My Life By a Snapshot

Dear Reader, My birthday was while ago now but in June I turned 17 years old! Yep, I've been blessed with over 17 years old living now. I am by far not the wisest person out there and I have a lot still to learn but everyone always has something to teach you and so today I thought I'd share with you 17 things I've learned in my 17 years of living. These are in no particular order; just the order in which they're coming to me as I write them now and there are some photos sprinkled in there just to break everything up and so you can see the beautiful faces of our students again :D  1. If you have ants in your sugar put it in the sun for a while and the ants will leave on their own because they don't like the heat . Lee May taught me this one day when we were baking together and I found a whole bunch of ants in my white sugar. It's a very handy trick if you live in Cambodia.  2. It takes more courage and self confidants to cover my body instead of sh...

 Hey there, Inspiration is not something that can be forced. It is something that can be encouraged and can be brought out from the depths of ones self. Inspiration is something that comes for deep with in. It can be evoked and stirred up. It is something that only lasts a while and must be taken advantage of in the moment. Sometimes we get inspired after a movie and feel like we should pack up and become a missionary. It can make us feel unstoppable. It makes us want to change the world.And when one person is inspired they can pass it on to another person and in turn they pass in on to another. I get inspired by people who gave up everything to give time, energy and their love to others in need. I feel inspired when people have passion. I feel inspired by a good book or amazing movie or video. These are the things that help me get out there, take, write and then post it for all you to read. It is what makes me want to serve with my whole heart and pursue my d...