I never really thought that I would be a blogger. I tried it out when I was abroad last summer just as a way to keep my friends and family up-to-date with the adventures of the month. Now, in this new season of life I feel the desire to share what that the Lord is doing in my life. Because, He is doing A LOT!!!! If you know me you know that I would much rather have an actual conversation about the Lord and how He is working, but I have come to realize that He is working too fast and doing too many incredible things and teaching me too much to just hold inside until I have the chance to talk to one of you. I need a way to share, or at least feel like I am sharing! So, here I am. Blogging.
So since leaving the sweet comfort of Waco, Texas the Lord has done an incredible amount of work in my life. He has blessed me beyond belief! Rather than going into great detail, here is a brief update-on-my-life-list that, I warn you, does not even come close to describing what a blessing each of these sweet treasure are to me:
-Moved to Vancouver, Washington
-Live by myself in a 2 bedroom apartment down the street from my grandparents
-Live twenty minutes away from my wonderful mother, who I get to see every week!
-Was given a car
-Worked for a month as a camp counselor for 15 adorable Korean kids
-Fell in love with the YL community in Camas/Washougal
-Found a church that I love in downtown Portland
-Feel God’s love more than ever through the beautiful creation that surrounds me
-Read Kyle Lake’s book, Understanding God’s Will, and it changed my perspective on life
-Met some incredible, genuine people who I am fortunate to call friends
-Had a woman pray over me when I was job searching in downtown Camas
-Met the woman who is going to mentor me and who I think will change my life as I know it because she will challenge me in my faith and inspire me in my walk
-Met with the regional director; he did a great job at encouraging me and helped me see that money is no match for the Lord
-God willing, will have an interview in February, start raising money, then go on staff in September!
-Currently reading Captivating which is challenging me in a really great way
-Developed a passion for “prayer driving” … but really need to cut back on this because I’m realizing that gas costs money… money that I do not have
-Gave myself a haircut… that’s right, I did the cutting!
-Found an incredible dock on the river for quiet times on the edge of Washougal
-Learning what it looks like to be obedient to the Lord in every aspect of this life
-Truly seeing the importance of God’s timing
Ya, I told you it was a lot! He is working on me more than I could ever even begin to describe. While at a Bible study for the girl leaders in Camas/Washougal the other night I was sharing how the Lord has been working on my heart and describing to my new mentor how I ended up in her living room. One of the girls said that as I was talking she kept hearing “Israel” and said that she feels like this is my Promise Land. I could not agree more! This is it! This is home! This is what the Lord has been preparing me for! And I love every minute of it! And the crazy thing is, I feel like He is just getting started. It’s like in John 1 when Jesus spoke to Phillip and Nathanael and said, “…you shall see greater things than that!” As if my life has not been insanely blessed up to this point, I feel like Jesus is saying, “Come, follow me, you shall see greater things than this!”
More to come… trust me, lots more!
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