She has returned
I am finally back in Denver. I am glad to be back as this traveling for over two weeks has worn me out and made me miss consistency in schedule. Back to routine. There's something comforting in that!
We arrived in Buckley, MI to freezing cold weather and about 8 inches of snow. Target met us head on as we picked up some much needed scarves, hats and gloves. The whole time we were in Michigan we were hearing about how Denver was having 80 degree weather. We were anxious to get back to that. That was short-lived though. We arrived Monday night with it feeling nice. Tuesday morning greeted us with cold weather and by lunch time it was snowing and a mere 30 degrees. This morning I awoke to 25 degree weather and a car covered in ice. It took me forever to pull open my car door:)
The following happened while I was away:
1) Caleb and Jessica Bislow had their little baby boy, Joshua Trace. He is adorable and so tiny!
2) I booked my flight to East Asia scheduled to leave November 8th for a survey trip.
3) The cops broke into our apartment and stormed through it with guns!
And so today...kidding...I'll explain the last one.
Our very interesting neighbors hadn't seen me or my roomate for a while and so they thought to themselves, "Hmmm, maybe their dead in there." So instead of calling the apartment complex they called 911 and told them that something had happened to us and they needed to come over and check it out. So the police come over to our apartment and break in. They opened every door in the apartment and stormed through with guns raised high. (All of this with our front door wide open for our neighbors to gawk and stare. They called our emergency contacts and we had all of these people calling us making sure we weren't dead. What an ordeal!
But hey, at least we know that if something does happen to us someone will notice and do something about it. Life is so crazy!
I had lunch with my friend, Becky, yesterday. Her husband is currently in India so she and I had a little girl time since I had the day off. We went to this restaurant that I've been dying to try called The House of Commons. The address says it's on 15th St. but it's actually located on Platte. It's an English Tea House and it's adorable. Everything is shipped in from England and it's delicious. About 30 different teas are given as choices for hot or iced tea. They have scones and other English desserts and sandwiches that are wonderful. An English woman owns it. They do afternoon tea as well. Anyway, I'm getting side-tracked. Becky and I were there 2 1/2 hours! We talked about when she and Norm were dating at Moody Bible Institute and we talked about what God was doing in our lives and we talked about the future. We laughed a lot and ate good food and watched the snow fall on the streets of Denver.
Yesterday was such a wonderful day for me. I experienced so many little things that really made me want to thank God. I had lunch with a dear friend. I experienced Denver's first snow fall before I left. I got to see a new life brought into the world. I got to pray and be there for a friend whose father just died. I got to laugh and congratulate a friend who just got engaged. Those little things you know. They make life worth living. They make me thankful that God is who He is. He is joy. He is peace. He is comfort. He is life. "Just remember God as much as you can." ~Dave Ward Live life. Love doing it. Remember God has much as you can. What more could I want or need? I'm lovin' life RIGHT NOW!
We arrived in Buckley, MI to freezing cold weather and about 8 inches of snow. Target met us head on as we picked up some much needed scarves, hats and gloves. The whole time we were in Michigan we were hearing about how Denver was having 80 degree weather. We were anxious to get back to that. That was short-lived though. We arrived Monday night with it feeling nice. Tuesday morning greeted us with cold weather and by lunch time it was snowing and a mere 30 degrees. This morning I awoke to 25 degree weather and a car covered in ice. It took me forever to pull open my car door:)
The following happened while I was away:
1) Caleb and Jessica Bislow had their little baby boy, Joshua Trace. He is adorable and so tiny!
2) I booked my flight to East Asia scheduled to leave November 8th for a survey trip.
3) The cops broke into our apartment and stormed through it with guns!
And so today...kidding...I'll explain the last one.
Our very interesting neighbors hadn't seen me or my roomate for a while and so they thought to themselves, "Hmmm, maybe their dead in there." So instead of calling the apartment complex they called 911 and told them that something had happened to us and they needed to come over and check it out. So the police come over to our apartment and break in. They opened every door in the apartment and stormed through with guns raised high. (All of this with our front door wide open for our neighbors to gawk and stare. They called our emergency contacts and we had all of these people calling us making sure we weren't dead. What an ordeal!
But hey, at least we know that if something does happen to us someone will notice and do something about it. Life is so crazy!
I had lunch with my friend, Becky, yesterday. Her husband is currently in India so she and I had a little girl time since I had the day off. We went to this restaurant that I've been dying to try called The House of Commons. The address says it's on 15th St. but it's actually located on Platte. It's an English Tea House and it's adorable. Everything is shipped in from England and it's delicious. About 30 different teas are given as choices for hot or iced tea. They have scones and other English desserts and sandwiches that are wonderful. An English woman owns it. They do afternoon tea as well. Anyway, I'm getting side-tracked. Becky and I were there 2 1/2 hours! We talked about when she and Norm were dating at Moody Bible Institute and we talked about what God was doing in our lives and we talked about the future. We laughed a lot and ate good food and watched the snow fall on the streets of Denver.
Yesterday was such a wonderful day for me. I experienced so many little things that really made me want to thank God. I had lunch with a dear friend. I experienced Denver's first snow fall before I left. I got to see a new life brought into the world. I got to pray and be there for a friend whose father just died. I got to laugh and congratulate a friend who just got engaged. Those little things you know. They make life worth living. They make me thankful that God is who He is. He is joy. He is peace. He is comfort. He is life. "Just remember God as much as you can." ~Dave Ward Live life. Love doing it. Remember God has much as you can. What more could I want or need? I'm lovin' life RIGHT NOW!
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