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| It's funny that now that I am on facebook, I barely check my blog anymore and I don't write on it that often! It is a different night tonight, Amber moved into her house today so all of her furniture is gone and our garage is bare and it just feels different. There is something so comforting about having one of your best friends living with you and just living everyday together. Her house is great and slowly but surely she is getting all the boxes unpacked and organized but I miss her here. I miss hearing her in the mornings or the hug before bed. It's funny because she is literally in the next neighborhood and I could be there in 15 minutes if I walk, 4 minutes on my scooter or 2 minutes by car. But it is still different. I love having such great friends that you just want to be with them all the time. I took a week vacation this week. It has been nice to just do nothing. Monday I caught up on a bunch of shopping I needed to get done and ran errands and cooked a casserole for dinner. It was really great. Today I helped Amber move all day and tomorrow 2 of my good friends are coming to have lunch with me. Jessica, my old coworker from West Side and Stephanie, the Children's minister at East View in Bloomington/Normal. We are having a girls lunch and a much needed bonding time. I love getting together with other children's ministers just knowing we do the same thing and we all know how each one feels at times. It is good to vent and encourage them and just love them where they are. I am really looking forward to tomorrow. On Thursday and Friday I am going to see my best friend Julia in Indiana. Her and her husband are working in the campus ministry at Purdue University. Julia and I have been friends for over 20 years. She knows me inside and out and speaks truth into my life all the time, and I love it. I also get to spend some great time with her kids, Mckenna and Brennan - they are so cute and amazing! Everything is going well - I am gearing up for a busy summer so this little week break is terrific. Jeremy starts wedding season this Friday so he will be crazy busy for 2 months and then I will have my husband back. I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy! We miss you guys back home. ef | | |
| Spring...  Spring has arrived and brought with it lots of rain. Today is beautiful though! I am in my office and looking out my big window and it looks amazing out! It looks like a picnic day or a lazy walk in the garden day. I planted some flowers in these cute little window boxes Jeremy got me. I am hoping as they grow they look great up by my front door. I want my house to be inviting and friendly. I love to have our house filled with friends and family. I want my house to be warm and place where true friendship takes place. Where people come to laugh and cry and just share life with one another. I think as I get older I realize that life is so much more about other people and loving them right where they are and SO much less about me and what I might need want!
I am reading the book In His Steps by Charles Sheldon right now and it is really great. It is about a church that really tried to live the question what would Jesus do before they made any decisions. It really makes you think about some of the choices I make in life and should I REALLY be doing some of the things I am doing? Ugg. It is good to grow but not always so fun. Hope your start of Spring is with a fresh attitude and renewed spirit. I got to spend some time with Ben a week or so ago and took some pics.. enjoy!   
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|  I think there are times in my life that I get so confused and lose focus and that has been happening lately. I have felt God pulling me back to him but for some reason I have been resistant to his pull. Maybe it is easier to try and do things on my own then listen to Him. I really don't know. I left church on Sunday wondering what I was doing in Champaign. Did I make the wrong decision? I know this is how satan works in me - with doubt! I know with out a shadow of a doubt that I am supposed to be here, I know that He directed my EVERY MOVE in this whole process. I can go back to my journals and see Him answer prayer after prayer and cling to the truth that this is my "home" for right now. I know I am here for a reason it is just figuring out that reason that is hard at times. Amber has moved here which makes things a lot better and I was able to see Julia a couple of weeks ago which helps me put things into prospective. I am coming to realize that I have to find my niche with God. I need to find that sacred time and place where I meet him and seek him and hold tight to his truths. I do love our Lord and desire to be more like him, sometimes it is just so hard to keep my focus and allow him to break me and remold me into what he wants - not what I want! | | |
| Good News!
My grandpa's bone scan came back clear! Praise God!
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| Update... My grandpa went to the oncologist and they said he has an 8mm tumor on his frontal left lobe. They are pretty sure it is benign due to the location so they are just going to do a CAT scan every 8 weeks to check for growth. They are doing a bone scan today to check for any other form of cancer in that area. We are praying there is nothing and that this one does not grow. He goes to the Alzheimer's doctor on May 2nd, so we are excited to hear what they have to say too. I bought my grandparents an alarm system that will be installed on Friday morning. It is really easy to use and it's just for them. The police will not be called it is just to alert my grandma that my grandpa has opened a door in the middle of the night. I am excited about this but my grandma is not, I am hoping she gets over it! All is well in Champaign - we love our canoe and go out quite often! | | |
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