i don't wanna be a lame-o

i love my church here in costa rica. :] really. i do. the people are just so awesome. and by awesome i mean HILARIOUS, but also just sooo nice and incredible ppl of God. for example, Salvador, my youth pastor. he is rockin awesome. i just love him. and he said something that hit me just because it is SO true. he was talking last night about how our faith grows when it is tested. and it is tested through different trials or hardships. but most of the time the biggest trial God throws our way is a headache....maybe to see if we will still go to church on sunday mornin even tho our head is hurting a little. idk. but i heard him say that and i was just like....dang. sometimes christians (myself def included) can just be so...well...dumb. and not just dumb, but ignorant, lame, and just downright selfish. i mean but what he said is so true...our faith doesn't even grow because God knows we can't even handle a headache on sunday morning.....wow. i want to be someone God can throw more than a headache at and know that i will still remain strong and faithful. but in order to do that we have to be focused on God and not on our selves. there are so many things in this world that we place so much value on...that really are just so pointless. that is something that i have really come to learn down here. the world has such a control on so many christians lives that they get sooo caught up in themselves and just things that really are pointless and just a waste of time....and it just makes me so sad when i see that...christians ignorant of the fact that they only difference between them and the world is that they call themselves a "christian"....but in reality they don't truly understand the depth to christianity...and by depth i don't just mean all that there is to do as a christian, but also all the joy and peace there is to receive as a christian....idk. i dont know how i got on that topic..haha. just my thoughts for today...and well actually i've thought about some of those things for a while. but ya. just something to throw out there that God has been speaking to me about. :]

P.S. i think it would be cool to put prayer requests on here...or at least just things i am praying for that maybe you (whoever you may be) could pray for as well if you want to...and also it would be a way of just seeing God work and answer the prayers... soooo
lets see.
#1:my mommy comes to visit me on wednesday!!!!!!!!! :] im so freakin excited. please pray for safe travels and then just an awesome visit.
#2: for me personally because this last month will not only be busy but very emotional. i LOVE it here and know i will miss costa rica so much...but i also want to be home so bad. but please pray that i will be able to focus and just use every last bit of my time here
#3: we as GAPers are going to be putting on a talent show on tues and friday to raise money for los guidos( a really poor place here). please pray that all the details and such for that go smoothly, that we would have a good turnout, and that it would just be a wonderful time of fellowship and bring glory to God

the end. God bless and goodnight. :]