Week 17 - Hurricane Patricia

Familia:

    Hey guys! How are you all? I hope that you are doing well and that

you are not cold and wet and windy like Houston is right now. Did

anything exciting happen this week? How is school and stuff going?

    First off, Hurricane Patricia was just really wet and really fun.

The only bad part was that Hna Jorgensen and I looked and smelled like

wet dogs.

    We went to the zoo :) it was fun!

    I wanted to share an experience that I had a couple weeks ago with

you guys. I remember that I was having a very bad day. I was feeling

pretty devastated and down on myself and as we were driving to an

appointment I remember brooding over things in my head. My companion

ended up taking a wrong turn and I figured that she would turn right

eventually to get on the right road, but then she didn't. I was even

more confused when the busy road narrowed and became a two lane dirt

road in the middle of Houston, and we were lost. We came to a weird

clearing with some other parked cars, and looking up at the sky I

realized we were right next to the runway at the airport.

    You can imagine my delight as we sat and watched the airplanes for

a couple minutes. Hna Jorgensen started asking me questions about why

all the planes start turning immediately after they got up into the

air. After I was done explaining about air traffic, I was watching a

small United flight climb into the sky and heard a voice say clearly

in my mind, "I am the pilot here, and I know where I want you to go."

    I am so glad that our Heavenly Father follows his own flight plans

and not our own. Our destinations for ourselves fall so much shorter

than His. He sees us not only as we are but as we can be. I know that

no matter the hard things that come in our way he places them there

specifically to help us become that person. I know that we can all

meet God's high expectations, and I also know that one day God will

take each of us lovingly by the shoulders and turn us around, and that

then we will finally be able to see that our greatest trials in life

were also our greatest blessings. The hardest thing I have ever had to

do in my life is also the greatest thing that ever happened to me. I

am glad that God does not ask us if we want our trials but instead

lovingly listens to our complaining and rejoices with us when we

realize their worth. I know He loves us.

    I know that God lives. I know that He celebrates with us and

always sees our potential. I am grateful that we can ALWAYS CHANGE.

    How well God knows me, especially if He will lovingly rebuke me

through airplane metaphors haha.

    Love you guys :)

-Hna Madison McCurdy

Ps. This is us and the senator for Texas.

Ppss. Hermana Jorgensen and an elephant.