sweet dreams

this morning anna informed me that i was laughing in my sleep. she said i just kept giggling. it made her happy ... and it makes me want to know what in the world i was dreaming about.


last night was good. i was hyper and lucky for me a couple of my roommates were as well. we laughed a lot last night.


tonight we have choir practice which is always a good time. always a little crazy and not much singing but a bunch of community. it's good.


get over it.

... bunny ...

so today at work i got a little bored and started playing with my phone. there's a button on the side of my phone that, when pressed, starts recording whatever's happening. i've recorded some weird things. but my favorite was the recording of a couple of us getting into ashley's car and driving to leeno's. it was ashley, hamp, wes, abby and i. matt asked me to buckle him in. i saved that recording ... it made me feel real happy.


well only 11 days until Kim Kelly and Karl come. then after spring break jed and co. should be coming. hopefully i'll get to see mark, he's hanging out in chi-town this summer timeish. and i just found out that jimi's coming in may. we may kick it. then kim and ashley separately in may sometime. this is just great.


alright i'm about to start this lovely walk home. it's always an adventure.

it's as simple as something that nobody knows

Here's what's hard, (MLE don't panic) my church makes me want to stay in Chicago. They're so wonderful and loving. It's like a family, like the church is supposed to be. It's just hard to think of joining another church family in 5 months. And I don't even know of anything like this back in Ohio. It's been so good to experience what a living body is like ... it'll just be hard to leave it once I know how great it can be.


Katie makes me laugh so hard. I've never met her before but she has the happiest laugh and I'm so excited to meet her.


Plus, she bought me rainboots. Kim is bringing them to me in 11 days!! Can't wait.


"This is my theme song. I've got an icebox where my heart used to be."
"Wait, does that say where my heart used to be?"
"Yes."
"Oh. I thought it said where my car used to be. I thought he was trading his car for some beer. I thought you were saying you wanted some beer."

This was a lovely conversation between our soon to be ex-city director and anna. I'm glad I was present for that.


Alright. It's not as warm out today which is nice. Do you think God ever gets tired of the fact that we only think some days are beautiful? And only some warm days are nice and then we get tired of it and complain? And we say winter is beautiful and then we tell him to take it away? We're so annoying. I'm glad he loves us anyway.

gone going gone

2 Peter 1:5-8
"...make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."

this is pretty self-explanatory. these traits are to become more and more a part of our lives. it will help us avoid apathy. but it takes effort. Christianity shouldn't stop at faith ... it should grow. faith without actions is dead.


the weather is beautiful again. thank you.


but i did have to walk to work. only took about 45 min. if anyone has a street bike that they want to get rid of ... juss lemme kno. :)


alright ... going to do that work thing. then we've got J.A.M. tonight.

b-e-a-utiful

today is beautiful.

hungout with cara. went to lunch. walked around. took pictures. now i'm gonna go to starbucks.


it's so funny. i think it's the weather ... but i feel so free.


but there are people crawling outta the woodwork.

it's like an anthill downtown.


so now i'm going to go do some reading and some such.


oh and don't even get me started about my church. they're incredible.


and we just started a 20 + 1 less than 30 bible study. it's good.

saturday night we went to a foosball tournament. it's weird being in normal life.


i'll be home soon. can hardly wait. my time is filling up fast so book your reservations soon!


alright, peace out kids! enjoy the weather!

rocking chair syndrom

"Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for the good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life." Philippians 4:6&7


Alright, I'm leaving early to go hangout with Jenny for awhile. Then we've got that meeting at 5pm. Then choir practice.


I'm in a dreadfully honest mood. I need to work on loving people rather than just saying how I feel. But tonight I may be harsh.


Cara's coming on Monday, maybe Kelly Young next week, and then the KKK are also coming to have some fun. And then spring break. Things are just crazy, and I'm tired. Good thing that Jesus has my back.

untitled

i'm feelin pretty blah right now.


met with our city director last night. and tonight we're meeting with her again and the president of mission year.


i was pretty riled up last night after our meeting. jenny held a pillow so i could punch it.


tomorrow we're moving into my supervisors house until mission year finds us permanent housing.


but my church has been amazing. they're wonderful. i've never experienced a church like this before. they truly care about each individual person.


i'm starting to be okay with not being okay.