Helloooooooooooo everyone!
(at least I like to think there's an everyone to say hello to...maybe its just one person haha!)
I'm sitting at registration for Surge 5! How in the world is it already session 5?!!? This summer is flying by. This is our 5th session back to back and to say we're exhausted in definitely an understatement. Also, I decided I wanted to wear myself out a little bit more by spraining my ankle last Thursday. Well, what had happened was...we were about to go out to lunch so I went to get my car. Of course I had parked down at the bottom of the hill (because we had to) and I was going to bring my car up to drive other people to lunch! Well this hill I had to walk down is not my favorite. I've fallen down many many times and this trip was just like the others. I was walking with JB and he fell and stood up and I said, "Man, I hate when I fall down this hill!" What do you know but as I was finishing my sentence, my right ankle turned underneath me and popped SOOOOO loudly and I went rolling down the hill. This is definitely the worst pain I've ever felt. However, I was really calm...kind of like the same feeling I got when I got in my car accident. Honestly, the thought that went through my head was..."oh yay, just one more thing!" All I could do was scream, no tears! Crazyyyyy because I love crying but I just couldn't cry at the moment which is a blessing in disguise.
Literally the day before, I finally got things worked out from my car accident. We are settling and things will be good again! Praise the Lord!!!!!!!! But hey, let's add another thing to my plate. All I can think of is James 1:2-4:
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."
In my Christian Education class last year, I had to do a mini-lesson on this verse. All I remember was talking about Ashley who worked with me last summer and she would always say, "Consider it pure joy! Consider it pure joy! Consider it pure joy!"...even when you definitely don't want to be considering any of this joy! I don't see the joy in this injury. Honestly, I'm tired and exhausted and hurting and just feeling like a failure. I have to depend on others for almost everything and I'm really really bad at that. I want to be able to do things on my own but I just can't. I held in my emotions for Session 3 but by the time Session 4 came around, I was so tired of hurting that my sassy side came out. I guess everyone saw the other side of me?! I try to be super positive and happy and stress free in the summer so this is dampering what I'm going for. I'm trying to be as nice as I can but its getting really hard. To just be in pain ALLLLLLLL the time, it sucks....really bad! Then when I'm tired from the day, I have to go back to the house I live in and since it was built in the 1920's it doesn't have an elevator! And then I'm climb up to the 3rd floor where I live. Its a struggle!
Sorry for the complaints but I'm in desperate need of some encouragement right now! We still have 4 weeks here (with two little breaks) and I've got to get feeling better soon or I don't even want to see how sassy I might be at the end of the summer! Also, I'm a little bummed out because I hurt my right ankle of course and can't drive. I'm supposed to be going to ADPi's Leadership Seminar for all the Presidents today. There's no way I'd be able to drive 3 hours home then another 3 hours to Atlanta. I think my ankle would just fall off. But I know God is using this in His plan. For some reason I'm supposed to be here for this session and not in Atlanta even though I'm going to be missing out on serious ADPi time! We have a break next Monday-Wednesday and I would really like to go home but it will all depend on my dang ankle! I might be chilling at the lake for a couple of extra days but hopefully I'll get to see my fam!!!!!!!!!!! (wink wink family) Keep me in your prayers because I'm going to see the orthopedist tomorrow!!!! Praise the Lord because the doctors at the Urgent Care suck as well. Thanks for reading my blog and I hope you're having a wonderful summer! :)
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