Aaah! Sonshine was awesome! There are not enough words in the English language to explain how awesome it was...I can start with the bands...one word...extraordinary! I was always hesitant to jump into listening to Christian music because I never knew what I was getting myself into, you know...who was good...this week totally gave me a new direction and I bought a lot of CD's and am already making a list of more I want to get...Michael W. Smith was awesome, Rosemary and I had such a good time worshiping at that concert...and I love The Roosevelts...I know not many others did (yay Diane!) but they ROCK! I loved seeing them twice, but they're outside show was much better...Toby Mac rocked...Mercy Me had me crying all over the place...it was powerful...that's the right word...it rocked to have worship focused so much at teenagers and being non-denominational...it's tough here in MN where there are a lot of people of a different religion than I am because sometimes I feel like I just don't belong there...It was so fun getting together with thousands of people and rocking out and glorifying God all in that one place...and the RAINBOWS! If that wasn't a blessing and promise from God than I am a monkey's uncle (which is hard to be being as I am a girl). My only regret was the few people who had to bring the week down...mainly the people who snitched Marie's chair and a few others...but yay for cute neighbors who tried not to hit our tent while playing water bottle baseball...and for all the people who agreed to come to Rachel's funeral...and the cute guy who told us there was a tornado coming...and the guys who helped us put up our tent...I thank them and I thank God for sending everyone to Sonshine for such an awesome experience...And even though we got squished out of the Newsboys mosh pit I have to thank God again and again for those lovely security guards who somehow managed to pull me over the fence...One minute I'm in the mosh pit, the next I'm outside it picking up my flip flop and getting the heck out of there...with the trials this week, between the weather, the tempers, the crowds, and the minor disasters, I can't help but realize how good God is to us...I know I sound cliche, but I'm so new to this feeling (and trust me, it's a wonderful feeling) that I have to let it pour out, whether it is corny or not...he kept all of us safe (barring a little incident or two) from ourselves and from each other....another little realization is that no matter how many times we push God away he will take us back if we just seek him out. I had a problem with that early in my journey (hehe, my QUEST!) I thought that if I stopped trying to be at the side of God, it was over, he wouldn't take me back...but "Irene" proves a good point...God knows us...He knows us, He loves us, and He will NEVER STOP! If that is not one of the most joyous thing you have ever heard, I don't know what is...It is the most beautiful feeling to know how much God loves us, how much God loves me...and that I will never be alone and I will never be unloved...and with that, I feel safe, I feel happy, and that is what God intended!