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  What a year, full of moments, full of highlights, connected to my roots, new beginnings. 2021 Turned 21  I started this year differently from any other. I started off in Japan. January 1st I spent time with my friends  until midnight. When it was 00, I went outside, on the balcony and I prayed. I really just surrendered the whole year to God. I prayed for something different, for God's will to triumph over mine.  Later that day, I went on to prepare lunch for my friends and I and we had a good meal  then a photo shoot. And that marked the beginning of chapter 21. Early January, I was finishing up with my college applications, a lot of essays and financial forms and of course the start of the last semester of IB.  A few days into January, we had the first case of Covid on campus and it was terrifying. We were quarantined into houses and I can't even count the number of covid tests we took. I think we stayed about 2 months in quarantine until we were finall...

  If I could describe this semester in one word. Flexibility. Moving to a new school is difficult, talk of adapting to a whole new curriculum in a different country.  In all honesty, this semester was a crazy level 4 rollercoaster. I started all over again and this was both exciting and scary. Spiritual life Usually when I make plans about the future I never plan for my spiritual life, I often just let it play out, so  coming to college wasn't any  different. I planned what academic courses I would take and some of the clubs and activities I hoped to join, but  church, I didnt even think about it. I tried a couple of churches at the beginning until I finally found one I continued going to. I also went to a few weekly bible study groups and found one I am inclined to. Solid ground. We meet every Thursday, we have dinner together, sing hymns and have bible study sharing. This group is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I read my Bible consistently this s...

  December 15th I woke up and I felt a feeling I had never felt before. After I finished doing the house chaos, I went to the bedroom and prayed. The first time I remember ever talking to God on my own was on that day. I prayed that God would heal you. I prayed that I may get to see you again. After praying, I went back to doing the mundane things of life. At 17:00, uncle B came back home and he was talking to Chongo, they were whispering words I couldn't hear. I noticed them looking at me and I felt a sting in my stomach. I didn't want to hear anything they said, so I continued sweeping the surroundings. Aunt Queen then came and told Elina and I to quickly prepare and get ready “we are going somewhere”. So I went and prepared myself. We then walked to the bus stop and got on a bus. I recognized the route we were taking, we were going to your sister's place.  Once we got off the bus, we continued walking. I never asked where we were headed, I simply continued walking. As we...