やったああああ！！！ Sweeeeeet!!!
Okay, some of you know about my almost subconscious worldview presupposition that the world is trying to 'jam me up,' as Caleb H. would so eloquently put it. Well, today I'm renigging on that life approach just a bit. Why, you may ask? Well, today the powers that be dealt me a much undeserved yet appreciated beyond words, literally-I was speechless, hand.
Turns out there is a very generous donor to HUGSR that wanted to pay the way for one student to travel through Israel, Jordan and Egypt for two weeks in May. Students were required to submit a short essay on why they desire to embark on such an adventure. Eight students were chosen as prospective participants on said trip. The second round was really just dumb luck. Those eight names were placed in a basket and one name was drawn as the lucky winner, following that an alternate was drawn. I was drawn as the alternate but through some twist of fate the first student draw was part-time (the requirement was the student must be full-time). Therefore, by one-part endeavoring to win the critical eye of a professor and one-part plain dumb-luck, I got selected to go to a land my life and faith are formed and inspired by all expenses paid. This is really an atypical Rusty occurence. Things like this don't usually happen in my world. So, with this occurence I'm recounting my blessings and just enjoying the honor. Basically, I'm totally stoked and blown away by some unknown person's generosity and just thought I'd share this with all you fine folks!
Now, how can I sneak Rachel into a suitcase...
