Quick note

How time flies! I honestly have no idea where this week went. We played a lot of volleyball though.
One thing I have been thinking about lately is relinquishing rights. We had a session on this the other day, and basically came to the conclusion that I actually have no rights. Going on missions... or actually living for Jesus... means that I have given up my right to possessions, my right to having money, my right to time, my right to having a schedule (well, you can have as many schedules as you want. That doesn't mean anyone will obey them.) My right to safety (which is an illusion anyway), my right to pride, my right to say goodbye (if I'm out of the country when people die, or if I'm killed I guess...), my right to be understood, my right to my future, my right to individuality, my right to be a calloused individual, my right to be thanked for something I do, and my right to my life, among others. If something is asked of me, will I follow? If this one thing I have, my faith, is worth living for, it is worth dying for. And unless something is worth dying for, it is not worth living for. And if I give my life to this one thing, which is what I am trying to do, I guess I don't have any rights on top of that. I have given them up.

A prayer request would be for health. A lot of us here are or have been pretty sick with a nasty cold that sits in your chest. Pray that those with coughs would get better and those who are not sick would not get sick.