20 Things

20 Things I've Learned/Remembered/Come to Love Since Being in Jerusalem:

1. I love foreign soda and chips. Yummy! 2. Constipation is worse than diarrhea. 3. I learned how to spell diarrhea. (After Egypt there were so many kids writing home telling their parents how they got the runs, but no one knew how to spell diarrhea, so they made a HUGE sign and posted it in the computer lab.) 4. I've overcome my fear of killing bugs. 5. The west side of town is nicer than the east side. 6. Don't mix grapefruit and milk products. 7. My attitude will determine a lot of how I feel. 8. Thanks to Ty Clive, "High Five" has made its mark on the Jerusalem Center, and is a great way to get to know someone. 9. There is a bitterness between the Palestinians and Israelis that is tangible. I never realized how big of deal this land is to the both of them until I came here. 10. The Lord has no concept of time. 11. Inadequacy can be a tool of the devil, as well as a tool of Heavenly Father. One is used to make you feel horrible and worthless, the other to humble you. 12. Other religions are beautiful in their own ways. 13. I love receiving mail more than a million melons. 14. Power naps really are all that they're cracked up to be. 15. Making friends is hard work. There's no way I'm coming out of this thing with 80 best friends. In the words of The Format, "all you really need are a few good friends." And that (a few good friends) I have. 16. Heavenly Father loves me, and everyone. 17. How a person acts on the outside is not what or who they are on the inside. 18. First impressions are totally wrong. 19. Tender mercies, such as the hammock in the picture above. I was going to miss the hammock up north this summer, luckily my roommate purchased this hot pink hammock that will help me make it through. 20. I didn't have to come here to know the gospel is true. I've known it my whole life.