I'm currently on Spring break - finally - and wanted to catch y'all up on things that have been going on in my life. Not sure if I've mentioned it before or not, but Jeffrey and I have officially hit our one year mark of living in Kansas. Yay! I think I can safely say that it takes longer than a year to adjust to changes and transitions in everything! I'm finally now getting used to this place and I'm starting to call this "our home." I love the busy-but-not-really-busy downtown, the grid system of the streets, and I'm finally able to remember roads! Aside from the actual place, I'm finding that my heart has truly been bent for the people here. On random days, I catch myself thinking about these people; how they remind me of my own parents sometimes and how much I want to love them more! The other week, one of our church members' son suddenly passed away and even through the hurt and grief, I was encouraged by this community. For the first time since Jeff and I have been here, I didn't want to leave this place. To be frank, I think when Jeffrey and I first made the decision to come here, we assumed it'd be temporary. Now that we're face to face with the question of what we should do, we're very unsure, but I think we know.
All that to say, we may know, but still have no idea! Ha. I think I can speak for the both of us and say that we're not totally worried about it, but want to just be sensitive to where the Lord wants us. We've had many people asking us and different churches have contacted Jeffrey about maybe considering other places. It's weird how the Lord works - in a place and position that I wanted to run away from, He's turning my heart to desire it more. I'm thankful for how the Lord pursues us and teaches us in the midst of our youth, our young-ness in ministry and in most cases, our lack of knowledge in a lot of things ... gosh, I'm thankful for His goodness!
Planning, planning, planning. Literally making a plan for all the things! If y'all didn't know, I put in my two weeks at Ulta because I needed to make room for other things in my life. One of my goals for this year was to put more of my time in the things that matter. A job is great and we could certainly use the income, but I had no time whatsoever with that job. With all this free time, I have space to be with people, to invest in others, or to be invested in!
For a long time now, I kept asking Jeffrey for flowers. I thought he'd surely give me some on my birthday or perhaps Valentine's Day of last year, but I got nothing. Finally, for Valentine's Day this year, I got flowers, y'all. I think the act of giving flower is so precious and was so happy when I received them so of course, it had to be documented. ;)
We've had a crazy amount of snow days. I remember waking up one morning and school was cancelled, but it wasn't even snowing! Not that I'm complaining, but I could truly use some sun now. This southern girl is not used to this amount of cold weather, having to wake up early to scrape off the ice, and wearing layers in March! :( Thankful that Jeffrey usually does the scraping part. Haha.
I became a coffee lover in college, but it wasn't until I moved here that I grew so in love with coffee shops. I'm definitely appreciating the beautiful aesthetics of these pretty coffee shops.
Jeffrey turned 26! Both he and I keep thinking that he's older, but he's still a baby (as am I...) Haha! For his birthday, we just went out for ramen (because we love that ramen shop now) and went to do a little shopping. We ended the night with this cake from Whole Foods...so good!
My family came to visit! They planned with Jeffrey two months in advance and kept it a secret the entire time. Impressive because I really wasn't suspecting anything at all. I kept mentioning to Jeffrey that I couldn't wait for them to visit me, too! I knew for sure that they'd be here in the Summer, but was not expecting them to visit in March. It made my heart so happy to see all of them again. I know I say it all the time, but if you ever have the option, never choose to move far from family if you can. Haha. Honestly speaking - it suuuucks.
We did a lot of shopping and eating - pretty much sums up our time together. ;)
I miss you all.
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