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I want to update the autumn happenings properly, but Im headed off camping in the mountains for the weekend 
so hopefully next week i can get some pics up and stuff… buuuuut I HAVE SMELLED FALL! FINALLY!! On September 26th
SO, i read in the paper this past week that jmu was having an international photo contest and it looked really interesting…at first i was like shoot, that’d be fun to enter, but then i realized WAIT! i’d been someplace international!!!! it was so stimulating to have my mind on something artsy again, so here are the 3 pictures that i entered.. *hoping for the best!*
(a little girl at the first orphanage we visited up in the mountains)
(hurricane-wrought shacks in a poor fishing village)
(some random gate thing at the mission home)
Beautiful Air
Chapter Two finds us, having satiated our hunger with our favorite Whole Foods spread, enjoying the beautiful, quiet Sunday afternoon. our passion at the game the previous evening had found us quite, unnaturally sore and semi-voiceless from the deluge of praise and enthusiasm coming from our section of the stands Needless to say, the tranquil respite was like a balm to our (self-induced) fatigue and injury 
Basking in an Orange Glow
Ok, so following along the shirt tails of The Best Summer of Our Lives, what is more natural than well, The Best Autumn of Our Lives?? So what better way to christen to beginning of fall than with a college football game?! I’ve always had a competitive, fighter streak, but I have never really been into sports, much less football, until last season.. Just let me tell you, lol it’s like a whole new world has been opened to me.. I’ve discovered that i LOVE the battlefield, the competition..
I love cheering for a team and sharing , quite personally, in their triumph or defeat..hehe… yehh baby.. SO the opportunity arose for us to go to a UVA game, and considering my utter fondness for my hometown, we carped the diem and went! and OH boy!! what a season opener…! for us (as the doorway to autumn) as well as for UVA!! what a victorious game!!! we got greasy pizza and soda, and wore jeans for like the first time since summer, and were exposed to many a sundress and collared shirt.. :p wooo republican sports make me happy:)
(i took this pic on the chesapeake bay at sunset.. no color editing..God is great)
The peace of the Lord is unlike anything else.. that verse that says, “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” has become reality again.. it has been a really good first week of school. It is amazing at how much more at peace i feel about where i live, my classes and everything… I am actually not dreading any of my classes this semester and am actually excited to learn what they have to offer:) praise God lol! I am kinda ehh about applying for internships, etc ..so i am praying for direction from the Lord about the next step.. i CANNOT believe this is my last year of college. 
wow its so surreal…so much has happened and now shay is in the same place i was in 4 years ago and gosh i didnt even know i could grow that much since then…im excited to see what God is going to do in her life too… oh boy. im so glad there is a God in heaven who knows and cares about all this stuff…
more thought in a few days… im going home now! and then to the first UVA game with Clover tomorrow!! :)
