My last post for awhile!

I leave for school one week from tomorrow, so I might not find time to update for awhile. (like I did this summer... *rolls eyes*.

Anyway, so I've been living at home and nannying this summer - it has been such a great experience. I'm getting lots of practice planning outings and meals - and discipline, too, which I do not enjoy so much. Being with the kids all day, having to listen to their nitpicking and namecalling - I realized it must be SO OBNOXIOUS to my parents when I and my sisters act that way!
I've also been pushed farther in correcting people, or figuring out the best way to tell someone they are wrong. Man, it has not been all high-flying but God has taught me so much this summer!

And now I move to Florida in one week! CRAZY! I'm overwhelmed with excitement for this opportunity - but of course as the day draws near, I'm being filled with last minute doubts and panic. I don't want to go far away! I don't want to leave home! But I tremble with delight thinking about the warm weather, the friends I will make, the incredible chances to grow! AND to be back at a Christian school again - I have missed that!

So, thanks for reading. I'm out for now!
-Lexi

Books I'm reading right now

I got this book for my plane ride home from Florida when I went down for orientation. I have not gotten very far (just too busy!) but I have heard great things about it and I can't wait to get into it!

I also finished 'Clay in the Potter's Hand' by Dorothy Sun today. That was a hard book to read - I almost put it down 3/4 of the way through. It just makes you miserable reading about the torture and suffering Chinese Christians have gone through!

Let's see... what else. I also just read Renting Lacy by Linda Smith and Cindy Coloma. Ohhh, that is a must read! It's about prostitution in America. It is so sad, so awful. Here's a paragraph that really touched me:

When I grow up, I want to be a prostitute.
I want to be used by men however they wished.
And I'll say, "Oh baby, yes, I love it, I love everything about you." And I'll hold back my vomit and keep on my smiles to convince them, so they'll stop slapping me. But because I love it, because I love the taste of everything about them, they'll say I'm a slut, a dirty little girl who needs to be punished. They'll burn cigarettes into my skin, jab me anyplace they like, bloody my nose, blacken my eyes, laugh at my tears, hold a gun to my head, cut me, tattoo me, as their eyes grow large and excited. I'll scream and cry and beg because I can't act anymore.
I don't want to be riding a pink bicycle with a basket in the front. I hate the little girls with their hands held tight by fathers, fathers who look at me in disgust and cover their daughters' eyes so they don't see me. I don't want to be one of those girls with a decorated bedroom and frilly pillows on my bed. I don't want to giggle and talk about whether a boy likes me or not. I don't want to decide for myself whether to wait for marriage to have sex and remain a virgin.
When I grow up, I don't want to attend college, consider joining a sorority, or have my own apartment. I don't want to try different career paths or figure out who I am. I don't wish for a wedding day in a church or on a beach with bridesmaids, a dad walking me down the aisle, little flower petals beneath my feet. Who cares about baby showers or decorating a nursery? I don't want to learn how to cook or decide between being a stay-at-home mom or a working mother. I don't want any of those things.
Because when I grow up, I want to be a prostitute.

-from Renting Lacy by Linda Smith and Cindy Coloma. Doesn't that break your heart?

I'm working on this book, too. I wish I had more time to read!


Other books escape my mind, but I have had time to read a few others this summer. I read a fantastic summary of American history, with great pictures and quotes! I just can't remember the name though. That's all I got!