Hawaii

I would love for this first line to say -- Yea!!! I am going to Hawaii, but it does not. Yesterday, I checked my mail and I had a card from a lady all the way in HI. She even sent me soup labels because she remembers sending DMH labels a long time ago. She said that there was an article in the Circuit West, the conference news paper. I also got a card from a lady at the church where I made the presentation. It sometimes amazes me how many people are praying for us as US-2s.

Prayers are much needed, especially for the girls at DMH. These are the girls who know from experience that life is not fair. It really is interesting to learn why some of the girls are here. It is about even between girls placed by the county child services and girls that are on probation for everything from truancy and suspension to possession of crystal meth and multiple assault arrests. One of my students told me the other day, that she doesn't like when people say it is easy to be sober and stay on the "good path" because they don't know what her family is like. She said that most of her family is on drugs and she has been around it for most of her life (17 yrs). While the US-2s need prayers, the people that are being served, I think need prayers also.

My apologies for such the somber post. But I do have some happy news (for all of you from Southwestern that read this). I will be attending SOS, which is at homecoming. I know in a previous post I said I wasn't attending, but I changed my mind. So I am excited to see my friends from SU and my brother!!

Grace and peace!