Screw you, we're from Texas

It is 10:53 in Fort Worth, Texas

It has been a long time since I posted, So I'll split my time up into four sections for y'all.
1) 2nd session at Camp Ozark
2) 3rd session at Camp Ozark
3) Brief intermission in Texas
4) mission trip to Guatemala

So, 2nd session at camp was the BOMB. I was a counselor for 15 year old guys (one of whom some of us met randomly at A-Fran's house right as we were leaving to go skiing, he was being tudored by Mrs. Francis). It was just like making 10 new friends, it was really easy. We basically just played hacky sack all the time and had raves in the cabin. AWESOME.

3rd session at camp... was a bomb. Not so awesome. I had some tough kids that were just mean to each other. It's two weeks of my life I would like to forget, as bad as that sounds. Highlight of the session- seeing John Alford and recieving a Drogba jersey that he bought for me while he was in Spain.

Now to the interesting part. The brief intermission in Texas. I was home from the July 13th to July 19th. I basically just hung out with Rob and Kelly. It was really just us (and Katie but she lives real far). The highlight of the break was when Kelly and Katie and Michelle came out to Rob's house to shoot with us. They got to shoot an SKS Russian Assault Rifle, an AR-15 assault rifle, a 9mm Glock, a .308 Sniper Rifle, a .223 Rifle, and a 12-guage shotgun. It was fun to finally show them what we do all the time. Shooting at Rob's house is to us as watching youtube is to Master Wayne. We just do it when we get bored. We also got to show the girls Rob's beast of a truck that is dangerously close to being done, and will display the RAW power inside in the next few weeks here. Anyway, It was just great being back in Texas. Arkansas got kind of old, like real old, like fast. But on July 19th I left the Great State again to head to Guatemala.

I went with my church from Fort Worth as a leader on the high school mission trip to Guatemala. It is really the only thing I have to compete with all of y'alls "studying abroad" and what not. It really was an amazing experience. We landed in Guatemala City, then traveled to Antigua, then Panajachel, then Santiago Atitlan. It was in Santiago Atitlan where we did our mission work. We worked for four days building houses for widows, and working on a christian camp that is being built by our sister church down there. It was really cool to be able to finally use that Spanish that I have been learning for oh so long. I talked soccer and construction with one of the elders of the church we were working with, it was great. Highlight of the trip was a USA vs. Guatemala soccer game during which yours truly buried a goal from about 15 meters (A-Fran, you would have been proud). The people there were great and the Holy Spirit was very active and God definitely is making his mark on the town of Santiago Atitlan. In all its glory though, Guatemala sure as hell wasn't Texas, and when asked what my favorite part of the trip was, I would say that seeing the Texas Coastline as we passed over it on the airplane trip home.

That is basically my summer in a nutshell. I didn't really see the cool places that a ton of y'all did... I didn't hike the mountains of Spain, or drink a beer in Germany, or have wine in Milan, or tour Manchester United's stadium. But I think I'll just agree with Alex and say that frankly I don't ever miss anything much except you guys and Texas. I can't wait to see everyone again. The historic district of College Station is about to get rocked... until then

Screw them, we're from Texas