Thursday, August 20, 2009

This past summer

Life after graduation has been fun but challenging all at once. A lot has happened but I am very happy to be done with school. Especially after taking 40 credits this past 9 months.

I am working at a property management company doing administrative work. I enjoy my job and the people I work with. It has been very fun having my first full time job. I started working 10AM to 7PM but I am now working 8:30AM to 5:30PM. I am enjoying working these hours a lot better=) I have been working here for 1 month now. After graduation I applied for jobs and I was surprised to find myself with 3 job offers. God truly blessed me and I chose the one that I thought suited me well.

Being home this summer with my family has been such a blessing. After going out of state to school for the past 4 years, it is finally nice to be able to stay in one place and have my family with me. JJ & Amanda have loved having me home, as well as Ben & Shawna. They are so cute. As soon as I come home from work I get kisses & hugs. Amanda always wants to cuddle up and sleep with me. They are just getting so big it blows my mind. When I started college Amanda was only 3 weeks old!

Keegan is officially a youth Pastor!! I am so proud of him. He is living in Douglasville, Georgia pastoring at a church called Church of Chapel Hill. The youth group size is around 140, which is a decent size for someone just starting out. The church itself is about 1500. It is an incredible church. Keegan has been using his gifts making new changes for the better of the ministry such as: small groups, creating a hang out atmosphere, putting together a created team, & launching REACH (iamreach.com). He has a lot on his plate as he does everything.

During the 4th of July weekend, I had the opportunity to fly out there and see everything for myself, and to celebrate Keegan’s 24th birthday. We went to the cheesecake factory! I enjoyed myself very much. I stayed with one of the pastors on staff and his family. They were so welcoming and very hospitable! I did have a lot of emotions running through me. I felt like everyone was looking at me and I had to perform. Perform what? Good question, ha. Keegan, told me to just be who I am, it does not matter and I do not have to perform. He loves me the way I am and that is all the matters. It was a very short but enjoyable weekend.

My birthday was 3 weeks ago and Keegan flew out for it. It was a great time to see him again. The highlight of the weekend was definitely a sunset cruise off of Lake Michigan. I had an ice-cream cake for my birthday and it was delicious!

I was going to go to graduate school this fall but God had other plans. It was too late to apply. I am just trusting God that His timing is perfect. God has been so faithful though everything. I am so blessed to have God’s favor on my life! It is going to be different as this fall I will not be attending school, as I have for the past 17 years of my life, lol… I am enjoying being in the ‘real world’, ha! It is hard to be away from Keegan as it has been over a year, but through all of it, we remain strong. Keegan has been such an incredible boyfriend by keeping the romantic element in the mix even though we are away! I have not posted all summer long, I will be better at it now that I am a little more established=D