Thursday, January 11, 2007

Feelings & one of my favorite things...

I love this photo of elizabeth. I found it in moms pictures last night. It caught my eye Number one- because Elizabeth is breath-takingly beautiful, but also because the way she looks in this photo seems to capture how i've been feeling latley.
vinjelu and I have enbarked on a journey into missions, which seems to be the hardest start I've ever had, and almost doesn't make sence some times. We've really been struggling through these past two to three months, wondering what we're doing right and what needs to change. I feel I've run off a bridge like in the photo, I am excited and feel free, but a little scared too.
Vinj and I have said many times we wish there was a different way to run the world then with money... it complicates things so much. But thats an obvious fantacy... just sharing that this season of life has been hard and we're trying to figure out how you start out in missions without wondering about how you're going to make the payments every day. I want to ask the quesion too of what God is teaching me through all this...
I don't know
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If there is one thing that brings me life almost as much as the presence of God it's my three Nieces. Elizabeth-Sophia-and Emma. They are so full of joy, over christmas I sat down with the video camera and asked the girls what christmas meant to them, they're asnwers amazed me! They understand God's love so much, and they give it in all there smiles, hugs, and all there incredible insight into the world.

I love them and miss them. Lana or emma if you're reading this I MISS YOU! And hopfully see you soon.

P.S Emma you promised to come see me in January, I'm in New NOrway now so it's not so far to come!

Sophia looks so incredibly adorable in this photo!

She is wearing a dress that was mine when I was a little girl.
She's so beautiful

New Norway

Low temps. snow turning to ice and strong winds was the reception we got from the weather when we moved in. Kind of the discription of how we felt. Leaving calgary wasn't easy, but i guess it was bound to happen. Moving was done mostly by Kathryn, her mom and I. The Kungs (the family we lived with) eventually came to help. So it was not much of a community effort, just us. On the other end we got help from Daniel , scott and steven, so that made work a little lighter.Today as i'm writing this, the sun is shining bright. HOPE. That is what we feel in our hearts. Anticipation that as we have closed off (temporarily) one chapter , we begin another. We will be in New Norway untill the end of March when we will be headed for Montana to do the Community Development school. We look forward to that so much. We will be back in september and are praying about where we should be after that.

We are moving into the master bedroom, we're ripping out the carpets and painting it up and changing a few things. So that will keep us busy for this week. After we're done that I will be helping renovate some of the living room for kathryn's parents! Fun times!