Big News

Something I have been praying for was answered. Josh was offered a job. The catch, it's up north. It's too good to pass up so he's moving up there next month. It is a great opportunity for him.

People keep asking me how I'm taking it. They know that Josh and I do life together - workout, cook, errands, do nothing together, and everything in between. I'm not going to lie and say it's going to be a piece of cake because it won't be.

My grandpa once told me that we need to have confidence that the Lord will have His way. Without such confidence we betray our own confidence that Christ is the head.

The FAQs
Yes, we are staying together.
No, we don't have plans for the future. He's just trying to figure out the best city to live in right now. One step at a time.
Yes, I will miss him immensely.
Yes, the unknown scares me.
Yes, he will try and be home on weekends during the NAU season. :)

Habakkuk 3

2 Lord, I have heard of your fame;
I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord.
Renew them in our day,
in our time make them known;
in wrath remember mercy.
God came from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Paran.

His glory covered the heavens
and his praise filled the earth.
His splendor was like the sunrise;
rays flashed from his hand,
where his power was hidden.
Plague went before him;
pestilence followed his steps.
He stood, and shook the earth;
he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled
and the age-old hills collapsed.
His ways are eternal.

18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
The sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to go on the heights.

I'm not focusing on the destruction and wrath. I'm seeing the vast and all-encompassing scope of the Lord and his mighty power. Habakkuk so accurately speaks of this. And the response in 18 and 19 it says that knowing all this, "yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful, the Sovereign Lord is my strength".

Sharon asked me the other week how I was doing with all these changes. I told her the honest truth, "I'm trusting in the Lord".

29

Man, you wake up one morning and you're 29. I woke up today with these videos waiting for me. :)

Yes, we're such nerds. :) But I appreciated it nonetheless.

Btw, today I've officially began THE list. The "what I need to accomplish before I turn 30" list. I'm having a hard time figuring out what to put on there. Any suggestions?

My Pint Sized House Guest

VJCC Golf Tourney

Somehow, impossibly, I do.

Today Josh and I celebrate 4 dating years together. He reminded me of this earlier in the week and I have been thinking about it ever since. How are we doing? What have we gone through this past year? What is new? What can we do better? Am I supporting him... on and on. He would roll his eyes knowing I'm evaluating every tiny little detail of us. *sigh. I can be quite the handful, I know.

96 hours later and I have come to my conclusion on the matter.

Josh, I didn't think I could possibly love you any more, but somehow, impossibly, I do. Happy 4th.

Odori Recital + SC game + Church + Grandpa's Birthday = 1 Family Filled Weekend

+

+

+

+

=

1 fun weekend 

A & J's

Thanks to everyone for making our housewarming so ... warm. :) 

Please come over anytime.

Steph

Today was officially Steph's last day. She was the first summer intern for the PCJC.  The goal really was to water the seeds that God has planted in her life so that she can reach her full potential for Him. We really wanted the internship to be about developing the individual into who God has for them. 

The day the summer internship program was announced, Steph walked up to me and handed in her application. I should have known then how much trouble I was getting myself into. :) Since we have never had internships at the conference level before I didn't really know what to expect. But whatever those expectations were, Steph blew them out of the water. Sincere, motivated, driven, intelligent, empathetic, compassionate, relational, gentle yet edgy, caring, and a lover of Jesus - she was a joy to serve with. I had the privilege of walking along her journey as she discovered her passions for missions, honed her focus for ministry, powered through her own fears, learned to speak up, fought for what she believed, changed her perspectives, and opened herself up to whatever the Lord had for her in 10 weeks. 

More than teaching her anything, I learned so much. I will miss seeing her every week. I wait patiently to see what her next years unfold. I am a better person today than I was at the beginning of summer because of what she unknowingly poured into my life. 

Thanks Steph. You're amazing.