I'm in love.

With Dave Matthews Band.

I've liked them for years now, but I just recently got on a "kick" with them. It all began whenever I would spend weekends in the painting studio this past semester working on my printmaking projects and my friend Tyler (who is the biggest DMB lover of them all) would bring all of their CDs to play in the background as we worked. I fell in love with the atmosphere I was put in to the sound of their music. I'm hooked now, I should say. I bought their Live at Central Park CD which is FABULOUS if I say so myself. I love the fact that they are considered rock but they will whip out the violins and saxophones to make it sound jazzy. There are long music breaks which I love. The older I get the more I am drawn to the music of something than the lyrics. However, the lyrics are just as important. Everyone hates sucky lyrics. And the lyrics of their songs are so artistic. My favorite songs right now are "Jimi Thing", "Ants Marching", "Rapunzel", and "Grave Digger". "Grave Digger" is very eerie, unlike anything I would listen to but it captures me. If you're up for listening to something good and different than what you normally listen to, pick up the Dave.

Oh my goodness... Have I told you lately that God is good? Because God is soooooo good. I've been discouraged the past 2 and a half weeks because of my support raising for Acadia. I wasn't raising as much as I needed and my predictions of what people would donate to me where higher than what they were really giving me. Not to be a snob and not appreciate what they gave me already, I'm very grateful. When I came home for the summer I had $1,100 raised. It costs $2580 to go to Acadia. As of now, I'm at $2,200. You know how GREAT this is?! I began to pray and that God would show me that all things are possible if I believed in him. And I really started to. I just had a feeling that all my needs would be provided for and they already are starting to be! Support raising has taught me so much about faith and how important it is to act on believing without knowing or seeing. It's like you are walking in the dark. It's a scary thing and you have no idea whats gonna happen or where you are going to end up in it. But it taught me how to fully rely on God even though I was blinded at what might come into the future. I now can go back to school and tell my friends that I saw God work in my life in a way I've never seen before. And it's really amazing..

I leave for Maine this upcoming Saturday at 6am. Continue to pray for safety and for goodness sakes GOOD WEATHER! It's supposed to rain in Bangor when I fly in. I'm praying against it!