So here is an update of where I am and what I am doing now:
I basically took about 5 months off after I got home from Germany. I needed it so much. I was exhausted in so many ways. So I spent time with my family and was in one of my dear friend's wedding, and this past summer I was all over the place. I went to San Diego to visit two of my friends I met in Germany who were home for their rest period too. They are actually back in Germany now because they have joined staff as have many of my other friends. While I was there we drove down to Mexico and went to visit our other friend from our DTS named Abril. It was so fun to be together again and to see each other in our own in environments.
Then I came home and I left for Florida and North Carolina. I went down for two weeks with my boyfriend John's family.
Then in the end of August my whole family had a week vacation together in the San Juan Islands which was really fun.
I have started working again and I am enjoying that. I was getting a little restless by the end :)
It is actually really cool because I was able to get a job that supports something I care about so much. I am a barista at a little coffee shop in Anacortes, WA where I am living now.
The owners are wonderful people and they have huge hearts. It is a non-profit business and all the proceeds go towards orphans.
I might even have the opportunity to go with them to Africa next summer! Jesus loves me.
I am excited about that.
It has been interesting this whole month because a year ago right now I was in Germany. I miss it so much all the time. I miss the community and my precious friends. But I know I am where God wants me right now. And that is important and good.
