Here I am

So I had been considering doing this blog thing for maybe a week or so now but after talking with Nanette today I've decided to give it a try. Now I don't want you all to be too excited out there because if you know anything about me you know that I like things to be short and sweet. I can try to promise you sweet but it'll be short for sure. I've had mixed feelings about blogs in the past and don't really want to get sucked into reading blogs all day everyday. (I will be reading and posting comments on Nanette's though) This summer though I've been blessed with a great job and therefore have time on my hands that should probably be used in a more productive manner than sitting at my slow computer writing to people I don't know. I am expecting a great summer so I thought that those I do know who might not get to talk to me that often could benefit from having my thoughts posted. (Also please note that I am a horrible speller so please don't hold it against me.)

Ok so here's a little background on what's on my mind and what's been happening already this summer so that I won't have to fill you in on too much later on. So the one thing that comes to my mind that's probably going to define this whole summer is Russia. For some reason (ok lots of reasons) it's the only thing that I can think of. You see I'm going there in July for a two week mission trip with other UISers. But more importantly my boyfriend (oh how I dislike using that word),Tad, is there already and I really have no way to communicate with him other than letters that take two weeks to get there. It's surprisingly not as hard as I thought it would be. I still miss him but I know that God is going to do great things in both of our lives while we're apart. Tad spent a week in Florida before going over to Russia and I know that God was already working in him then and can't wait to hear what he's learning now. I've also been learning. My great friend Heather pointed out the other night a verse that came up in a bible study we did last semester. In Revelation 2, Jesus tells John to warn the church in Ephesus that they had forgotten their first love. So I've made it my goal this summer to remember my first love, the only One that can love me fully, the way that I need loved. I'm excited and can't wait to be taught even though it'll be tough. I'm excited too about getting to spend time with my friends and my family and making a scrapbook about my trip to Europe.