Today at church Jeremiah sang my favortie favorite hymn. But he sang it all sad and pretty, and I always sang it all happy and fun. But Larry said he did that because this is a sad time, not a happy time. I suppose he's right. Today I tried to explain Lent to Wen Zhong. He's not Christian. But I don't know very much so I couldn't say very much. I'd rather say a little, and be right, then say a lot and make some assumptions.

And I called my mom, and she still says I can't go camping at a house of the lady who plays piano at the church while she and her husband are there, even though my mom won't be home that weekend. But then she put Dad on the phone, and he actually said yes! Talk about reversing the roles in my family...

But it shall be fun, because there are fun people, and a lake, and horses, and a river, and you can make fires, and it's not very far away, but far enough, and I'm looking forward to it very much. And no Nick, I don't know how to post pictures except in a Xanga, because I am HTML illiterate, and I don't even know where to start. Will you teach me?