Yesterday, Debbie and Cyrus from church brought me this amazingly wonderful gift. It was a bright yellow frame pack for backpacking. Talk about rocking my world. It had a ton of vintage camping equipment (which all still worked beautifully) inside. I’m totally stoked to get to use it here, and as I travel across the US to get to Montana. God’s so good. This stuff would have cost me a ton if I had had to buy it myself.

Included:

• Frame pack, with super padded shoulder and hip straps, old school but still crazy awesome.
• Camp stove, with propane tank
• Mess Kit
• 2 First aid kits
• Pot w/ removable handle
• Tent (I now have 3 tents total)
• Flint
• Water bottles
• Coffee pot

….and a plethora of odds and ends. So cool.

There’s also the possibility of inheriting a set of cross country skis… I told them I would think on it and get back to them… after all, there is only so much room in my car!

I’m really angry about this. I think its the most despicable thing that I’ve heard of in a long time. So far I’ve stayed out of the political fray, and minded my own business, but this has really gone too far.  Seriously, people, what the heck does a baby black bear have to do with anything? Why have we let this election get so out of hand that people are killing innocent animals to make their point. It’s cruel and it’s unjust and I think more people should be appalled. This election has turned into something completely base and disgusting, and the sooner it is resolved the better.

All I can suggest to you is that you pray and ask God to put the right man in office. It’s what I’ll be doing.

So, I went to Montana last weekend, and I fell in love with the state. It has to be, hands down, one of the most beautiful places I have ever been in my life.

I spent most of my time there in Missoula, which was good. If I do end up moving to Montana, Missoula will be the place I start out in, because it’s a college town, and has a large art community. I really want to pursue being a photojournalist, and I think with the J-school at the University of Montana, combined with the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, I have an opportunity to produce a really awesome body of work.

The biggest thing that’s holding me back is the fear of a move that big. I’ve never lived outside of North Carolina, with the exception of 6 weeks in Spain, and I know absolutely no one in Montana. All combined, it makes for a very daunting experience.

I’m really praying through this one, and as much as I want to go, I’m not ready to commit. If I move, it will be 7 months from today, and in that time I have to work out tuition for either/or both schools, find a place to live, arrange for moving and packing. Anyone who has been to my house knows that packing in itself is gonna be an ordeal. Haha, it has admittedly gotten better since Norrie moved in.

So, if you’re reading this, then throw a prayer up to Jesus for me for peace and clarity. I don’t want to go unless it’s really His will, so we’ll see what happens. In the meantime, check out my photographs on Facebook.