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| So I guess it has been a long time since I actually updated this thing to my life in specific. We celebrated our one year anniversary this past Saturday. It was marvelous. Nothing special about it, just time together with nothing to do but talk and relax. I have been accepted to medical school (KCUMB) in Kansas City. I have, however, decided to take a year off (they let me defer for one year) and spend another year in small town Bolivar, MO. It is a little miserable, because finding a job is on the difficult side in such a small place. I have decided to take this brief break from school for several reasons, but the main one being that I had a once in a lifetime opportunity that I felt God really was leading me towards. I am going to coach the SBU Spirit Squad this year. This is not a well-paid job. In fact, the amount I receive is about a quarter per hour when you break it down. But, it is an amazing opportunity to build up a squad at our school that can be respected as both great athletes and great servants (which is the point of a cheerleader eh?) So Steve and I are going to do that for a year and we'll see if I'm willing to give it up after that :) We have amazing girls and guys coming in this Saturday to begin camp during which I am going to kick there butts (and mine) into shape from all the summer slacking. There are only really three more updates to my life. 1. I got a new puppy this year who I love dearly. His name is Charlie Brown and he is a husky-lab mix with one blue eye and one brown. So that gives me a total of two dogs both with one blue eye and one brown. Snoopy and Charlie Brown. If you didn't know I was cheesy before, now you do. 2. We got a new car! Not a new car to us, but actually a NEW car. It is a blue Mazda 6 and I love it. It gets excellent gas milage and is beautiful. We have officially had it for three weeks. 3. My mom had surgery this past week and is in the long process of a six week recovery. This has been the first big medical issue in my family and is a little scary, but she is doing fine.
So I think thats it, school is about to start and thus the life begins to fly by again. | | |
| Enjoy the journey
My first year of marriage has been filled with many surprises both good and difficult. We have had periods of time that we struggled to have enough to eat and periods of time that God has blessed us beyond our needs. We have had times that we are barely able to breath due to so much on our plates, and times that we could sit quietly together and enjoy the silence and peace of the moment. We have had sickness and health, both us and our families. We have been down on our knees crying out to God and jumped for joy praising His name. It would take me far too long to catch up on the wonderous journey He has brought us through this year, but what it has taught me is to enjoy the journey. If I am thinking all week that I can't wait for the weekend, I am missing out on the marvelous miracles of each day. I've learned that I need to love what I am doing and if I don't love it, I need to find something I do love, or find a way to love what I am doing. There is always another side to a situation, I just have to be sure to see it. So I guess I write all this to try to encourage anyone that reads this to enjoy the journey of your life. Don't look to the end result, enjoy the steps along the way.
Please continue to pray for my Grandma Alice as she struggles with her breast cancer. To our knowledge, it hasn't metastasized to any major organs and so God willing, she will be with us for at least a bit longer. Also please pray for Steve's Grandma Pat who was very recently diagnosed with lung cancer (She is not a smoker and never has). It is fairly serious and she is struggling to recover from chemo/radiation. Finally, I would like to note the passing of my wonderful friend of 15 years. As an only child, sometimes your pets are all you have and this summer, my beautiful puppy, Lady, was laid to rest. She was loyal and loving to the end and I could never have asked for a better present for my seventh birthday. | | |
| Finals are over!!!! One more semester and then on to bigger and better things and places. This has been the toughest semester yet, not academically, but the Lord has been teaching me some things and I apparently am not learning very well currently! That's ok though because my God loves me so much that he doesn't give up on me. He knows what is best for me and will help me through as long as I remain faithful to Him. He doesn't say it will always (or ever) be easy, but He does promise to be with me.
As obvious from the change in the look of the site, I have some heavy issues on my mind. My grandma is very sick and quite honestly getting worse by the day. Some days are ok, but most are very rough. I tell you all this not to gain your pity, but instead your prayers. I know that if God chooses to, He is mighty enough to heal her, but I also know that she is going to heaven if He doesn't. So I merely ask that you pray that her time here is precious. That we as a family can love her and cherish her. I pray that things don't hurt too much, and that she isn't scared, because where she is going there will be NO MORE PAIN.
In life right now, God is teaching me so much, but above all He is teaching me that I have no control over circumstances. The one choice I have that actually affects things is to love Him and Follow His directions. What is God teaching you? | | |
| So this will probably not be exactly, what he had in mind, but Steve keeps harassing me to post something new, and I spent so much time changing my site, that now I only have 7 minutes until Instrumental Analysis lab begins.
So I guess I will just update on life and post a more meaningful meat and potatoes kinda message later :)
I got my MCAT results back and they were OK... better than expected not as well as desired. I sent in my AMCAS application Wednesday. I have to mail them my transcript, and things will be on their way.
Our wedding went very well... Everything was better than could possibly be imagined and I had a blast. We went to Niagara Falls for our honeymoon and it was wonderful. Now my friend Bibi is getting married soon. I am super excited for that. I hope everything goes as well for her. My friend Amy had a baby and his name is Gavin and I love him. I miss him and I barely even know him :)
My classes this semester are miserable. Not one of them is terribly interesting and the one thing I was looking forward to classwise got shot down yesterday :( Sad day! So I sit through most classes just praying that God would help me not fall asleep and to do as best as I can to glorify him and use what he has given me.
Cheerleading is going well... It started off very slow, but we have three men now and it is jumping up there. Hopefully we will have a dance ready for the September 24th game.
Church is the highlight of my life right now. We are becoming fairly involved in a house church here called WayPoint. It is comprised mainly of faculty and students. Many of these are from the science department. Steve is helping with praise and worship which is wonderful. I am just really excited to see what we can do together to futher our fathers kingdom.
So after all of the silly update stuff, I will leave with a quote that is helping me immensely right now and that one of my favorite people in the world wrote to me "This is my Father's world and let me never forget, though the wrong seems oft so strong He is ruler yet." | | |
| So its been an entire week, but...
THE MCAT IS OVER!!!!
Hurray... Now I have lots of time on my hands that I am still probably not using as wisely as I could... I have found a potential job for the summer... Potential because I haven't even applied yet... If I get it I would be really happy...
Relay for Life this weekend... Pray that the rain can hold off....
Thats about it... | | |
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