last two weeks

So much has happened the last three weeks that I wanted to take time to recap with some pictures! Although it has been busy, it also has been really exciting and fun.

On May 7th I went to the Gaither Vocal Band Concert in Woodbridge, VA with ten other people. The Gaither Vocal Band was so good live and you could tell that they just had fun making music! The song that I really liked from the concert was "Do You Wanna Be Well" and "Sometimes it Takes a Mountain." The song is based on the story of the invalid man that's been sitting next to the fountain for 38 years. "But you gotta wanna be well, really wanna be well // Are you willing to take up your mat and help yourself? // Do you wanna be free, really wanna be free? // If you wanna be healed and whole, you gotta wanna be well." At times we may be stuck in times of self pity and despair. But no matter what you may be going through, Jesus has the power to heal. But before He can do so, you "gotta wanna be well." 

lyrics

Waiting there for thirty eight years
Cried so long, he ran out of tears.
Just a worn out man
looking for a healing hand.

Then one day, his chance came along.
A healing man who can make him strong,
and he caught his eyes,
but his question took him by surprise.

Do you wanna be well, really wanna be well?
Are you willing to take up your mat and help yourself?
Do you wanna be free, really wanna be free?
If you wanna be healed and whole, you gotta wanna be well.

Ever tried to fix yourself,
and every time you got up you fell,
and you wallowed there,
drowning in your own despair?

Have you gotten used to the chains?
Are you so attached to the pain,

you're afraid to part?
Then ask the man for a brand new heart.

Do you wanna be well, really wanna be well?
Are you willing to take up your mat and help yourself?
Do you wanna be free, really wanna be free?
If you wanna be healed and whole, you gotta wanna be well.

There's a better life waiting just for you.
There's endless open spaces in the sun.

But you gotta wanna be well, really wanna be well.
Are you willing to take up your mat and help yourself?
Do you wanna be free, really wanna be free?
If you wanna be healed and whole, you gotta wanna be well.

If you wanna be healed and whole...
you gotta wanna be well.

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I also had a lot of fun taking these photos for graduations last week!

Gemstone Citation Ceremony 2016

Gemstone Class of 2016

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Mary Anna's prom + her date

The last two weeks were really fun and now hopefully I can shift my mentality to studying for the MCAT! I started studying a bit this week and I realized that I really don't know where to start. There are so many books and so many things to study, but I am praying that God will guide and lead me throughout the whole process! If you could pray for me for the next three months, that would be awesome! I'll be taking the MCAT on August 20th. :)