Have you ever spent two months...

trying to convince people you know more about your own country then they do? Or that americans are nto all they are chalked up to be?

We spend so much time showing people we are not ALL lazy, fat, ignorant, proud, rich, hillbillies. We actaully cleaned our house 3 times so the land lady wouldn´t think we were dirty. Don´t get me wrong, I mock America as much as the next person. I couldn´t be more thankful my American passport gets me into every country but cuba. There is a point where what is done by the LOUD minority, becomes the thought of the majority. I am not fat, I am not lazy, I am definately noy ignorant (even less since I left my american bubble)I might be a little proud and I live in the suburbs, but I still don´t have much money to spare. There was a point during the last 5 months, when I realized how much I love my country, despite it´s flaws. and there was a point when I defended it.

Now I am at the point when I am stopping. Because I am not an american. I am a Christian. it doesn´t matter whether if I vote for McCain or Obama, because I will serve God above whichever one wins (though I dont think God is a republican...or a democrat). America may have messed up everyone´s economy, but the truth is my money is God´s. Where he wants it is will go. The point is, this trip may have started as getting out of my American Bubble (and trust me, it exists) or helping the poor ex-communists, but in the end, it has helped me realize, that God really does turn everything upside down. and I couldn´t be more thankful that he wrecked my life.