new home, new "job", new thoughts

Well...guess it's time for a new blog post! Get excited everyone! It's a new time in my life and I'm ready to share it with all 3 of you out there reading :)

If you haven't heard, I moved to Washington, DC for the semester. How awesome is that?! I'm spending the next 15 (well...now 14 1/2 I guess) weeks here in a cramped little apartment with 2 roommates...and I couldn't be more excited. I'm working with a non-profit ministry that helps victims of sex trafficking. Perfect for me! This is what I've been waiting to do since the summer of 08 so I'm so ready for this. I hope...

So far I've only had 2 days in the office and they've gone pretty well. I'm still getting used to everything, but hopefully I adapt quickly and they're impressed :) But tomorrow I start meeting with the girls! I'm excited and nervous and ready all at once. On one hand, this is what I've been waiting for forever. I want some hands-on experience with these girls...learning what they're like and what they've been through and how it's changed them. But on the other hand I'm nervous. Maybe that's just because it's a new experience though, because I don't have many reasons to be nervous.

My supervisor and I talked about the anti-trafficking movement the other day. She was telling me how few churches are actually getting involved. Part of the reason is the taboo against sex and a large part of human trafficking is sex trafficking. It's just so sad to me that America's churches aren't rallying behind the victims of this unthinkable crime. America is supposed to stand for freedom, and it's churches should be the first to proclaim that. After all, we have freedom not only in democracy, but in the Lord. I pray that this taboo changes. I pray that one day our children will look at our generation and say, "God used you to free the world"

patience, faith, a new perspective

I think it's safe to say some major changes have happened in the past few days. I don't always know how to handle changes like these but somehow they haven't been as overwhelming as one might expect. In fact, they've challenged me to be in God's Word more and to really listen for Him.

It's hard to not know what will happen...especially when you're a control freak. I'm constantly being reminded, though, that God's in control. He's got it. He won't let anything go the way it's not supposed to go. If that means some major sacrifices must be made then, as unbelievably hard as that would be, so be it. He has a plan and He is the ONLY one who can know what will come as a result. I need to trust Him and have faith that all will work out.

"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?" Romans 8:31-32

i'm back!!

Well that was too long...apparently I haven't posted a blog since December! My first thought was that nothing interesting had happened in the past 5 months worth writing about, but that's not really true! It's just been too busy to write! But now I'm home from school and it's summer (even if it doesn't quite feel like it) so I'm finally able to write again :)

I could bore you with the play-by-play of the past few months, but I'll spare you. Basically here it is in a nutshell: I found an internship in DC that I'll be starting at the end of August. I'll be working with victims of sex trafficking so I'm really excited of course! And in the meantime I'll be working at the church for the summer helping out with the high school youth group :) So basically things are going really well after a lot of frustration and lessons about patience! Now my room is in desperate need of a makeover and I'm in desperate need of a trip to the shore, but everything else is falling together quite nicely!

And my 4 year anniversary with Matt is coming up on Saturday! I'm so excited...we're going to the zoo! I'm just so grateful to have him in my life. It's been such a privilege just to know him for the past four years...let alone be his girlfriend! He's changed my life and no one can ever take that away from me. Is it weird that I still get butterflies in my stomach from him sometimes?

Well on that note...I'm gonna try to actually go to sleep early for once in my life. I hope I'll be updating more often now that it's summer! Goodnight everyone :)