happy 2009!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

it's 2009! how crazy is that!?!

new years is supposed to be a great time to reflect on the past and anticipate the future, and plan for some hardcore new years resolutions. i like the reflecting and pondering part... but i'm not good at new years resolutions. i'm not really into dieting or crazy health goals... i want to be healthy, so i'm striving to live healthy. i'd rather not set myself up to be disappointed later... i know myself and any new years resolution that would sound remotely good enough to post online would not happen three months from now. ;) so... i don't know what i would resolve to do for this next year. i would like to read some books on topics i think are boring (seems like a stately thing to do), and i would like to learn how to bake bread like my momma. other than that... i got nothin.

as for reflecting... i can't believe that the past four years at college flew by and are over!! i mean, dude, i'm an adult!! how crazy is that? (do adults say dude?) ha. i'm thinking back over my life... i still have dreams i have yet to fulfill... serving God in a foreign country, being a social worker and advocating for those who can't speak for themselves, visiting churches all over the world, getting married and serving God with some hot fellow... all those things have yet to happen... but i feel like this new year is just the beginning. in fact... here's what i'm anticipating in the next year or so...

this week, tomorrow in fact, i am moving to southern indiana where my ryan lives and serves as an associate pastor. we want to be neighbors, and i'm seeking a full time job, and possibly a part time job as well. i want to work, pay off student loans, and live in an apartment by myself. i really want to put my hard earned social work degree to use!! in may i'm traveling back to the middle east with a team of students from olivet, and i dream of the day when i'll move and work overseas... focus on the student-loan time is now!! and yeah... i anticipate that i'll keep dreaming and just live every day on purpose anxious for where God will take me next as i trust in Him!

happy new year, friends!!

i hope your new years morning is excellent (faster than mine... working at a panera where we had one customer at 6am, one at 6:15, and not another one until 7:40... everybody's sleepin!!).

much love,
kara joy