banquet...
Some of these guys celebrated birthdays...
Other guys went to visit Georgetown!
Some went to go eat together...
One I had alot of fun with...
So this has been the past 6 months in a nutshell. Really really small nutshell. :D
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I know I've put that picture up before, but man... where's the sun in
Virginia?! Hahaha I miss being able to stand outside my classroom and
take several pictures until the sun set in the ocean. Ahh.. Kailua Kona
how I miss thee. To my fellow soldiers in Hawaii... I miss you guys! 
But it's been good to be back. I must admit there were alot of things
that I missed from Virginia that I definitely did not have in Hawaii.
For example: the comfort of my home, my family, being able to drive (in
my Maxima), knowing the spots to hang out, getting anxious about
school, so much more that I could go on for a good while. All these
things are great, and honestly, God is showing me so many different
things since I've been back. Although I'll get random spurts of missing
Hawaii... I know this is where God is calling me at this time.
One thing in particular that God's really shown me is (drum roll please)....... I AM A SINNER. YOU ARE A SINNER. HE IS A SINNER. SHE IS A SINNER.
And that is why we need CHRIST's love. I don't know if it's just me,
but there are certainly people that I find difficult to really show
love to. (Forgive me God!) But it clearly states in Romans 5:8
that God demonstrated his love for us in that "while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us." Going on to say, "when we were God's
enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son..."
Picture your wooorst enemy. Or to put it lightly, someone (X) you are
having difficulty loving. And picture that you have children and that
your relationships with your children are basically inexplicable
because you love them THAT much. Now, X has been neglecting you and
ignoring you and accusing you and sometimes even using you, which of
course as human, we could not take in very well. But instead of ranting
and raving at X... you say, "Can we reconcile through the sacrifice of
my child, my perfect child, whom I love very much?"
Of course that wouldn't be our first thought for any situation. But the
point is, that is what God had done for us. And it's not a one time
deal, it's for the well being of our eternal lives. Are we showing the
same love and compassion to our brothers and sisters? Are we initiating
any reconciliation that needs to be done between our relationships? Are
we being so BOLD that those
around us would recognize that our frienship is not a one time deal,
but that their friendship is an everlasting one? These relationships
don't come out of nowhere, and I have to admit, I'm totally guilty of
keeping acquaintances much longer before it turns into a solid
relationship.
But please, don't follow my example, or the example of the person next
to you, or whoever you look up to. Follow God's example. Take
initiative. Show love... even when it seems so hard.  God wouldn't have it any other way.
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