priceless

this time (when we are "twenty something")

these people (young and old alike, long-time friends and new acquaintances)

this love (as brothers and sisters in Christ -a bond that is hard to explain sometimes, but oh so precious)

these experiences (cooking, laughing, crying, exploring, ministering, praying, living)

this place (nestled in the Black Hills... i am definitely not complaining about location)

these opportunities (there is something exhilarating about a world unexplored and people not known and experiences not had; about LIFE that is waiting to be lived)

this mind of Christ:

"...complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant..."

Philippians 2:2-7