My word for this year is PEACE.
I am praying for a year of peace and contentment within our home. A year to establish ourselves a little more as a family and to establish ourselves in a community. I long for a year to be still and listen to the Lord's voice as we continue to determine His longer term plan for our life in ministry. As I told Anna in one of our Skype dates- "A year of peace, no changes!"
Here are some goals that I have for this year- and I am excited!
- Establish a financial plan for our family to include some long term savings and retirement goals
- Get actively involved in a church and small group within our city
- Go on a "trip of a lifetime" to celebrate our 2 years of marriage (Maryland and NYC here we come!)
- Plan 2 romantic weekend getaways
- Alter our lifestyle to become healthier and lose weight with a goal of losing 40 pounds this year
- See my family at least one time
- Run in 2 5ks- We already are registered for the RunOrDye 5k in March
- Memorize 10 passages of Scripture
- Read one book per month
- Create some emergency preparation for our family
- Add some creative and functional elements to each room to make our house a home
- Plant a vegetable garden
- Develop 1 new friendship
- Maintain and expand my blog throughout the year
- Organize and print family pictures, including our wedding photos (shame on me!)
- Adequately celebrate Zach's 24th and my 27th birthday as well as our TWO year anniversary
- Become involved in community outreach or volunteer program
- Invest in our second family vehicle to make it functional for our family
- Prayerfully evaluate our next steps in our call to full time ministry
I am sure I will add more over time but these are some things that I would like to see come to be this year. Again, I think that God has great things in store and I am anxiously approaching each day and month with excitement. Happy 2014!
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