• Amazed :)

    I asked God to amaze me a few months ago. Not something to ask for the faint of heart. Kind of like praying for patience, you don’t get you learn it. Asking God to show you His hand at work in your life means He’ll take you through somethings and…

  • so, what happened in Scotland?

    I kinda dropped the ball on updating this everyday while I was in Scotland, like I had planned. Oh well, I’ll try to recap as much as I can now… Fri-left STL for Atlanta around 3pm. They had shut down ATL’s airport b/c of high winds and we circled for…

  • Arrived!

    Seriously loving Scotland!! The temperature is perfect and it is so so pretty! That aside, God has been amazing. There have been soooo many obstacles come our way, yet it all worked out. British Airways is in the middle of strikes, so they canceled our flight from London to Glasgow,…

  • almost time!

    I’m really leaving for Scotland tomorrow, wow!!!! Feels like I’ve been planning for so long, hard to believe it’s here already. Very excited! I will have internet access while I’m there, and planning to take my laptop. Hope to be able to update often, but we’ll see. Earlier I had…

  • maybe if I write it out…

    Just sitting here thinking… a lot of emotions swirling around. As far as I can tell, Scotland is paid for! Waiting final word from WIM, but my calculations show it covered, and spending money is covered. Wow! Just waiting on the visa. I have a sense of peace about it…

  • It’s all in His hands

    still can’t believe I messed up so bad. I’m usually better with directions than that. If you haven’t heard, I didn’t send the correct type of picture to the consulate the first time and sent back my visa app incomplete. UPS just picked up the corrected package… running out of…

  • :)

    For the first time in 10 years or so, I can finally say that I’m under 200 pounds!!!! I give God the glory!

  • random thoughts

    so many random things going through my head, not all too clear… that was your warning. here we go! 🙂 a family that was a part of the Lighthouse Youth Center back in the day, lost their 2 sons on Mothers’ Day. I hadn’t seen this family in years, like…