Ordination and House Hunting

Well this weekend I went to Robbinsville for David's Ordination. It was a weekend full of surprises. One being that Mandie came down and surprise David which was by far my favorite surprise. Another one being that saturday morning at breakfast David and Dana told us they were expecting number 4. So exciting for them. Everything went really well saturday, David was ordained and sunday afternoon they had a ceremony and some cake to celebrate. It was really neat to get to be there. 

My parents also came up for his ordination and to look at some houses. We are trying to find a place for me to rent so I can spend some time in Robbinsville helping camp out. I want to go help do some promoting for camp, help out with the staff kiddos and whatever else I can do for them. Also I want to get more involved with the youth at the local church! They are phenomenal. :) We found a house that will work, now I am just waiting to see if my friend is still wanting to move with me. Craziness. Please pray for all those details, I really want things to work out. 

Well be sure to check back soon, I should have wedding pics in the next couple days!!

Honesty

Well it's been a month and a half since I blogged (sorry Lou). But to be honest I know I was putting it off. There have been so many events this past month and a half, I've been to Robbinsville twice, been in and out of Charlotte and gone home for my brother's wedding and I promise to start blogging on those events soon but first I need to come clean. I haven't been blogging because I have been up and down so often that I never knew what to say. I would start to blog on an event and act like everything was great but reality was my heart was hurting and my mind was spinning. The week after my road trip I couldn't even begin to tell you what I WANTED to do next and that was extremely hard. I took a week and did some real soul searching. It ended well and for the first time I could say what I would choose to do next and that would be to go back to Robbinsville and help camp out and invested some time there. Since then I have been trying to figure that all out and it is still a process. I have enjoyed all the adventures but the transitions have been painful. One I hate saying see ya laters and two it is so hard not being settled somewhere. So I will try and pick this back up but I will need a little grace when I have hope in one post and the next one I feel like the world is falling a part! That is where I am on this journey, trying to hold on to hope, follow the Lord and keep fighting even though at times I wish it all would end!

1,730 Miles Later

The road trip 

was GREAT! I not only got to go to several places and see new things I also got to see some friends. While in Indianapolis with Liz we drove to Zionsville to go to Church and lunch with Ben. In Grand Rapids I enjoyed just hanging out with Mandie and Jon and staying up to 2:30 in the morning. On the way back to NC I stopped for a night in Fort Wayne, IN to catch up with Lauren Kirkland. God really blessed me in letting me go catch up with everyone. It's really hard to have friends so scattered about, from Indy to Michigan to Florida and not get to see them as often as I like. However God is good and we've been able to stay close even with the distance. 

The Road Trip Begins

I left Robbinsville (not an easy task) at 9 this morning and headed to Indianapolis. Indi is the first stop on my road trip that will end either on Saturday the 30th or Sunday the 31st. I will be in Indi with Liz until tuesday morning. She has a list of things for us to do, the number one thing being the children's Museum. I know big surprise. Along with that is some random shops and park areas, and hopefully I will catch up with Ben too while I'm here. Tuesday I will take Liz to the airport and then head to Grand Rapids to see Mandie and Jon. I will have four days with them and know they will pass all too fast. Once leaving Grand Rapids I will head to Charlotte with the possibility of stopping in Fort Wayne, Indiana to meet up with Lauren. Yeah so all in all the trip will be 25 hours on the road and 1,500 miles tentatively. I will be sure and keep some posts during the trip and then put the final hours and miles on here when I get to Charlotte. 

Please pray for my safety on the road and for all that will take place this next week!

Dinner & The Wii

Last night Sara and I invited Mrs. Patti, the Thackers, the Werners and the Crowes up to camp for dinner so we could spend a little more time with them all before we leave tomorrow. It was a ton of fun. We ate, talked, went on a golf cart ride, played the wii and just laughed. By far one of the funniest things was watching Alex and David box on the wii, that and listening to Andrew's stories about the broken golf cart while he tried to fix it. Honestly I really want to just go around town tomorrow and take every last one of those kids with me when I leave.  I am so thankful for this past week and a half. I was able to get to know the Crowe family so much better and able to spend some time with the Werners and the Thackers. These people are amazing and I will miss them dearly.

I think I will start planning my next visit now!

We Have Puppies

Our dog Abby finally had her puppies, 2 little boy's. I'm sad I'm not there to see them and hold them, they look so cute.

~Mrs. Vickie I think you and Kay need one of them, I told my brother you guys want to come see them!

Back 2 Camp

After a week of family vacation in the Keys (posting on that later) I am back at camp. I got back on Friday because we were suppose to have a group in for High Ropes on Saturday. Well Friday afternoon they called and cancelled. A little bit of a bummer but it really turned into a blessing. Friday I took Kinsley and Selah to the lake one of my favorite things to do off camp. Then we had a slumber party, watched some of the Olympics and played games. Saturday I just took it easy and then went black light putt putting with Rachel, Alex and Lydia (the Pastor's kids). Then went back to their house watched a movie and then stayed the night there. Yesterday Selah, Kinsley and Lydia and I went to the lake to have lunch and swim and then we went back to the cabin for some time on the Wi. It was our slumber party in the middle of the day "because you have more hours that way" ~Selah. After I took them home Rachel and Alex came up for a bit and we played Rock Band. Rachel stayed the night so we watched a movie and talked. It's been a lot of fun spending time with Selah and Kinsley and getting to know the Crowe family more. However laying in bed last night I realized how much harder it will now be to leave. And now today I'm going to go spend time with David and Dana's kids then it's going to be even harder to leave!!

Good People!!