Hey, everyone!

I realize that I have been a really terrible author and left you all hanging in suspense...
There are questions left unanswered.
Stories left untold.

Many. Many. Many things need to be said. In reality, though, I probably won't have a chance to say all of them.

First, I am back in Portland! (Fun side note- I actually don't live in Portland, I just like to say I do because it is wayyyy easier than trying to explain where I actually live. It sounds a lot cooler, too) Anyway. So I'm home with my family again, which is pretty nice. I really missed them. We're a fun bunch- we really are. Man, oh, man, though... I am so happy to be reunited with my little man- EWI! (: That's my puppy. He's the constant fluff of joy in my life.

Quick recap...


I got home August 14th (I know, I know, I'm quite the slacker) and my mom's sister showed pretty much right after I did. We did some fun things. Quickly after that, I took the Greyhound up to Canada to visit Sam and Britt, who are two of my most favorite girls in the world. Sam and I are in a band- it's pretty sweet, we're called Unspoken Heroes, and I think you can look us up on Facebook. So we tried recording, but I'm afraid of the microphone so that didn't end up working out so well. BUT! We did take some sweet photos for future reference, and God introduced us to this nifty dude named Amos who dug our sound and offered us a show in Canada. Unfortunately, I don't live there, so it didn't work out, BUT I guess he has some hook ups in LA, so I'll have to keep you posted on that one. Sam and I played out in front of the Booster Juice Britt works at, and God handed us $20 for two hours of playing! It sounds like nothing, and in reality, it is, but considering there were only about 20 people who walked by us in that time period, we were pretty stoked.

So Canada was great, then I came home, and then it was my birthday! Woohoo! I'm old now! It was a super great day. The main event of the day was a worship sesh that evening at my house (sorry if you didn't get the memo.. I'll be having one again here pretty soon). It was really quite amazing, getting to spend the day of my birth remembering why I was born- to bring glory to God(: If you want to see what you missed, or remember what it was like, here's a link to some pieces of the evening: http://www.youtube.com/user/akhiljhaveri?feature=results_main
Oh my goodness. Seriously, best way to spend the day. Let's see. What else...

I've been hanging out with my dad and my baby sister (who is taller than me now.. can you believe that?!) for the past few days... My mom and my other sister escaped off to the Caribbean for a week. Lame. We've been having heaps more fun here, anyway. Who cares about sunshine and beaches and little fishes? Oh yeah! But my dad's super great. I love him a ton. It's been really good to actually spend time with him all by myself. We haven't gotten to do that in a long time. I maintain the truth that I am his favorite daughter.







Oh hey! Also, do you guys remember Luke? I probably talked about him somewhere along the line. He's the Australian from my school! The amazing musician, the dashing young gent in that video with me somewhere below this post... Well. He's my best friend, first of all. Second of all, he is my wonderful boyfriend, my partner in crime(: It's been very exciting so far, largely because two days after we decided that this wild idea to be, I quote Facebook here, "in a relationship" was not only totally preposterous, but also very good, I came back here to my home. We went from being together every day for half a year to not ever being together at all ever. Except for Skype... Praise the LORD for Skype! (I'm actually Skyping him right now... heh(: What a guy...) But, yep. So he's in Australia, I'm in the States... Tah-dahh!


Aright, now you're pretty well caught up on the events of my life.


So... What am I doing now? This is a valid and very excellent question, which I'm excited to answer.



Well. I'm going back to Los Angeles, to YWAM, to do that SLAM school I talked about before- the school of leadership and ministry development- so I'm STOKED! God made it pretty clear that that's where I am meant to be at this point. My mom and I made an agreement that she would be okay with me going if I have my funds before I leave on the 24th of this month. Well... God is providing! My dad won't tell me who, but apparently there are some people who saw those videos from the worship night and want to help me get back to YWAM! I also just started giving guitar lessons, which was totally from God, and it's really fun! So.. God is super awesome. I'm really really really stoked to be living my life for Him. I can't really imagine doing it any other way.

So that's pretty much all for now. Just an update post. Sorry it isn't more exciting... I'll definitely be posting more here in the very near future(:

Bye, folks!