They're here!!!

My parents got in yesterday morning to beautiful Alaska weather. They looked really excited to be here and really exhausted (understandably) from their travels. Not long after they arrived a really dense fog rolled in and stayed for the rest of the day, so they had really good timing. Today it's another beautiful day in the 50's. It feels so good!

I went running yesterday with the running club in the fog, which was really cool. Although I was technically with a group, I just ran ahead a bit with my iPod on. It was the first time I have run by myself since I got up here. It was really fun for a change. It's nice after camp to just have a little time to yourself to get your thoughts back in order. This year, I found running a good time to pray or worship with my music on, and yesterday it was really awesome to get to do that. We ran a route that goes right along the sea for a couple of miles, and the fog was just beautiful and mysterious. I couldn't really see what was up ahead and could only see about 20 feet on either side of me. It was good because I had to focus on the beauty immediately around me. I had to be present in my worship right where I was. If that makes sense. It was like putting trust in the Lord without seeing ahead of myself or planning for how much farther I had to go or anything. I know that all sounds really cheesy, but it was some really great me-and-God-time. :D

The midnight sun festival is in full-swing. I just ran down the road to see my parent for a few minutes and they were eating barbeque that was being grilled on the main road downtown. The softball championships are tonight, so we'll probably all go to that and then there is a concert tonight at Airport Pizza. Tomorrow morning I'm running in a race along the beach and then it'll be time for the parade and the polar bear swim! More to come over the weekend...

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