"Theres a reason I'm alive for the blink of an eye."

I now sit in the basement of a church where i shall be living for the next 10 days. It has wifi. yay. and no showers. boo. so at 9 am tomorrow its very probable that a strange group of mississippians, and two blonde girls from thailand will make their way over to leisure center to freshen up. whoo. but yeah, i'm stealing from tomorrow's post. :P let me back up to yesterday.
Yesterday i toured peckham. don't worry, i wasn't alone. aha. lame. anyhow. Lucy Coates from our host family was free, so Sam and Lucy showed Shai and me around. we rode on three double decker buses.. and sat on another one. haha. it was really fun sitting in the front and pretending to drive. yepp. us harkins are easily entertained.
we played monopoly when we got back "home". apparently i'm pretty bad at that game. sam isn't. i got out super early, but was secretly happy cause then, whilst my tres amigos were nosily competing, i slipped out the back door with my favorite bright green duct taped Bible and finally had some alone time with my best friend. :) it had been a while.
there was a nice bench at the edge of their garden covered from rain by a big tree. it was wonderful. i quite enjoyed my little spot. and i read about King Josiah and Absalom, and decided that even though absalom was one very good looking guy i'd marry a josiah over him any day. :) yay for good hearts.
after monoply we watched more game shows (big surprise) and cooked a quick thai dinner before Lucy headed out to babysit for a couple hours. and after that we made some great videos of our bar stool competitions with sam. good times.
the sad part came after that. good byes are always sad. no more needs to be said.
NEXT DAY:
it was kindof a stressful morning. we awoke early, took quick showers, ate hurried breakfasts, pushed our luggage down to the Oyster card machine, left shai with the luggage while i ran to look for my lost oyster card, ran back with the card in hand (thankz God!), tried to get the machine to work, found another machine, missed the train, spent 30 mins waiting (yes impatiently) for the next train, rode the train, took two tubes, and, finally, found the church.
we were late, but turns out, so was everyone else. so we spent a couple awkward moments exploring the church. but all was well when we found a piano and shai played O Holy Night, and i played Blessed be you name and we sang our hearts out to the Lord
it was in the midst of this glorious moment that our friends arrived and i was reunited with my dear friend Lana Pol. God is good.
to sum up the events that have passed since then: 
- Lana, Shaina and I went out for coffee
-Lana, Dale, and Hunter slept even though Shaina and Rissa told them not to
-Rissa and Shaina ran around the block twice in the rain and explored the church some more
-Rissa and Shaina were caught singing and playing piano. again.. this time by other new friends
- we got a proper tour of our new home
-we ate lebanese food
-we got a proper tour of the neighborhood and a really cool cementery where i took amazing pictures
-Rissa and Shaina did laundry at some... place.. and had to buy soap
-Rissa and Shaina were responsible and went to the leisure center to discover that it was closing for the day and showers would have to wait more that 12 hours. sad
-Rissa and Shaina then enjoyed the equipment at the random park place :)
-Rissa washed dishes while Shaina went on facebook
-Lana and Rissa went to Subway while Shaina was on facebook
-Rissa and Shaina skyped Isaach, Zach, Kevin, ... and several other amazing people who happened to be at the same amazing place.
yepp. thats pretty much it.
oh, now for my quote.
 ummm that song has been stuck in my head.
i think its cause here i am in london and i feel like every moment counts. like i did when i moved to mississippi . haha. and i wonder what path God has prepared for me, and what on earth is it He wants me to do.
don't get me wrong, i'm thankful to be alive for now. but today i caught myself wondering - what is the reason that i'm alive.. for the blink of an eye?
and you know what? i kinda feel like i won't get the answer to that question until its all over and you know, i'm dead and promoted to glory and all. (yay!)
so for now, i guess i'm just gonna trust that i am here for a reason.
that theres more to what i'm seeing.
that there are footsteps to follow.

theres a reason you're alive for the blink of an eye.