I gotta be honest, I miss being elsewhere. Being back at home was nice, but then I got into a routine. Now I am in Fay town and loving it, but soon I will be into another routine. That's one of the reasons I am so glad for the mission trip. I stepped out of my bubble for a short time and now I feel much better about doing so. This semester holds a lot for me. I already can see that God and I will be talking multiple times a day and I find myself floating to my Bible more than ever to find solutions to my machine dynami...life problems.
Something I really learned about in Russia is openess and activeness. We never know when our time is up and I know I have many friends who are not where they need to be spiritually. I'm not afraid to ask them to come to a Bible study and it seems no matter how much they say "no" I refuse to hear it. The Russians do it, even though it may cost them their families. They are not afraid to talk to others about God and they're sooooo excited to do it.
Another thing I've began to think about more is alcohol. I'm not sure what to think of it. I understand drunkeness is not right, but what about a random drink from time to time. In foreign countries, drinking is not as much of a "sin" as it is here and I wonder why. I guess one could make the argument that there is really no reason to drink, as we have other forms of drink available. It seems the main argument I hear for not drinking responsibly here is that others assume you are drinking to get drunk. But then when did I care what others thought and who are they to judge me? If I want to casually have a beer what's wrong with that? I personally happen to not like the taste of alcohol, but there are some drinks that just don't come nonalcholic. I guess since I'm not quite 21 yet, that's something I will put off for another day. Perhaps a day that doesn't involve staying up until 4am, eh?