9.23.06 I think it's been over a year since I last updated xanga, but here goes :) So I went to volunteer at Clinica Carino today in Santa Ana where there were many first and second year med school students from UCI. There was a really big turn-out since it was the first clinic of the year, and it was so amazing to meet these students who were so friendly, energetic, and passionate about what they do. It was very contagious. Anyway, the experience made me even more anxious to go to medical school. It feels like I've been waiting forever, and it's only the end of September! I have a few more secondaries to keep me busy in the meantime... In other news, I joined a small group from Saddleback church, and am really encouraged by the people I've met there. Hopefully it'll be a good place for me to continue to grow and challenge my personal walk w/ God. I'm also very thankful for the people He's brought into my life the past year, and also for how He's been working in the lives of people around me. My mom just recently started going to Bible study, which I am totally excited about so please continue to pray for her :) So here are my upcoming personal challenges: 1) To trust that God is really good and not to be anxious about my future. I keep thinking that I would want to do medical missions in the future, and if this is really God's plan for my life, how come I have such little faith that it won't happen? And I should stop worrying about getting into School X or Y, and trust Him. Reflecting on the past year, I've gotten so blessings from being at UCI. God really has placed people in my life in just the right places to help me along the way. (On a more practical, day-to-day note, this challenge also means not checking my e-mail every 3 minutes and getting off of SDN :P) Philippians 4:6-7 2) To love others who are difficult to love. I think it's easy for me to respond to people who are nice, but I want to be the one who can initiate. I want my life to a conduit for God's love to flow through :) Matthew 5:43-48 | 