Dear Gideon, Thank you for your prayers. There are not very many people that tell me they are praying for me very often and I really appreciate it coming from you because I know that it's true. There is a girl on my hall who's name is Becky and her and I are becoming pretty good friends. She is a really awesome girl but she is just really busy all the time that I am free and I am busy all the time that she is free so it's kind of hard to build a good relationship with her, but I'm praying about asking her to be my accountability partner. We'll have to see what happens, because, quite honestly, I'm not even sure if she already has one or not.
When you tell me things like how I impacted your life, Gids, it makes me laugh to myself just a little bit because I remember coming home after that summer and thinking that you had changed my life more than any other person I had ever met and that I felt bad becasue I feel like I didn't really effect you at all. At least I certainly didn't feel like I had anything to offer. So, really I feel like I should be thanking you always for the words of advice and wisdom you gave. It's funny how all things come together in God's timing. Everything you said I had heard before- I had been taught it my whole life. But, I suppose it never really "clicked" until then when you directed it specifically to me. I guess God's timing is always perfect.
My boy is doing well. He misses me alot being at college and I miss him but we see eachother every now and then and we email and stuff. He's keeping himself really busy though. This semester he is working full time and going to school full time so that helps him to keep his mind off me, I guess. Sometimes, I think he might be wanting to get more serious than I do right now and that scares me a little, but we're just taking one day at a time for right now. How are you and Joy doing?
Well, this is a song by my favorite artist Nichole Nordeman. I think that she is incredible and I aspire to be just like her, I've been listening to it alot lately so I thought I'd share it with you. It's not only a beautiful song, but it's a great reminder of humility for me. I hope you appreciate is as much as I do.

We stutter and we stammer til You say us
A symphony of chaos til You play us
Phrases on the pages of unknown
Til You read us into poetry and prose

We are kept and we are captive til You free us
Vaguely unimagined til You dreams us
Aimlessly unguided til You lead us home
By Your voice we speak
By Your strength no longer weak

By Your wounds we are healed
What kind of love is this?
By Your wounds we are healed

Passed over and passed by til You claim us
Orphaned and abandoned til You name us
Hidden and disclosed til You expose our lies
By Your death we live
By Your gift that we might give

By Your wounds we are healed
What kind of love is this?
By Your wounds we are healed

What kind of love would take your shame
and spill His blood for you?

By Your wounds we are healed
What kind of love is this?
By Your wounds we are healed

We are healed

I love that song. It has to be one of m absolute favorites. Well, I need to get going on my homework. Midterms are coming up and alot of projects are coming due as well.
I pray that God pours blessings on your life as you have on mine.
Bethany