i'm still feeling pretty lonely, and it's just tough. i feel like i'm just floating. i wonder if people notice me. and so it makes me miss this summer. it was perfect... i miss the weather, the food, the culture, the people. maybe that's where jo's visit comes in. it was SO good to see her. but i'm sad now that she's gone. i think above all, the people are what i truly love about hawaii. they just, get me.
i keep waking up feeling like this. i carry through the whole day like this. i go to sleep like this. i feel in a sense, "homesick". i'm just ready to move there already! i think i was always meant to live there. i've got that hi-life in my heart. hahaha. or at least i've been told.
but don't get me wrong, i am so stoked for this year. God has been providing and providing. in the past week, i've had 2 girls contact me about joining my bible study. THEY came to ME! i didn't have to do anything. but God is good, he provides. Not only that, yesterday was an amazing day tabling (my first time!). we got to talk to a lot of cool people & i am really hoping they'll come out this week. nina and i also went to do followups at the dorms, and God just blessed us there again. we met this AWESOME girl named sharon who is searching for a church out here! i think we're going to take her on sunday :) we got to have a great conversation, and even saw her again later last night at AACF's ice cream social.
i truly am excited for this year. Although Epic still has a lot of unknowns, i am thankful that God is sovereign--that he's leading this movement, and not me. i don't need to take the weight of it all on my shoulders, but He will. i know lately i've been feeling really stressed about it because i don't know where everyone's at, but the Lord has just been so gracious with providing. i know we can get through this. i'm stoked to be leading women's bible study with nina. she truly has a heart after God, and i love the way she worships Him with her life. it's definitely encouraging!
tonight we have a spam musubi/game night. our first event of the year. and i couldn't be more excited/stressed. stressed because 2 of my co-core leaders will not be there, and i'm afraid i won't be able to handle everyone, but more importantly, EXITED because of all the new people i will meet tonight! and hopefully some awesome conversations.
but backtrack to this weekend. JO'S VISIT. can i just say, that it was epic?? haha. that girl is awesome. we are seriously on the same page on just about everything. goshh. we have the same taste in fashion, guys, GOD, hawaii, foods, music, etc! it's too crazy. she came in late friday night & i picked her up from the airport. although it was a far drive, it was SO worth it. we had soo much to catch up on, we ended up chatting at McD's for a while even though we were supposed to head out to Mikey's! haha. We eventually got to Mikey's around 12:30, and just cruised til basically 5am. HA. i felt bad because Mikey had a football game the next day & even gave up his bed for us. what a good guy! and i also felt bad cuz we had to leave somewhat early the next day =/ but it's okay, hopefully there will be more trips. After that we trekked it out to hollywood where we spent the day at the walk of fame, mann's chinese theatre, the mall, etc! it was a lot of fun. you'd think that after i grew up only an hour away from all this, that i would've gone to these places... but NO. i am a loser. haha. so it was a new experience for the both of us! we then proceeded to head all the way back to SB where we met up with Tom & Darrell for dinner. at Takenoya. nom nom nom. :)
next day we got up supah early early to go to church. SO good. i'm glad that i got to take Jo there! worship was awesome. Dave Lomis spoke, which was cool too because he's going to be the pastor as reality SF where Jo might be interested in attending when it opens! so that was saweet. thenn. it was WEST BEACH FESTIVAL. fdjksafjasldkjf. oh em gee. most amazing concert EVER > soja. pepper. sashamon. rebelution. iration. slightly stoopid. and i think anyone would agree, this is one of the meanest lineups you could pick. ahh, it was so good! although, 2 sad panda moments. :( we MISSED iration. yes. MISSED. the band we wanted to see the most! and sadly, it wasn't because of some external factor, but because of our own lackadaisical-ness. we chilled downtown for FAR too long, and underestimated the parking. so as we were looking for parking, we heard my favorite--wait & see while driving by. =/ 2nd sad panda moment was that i accidentally deleted my video of rebelution's lazy afternoon! ugh. i still haven't forgiven myself for that. anyway. forget all that bad news. THE CONCERT WAS SO SICK! outside, on the sand (although it made things real dirty, real fast), and with multiple stages. they were really good about being on time. mannn. it was awesome. i can't believe more people i know didn't go! it was such a good deal too--ALL THAT for the ticket price of $35. booya.
then monday. finallyyy slept in. little bit though. haha. i was still beat from the day before! anyway. got up and went back down south to Santa Monica this time :) we're quite the adventurers, i know. haha. anyway, went to the Santa Monica pier (although we were trying to get to Venice beach? FAIL.) i've never been to the Santa Monica pier (SAD, i know. i live in socal, you would think i've been...), so it was a really cool experience for me too. Attempted to do a photoshoot, although i've been hardcore sucking lately. i am such a NOOB. gosh. anyways. it was absolutely beautiful. 3 other photoshoots were going on at the same time! we had a good time. Then we went to 3rd Street Promenade to enjoy some walking around & a bite to eat. Afterr, it was time for Jo to go. sadness. But it's okay, because I will soon plan my trip up to the bay! so we can reunite once again♥
anyways. i should go. work time.. haha. i want to add pictures in here though, so be on the lookout! i'll just post the text for now. ya feel me?? anyhoo. payce!
PS-- shout out to Isaac. hahaha. (:
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