My life is busy, but all is well. Out of the next 6 weekends, I have 2 where I am not traveling or doing something overnight. Next weekend is Hope IV's large group overnighter. Costumes, pumpkins, bowling, games...lots of mischief and community building to be had! The girls will be staying over at my place. ^.^ (Which means I better finish unpacking those boxes from 8 weeks ago...) The following weekend is free. The next weekend is Compelling, which is IV's Michigan division fall conference! It's a 36 hour weekend conference packed with scripture, worship, chapter-building, fun, coffee, sugar...all around awesomeness. I love Compelling. I'm always EXHAUSTED at the end of the weekend, but it's great. I went twice as a student, and this will be my third year volunteering in a track. I look forward to seeing my students (my Hope students and my small group students in the track) engage with Jesus and with scripture. The weekend after THAT is a trip to Chicago with some friends from college. Then there's Thanksgiving, which I'm probably going home for. And in the midst of all that, my spare blocks of time (you know, when I'm not working/teaching/grading) are quickly filling with planning meetings for Compelling, mentoring coffee hours, and other important chats with staff members, directors, and friends that are in weird time zones around the world. ;) All good. Just...BUSY.
I love what I'm doing. I'm teaching, I'm mentoring, I'm even skating again! And more good things are on the horizon. I wish I could write about them. I would love to write at length about the biggest visible impact that Russia has had on my life, but they are things that need to be communicated to important parties (like my family) in person. Not all of my family is tech-saavy, but enough of them are that "leaks" are likely, so I need to tell them before they hear it through the internet grape vine. I feel like I'm keeping a secret. But it's good and it's hard not to share!
In the midst of all these good and crazy and stressful things, these are some of the verses that I have been imbibing...
"My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. " --John 14:23b (NIV)
"Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." --Psalm 73:23-26 (ESV)
I love what I'm doing. I'm teaching, I'm mentoring, I'm even skating again! And more good things are on the horizon. I wish I could write about them. I would love to write at length about the biggest visible impact that Russia has had on my life, but they are things that need to be communicated to important parties (like my family) in person. Not all of my family is tech-saavy, but enough of them are that "leaks" are likely, so I need to tell them before they hear it through the internet grape vine. I feel like I'm keeping a secret. But it's good and it's hard not to share!
In the midst of all these good and crazy and stressful things, these are some of the verses that I have been imbibing...
"My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. " --John 14:23b (NIV)
"Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." --Psalm 73:23-26 (ESV)
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