wow! please don't hate me. i am SO sorry that it's been so long. i find myself planning to write something and then the time flies and i don't even know where it goes! well, happy resurrection sunday! i'm grateful that the story does not end with Jesus' death but with his triumphant arising. and i'm grateful for what that means for me in my life. anywayz, i suppose that there's so much to update you on but i'm gonna have to pick and choose. so first things first, i'll definitely be in beantown for another year! in march i was officially accepted to serve as a city year senior corps member for the 2011-2012 year! i'm super excited and very nervous. i hate failing and i have this fear of messing up. i know that it's stupid because of course i'm gonna mess up. but i can't shake the fear. i think it's something that i'm starting to realize about myself: how afraid i am of messing up and how that relates to me not understanding God's grace. i'll let you know how that goes. fears aside, i'm grateful to have the opportunity to serve another year with city year.
i suppose the newest update that i can blog about is stuff concerning transitioning and all. we had a singles' retreat in march that was pretty incredible. it was definitely much needed and i was grateful to get to spend time with singles' and see people from beantown, jersey, new york, and connecticut all spending time together. one of my best friends beth came to visit me from colorado that weekend and having her here with me was amazing. i've been really working on giving my heart more while i'm here in boston and trusting God with the process of building friendships. i'm learning to be patient - both with myself and with others. i didn't realize how new this would be for me, building friendships and giving and all these things that come with transitioning that i honestly didn't know or expect. but when i think about it, i mean, i've never really done this before. i've never moved to a whole new ministry before and so obviously, different things come with that. anywayz, what i wanted to to let you guys know is that i sang and beatboxed at the singles' retreat and have recently begun singing here in the downtown region of the boston church. i love it - singing. i didn't realize how much i missed it. it's been two-fold because i've been enjoying myself and also learning the songs here. oh! and i've been meeting more people! like married people with children. so yea. three-fold =-)
so these are just a couple of things that i've been up to and that i'm excited about. i hope that this blog makes sense. maybe i'll do a video blog soon. like really soon. okays. i love you all! later =-)
