i'm alive. i still read my friends page. i think i want to move to nepal. there are pictures that will show you why at http://rachelheather.wordpress.com

hello. i'm back from new york and there's a big huge update over at rachelheather.wordpress.com

be forewarned, it's insanely long. if you just want the big themes, scroll down and look for the bold print. pictures will be up there as soon as the people on my team who had cameras finish posting them on facebook.

the inner-workings of my mind are now at rachelheather.wordpress.com. although, it's much less the inner-workings of my mind and much more updates about my upcoming mission trips to new york city and india.

i still check my friends page frequently, though, so don't you dare stop updating :)

i'm going to india. yikes. under the cut is my support letter, which i tried very hard to make sound as little like a form letter as possible. it looks a lot cooler on paper (a copy of which you will be getting in the mail, parents).

( support letter )

the theme of this year so far ( Read more... )

it's 2008. weird. most of the people graduating high school this year were born in 1990. i feel old ( Read more... )

finals are over...woohoo!

i can breathe now. and sleep. and watch movies. and sleep. and read books i choose to read. and sleep.

it will be a glorious four weeks of freedom.

p.s. - go here and listen to moscow. well, listen to all of them, but especially moscow. i'm a little obsessed with it at the moment.

"She could do nothing but sit back and watch as corruption and scandal took seed and the wealth of her country was siphoned away by newly elevated government officials and squandered on frivolously lavish trips to Europe ( Read more... )

tonight was the community christmas party at church, and it was amazing. the college ministry at denton bible has been in a season of transition the past couple years, moving from a "pack-em-in" type ministry to a much more missional, "send-em-out" ministry. it's been exciting to be a part of it, and tonight was just another example of how God is ( Read more... )

i am tired. this semester is long and heavy. i feel like so much is going on that affects me but is entirely out of my control. it doesn't help that i dream about dropping out of school about three times a day. i have a ten page paper due in two weeks and not nearly enough time or energy or motivation to do it ( Read more... )