With Jim Halpert.
Ok Ok...I realize he is a fictional character. But he's awesome. John Krasinski by himself is really not just drop dead gorgeous but paired with that Jim Halpert character. Dang.
I also realize that I'm about 3 years behind on this Jim Halpert/The Office obsession. Totally missed that boat way back when.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Break is FINALLY here!
Ok. It's been a LONG time since the last post. My bad. School happened to get pretty busy right there at the end (and for some reason i suddenly decided to care?)
So now that finals week (aka i wanted to shoot myself week) is FINALLY over, I can really focus on getting my little self on an airplane to Bolivia! woo hoo! Sending in my application TOMORROW! I'm excited that I can really get the ball rolling on this and stop being in this limbo stage! The not knowing and not having a plan exactly for what I'm doing next semester scares me! I know Jesus has a plan, but sometimes I really wish He'd just give me a glimpse! haha. I know it'll be fine. In the meantime I'm just really excited that the break is here! Changes are upon me! whoa!
As excited as I am about taking this break, getting away, and working in a place where I can use my Spanish and love on some adorable little kids, it really makes me sad, too. My church here, Portico, is just really amazing and I hate missing out when it is in such an exciting stage. Portico hasn't always been what it is today. It originally started as sort of an "alternative" young adult ministry of the church I grew up in - which is the biggest church in our area (well...now it may not be the biggest...I don't know). Anyway, then Portico sort of became known as the college ministry for the church, and people have classified it as that for probably about 8 or 9 years. When I moved 2 and a half years ago to go to LSU, Portico got a new pastor, Randy, who is REALLY amazing. We love him. He has such an amazing vision and heart for showing people Jesus. He is real about how he lives life and His relationship with God. So when I moved, I was very sad that I was going to miss Portico. It is so different and I have such a sense of community with the people there (even the new ones that I haven't known forever!) When I got to LSU, I never really found a church that was quite like Portico. Nothing really compared. I transferred back home after a year at LSU, and I have been activily involved in Portico ever since. We now have plans to branch out and be our own church (which really we have been for many months now...it's just not formally announced yet to the "big" church). We are looking at buying a building and God basically just handed us a guy that wants to purchase it for us. We have started up a youth ministry, and I am now the leader for the children's team that is beginning to plan out the children's ministry. We have new people coming every week to our services, and we have recently gotten some new people on our volunteer staff that are just incredible and have amazing vision and huge hearts for God. It really is just exciting. This weekend we had a volunteer staff retreat. Since we have so many new people that have joined our volunteer staff in the past 3 months or so, we needed a get-a-way so that we could get to know each other a little better and so we could meet and talk about what direction Portico is going in and just the logistics of that really. SOOOO many decisions to make and plans that need to be in action.
Anyway, all that to say - that I'm struggling tonight with doubting what God is wanting me to do. I'm holding on because I do know where he is leading me. And I have peace about the decision. I just am really going to miss my church.
I know this probably was a boring post. haha but I felt as though it needed some explanation :)
So now that finals week (aka i wanted to shoot myself week) is FINALLY over, I can really focus on getting my little self on an airplane to Bolivia! woo hoo! Sending in my application TOMORROW! I'm excited that I can really get the ball rolling on this and stop being in this limbo stage! The not knowing and not having a plan exactly for what I'm doing next semester scares me! I know Jesus has a plan, but sometimes I really wish He'd just give me a glimpse! haha. I know it'll be fine. In the meantime I'm just really excited that the break is here! Changes are upon me! whoa!
As excited as I am about taking this break, getting away, and working in a place where I can use my Spanish and love on some adorable little kids, it really makes me sad, too. My church here, Portico, is just really amazing and I hate missing out when it is in such an exciting stage. Portico hasn't always been what it is today. It originally started as sort of an "alternative" young adult ministry of the church I grew up in - which is the biggest church in our area (well...now it may not be the biggest...I don't know). Anyway, then Portico sort of became known as the college ministry for the church, and people have classified it as that for probably about 8 or 9 years. When I moved 2 and a half years ago to go to LSU, Portico got a new pastor, Randy, who is REALLY amazing. We love him. He has such an amazing vision and heart for showing people Jesus. He is real about how he lives life and His relationship with God. So when I moved, I was very sad that I was going to miss Portico. It is so different and I have such a sense of community with the people there (even the new ones that I haven't known forever!) When I got to LSU, I never really found a church that was quite like Portico. Nothing really compared. I transferred back home after a year at LSU, and I have been activily involved in Portico ever since. We now have plans to branch out and be our own church (which really we have been for many months now...it's just not formally announced yet to the "big" church). We are looking at buying a building and God basically just handed us a guy that wants to purchase it for us. We have started up a youth ministry, and I am now the leader for the children's team that is beginning to plan out the children's ministry. We have new people coming every week to our services, and we have recently gotten some new people on our volunteer staff that are just incredible and have amazing vision and huge hearts for God. It really is just exciting. This weekend we had a volunteer staff retreat. Since we have so many new people that have joined our volunteer staff in the past 3 months or so, we needed a get-a-way so that we could get to know each other a little better and so we could meet and talk about what direction Portico is going in and just the logistics of that really. SOOOO many decisions to make and plans that need to be in action.
Anyway, all that to say - that I'm struggling tonight with doubting what God is wanting me to do. I'm holding on because I do know where he is leading me. And I have peace about the decision. I just am really going to miss my church.
I know this probably was a boring post. haha but I felt as though it needed some explanation :)
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