An empty apt, chocolate,too many Friends, and The Lords Return...

So Anna is gone. She went off to America and left me all alone in our tiny little apartment in the attic of the church. Well, my dearest roommate will be back soon--three weeks--but until then, I am living the Miss Independent Life! So this week has consisted of me drowning away my sorrows by eating a lot of ice cream, chocolate and watching a few too many episodes of Friends! Ugh I feel sick just thinking about it...

Ive been thinking about the amount of time that I spend in the Word of God, and frankly wishing that I was a person like Dr. Mitchell (founded Multnomah). What would it be like to just be able to quote chapters and chapters of the Bible. To be on your death bed and not remember anyones name, but to be able to still quote Scripture. Wow. I just wish the Lord would come back--you know? How I long for that day. But then I think about some of the most darling kids that I have met here. And they don't know the Lord. Infact, with some of them, I feel as though I don't know what to do anymore to lead them to Him. Ive been praying for five kids to come to know God. My heart literally aches for them to know Him. To be set free from death and to be born a new. Some of them I think are close too....which makes me think, Salvation is a funny thing. When does it actually happen? Is it automatic? Does it happen in stages? Does one confess with his mouth but then believe with his heart years later? When is a person finally saved? Only the Lord knows the answer to this...

Well, until next time. I think I will watch one more episode of Friends before I go to bed...

My darling Lucy.

My Prom Experience...

Ok, so normally you are 18yrs old when you go to prom for the first time. Its a big deal, you spend money and all day at the Salon getting ready, you vote for Prom King and Queen, or maybe you get to be Prom King or Queen. My life however, is different then that. Oh so much different. My first prom was in the country of Slovenija, after I'd been done with high school for 6yrs. I got ready about 45 mins before I left and I did my own hair and make-up. No salon for me! So, this is the story. Neja invited Johnny and I to come as guests to her prom. Now you have to understand that prom in the states is completely different then prom in Slovenija. Actually prom here in Slovenija is more like a graduation, but a heck of a lot more exciting then graduation in the states. Its like a mix between a concert, a dance performance, a prom and a graduation. Each class does something in front of everyone that came, a dance, hand out "best of" awards, or tell funny class memories. Then there is a video of that class (each Grade is divided up into smaller classes. They are with that class for all four years of hs). After all that comes the dancing. Everyone (students and their dates, NOT guests) goes up stage and they do these choreographied dances! They were soo great! They did some kind of "Cha-Cha-Cha", Ballroom dancing, Slovenian Dancing, and many others. Johnny and I were up in the balcony seating watching Neja and Gasper dance. We felt like proud parents! We took about a million pictures and videos and couldn't stop talking about how amazing they looked and how proud we were of them. It was a blast!! Afterwards we went out for a drink with her parents and Gasper. Then we (Johnny & I) took Neja and Gasper to the Jackson house where everyone (Terry, Lori, David, Matt, and Anna) were hanging out. After oo-ing and ahh-ing over everyone we took pictures and took Neja and Gasper home. What a fun fun night!! Neja went on to hang out until 6:30am the next day with all her classmates. I went home and went to bed, as I am realizing more and more that I am not in high school anymore!!! But alas, I truly did enjoy my Prom Experience.

Neja and I after prom at a pub. I wish you all knew her. She is Wonderful!! 

Smiling big (for the wrong camera) at the Jackson house. Don't Neja and Gasper look amazing!? 

My Slovene Life

There are so many times that I just get this really weird feeling. Its almost like time stops for a second and I step back and look at where I am, who I am with, and what I am doing, and I think to myself, "How in the World did I get to this place?". I am 24yrs old, graduated from Multnomah Bible College, living thousands of miles from my family as a single woman, in a country that I actually never knew existed up until a few years a go...And you know what? I LOVE my life!!! I love the team that I get to work with. I consider them not only some of my closest friends, but my family. I love my job and the students that I get to spend time with every day. It is so incredible to me that my job is to love students, speak Truth to them, and show them Jesus. Even thinking about this brings a smile to my face. I know that the Lord has brought me to this place. And it is an incredible privilege to be counted worthy of following after the cross.

My Intern Team (l-r David Bordner, Matt Baldwin, Me, Johnny Stevens, Anna Stepanian) 

My Small Group Girls (Neja & Naja) 

And this is the life I get to live!!