Happy 2011

I made it to 2011, it feels like such an accomplishment.

Happy New Year!

Thinking over this year here are some snapshots of things that shaped my life in 2010:

* Finished a decade

* Directed our church's food pantry

* Had a friend move in with us for the first part of the year

* Made three trips to California

* Road tripped to New Mexico, in the middle of the night, with no sleep. Made it there alive.

* Saw my great grandmother move away to Germany after much turmoil

* Rebecca got accepted to BCOM in Minnesota and moved away

* Took Crown Life Financial class

* Got accepted to work as an M-Fuge track leader for Fuge camps in Glorieta, New Mexico

* Parents celebrated 25 years of marriage

* Quit my job of 4 years on April 28th

* Had the best summer ever, made some life long friends

* Anna headed into her senior year of high school- I am getting too old

* Visited 3 countries

* Spent 4 months living and learning in another country

* Celebrated my grand birthday- turned 23 on the 23rd of June- again, old.

* Saw more famous sites this year than maybe EVER before in my life (Eiffel tower, Mona Lisa, 7 churches of revelation, Trevi Fountain just to name a few)

* Spent more consecutive hours on an airplane than I thought humanly possible

* Rachel took over my old job at the bank

* Said goodbye to the food pantry crew

* Learned parts of a new language!

* Met some of the most incredible people that I hope to be a part of my life for a long time

* Decided to go back to school this year

* Lost our first dog- Lucy

* Had my worldview and life purpose completely re-shaped

* Fell in LOVE with a whole new culture

* Got accepted to work as Site Director for Fuge 2011 in Glorieta, New Mexico

* Made it back to America to spend the holidays with my family and friends

These are just a few things that happened this year. 2010 has truly been the best year of my life. I have learned so much and the Lord has really changed a lot about who I am and where He wants me to go. Looking back over the decade that we just finished is incredible. At the start I was just 13 years old and since than so much has happened. I can not wait for the decade that lies before us to unfold. There are great things in store, I can just feel it.