Today I spent a lot of my time getting ready for my first trip without Randy since we've been together. I make that sound like a really big deal, but it's just two days in Ketchikan. For those of you who don't know, Ketchikan is like the metropolis of my area of Alaska. It's a three hour ferry ride (can we say "spendy???") but in return for cashing out and enduring the trek, you get McDonald's and Walmart!!! Yay!!! I heard there's a movie theater there too, and I'm about ready to sell a kidney to go to one of those. I miss those kinds of things, but not enough to regret where I am now. It's funny to think about, and I think it would be difficult to explain, but I'll try because I love you guys. :) When people ask me why I love it here, the first thing I think about is how beautiful it is, but I think what I love even more than that is the culture. The mindset of the people here is comepletely different than any I have ever experienced, and the way of life is refreshing in it's simplicity. It really does feel like I've gone back in time. But I digress.
I'm heading to Ketchikan for a Sunday School Teacher's seminar. Ha! You didn't know I taught Sunday School, did you?? Well, guess what? I didn't know I did either. The other day Randy and I started talking about how our lives just seemed to be focused on us and how unfulfilling that kind of lifestyle is. We are both incredible happy with the way our lives are going, and we just think it seems selfish not to spread that happiness around a little bit. Teaching Sunday School was not our idea of fixing this, don't get me wrong. I think I can safely say I would never have volunteered myself for a position like that- I don't know the first thing about teaching, and I don't know very much more about kids. However, it's turned out to be one of the best decisions we've made. We make a pretty good team, and the kids here are awesome. We're still getting the hang of things, and candy/bribery is used pretty frequently, but we love it. So tomorrow I set sail for some kind of seminar that I honestly don't know anything about, but I'm going to show up anyways, and you know why? Because life is just more fun when it's not about me all the time. I'm not saying all this to try to guilt you into cleaning trash off the highway or something (but go for it if you feel like it), but maybe consider the way your life looks through God's eyes: is He in control of it, or are you? The Bible says you can identify the people who follow the Lord by their actions, and your actions are something you can control. So give it up! You'll be a lot happier if you do.
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