update

September:
mostly spent getting used to a working-girl’s schedule again. weekends were for catching up on work, sleep, and life with friends. lots of k-state football wins to make my Saturdays a little brighter. (the only one that really matters is OU) i also attended an apologetics conference at my church. learned a ton. seriously.

October:
trip to Chicago to visit my college roommate and her husband. who, by the way, are the coolest Chicago residents i know. it was a blast! i had only been to Chicago for mission trips in high school so playing the role of tourist was super fun. see pics below for a view of my tourist side.

at the end of October my familamily (as mom would say) came to visit. minus two (very important) members. we ate an abundance of Dallas cuisine, shopped at IKEA, saw the Chihuly exhibit at the arboretum, and i am sure there’s more i am forgetting…

November:
went to the K-State v. TCU game in Ft. Worth. i hadn’t been to a game since college. it was a blast…didn’t hurt that we won. my Rooms (a horned frog till she dies) was a great sport to endure such a game with an obnoxious K-State fan like me. =) …we’ll skip right over the Baylor game watch party…

Thanksgiving was wonderful! it’s my fave (secular) holiday of the year. i think it’s great to spend a day relaxing with family, enjoying one another, eating delish food, and stopping to remember just how blessed my life truly is. i started reading John Piper’s Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die and was reminded of this verse:

1 John 4:10
“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

what a great verse to be reminded of in light of Thanksgiving. i am 2 “reasons” in and highly recommend this book. get it and read it!

okay, enough of an update–hopefully i don’t get so behind again.

it’s been a while

took a little hiatus. a very unintentional hiatus. i guess life just got busy…

there’s plenty to catch you up on, but there is one thing that rises high above the rest in the excitement factor. so that’s where we’ll start.

since i graduated high school (6ish years ago) i have been praying for an opportunity to do some long-er term missions work. i didn’t know when, where, or what it would look like–just that i wanted to go. i entered the field of speech therapy thinking i would work in a school setting and have summers off to do things like missions work. in college and graduate school summers were full of work and class, so that was out. then i finished school and worked in a nursing home (that’s year round with 2 weeks off), so that was out. then i started a new job in august. in the school setting.

i told myself i would NEVER…then i did. i love my new job. which is such a refreshing thing coming from a place i struggled daily to give my best effort. now i have support, encouragement, and always a funny story to tell. :) it’s like the Lord saying, just trust where i lead you…i know what’s best.

then on top of loving my new job, i get two months off this summer. yep, two whole months. i am sure i would be just fine relaxing by the pool and traveling to see friends and family. but its like the Lord said you’ve been praying for so long, so go…now, this summer…go. and for a few moments i couldn’t believe that doors were being opened. and my heart wanted to attach to this idea of going overseas for the summer, but my mind wouldn’t let it because i had tried before and it fell through. oh but child, this is in my timing, and i’m opening the doors…

so friends, i’m going! (unless the Lord closes unexpected doors between now and then) this summer i’ll be living life with some little girls in a foreign country, getting to know the Lord better with them, and teaching a little English here and there.

wish you could see my face. every time i think about it, i smile–a big, goofy smile. the Lord is good. and his timing is best. oh that i would remember to trust and wait.