It's finally Thanksgiving week!!!!!! This is my favorite holiday of all time. It's a great pre-cursor to Christmas because we get to think about all the things for which we are thankful for the entire holiday season. Plus, you can't really complain about all the good food you get to eat!
So, for the next four days, I'm going to think about a few things I'm thankful for and why...the list will vary from day-to-day, but the same thankfulness theme will be evident.
I'm so thankful for my extended family. Not the blood-related ones, but the ones that we have formed relationships with through meeting at church or friends of my parents. It is just so nice to be able to call on so many different people when you are in need or whenever you just want to have a chat. I love that God has put all these extra "parents" in my life in order to really help me appreciate the value of relationships between humans. My heart is full of all kinds of love from all kinds of people who love me like their own children. Not only did I get extra sets of parents, I get the siblings to go along with them. My earthly family consists of so many more than the 5 of our immediate family unit and that is just something irreplaceable.
Well, good thing I have four more days to write things down. It's time to leave work so I'll have to lengthen my list later.
Cheers :)
Monday, November 21, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
The Hunger Games
Ok, I've been sucked into the Hunger Games series. Tonight will probably be the night I spend reading into the wee hours of the morning, because I'm finally getting to the part where the story is picking up. I'm not usually one for books like this however, I'm hooked.
Cool God moment happening: I'm sitting at the front desk of our museum and surrounding me are 710 Bibles that have been translated into languages from all around the world. Places ranging from Australia to Ecuador to Kenya to Panama to Paraguay to Sudan and Vietnam and hundreds of places in between.
I think even though it's hard sometimes to deal with people, I have to step back and remember how completely awed I am at God's stinkin' hugeness. Life gets in the way, but it always helps me to remember that He is doing big things around me and I get to see a part of it right at my workplace. Love.
I took a break from writing because I was heading home from work and I come home to find...a letter from my sweet little girl in Kenya!!!!! OhMyGoodness. My heart just melts more and more with every word. I really do not think that I have loved someone, other than family, more than I love this little girl. My heart aches to meet her and hug her little neck.
Life is good
Cheers :)
Cool God moment happening: I'm sitting at the front desk of our museum and surrounding me are 710 Bibles that have been translated into languages from all around the world. Places ranging from Australia to Ecuador to Kenya to Panama to Paraguay to Sudan and Vietnam and hundreds of places in between.
I think even though it's hard sometimes to deal with people, I have to step back and remember how completely awed I am at God's stinkin' hugeness. Life gets in the way, but it always helps me to remember that He is doing big things around me and I get to see a part of it right at my workplace. Love.
I took a break from writing because I was heading home from work and I come home to find...a letter from my sweet little girl in Kenya!!!!! OhMyGoodness. My heart just melts more and more with every word. I really do not think that I have loved someone, other than family, more than I love this little girl. My heart aches to meet her and hug her little neck.
Life is good
Cheers :)
Monday, November 14, 2011
I can't think of a good title for this post...not yet at least. Maybe by the end of me writing, I'll have something witty figured out.
At my church, the girls of the youth group have a missions group called Acteens. They study about missions, pray about missions, give to missions and they go out and do missions in the community and country. I was in Acteens while I was in youth group and I have some of the best memories ever out of that group. They are led by such godly women and it's just a good time. Well, I'm getting to see the other side of Acteens now because I'm a leader!!!! It's soooo fun and different being on the leader side of things, but I absolutely love it. We are in the middle of our annual International Mission Study and this year it's on London...which brings me to my next paragraph...
Though never having been before, I have this deeply, passionate love for London. I have nooooo idea why. There's just something about it that makes me want to make it my home. How cool is it, though, that our IMS this year is on London?? Sometimes I feel like God might be calling me there to serve short-term, but then sometimes I feel like it's just me making an excuse to go live there. Which also makes me think, why does it have to be either of those options? Why can't I just follow my heart on something that feels right? No? Maybe. This will probably have to wait until after I graduate...whenever that will be.
Speaking of school...is it really over yet? Seriously. I'm so bored of it. Ready for it to be done so I can get a real job doing what I really want to do. At least my momma told me I could stay with them as long as I was in school. That's really really helpful.
That's all for now.
Cheers :)
P.S. Pinterest is taking over my life.
At my church, the girls of the youth group have a missions group called Acteens. They study about missions, pray about missions, give to missions and they go out and do missions in the community and country. I was in Acteens while I was in youth group and I have some of the best memories ever out of that group. They are led by such godly women and it's just a good time. Well, I'm getting to see the other side of Acteens now because I'm a leader!!!! It's soooo fun and different being on the leader side of things, but I absolutely love it. We are in the middle of our annual International Mission Study and this year it's on London...which brings me to my next paragraph...
Though never having been before, I have this deeply, passionate love for London. I have nooooo idea why. There's just something about it that makes me want to make it my home. How cool is it, though, that our IMS this year is on London?? Sometimes I feel like God might be calling me there to serve short-term, but then sometimes I feel like it's just me making an excuse to go live there. Which also makes me think, why does it have to be either of those options? Why can't I just follow my heart on something that feels right? No? Maybe. This will probably have to wait until after I graduate...whenever that will be.
Speaking of school...is it really over yet? Seriously. I'm so bored of it. Ready for it to be done so I can get a real job doing what I really want to do. At least my momma told me I could stay with them as long as I was in school. That's really really helpful.
That's all for now.
Cheers :)
P.S. Pinterest is taking over my life.
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