Still Here!

Hello! I am still here...still blogging, it has just been a crazy month! I have moved into my new apartment, which I am loving, been working about 45 hours a week between both jobs, and gone to a few weddings. Phew! It makes me tired just writing it out :) I wanted to post new pictures of my place...but its not totally set up yet. I will post some soon though! I was a little worried about living alone, and whether I would be lonely or not. But so far it has been really enjoyable. I have been able to be social when I want, and also to have some true down time when I want that as well. I loved all my roommates I lived with, and truly enjoyed that time of life. But I feel that being alone right now is just what I need in the midst of my whirlwind schedule. God is so wise!

Work has been really busy, but still good. I am learning so much doing this Children's Ministry job! Last night we had a team training where all my volunteers got together to do some training before the fall kickoff. It was a really fun time...and I feel like I was able to encourage my staff to keep going, keep working for God's glory through this weird transition time. That was my goal for the meeting. Before we started I was a little nervous because some of these volunteers have been doing Children's Ministry longer than I have been alive...but everyone was so encouraging...I think we had a great time. I am still praying every day that God would bring the new permanent director sometime during the month of August so that we may have the month of September together. But I know His timing is so much better than mine. It will be hard for me to leave the ministry at the end of September if I am not able to hand it off to someone. But at the same time I have really received confirmation that I am finished with Children's Ministry after September. I am so excited about starting School of Ministry...I got my book list last week and felt the same new school year excitement I have felt my whole life, I wanted to go out and buy all my books even though it's only August :) I have always been a sucker for school supplies :) I am also really excited to be back on staff with the college group. We are going to have such a great year! I am learning the value of saying "no" to something good, in order to have God's best.

This has also been wedding season. I have been to two weddings in the last month. I still have two in September, one in October, and one in February! 'Tis the time of life to get married I guess! Sheena and Jeremy's wedding was beautiful...a really great time with old friends. The coordinating went well...I don't think Sheena thought once about any of the details on her wedding day, which was my goal. She was gorgeous, the day was beautiful, and a good time was had by all! What more could you ask for? :) Two weeks ago I traveled to Seattle with friends to attend another wedding, Evan and Jackie. Evan and I lived in the co-ops at the same time, and were both involved in the college group together. Their wedding was really fun as well. We stayed with friends at the McChord Air Force Base...such a cool experience! I learned that bases are kinda like resorts, just minus the fanciness. This one reminded me a lot of Sunriver. The picture above is us playing with some planes in a little outdoor museum on the base. I think the wedding was so fun because it was a great mix of old friends and current friends. There were several people there from the co-op days that I haven't seen in a long time. There were also plenty of friends from the college group who I see more often. There was great dancing, a beautiful couple, and some tasty margaritas! Adds up to a really fun time.

Thats the latest update...although more fun is still to come in the five weeks left of summer!