Wednesday is the day of my removal.

Today was... different. They had a little party for me in Sunday school. It was nice. Our room looked new and refreshing. But it was sad because I'm leaving. It was my last Sunday unless I come home for labor day weekend, but I don't know if I will or even if I'd want to come home so soon. After church, Alecia and I went to my aunt's house. My aunt and uncle were having the annual family picnic thing for all the extended family on my dad's side. Alecia and I swam in their pool from 1:30 to 4:10 with a little break for lunch somewhere in there. We dove for the rings on the bottom and imitated the olympic swimmers... I'm sure we looked pretty stupid at times.

Tonight was the youth program at church. It went well despite the troubling news. The play was humorous. I liked the first "congregational" song we sang, but I don't remember what it was.

The USA officially won the medal race at the olympics... 35 golds, 39 silvers, 29 bornzes, and a total of 103. China had the second most golds with 32, but they had the third most total with 63. Russia (27 gold) had the second highest total (92). Australia came is fourth in golds and overall medals. ...I was just rereading that and "third most total" sounds quite weird. I suppose I could change it, but I won't.

"Welcome to the fallout: where the truth and the shadows have become blurred. This is the incompletion... and we are holding our breath. But look! The winds of redemption have come to within the confines of our frozen fists. 'Behold, I make all things new.' And in this newness there is hope for the hopeless, where the eternal lines of the heavens collide with our own humanity. In the divine comedy where up is down and down is up we lose ourselves to find ourselves. Love is the movement. This is the revolution."
- Switchfoot