Not too much happening–because I’m SOOO busy! This week I have spent every night at church, for various things…tomorrow night (Friday) is my first night off, LOL. Even Saturday is going to be spent taking the youth group on a hike…it’s worth it, but it’s exhausting… 🙂

Had another filling replaced today, so I’m done now 🙂 Now they are all porcelain and you can’t see them (and they won’t chip–I had to have all four replaced because they had chipped–and they were only 6 years old).

I’m doing a presentation in front of some corporate executives next week, so I’m pretty excited about that! This is a HUGE visibility opportunity, so please pray that I’ll be calm, collected, concise, and articulate. 🙂 I also just wrapped up a four-month long project that was incredibly successful, and that is such a blessing! The Lord is truly blessing me as I continue to press forward.

Our house is wonderful…though we’ve had some interesting situations with our homeowners association, life has been incredibly good lately!

I can’t believe that it’s already June…my life for the next couple of months will be even busier than before–if that’s possible! 🙂 I’m really excited though–many trips are coming up (Navajo mission trip; family reunion in Trinidad, California, etc.)…

…and I get to go to Pennsylvania in October! It’s been almost TWO years since I have been to PA, and I miss it dearly. I can’t wait to see my friend Jon get married–and to sing at his wedding! 🙂

That’s all I’ve got for now…time to go to youth group!

What a great weekend…We had our FBC Glendora “Youth Staff” Retreat in Northern California, and it was amazing. I took Kevin, Dannylle, and Allie to Burney Falls, the Lava Tubes by Mt. Lassen, and Old Sacramento. I have such a wonderful family who fed and housed us (and helped make some curtains 🙂 ), and it was such a great trip overall!

Here are some more pictures of us…we had a lot of fun!

 

 

 

 

It’s been a great birthday!

I spent three days in Long Beach at the State Youth Conference with 16 teenagers…needless to say, I have no voice right now.

I had my birthday bash last night, and I was surprised by my parents showing up! They flew down to surprise me, and it’s been fun.

Tonight, I’m in Northridge with family and friends, watching “24” (introducing a friend to the show–hoping to get him hooked…and it’s working!)

It’s been a great birthday…an incredibly busy week…and I’m content 🙂

Still recovering from this weekend. It’s pathetic, really, that I get so worn out after staying up all night/day. I guess, though, the exhaustion could be from the whole summer combined–it has been exhausting and non-stop craziness.

The mother of some of my youth kids told me today that she sees the Lord moving me around from place to place and not keeping me in one place for very long. While that’s encouraging (because I’ve felt the same thing–or rather, I’ve begun to suspect that, since I have been moving at least every 4 months for the past 3 years, and every 3 weeks this summer), it’s also kinda sad, because I want to have a place to call “home,” a sense of stability. But, who knows. If that’s what the Lord is calling me to, then He will prepare and equip me. No worries!

Bought my plane ticket for NYC for the U2 concert today…2 months! 🙂 That will be a great weekend–3 days in NYC with a good friend. This will be awesome!

And life continues…

Wow…last night was our youth “sleep” over…yeah right. I was up for 23 hours before I slept for 2 hours…It went well, but I just can’t stay up all night anymore!

Going to bed…it’s 9pm. 🙂

Well, tomorrow morning (VERY EARLY) I leave for Seattle, to sing at my dear friend Alli’s wedding (she was one of my roommates in D.C.). I am so honored and so excited about this!

4 youth at high school youth group tonight…slowly climbing!! 🙂

Have a great weekend! Thanks to Mindi for taking me to–and picking me up from–the airport!

Wow…what a week! I had 20 days to find teachers and put together Vacation Bible School for my church, and with God’s gracious help, it happened! It was a very successful week…the kids had a great time, the teachers really enjoyed it…The comment I heard most from teachers was that they loved how organized it was–I can’t imagine it being any other way! I love being organized and I love organizing big events such as this.

Anyway, the youth group may also benefit from this week, because so many of the middle school kids want to come back. I did some major promoting with them this week, gave them a calendar of August events, talked to them about weekly youth group meetings, etc. May the Lord do what He desires in this situation!

Leslie is getting married today…at 4pm…WOW! I leave in a couple of hours for the wedding…number 3 of the summer. This one will be one of the most beautiful and most special to me, though, for many reasons. Congratulations Leslie and Stuart!

More later…lots to do to get ready for today, and to get ready to move again (I’m housesitting for 3 weeks (for three different people), and I have to move to the next house tomorrow)…