I apologize for taking so long in this blog thing. I had an exhausting last semester of college, with the last 6 weeks being an absolute whirlwind… I was still in the process of applying to grad school (to enter the year after Mexico- I got in!), my brother got married in April, a lot was going on in the friends department, I was working on sending out support letters all the time and staying on top of thank-you notes, exams took a lot out of me, my a capella group went on tour, I graduated from college, I went on tour with my concert choir to Vienna, I took a trip with my old roommate to Paris, and this week is bookend-ed by two weddings, both of which I am in! So I have just been trying to catch up on life, but that’s not to say that I haven’t been thinking about Mexico every day, getting more and more excited about the plans God has for each of our individual growth there and for us as a team, as a community of believers living together for the purposes of building up His Kingdom. How thrilling!
In other life news- my Dad is a pastor who has been doing interim positions for the past 6 years (he becomes the pastor of churches for short periods of time- a year or two- to help the congregation through their issues/ baggage, help them gain vision for the future, etc). So my parents have been in Houston for a little over a year, and his interim position there ends in 2 weeks. My dad is a final candidate to become the long-term pastor for two different churches, but that could take a couple of months to finalize, and so until then- no income. So y’all can pray that one of these two churches would be a good fit for my Dad to pastor, and for speed and wisdom for everybody involved… and for God’s provision during the income gap 😀
I’ll do my best to be better about blogging in the upcoming months. To
think- we will be at training camp in less than three months! A HUGE
praise for me is that my support raising is basically finished. I need
to double check a few things (like airfaire there and back), but I’m at
least incredibly close. He is so faithful!
Wow! That’s awesome that your support is almost finished. I just wanted to say hey, I hope you have a great week, and that I’m looking forward to getting to know you 😉
Hey Lauren!
I enjoyed reading your posts and looking at your pics here on this page!
Just wanted to let you know, that i am so much looking forward to meet you face to face and to get to know each other as we will be serving the lord in Mexico!
May our father bless you richly as you are prayerfully getting ready for this trip!