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Tuesday. June 3rd, 2008. 11:25PM. Hong Kong.

Tomorrow will be my first day at work!
I will be leaving Kwai Chung MTR station at approximately 8am, and will be arriving at the American Consulate General on Garden Road at 9:30am.

The past two weeks have flown by so quickly that I haven't even had a chance to process anything at all. Lack of sleep during finals week transferred over to Chapter Camp, which then transferred to this past weekend when I crashed pretty much the entire time. And now after a 14hr flight (~9hrs sleeping, 3hrs movie, 1hr for two meals), I'm halfway across the world.

I wish I had more time to spend reflecting on a Chapter Camp post because it was so so so good. A lot of it was alone time (with God), kind of spent isolated from everyone else. I absolutely loved the passages we went through in Isaiah (40-55ish). The imagery of the majestic effortless eagle, barren wilderness/desert, leveling topography, bow/arrow and knife, idols, the Lord and I having each other's names on the palms of our hands. Powerful images. Being in the presence of nature and God's creation was absolutely breathtaking: shooting stars, the blue sky, calm oceans, sound of the waves, kayaking amongst seals/fish/dolphins, cool sand during beach volleyball, cold rocks, palm tree silhouettes, sunrise from the Way of the Cross.

I am also excited and scared at the same time for Small Group Leading. That pair of emotions pretty much describes all that I'm feeling about everything haha. I'm really happy with Unit 2; I knew it was always in my heart :). And although I don't know my co-leaders very well at the moment, I can't to see the ways that God will work to bring Olivia, Aaron, Becky and me together to foster a community next year. I am so blessed to be amongst this (mostly new) group of leaders because I know all of us have big shoes to fill after the seniors and the old leaders. Track was the first time I really led a Bible study, and I can't say it was very easy. But yay for Jamie and Mike who helped me work through it :)

Jetlag is getting the better part of me, so I am heading to bed now.
All I can say to sum up Chapter Camp was God was so so SO faithful in answering my prayers from that first day at Retreat of Silence. That last day was so good :)