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Last One for a While... =)

Man... I am finding this blog really hard to keep up with.. especially as I have been really preparing for my trip coming up... Sorry to you all ... I do my best... =)

Well ya, I leave on Thursday for 2 months and I will have some internet access sporadically but probably just with emails...

The last few weeks have been really really good... I have been learning a lot... last week was on the ministry of the Holy Spirit.... I just had my eyes opened a lot to the joy of the Spirit... and really learned a lot more just how to be a kid with God... how to have that childlike faith that we should have...

So I have been shopping around for my hiking gear... I feel ready for the trip... it's been fun.. I have some new really nice hiking boots... a really nice coat.. my big backpack and down sleeping bag... It's going to be crazy...!... For the trip, well specifically the trekking part, I will only be bringing 2 or 3 shirts... not showering for at least a week at a time ... a lot of times... haha.. sleeping on the floor, wherever... It's going to be such an amazing experience... and I love my group/team I am going with ... we have 6 kids going... and I love all the other 5 of them so much!

I will be leading worship with my guitar that I picked up a little over 2 months ago ... AHH... so that's really exciting for me... It won't be perfect but I have gotten a lot better and I know that when I am playing a lot.. and playing in front of people I will get a lot better really fast... so I am really excited for that...

Our flight leaves thursday at 1PM from LAX... we have an 11 hour layover in Frankfort, Germany... that should be pretty fun and hopefully we can get out and see the city a little you know??

I will get back to LA February 8th.. then graduation for DTS is Feb 12th... then I fly home on the 13th... it's coming up soon!...

Im expecting a BIG party when I get home... ha just kidding...

I will get home and then I will be flying to North Carolina to see Lexi finally... !!... I think I will fly out on the 25th of February and stay for a little more than a week... I think that is how its going to go down... =)...

Im trying to think of what more I can post publicly...

I am excited to get out of this bed... the bed Ive been sleeping in for the last 3 months... I hate it... top bunk... and it moves a lot... and it squeaks like crazy so if i move it squeaks and wakes me... haha... ya it's bad... I really miss my bed... the floor where I am going to might even be better.. =)

So I am trying to make a few last day phone calls before I leave... I should be talking to Brant within a few minutes... Im waiting for him to finish studying for finals...

Mom sent me some Kinesio Tape for my knee... (elastic tape) and I looked up some videos on youtube about how to put it on for support... It is feeling better so far today... I think it will really really help me as I set out to hike a lot... but when I get home I am definitely going right back to therapy... my knees are so bad... my right one is actually doing pretty good though recovering from surgery... it's the left that gives me all sorts of craziness.. sometimes I wish I could just get surgery on it now so it wont feel so loose... but hopefully it tightens up... and hopefully the trekking helps it...

Man I miss home... but it is so close now so it makes it a lot easier...

But I am so ridiculously excited to go on my 2 month trip it's not even funny.. I'm excited for so many reasons...

So now I will have been to North America, Central America, Europe (layover in Germany) and Africa... whoot!...

Okay.. well I will definitely be giving much more information to you all when my trip is over... I dont know if I will be able to update while I am there... I will try...

Look forward to the AMAZING video I will be making with my families new video camera they sent me to use... !

Thank you for your prayers... I need them!

LOVE Mark Fila =)