I Love Sunshine!

What a beautiful week it has been. Warm, sunny, and busy. I went for a job interview in Minneapolis for a children's director possition. It was a really good experience and I think the interview went well, but I didn't get that, "Yes, this is where God wants me" feeling. So I'm still looking. This weekend was graduation, AKA party time! I went to a few graduation parties and hung out with some of the seniors all weekend. I pretty much was only home to go swimming in the lake a couple of times. I had two sleepovers, a bon fire, and a ton of pot lucks. Sunday night a few of us layed out on a dock, looking up at the stars for a couple of hours. It was such a nice night out that I was half tempted to sleep there if it were all girls. One of these nights I'm going to sleep out under the stars by the lake in my back yard. Thanks to all of the Hayward youth for letting an old lady such as myself hang out with all you young-uns. You guys rock!!!!! It's going to be so hard to leave, but I think good old Michael says it best, "Friends are friends forever when the Lord's the lord of them..." ;)

Sweet Shades

These are some sweet sunglasses I picked up a couple of weeks ago. I have not posted in a while because I've been super busy the last couple of weeks. Tonight was the talent show for youth group. Me and three others did the dance to "Bye Bye Bye" It was awesome, we all wore wife beaters and bandanas around our arms. It was sweet. The last few days whenever I've had free time it's gone into practicing for that. I had my last Junior Followers on Monday (sadness) and it was so much fun doing that. I've made some really good friendships with the youth here so I've been spending a lot of my free time with them. It's going to be so hard to leave here in 7 weeks. This is pretty much the first place where I've ever really truly felt at home. Like I'm actually a part of a family of believers. I'm so scared to have to go out into "the world" and find a job. I don't want to have to start all over again building relationships and fitting in and finding my "groove." I'm feeling super weighed down by having to make this future affecting decission. I know God has a plan for me, but sometimes it's just hard to sit and wait and trust. Especially when I need to start taking action and making decissions pretty soon. It's such a big world.

Goodbyes are sad.

One chapter done, time to begin a new one.

Graduation was awesome! It was great to see friends and family again, but it was really hard saying goodbye. I pretty much cried the entire three hour drive home. The last four years of my life have been completely unforgetable. So many memories flood my mind from my first semester exposier to Tim Horton's with some guys I did not want to go with to the great story of the broken leg to my last semester here on my internship. So many things change over the years like who would have ever thought Blakie would be getting married or that Tim would get himself a girlfriend? Well, as I was determined from the beginning, no ring by spring for me (I'm still waiting to get my money back). Yes, lots of memories, changes, and growth spurts have occured over the past short while.

Now it is time to move on, turn over a new leaf, close the book and open a new one. This is where life gets scary. Where do I go from here? What do I do? How can I make it on my own? I'm trying my hardest not to be overwhelmed with thoughts of the future and just allow God to open doors for me. One day at a time.

To my brothers and sisters at BBC, I love you all so much and will miss you a ton.
To my family, "I'll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me...if only in my dreams"
To Grand Manan, thanks for welcoming me to your Island last semester, you've become a home away from home.