3 Games of Glow in the Dark Capture the Flag and a Blessing

Sunday is always an interesting day out here with LDSBC. I have always associated Sundays with my mother hassling me to wake up, an hour in sacrament meeting with my family, an hour in class with kids ranging from the 8th to 12th grades, and an hour with girls I've known since I was 8. Here it is completely different. I wake up by myself infused with an urge to go to church for those three hours and get as much as I can out of it. I walk to church with my friends and for the following hours I am surrounded by my classmates. It is almost like another school day, the same faces, the same spirit felt by everyone, it is truly peculiar. But, I guess that we really are a peculiar people.
My experience out here has been unpredictable and impeccable. Through most of my education I have been the only Mormon in my school (but at one time there were 2 of us) but now I am one of almost 1,500. I go to school with the same people, I worship with the same people, and it is nice because the friendships made through one social venue are easily transferred into the other. This is unlike anything I have ever been through and I have always wanted to be a part of it.
About 25 of us played glow in the dark capture the flag tonight on school grounds and it was extremely fun. I love games where strategy is involved; I believe that it heightens emotions and the bonding between teammates because your plan is more than just to win but it is to protect the others around you, as well. A great friend of mine, Rosario, got very sick again and asked for a blessing from a few of the young men. We do not know exactly what is wrong with her except that it seems to re-surface itself whenever she is stressed. A blessing for the sick is something the men offer to bless those who are suffering to bring comfort and an ease to their pain. It is extraordinary to be in the room while a blessing is taking place because one can feel the spirit and the stories that come from the sick are truly incredible. I have heard of people who are given weeks to live leaving the hospital the day after a blessing with no trace of ailment throughout their whole body. I have seen people, like Rosario and Mia, in the utmost physical pain be given a blessing and walking out the hospital with a sense of comfort. It is remarkable.
I know that this faith is remarkable as well and makes people become better for I have seen it in myself.