Here is a brief list of some things that I've been learning, and some ways that I've been growing, during my time in South Africa.

Hey, I don't berate myself in my mind anymore.  [Woot Woot]  It's scary to think that I had let Satan get that much of a strong hold there.

When Jesus holds my self worth, I'm safe.

Beginnings and endings are the hardest parts for me.  The middle is so much easier for me then the start and the finish are.

Electronic devices do not add to my happiness.

It's okay to be happy or sad, even if the people around me aren't feeling the same way.  I want to be where I am emotionally, since that's where I am anyway, I may as well be there.  If I'm not where I am, where am I?

 I'd rather have pain and hurt, then be an emotional desert.

Prayer only changes my life when I pray sincerely.  So I guess God doesn't appreciate my B.S.

Snail mail is extremely exciting to me.  [Don't laugh]

Music touches me in a profound way that I don't understand.

I'd rather be honest and transparent then have a perfect one and a half inch shell.

It may take me years to build something that someone could destroy in a day, but I will build anyway.

Peace out,

Andrea