God Week

Well, here we are at Sunday again! I had expected to update my blog well before this, but I had quite the busy week. It was nice catching up with my friend Kaylee on Monday. Tuesday I got medical insurance (woo hoo!) and took a walk in the wonderful sunshine. Wednesday I had an Irish themed Bible Study at my House Church. Thursday I had a counseling appointment. And this weekend... well, my family plans were canceled, but I ended up working on a couple of other things. And now we are back to my favorite day of the week... Sunday!

My therapist said it perfectly when she said I was having a "God-week." Well, every week is God's week when you think of it, but there is definitely a lot moving in my life right now!

I am looking into opportunities to get back into music and theater. The theater part may have to be put on hold for a bit, but I would love to find a group to sing with. In my fantasy world, I would find a group like "Glee" but really, any group of fun people singing good songs would be great. I need to find my hobbies again as I've lost touch with them.

Friday I applied to go to Russia this summer with Way FM and Orphan Outreach! If approved, I would be going for 10 days in August to St. Petersburg and Leningrad to work in orphanages. We'd be working with orphans of all ages, but for a portion of the trip we'd be working especially with teenagers who are about to age out of the system. Many orphans who age out of the system turn to drugs, prostitution or suicide because they have no where to go and no hope. We will be working with them in many ways but one way is to give them hope through showing them the Love of Jesus Christ! It will be such a heart-wrenching and amazing experience I am sure. I will hopefully find out this week if I am accepted and then I will be doing lots of fund-raising to meet the financial portion of the trip! Look for more to come on this blog!

I am loving my job, though it does have it's stressful moments. I know I am a temp so I could be let go at any minute, but right now I am grateful to have a job and with such great people!

My House Church friends are so wonderful and I am so lucky to be connected with them. It was clearly an intentional God thing that we all got together and stayed together after our 6 week series back in October/November. Cassie, Jessie & John, thank you for being you, I love you all! :)

And I am very grateful for such amazing friends and family. I got to seem my niece and both my nephews this week which was such a treat. It was sad that the family plans this weekend were canceled, but I look forward to next weekend when I will see them again. And all my friends are wonderful. I am especially looking forward to spending the day with Ryan, Amanda and Annika, as well as Amanda's family as we celebrate Ryan's birthday!

If I can ask for prayer requests though, I am struggling with particular people in my life and acceptance of the choices they make. I want to show them love but it's easier said than done sometimes.

Also, I was asked to share the links to some of the funny blogs I follow, so my plan is that some time this week I will do a "who to look out for/who to follow" type blog. I have some ideas going.

I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and since snow came to visit Michigan on the first day of Spring, I also hope we see sun and warmer weather in the near future!! :)

Grace & Peace
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