Change

Changes, changes, changes! I hope you like change (or at least are interested in it!), b/c lots of it has been going on here.
For the past 2 weeks I've been working temporarily for a church friend in her accounting office - filing, scanning, filing, photocopying, filing, stapling, filing, destapling, filing, addressing, filing, mailing, filing, etc. etc! It's been fun to get to know her better, and I'm sure it's valuable experience working in an office. That's just until tomorrow, though.
Tomorrow night I'm going camping w/ friends & one of my sisters (well, you'd classify as a friend too!), and then on Saturday I'm starting the next phase of my summer: working at Christian Horizons, a retreat centre for people with developmental disabilities. I'm really excited for it! It'll be super hard, but so worthwhile! When I'm at the accounting office, I don't often feel like my work is worthwhile. Yes, I'm helping people, but I don't really feel the satisfaction that comes from making a difference in someone's life.
In fact, just this past weekend I've changed my life plan (as much as I have control over it, anyway) from being an Architect to being a Counsellor. Yep - that's right - no longer will I be studying at the University of Waterloo to be a Professional in the field of buildings and design. This isn't a rash decision, though. For as long as I've been considering Architecture, I've also been thinking about helping people emotionally, mentally, etc., and hopefully (as is the ultimate goal in what we do), spiritually. I'm not exactly sure where this will take me, but I finally feel at peace about this decision. It fits more into who I want to see myself become, and I can see how God's been equipping me for this sort of thing.
I'd appreciate lots of prayers, both for this summer and for guidance for the year, and I'd love to know what you think!

Mundo muy pequeno (really little world)

When I was 7 my family visited Disney Land (yep, the famed camping trip of '93). I was just remembering one of the kiddy rides, which ventured through a mountain, where thousands (or so it seemed to me) of mechanical dolls representing the nations of the world were singing "It's A Small World After All." I'm remembering it because tonight I've found out just how tiny planet Earth really is! Through going to the evening service of a Church where old family friends from up North go & pastor, I was connected or reconnected with so many people! Whether it was the brother of one of my high school friends, or a high school classmate of my oldest sister, or a camp friend of some of my siblings, or my childhood friends that I had gone to visit knowing my other high school friends through University, or their family knowing my brother's girlfriend, or meeting my Discover intern's old Explore intern, it was crazy that out of just a few people that I talked to, I had so many random connections! I've heard it said that if you know something like one or two hundred people, you're statistically connected with everyone on the planet. Now I'm starting to see some sense in that! So, this makes me think... how many strangers are really complete strangers?