Life Update!

Hey everyone,

If you've found yourself here, you probably traveled to Kenya with me last summer or just recently heard about me returning again this summer...either way, karibu sana!(Welcome!)

I'm very excited to go to Kenya again this summer, but I thought that most of you are needing an update on what is going on with me! Since the last time I emailed was Veteran's Day.

The biggest change in my life so far is that I am now free from the world of academia! ahhh! I graduated this past December! woo! I now have a Bachelors degree in Journalism with an emphasis in Photography. I also tacked on two minors, one in Vocal Performance and one in Spanish. Whew. It's so good to be finished.

And so instead of jumping right into the "real world" I had always planned to take this Spring and just relax a little. I've been nannying four days a week 8-4 for a 6 month old boy named Easton and a little 17 month old girl named Addie. They are very wonderful, and the best job I've ever had. I'm also doing some volunteer staff work with InterVarsity, the campus ministry I've been able to be involved with here for the last four years.

It's been great to be done with school, but to still be here in Missoula with the same college environment and friends. This is such a sweet time of life and I'm pretty sure I'll miss it whenever I move on.

Speaking of which, one of my options for the fall is to go to Seattle for a year-long Fellowship with World Vision. I am currently in the interviewing process! eee! This is such a huge desire for me, but if that doesn't work out I may remain in Missoula or move to Indiana to get a job and start raising funds for long term mission work.

Whew! don't want to scare you away with my long-wind-y-ness! But I'm happy to share with you what's going on in my life and I can't wait to share stories with you from Kenya this summer!