Summer is finally here!!

AHHH Summer is finally here however living in the Seattle area again means rain and lots of it.  I am adjusting to life back at my parents house once again, even though it is hard after being so independent for a while.  Anyway but since summer is here I am awaiting my diploma in the mail as well as the day to come when I will start working again.  Its weird when one works for a while and then graduates from school and moves home and has nothing to do, time goes by slowly and its oddly boring.  The last few weeks of school I was so excited to be done and do nothing for a while.  Now that "a while" is over it is boring.  However, I have many things to be excited about once July happens.  July 4th is always a favorite.  I am a fan of going somewhere and seeing a fireworks show instead of creating one in my front yard and praying the whole time I keep all of my fingers and toes.  But I really love the BBQ's and the warm (hopefully) weather as well as being with family and friends.  This year will be a bit different because of the big move I am anticipating this August.  I finally heard back from the General Board of Global Ministries and I have accepted the placement of Oklahoma and my supervisor in Oklahoma as also accepted to have me work with them in the Midwest.  So after some time of praying and getting more excited and learning that this work is what I want to do with my life, I will be moving to Oklahoma City to work with 3rd graders who are on a free lunch program in a school.  Details about exactly what I will be doing will come later, however there are 35 days until I leave for training and about 67 days until hopefully my first day of work in OKC.  ITS SO EXCITING!!!!  This past weekend at the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference in Wenatchee, I got to talk to a current US-2 who is serving in Seattle.  She had some great stories and good insight into making the experience a good one.  She also said that training is really fun.  I hate to over use words but once again I am excited!!!

The things that are not as exciting about this move is the fear that I am moving away from opportunities that could be great here in Washington, but with all of my fears there are positive aspects to all of them.  By moving to Oklahoma I can get work experience without living at home with my parents.  (Sorry Mom and Dad!!)  I can also experience life in a completely different part of the United States.  I will go and experience living with little income per month as well as a completely different weather changes throughout the year.  For instance, as we all know that Oklahoma gets hit with tornadoes and as that can be exciting it is also very scary.  I have never seen of dealt with a tornado in my life and even the idea of a shelter is a bit daunting.  It is very funny that I am concerned with this aspect of my future life in Oklahoma when there are many other fears like the weather being so humid and warm in the summer (very different from what I am experiencing now) and more storms that will pass through.  But as always I can find a positive, after living in Colorado for a summer, I do remember the thunderstorms that would pass through and they were beautiful.  The lightning in long streaks across the sky unlike the flashes that we get in Washington.

As much as there is apprehension about moving and traveling so much this summer, I am very excited to see where God sends me and what kind of people I will meet.

God Bless!!

First Post!!

Hey Blogging world!
This is the first post of my new blog, really its for when I actually leave and start to have adventures, but I guess the end of college is pretty much an adventure.  We had a end of the year, WAY TO GO GRADUATES, Sunday service at church, it was very emotional, but good way to end my four year in the beautiful Ellensburg.  But now as I procrastinate my studying while I write this post, I am super excited about my future.  I will add a blog description later but will address my future here.  I will be sent somewhere, hopefully cool and exciting and not at all dangerous, in the United States.  I will be living and working in a community for about 2 years.  July 2013 until July 2015.  Honestly, 2015 seems like forever away even though it is less then 2 years away.  Shocking to me!! Anyway, the focus of this work that I will be doing is all about social justice.  I am really excited for what lies ahead of my in my future, however the packing and moving and saying goodbye to my student life is very a very difficult thing.  I really don't know how to express the feeling.  BUT, this blog is here for me to connect with people at home and hopefully around the country as well as my fellow Young Adult Missionaries being commissioned and sent out this year!! I am excited and I know that they are too!!   Anyway, more to come!

Thanks for reading!!!