as i was walking this morning, the song 'closing time' by semisonic started playing on my ipod, and the lyrics resonated deep within me as they sang "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." if i dwell on it too much, i get to missing everything and everyone from angel house and the secondary school. but i am sure of the fact that i am right where i am supposed to be...building the ministry from this side of the ocean so we can better support what is happening on the ground in africa, and perhaps even more importantly, building a life together with lawrence. it has been an absolute blast to come home together. i knew that lawrence couldn't know all of me until he was able to see me with my family, and luckily, he loves them as much as i do. we started in texas, on the farm, and spent the first week celebrating the life of my uncle paul and getting the opportunity to see many family and friends at his funeral. this week, we are getting ourselves organized and our calendar prepared for a very busy fall that will include speaking engagements, meetings with the board and current sponsors of angel house and secondary school in all their various states, spending time with friends and family at kansas state football games and catching up with church family at woodlawn, traveling, and our wedding!
my dad mentioned the other day how happy i looked whenever lawrence is around. and i am. but i'm happy too, about every aspect of my blessed life. my family is just awesome - my parents enjoy every minute of our presence...feeding cows, fixing fence, making breakfast, watching the Rangers on TV, and visiting our wonderful neighbors. tomorrow we're taking a group trip to waco where the girls will give opinion on wedding dresses and the boys will eat chicken fried steak and drink beer. amy calls herself maid-of-honor-zilla since i refuse to get stressed about wedding stuff, and she has to-do lists and timelines from now until our wedding date of october 1. i'm already so grateful for her help...she was creative and did a great job on our much-delayed engagement picture photo session a few days ago, and has great ideas for every little aspect of this great adventure. i'm also happy to just be home. i actually call anywhere i live "home", whether it's derby or hamilton or nairobi or gamasara village, and because home is where your heart is, and my heart is all those places, i guess that's okay. i have enjoyed being in the country again after having spent several urban weeks in nairobi, and have enjoyed indulgences like hot showers and pecan pie, as well as sloppy kisses from Bodie the golden retriever and nose nuzzles from Sugarfoot the horse.
i am so excited about this coming year. i know that each day will be as good as the first few have been. i pray that God will allow us to influence others' lives in a positive way and help us to make His love real in the world around us. He has given us great joy, and I look forward to sharing it wherever we go.
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