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Wow, it's been a while, hasn't it? Well, never mind, because I post way more often than any of you, so it probably seems to you like I'm always getting on here, doesn't it? Well, whether it's been a long time or not, a lot has happened since my last post, which was random and retarded. Let me tell you.

Camp is in session! Not at the moment, actually. We just finished our second camp (the 3 day boy's camp got canceled) yesterday. I wore a really cool belt buckle that my dad gave me to the rodeo, and also to the gospel sing today. This past week was a really weird camp. It rained a lot the first couple of days, so we had no work for a while. Most of the camp went according to plan, though. I've actually been sticking to a workout plan. In fact, I talked to Rachel Seale last night (she and Nathan stayed at camp so he could preach in Bastrop today), and found out that she runs marathons, and she encouraged me to train for one. I had changed my mind on running one, but I think she's changed it back. She said she would email me a workout plan. I have to facebook her my email address first... Ah, technology, where would we be without you?

I made so many new friends this week at camp! It was really cool. Aside from the Seales, there weren't very many staffers that I knew. It's so cool meeting new people and making new friends. I saw a turtle on the road on my way to church from the camp this morning. I almost stopped and picked him up, but I was in a hurry, and he didn't really need my help to get across, because he was almost to the shoulder when I saw him anyway. I really want another turtle to keep Bob company, though. I like dressing up all western-like, like for rodeos and gospel sings. I've gotten completely decked out in western gear yesterday and today. It's fun. I just wish I had cowboy boots that fit me better. Mine were free, though, so I won't complain... except that I just did...

One of my hobbies is thinking. That probably sounds weird. Yes, I always think. What I mean is that I like to sit down sometimes and just turn things over in my head. Usually it's something complex that I'm trying to understand, or just something I'm explaining to myself, even though I understand it, or else I wouldn't be able to explain it. Anyways, sometimes I like to think about God in this way. This is fun because it's impossible. God is infinite, and our brains are finite, therefore, we cannot even fully comprehend God's existence, let alone His size and power. He's soooo big. Imagine yourself, from above. Now zoom out, so that the earth is so small you can't see it anymore. Well, now you can't even see about a bajillion things because they're so small, such as the earth, yet you still can't see everything all at once, because there's too much. Well, God is still bigger than all of that, because He's infinite. Someone, a Christian scientist who goes around showing evidence for creation and cool stuff like that, said that the universe is expanding, which means that it had a beginning at a certain point. This also means it's not infinite, right? Well, God is infinite. Imagine a line. Lines, in geometry, are infinite. When you visualize one, it has to stretch off into the distance and eventually disappear, because you can't imagine something infinite. Remember your zoomed out view of yourself? Well, God can see everything, because He's infinite, yet He chooses not to zoom out, but to zoom in on you. You. He lives in you. Lives. He doesn't show up when you need Him, or when He wants to, or when you ask Him. He lives there, so He never leaves. And He cares sooo much about you. He's always thinking about you. Not you in general, but you specifically, the person reading this right now. This sort of brings us back around to where we started. I said I like to think. Well, God is always thinking of you. He loves to think about you. Imagine that. God, who you can't imagine cuz He's infinite, loves to sit down and think about you. He loves you so much that you are on His mind right now (that's a pretty big mind). You have His attention. Some people don't think they're very important, or well-known. I don't see why it's a big deal that someone who made something big here on earth knows you, but it doesn't really matter that God, who made the earth to begin with, not only knows you, but thinks that you are worth paying lots of attention to. I mean, He thinks about you more than anyone else does, or could. And if He's always thinking about you, what makes you think He would slip up and let something happen to you that He didn't intend? God knows His plans for you, and they're great plans, better than any you or I or anyone else could come up with. You just have to listen to Him. Don't worry, you'll hear if you listen. He'll know, because He's watching.