Prayers of an 11 year old

I was cleaning out my closet today and I found a journal from when I was 11. There was an entry from October 29, 2003 that I thought was really interesting. It said. . .
"Dear Journal,
Lord you are a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path. You are my redeemer. You love me. I love you. You are always there for me no matter what. You forgave all my sins when you died on the cross. I wish I could repay you but I can't. The only way to even sort of repay you is to tell about you, get more Christians. I will try to be a missionary. Please help me.

Emily"

Apparently I've wanted to be a missionary since I was 11. Weird. I don't remember saying that at all. I remember wanting to be many other things in the last 10 years- an aeronautical engineer, a lawyer, a teacher- but being a missionary was never a serious option. So it's amazing that this little statement from when I was 11 is coming true. Here I am, preparing to be a long term missionary. And I've already travelled through many parts of the world sharing the gospel. I never could have imagined that my life would look like this. God is faithful in answering our prayers, even the ones we pray as a little kid.  That's pretty cool if you ask me :)

That's really all I wanted to talk about but just for some laughs I'm going to include another entry that I found really funny.

October 22, 2003
". . .Please Lord help me get less homework. Also help Miss Schommer. I'm pretty sure she's not a Christian. She'd probably be nicer if she was. That's all I have to say tonight.

Emily"