3/10/14 - Day 6

Another beautiful day! It really is amazing how much sun and warmer temperatures can affect everyone's moods. Haha, I guess seasonal depression (and seasonal happiness!) really is a real thing...

Day 6 of Happiness

• Getting a piggy-back ride to dinner
• When we headed out of the dorm and toward the dining hall, my friend Katherine from my floor asked if anyone wanted a piggy-back ride. How could I say "no"?! So she took me all the way through the door of the dining hall. We both smiled and laughed a lot :)

Bible Reading: Matthew 2: 13-23

In this passage an angel tells Mary and Joseph to flee to Egypt with baby Jesus. I can't imagine having to flee somewhere in order to protect my life, but Jesus and his parents did. And so many refugees have done so in more present day, too. Like the ones at my church. Sometimes I forget. I don't even know many of their stories or why exactly they had to leave their countries. 

My Spanish class is about immigration so we've talked a fair bit about Jesus and other people in the Bible who were refugees and/or immigrants. If Jesus was a refugee, what does that mean in terms of how we should treat and regard the refugees and immigrants in the U.S. today? There are lots of big questions with complicated, unknown answers but it's still good to think and talk about it.