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I love Sonic the Hedgehog and Zelda music. Hyrule Field or Starlite Zone, Zora's Domain or Emerald Hill Zone--my, my, how I love you all!

I am so incredibly excited about Whitman Christian Fellowship (InterVarsity) next year, and my role there. I will be leading Bible Study/Small Group in Jewett with absolutely incredible people. Brian, my good friend, brother, and classmate--a rare intellect--will be my comrade in arms. A friend of Zoey and I's named Rachel will also be seeking the Kingdom of God in that dormitory--she's friendly, fun, and beautifully hard to dislike. And also Sydney, one of my newer and dearer friends, will be taking on her share of leadership in next year's Jewett BS--the flavor that she will add will be one of lightheartedness, joy, humor and other good things. And then of course, the final element is Joshua (that's me), who I would best describe as being more excited than he can stand about leading with that fine group of people. Plus, what if Nato comes to our group every week? COULD IT GET ANY BETTER?!

I should have jogged this morning.

HR4437 is the most idiotic law the House of Representatives could possibly come up with. A felony to come to the land of opporunity out of desperation and equally criminal to help those immigrants? I just hope that my friend Paul Apostolidis is right--that this outrage was merely created to thwart the soft-toward-immigrants bill that the Senate came up with, in hopes of making a reconciliation between the two documents impossible. I also hope that, as he perceives, there is absolutely zero chance of this becoming law as is, or even remotely close to as is. I hate this bill, and wish I had went to the march in Walla Walla last Friday. The details are far worse than "merely" making it a felony to be, or even help, illegal immigrants (check it out at http://www.ilrc.org/HR4437.html). Molly, I really don't think this bill has any redemptive qualities: our rights as American Citizens to have more, better, more securely (by not having crime-committing immigrants threaten our dear security) should not be a priority in the least compared with Christ's intense passion for the poor and oppressed. He came to preach, proclaim, and otherwise (say, by his crucifixion) advance the Kingdom of God (or Kingdom of Heaven, if you're Matthew). Social Justice is probably the biggest single aspect of that program. This bill cannot pass--it's mere existence is further evidence that no matter how much certain liberals might lament our "Christian" nation that we are indeed not a Christian nation. Pray with me Molly, that God's values have more sway in our country than it so often appears...

My sister is here, lying in bed behind me (conked out, naturally). This should be a fun week.

Next year I'll be living at theBirch again, staying in this room that will be eternally etched in my mind as "Flynn's Room". Rent is now $295 for me, with five people in the house, yet somehow next year with four it will only be $280. I'm really confused about that. But even more exciting than the fact that there will be one less person in the house and my rent will go down is that Colin will live down the hall, Nato above me, and Andrew below me. YES!

I am so behind in school work.

I miss people. I miss Spring break. I don't like school. I can't wait til' summer, and also dread it's approach. I love God, but often don't act like it. I love people, but act like that too little also. I love you. You should leave a comment...