Was a little more to life, Somewhere else, After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to.”
~Tom Petty
my team of 6 and my 50+ squad. I felt such pain leaving my people in Dallas that I wondered, what it would be like to start over. Well I’m intrigued. I met Joel (another teammate) at the airport and as we talked about this trip I again was hit with how people are just so interesting! Dan with his uncontainable joy and redneck ways, Joel with his microbiology textbook, and “the great outdoors,” heart are just the beginning of the many personalities I will come in contact with this year. People who come from all over the country, have all sorts of ideas bouncing around their heads, think differently than me, but at their core love Jesus with all their heart. I am excited to serve alongside my team and grow to love them, because of whom they truly are. With Christ as our common unifier and because He is outside and inside of us, I expect to learn and see great things that can only occur through the community living we will be place in. Like I said I’m intrigued. 
* The Rockies captured my heart. Such beauty! I can say I felt small, amongst the mountains but when you are standing high up on a huge rock and you hear true silence and everywhere you look are mountains and valleys and more mountains, small becomes miniscule. And yet I was still fully me because my delight was such that it grew in an attempt to wrap itself, around all that my eyes feasted on. Oh and yeah I have a new 2nd favorite tree, it’s called the Aspen. My goodness. My jaw dropped when I saw my first grove of golden Aspens. Sabrina, it was very Lord of the Rings-ish.
d to strain to see the San Gabriel’s through the buildings. Then I just smiled because California is so well California. I love it. I’m here with 3 of my favorite girls; Sarah, Elizabeth, Courtney and my dad! We are trekking through our rad plans of mountains, beach, Dodgers, and In-n-Out. I am sooo happy here that I want to STAY, but I can’t so instead I am embracing every moment I get! Here in CA is great way to end my last days in the U.S. (sorry I’m being melodramatic again! I can’t help it!)Bryan Adams, Don Adams, Kate Airhart, Joel and Genelle Andersen, Jessica Appel, Arthur Family, Lexi Beraducci, Alex Blackmon, Adam and Kristen Bisgard, Dave and Portia Bisgard, Jack and Lynne Carpenter, Mary Daberkow, Rachel Farrar, Berenice Felix Diaz, Mary Fulton, Goiricelaya Family, Lauren Griffin, Amy and Hersson Herrera, Juan Pablo and Sol Herrera, Kathy Hobson, Rhonda Houston, Igelsia del Maestro, Imaizumi Family, Janet James, Margaret McCarter, Mcquitty Family, Yolanda Murillo, Bryanna Narino, Graciela Narino, Tonya Norman, Rob and Sara Parnell, Carlos and Claudia Pinzon, Andrew Reyes, Adrian and Rosa Ramirez, Melissa Ranck, Rosenquist Family, Paul and Graylene Spain, Adrienne Sieffers, Katherine Schnel, Crystal Sprague, Courtney Stricklin, Tom and Elaine Stricklin, Steve Tobias, Sabrina Tucker, Sofia Velazquez
Thank you for your love and support as I embark on this journey. Your prayers, encouragement, and generous giving have made this trip possible and I am completely in your debt. I can’t wait to share my stories! Much Love!
I leave tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Weird.
