My friend from work was baptized tonight! She's been coming to church with me for about a month now and we've been study with Terry (the preacher) for about 3 weeks now. Anyway, she made the decision to dedicate her life to Christ and was baptized. I told my mom tonight that this almost feels as good as when I was baptized! = ) I'm so excited!
Of course - we had to call him right when we got home so Joel could tell him all about it. Dad asked if he walked it off and Joel told him that he shook it off! It was so funny - however, he was much more afraid of putting a bandaid on than anything else - what is up with that?!
I'm going to WSU now instead of Bethel. The first couple of weeks have been overwhelming and I am thinking graduation seems very far off. How long did it take before you felt with it?
last night i dreamt that you came home for a visit and told me you were marrying a filipino man and the wedding would be in the phillipines. i do hope that, should you decide to marry a filipino (i'm sure they are charming men), you will show more enthusiasm for the whole thing than you did in my dream. also, that the wedding will be a little closer so i can go to it. i don't even have my passport, you know.
Well, my life is really just as uninteresting to hear about now as it was three months ago, but I'll give a quick update. Work STINKS! I can barely stand to go in everyday because the hospital is so understaffed. The frustrating part is that if the corporate people really wanted to fix the problem they could, but they're not offering potential employees as much as other hospitals are, so those people never chose to work at our hospital.
In other news, the rest of my life seems to be going pretty good right now. I'm really enjoying my free time. I've met some cool new people lately. I've also been able to get a good friend of mine to come to church with me. I've been trying to get her to come with me for over a year now and she finally did. Yeah! We've set up a Bible study with my preacher and I'm praying that her heart is open to the Word. Please pray for her.
Not much else to say except that in general things are going well and I'm really looking forward to this summer. = )
Glad things are going well! Mom and I are having fun here, but I know she is looking forward to getting there to see you too. Can't wait until our race!
So, there's not really much to tell, except for the fact that I've either spent a lot of money or lost expensive things in the last couple of months. Let's make a list shall we?
1. Got a speeding ticket.
2. Left my brand new glasses in Orlando Florida
3. Bought the exact same pair of glasses to replace old ones, the price of which was double without insurance
4. Bought a membership to the gym.
5. Bought training sessions with a personal trainer
6. Left mp3 player at said gym- which actually gives me an excuse to buy an ipod, but still a waste!
7. Bought a plane ticket to visit my sister for her birthday.
Okay, so the moral of the story is... I need to stop spending money! It's insane. Now I think I'll go get a pedicure. = )
Ah enjoy! We tried to encourage some of our young singles to go to a Dave Ramsey event or do a financial peace seminar about money. Not interested! They told us when you were single you didn't have to worry about money. :) So what gives?
You left your mp3 player - bummer - but the excuse is a good one to get an iPod! And - you bought a ticket to go see Lori - when? Maybe I will make a drive out there at the same time.
So how's the working out going? I need to join a gym or do something to get in shape. And I would have DEF. gone to Ikea with you or a flea market. We should have out soon.
Hey it's Jamie (Allen). I was curious how you liked the Bethel nursing program. I have talked to Sharon Unruh about the program and I am trying to get all of the stuff together to apply. She should my the simulated people in the beds. Every scary- but very great!! Where are you working at now?
I don't know - I am going to see how the beginning of the week goes and see how we feel - if we come it will probably be a shorter time frame (like leaving Friday or something).
Well, life has pretty much fallen back into a routine after the holidays. I had a really busy holiday season. I spent the 5 days before Christmas at my sister's in Kansas. We had a little bit of a scare on the way home when we did a 360 spin on the icy highway! But we ended up being able to get out of the ditch without the help of anyone. I got back just in enough time to work Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after Christmas. I had plans every single one of those nights after work as well! Then I left the next day to go to Colorado to spend some time with my entire family. It was nice, but VERY busy!
So, now I'm back here and as I said, life had fallen back into routine.
On another note, we had a guest speaker yesterday morning at church and he had a good lesson. One of the points he brought up was how we should always pray that the Lord's will be done. Of course I've heard this MANY times over, but it particularly pricked my heart yesterday. I've been praying pretty fervently for something specific lately and have been asking God to bless me with this. But I guess I've been neglecting to ask that His will and not mine be done. It's hard to pray for this because I feel like what I want would be the right thing for me. I have to keep reminding myself that God has my best intrest in mind and knows things that I don't.
It's hard to be willing to let God's will have control when it's something you think is best for you. I have done both in the past- gone against His will and allowed Him to bless me with His will- His way ultimately is always above and beyond what I wanted for myself. It's a hard thing to do- I'm working on that one myself right now ;-)
Its good that you are aware of this. I think so often we decide what to do and do it and then say "it must have been God's will because we did it." We can go against God's will (ex. sin) so we have to move very cautiously and with faith. I too have had to change my prayers from asking him to bless something I wanted to do to show me what you want me to do. Very difficult! Good thoughts! And I'm glad that you got to see your family. I read some about the ski trip on Amy's page. Fun!
Hey Stacy, I hope things work out the way you want them to but like you said we need to let god's will be done. He also works on a totally different time frame than us so keep that in mind. I'm glad your holidays were good:)
Thanks for being my Pal! Your gifts were great. I wish we'd been able to be at more of the same parties. I'm taking the next year off, but hopefully we'll still get to see each other at some gospel meetings. Thanks again!
Well, it's been a while since I updated but not a whole lot has happened in my life since. I'm settling well into my new apartment. It really feels like home now.
My parents came out here for Thanksgiving. I had to work the day before and the day of, but I had a few days off before that, so we had our own mini Thanksgiving. Then they went out to West Texas to visit family.
I took a little vacation last week out to Alabama. I had a lot of fun. It was a nice break from regular life and I did NOT want to come home. Especially since I spent the next three days working. I still haven't caught up on my sleep. = )
I'm looking forward to the time around Christmas. Notice I didn't say Christmas. That's because I'm working that holiday as well. Life stinks sometimes when you're a nurse. Literally and figuratively, but that was probably more info than any of you wanted. = )
For any of you that live in Tampa, I'll be there over lectures this year. I'm very excited. I haven't been back in over 2 years. So I haven't seen MANY of you in that long either. It'll be a fun trip I'm sure. Staci, I might need to take you up on that offer of a place to stay for just a few nights if the invitation is still extended. I'll call you later and we can work that out. = )
Jim can definitely relate to the nursing schedule (and the stank). I don't think he celebrated Christmas on the actual day for several years. The best day of the year for him was always daylight savings (spring forward) because his night shift was an hour shorter.
I may be sleeping the day away tomorrow after the last two days I've had, so I'll wish you an early happy birthday! I hope that it is a special one and filled with God's blessings! Love ya, girl!
and hey, i have a huge favor to ask of you. one of my online classes uses software that absolutely will NOT work on a mac - it refuses to even try. i didn't find this out until after paying tuition and a $55 access fee. would you be willing to let me use your computer 1-2 times a week this semester for my math class?
