I am back!

            Another week in the life of a Link Year student. It is good to be back though. Im getting so excited about going to Fiji Australia and New Zealand. We leave in two weeks. I am reading more and more about their culture and language to best prepare for this trip. I also will be doing a denominational study. I am researching Jehovah’s witness. I kinda know what it is but not that much, so I look forward to learning more about it. I will have limited internet access while out of the country. I should have it almost everyday in Australia, but during fiji probably not at all and new Zealand some of the time. We will see. I probably will not post on my blog until after I get back, but I will try and log my adventures extensively to keep you filled in. I got a gopro for Christmas so I will be taking pictures and videos everywhere I go. It should be a ton of fun. We also got funds raised to build a chicken coop. That will be really essential to this community. It will be one of their primary sources of protein. It is weird getting all of my summer clothes out when it is so cold here in Missouri. The weather is going to be so warm. I cant wait. Then when I get back I will be able to see a bunch of my friends at nationals so that will be a lot of fun. This week one of my pastors here in Branson was our Link Year speaker. Ted Cunningham, he came and has been talking to us about a few things, one he is a huge advocate for marriage and he talked to us all about all of the things someone should consider when deciding who to marry and then about how he believes that people of our generation are unnecessarily delaying marriage. He thinks this is a lot of because of prolonged adolescence. Kids are not transitioning into adulthood as early as they should. They need to be becoming adults that make their own decisions when they leave for college, but instead they are coming back home after college either because their parents want them to or to “save money”, but really all it is doing is prolonging their transition into adulthood. He then talked to us about how communication works in a relationship like marriage. Some examples of bad communication and how to correct that and communicate well with your spouse. Also about what personalities are most compatible.