| December 11, 2006
A year and 2 days ago I blogged about the first meeting for my missions trip to Eleuthera and that I was hoping it would help me decide if I wanted to get into international work. Well apparently It did.
Last Christmas...
I didn't know I'd be living in Indiana
I hadn't ever heard of Kids Alive International
I didn't have a car
I didn't have a car payment
I didn't have a college degree
I didn't have a college loan payment
I didn't know I would've moved 4 times in six months
I didn't know I'd be living all by myself
I didn't know I'd be making all new friends.
And I really didn't know I'd move again three months later and be living with some pretty awesome and fun girls....
Lots of stuff I didn't know...
Lots of stuff I did know...
And lots of stuff still to learn....
It's been an interesting six months. And I wonder some days if this is where God wanted me....and some days I know that this is where he has me
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| LIFE LESSON #Million 6 Trillion and 1
I'm in the process of learning it right now. And life lessons can tend to be a little painful...so if you could all pray that I'd get through this life lesson with as little pain as possible I'd really appreciate it.
PS. I'm at the point that I can joke about this life lesson so its not too bad...i mean its laugh or cry but at least I CAN laugh :)
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| LIFE LESSON # 5 Million 6 Trillion
When doing event planning ALWAYS call and see if you can get a better deal then what it says on the internet. Amazing things happen when you call!
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| Tonight two of my best friends and I used our brilliant college educated minds to use technology to talk together. On a three way call. Brilliant I know. We try.
But seriously-it was the best hour and five minutes I've had in a long time. What a blessing those friends have been to my life. They make me laugh-they make me cry-they make me smile-they encourage me-and they make me think.
So many friends in my life have impacted my life in so many wonderful ways. Don't ever take those moments together for granted.
Live, learn, love. Friends are what make that possible. Goodnight friends.
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| My feet hurt. But I refuse to give up the heels. The things I sacrifice for fashion. But you know the saying-"no pain, no gain!"
I've been "mobilizing" future missionaries for 2 days now and its defintiely been an adventure. I've met lots of new people, talking about Kids Alive a ton, taught two college level classes and handed out my business card tons of times.
I'm on three large frozen chai's in the last two days and we might need to make it four before this day is over. I have 4 roommates-yes I'm back sleeping in a college dorm and showering in a community bathroom-I almost said community shower stall but that would've not been good. Anyways..moving on. I seriously am exhausted and I still have several days left of this conference plus a church event Saturday and Sunday.
But I have successfully made several new friends-more than i have made in the four months in Valpo and I have someone to hang out in Chicago with on Friday afternoon.
MBI is a cool school. There are a ton of married students though-more than Cedarville if you could believe that. But everything here is on the honor system-and people actually go to chapel and seminars without having to scan their card. AMAZING ;)
Anyways...back to the serious business of recruiting. My feet have had their ten minutes of rest.
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