Summer News

Hello, Friends!
I hope you have had a great summer. Just wanted to quickly update you on life post-Africa.

America : Adjusting back to life in the States has been a day-by-day process. When I first got home in late April, I went through a lot of culture shock, probably due to the foreign culture and intense experiences I had in Uganda . I am still very much in the process of readjusting to being home, but slowly, little-by-little, life here in the States is starting to feel somewhat normal again.

Summertime: I spent the summer working at Camp Brosend, a Christian residential camp. I was a counselor for a different age group each week, living on campus Sun - Fri. every week. Needless to say, it was exhausting, but very worthwhile as the Lord did a lot in the children’s lives.

On the Move: Well, dad finally decided to become a Kentuckian after all these years! He moved to Hawesville in July and I am now renting a room in my brother and sister-in-law’s basement (Daniel and Joni), just down the street from where I lived with dad.

Job: I started a new job at Life Choices Maternity and Youth Home a few weeks ago. It’s a residential home in Evansville for pregnant, parenting, homeless, and probationary teenage girls. It can be very intense at times, but so far it’s been manageable. Pray for me to love the girls as He would, and for healing, wholeness, and truth for their lives.

The Future: I have no plans at this point to return overseas. The past years of missions work have changed my life in unexplainable ways and I don’t regret one minute of it; however, I feel a great desire and a peace to be here in the States right now.

Please pray with me about what direction to go from here. Please pray that the Lord will give me clarity, purpose, and direction, and that I will be surrendered and faithful to whatever He has for me.

I love you all and would love to hear what is going on in your lives!