We made it through the first year!!! I wasnt really excited about walking in graduation when I heard about it. After all we were only doing a one year bible program in Wilderness Leadership and we where walking beside other people who were completing their 4 year degrees. As time grew nearer and We fought to finish the year well, something that is especially hard for me, I began to look forward to the closing time and the ceremony. I realized that yeah, this was a stinkin hard year and alot of amazing things have happened and it was indeed something to celebrate.
I was super excited that my mom got to come up and experience those times and see the places behind some of the stories and pictures. We had an awesome time checking everything out. She got to experience some Canadian "flurries" which usually mean like 3 or 4 inches of snow - not like our flurries down here in the south. She stayed with my impact family and Ulrich had to help her scrape and brush off the car. Little did she know that those brushes come stnadard in rental cars in canada. We even got to check out the airport that hopefully ill be getting to spend alot of time in.
Im home for atleast the rest of this week. Everything that I thought I was going to be doing this summer hasn't been working out so far. Even after searching and praying and thinking it was so right. God only knows what is going to happen. Right now I am seeing if I can get a work permit in Canada and we'll see if that goes through.
In my devotions I read 1 Corinthians 15:58 which I had previously underlined and it says " Therefore , my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give your selves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." I remember that I liked that verse before because it encouraged me to work hard, which i like to do but it is hard sometimes. The part that really hit me in the face this time which i never noticed before is when it says" you know that you labor in the Lord is not in vain." This hit me all over the place on so many different levels. Im still trying to figure out His will and get to spend time with all yall here, Ive been loving it! As we watched the last sunset for that year at Prairie I praise God for it all.
