That is correct, everyone. The title is as cheesy as it sounds for a blog post. Recently many people in my life, including me, have been trying to figure out what to say yes to, and in turn, what to say no to. I’ve been reading an AMAZING book entitled, “Let’s All Be Brave” by … [Read More]

This is the biggest question any person nearing the end of a chapter says. Junior year of college is when everyone has that panic moment when they realize they won’t be married by the end of college and don’t know what they want to do with their life. Being an adult sounds hard. At least, … [Read More]

Well, I found my way back to the lessons I was teaching my 7th graders this time last year. From the beginnings of the cruel world of middle school (I am saying this ironically since my degree is in middle level education) all students can think about is either standing out or hiding from the … [Read More]

You can imagine when adapting your life to new county, there are some bumps in the transition. It seems that your strengths get jabbed a little more than usual. For example, back in Normal, one of my strengths was talking to strangers, all the time, about anything. Well, when you know limited words in a … [Read More]

These past 2 weeks have been amazing. I was in Portugal for our fall retreat at En Vivo, the next weekend we had a ladies breakfast, and this past weekend I had a staff retreat in Segovia!! It’s safe to say I have been keeping busy. God has been so present and showing up in … [Read More]

So this weekend an exchange student helping with En Vivo, Lauren, myself, and a full time staff member, Cody, all went to a family’s house connected with En Vivo in a neighboring town, Bejar. They were wonderful, hospitable, cooked incredible food, spoke English (as well as Spanish of course), and probably some of the nicest … [Read More]

Thank you, for being more patient as I have as I leave about a little over a month later than was expected. But what a month and a half it has been! Just in the last week I was with a friend as she delivered her baby!! Her mom didn’t have a car to get … [Read More]

Warning: Not every post will be THIS cool (or long). But what a good one to start with. Lesson Learned: Daily Surrender The backstory: This weekend, my campus ministry at ISU’s campus, Encounter, had their fall retreat. Seeing as I haven’t left yet, I volunteered to be on the kitchen crew. Ya know, cooking meals, cleaning, … [Read More]

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