Three weeks...

It is coming up so fast! I can hardly believe it! People keep asking me if I'm all packed yet, what all I have left to do. Some days I feel like I'm almost done, and some days I feel like I haven't even started. I have only 12 more days of work left with my little ones. Weird (and not all bad either to tell you the truth - though I will certainly miss them). The main office just sent home a school wide letter announcing which teachers will be leaving in the fall. This has had the surprising effect of chatting with a number of parents and having the opportunity to share the Gospel. God is so good- when I first started at CCDC I was too shy to do anything like that, but He gave me all this time to learn and grow a little braver to do that - I am so thankful He is patient with me!

I had a wonderful trip up to Clarks Summit (near Scranton PA) to say good-bye to the wonderful people at Heritage, and of course see Steph and Jason. It was so encouraging and refreshing to be where God has done so many wonderful things before, and be reminded that the best is yet to come- because the best is God, and I still have so much more to learn and experience with Him!

Praise for growth :)

Praise for good friends all over the place

Please pray for the seeds of the Gospel to grow in many hearts and minds!

Please pray for me also that I would be disciplined in using some free time to pack. I'd much rather hang out with friends but it has to be done- and soon

That's all for now! Thanks so much friends!

On the Road (almost)

Well its getting closer- only four weeks until I leave for New Tribes Missionary Training Center. Tonight was my last Prayer and Praise service at Keystone Community Fellowship, and my last leaders meeting with Thrive (the college group at Keystone I have been super blessed to be a part of the last two years). I half expected to cry tonight (even though I'm not leaving for another month- water works runs strong in our family) but I didn't. I wasn't even sad really-just SO grateful for all the times God has spoken to me in that place, all the things He's taught me, and especially for the friends the wonderful wonderful friends God gave me through that place. But it's time. Time to follow Jesus to the next place we're camping for a while.

I keep thinking of that FFH song "Follow love" the chorus goes something like "Here's goodbye, and here's so long, I must go and follow love. I feel my heart moving on- I must go and follow love. Carry on while I'm gone- this is what I've been dreaming of- I'll miss you so! but I must go- go and follow love" Random sidenote: periodically I am reminded, and astounded that not everybody thinks in lines from songs, books and movies- weirdos.

But anyway- preparations are coming along... still plenty to do. Lots to pack, lots to get rid of, lots of errands to run. Please pray for me to know how to best use the time God's given me.

Pray for rest too- I'm fighting a cold that's sapping energy from my already depleted supply.

Praise God for encouragement along the road- so many people have told me they are praying and two people have already asked how to support me- this is SO encouraging!

well that's all for tonight. More later :)