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Tonight is going to be the last night that I get to stay at my mom’s house
for
eleven
months.
It still hasn’t hit me yet. I have to tell this woman that raised me goodbye in the morning. I love my mom so much! She is the first person in the world that loved me; she’s seen all my sides and still loves me. She’s been with me through the ups and downs. I’m not saying that we don’t have the bad times in our relationship… (oh yeah, we got em)… but the good so outshines the bad- its insane. I don’t want to start crying and get all sappy, but I publicly want to show my deep love and appreciation for this hard working, awesome woman! Mom, I love you! God has used you in my life to help make me into the person that I am today. Thank you for raising me. Thank you for loving me!
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On another note, I have been running around like a mad woman, trying to tie up all of these last little things before I leave. I haven’t had time to blog.
*actually, let me rephrase that*
… I haven’t MADE time to blog… (I have learned in life that you make time for the things that you really want to do- ie when I decided to run a marathon- while I was working three jobs- I would get up at 3 in the morning to run)
Anyway, my mom and I are going to watch a movie called ‘Mom’s Night Out’. I sit down on the couch, turn my laptop on- because I know that I need to blog, and start watching the movie…
No Lie, Y’all
The FIRST line in the movie is…..
“Okay… *deep sigh*… It’s blog time”
NO LIE!!!
Sooooo, let me tell you a little about what God’s been doing…
3 Stories:
I wear contacts. Last Friday, I went to Wal-Mart with the girl that I live with. Lynda. Lynda is going on the World Race with me. On the SAME ROUTE! I LIVE with her!!
Anyways, I needed to get to the optic place and get some glasses for the Race. I kept putting it off though. Procrastinating. So, Friday, I went to talk to the eye glasses guy.
That day was the LAST day that I could order glasses and get them in time for me to leave.
W.O.W
I have really been wanting to go to Red Robin a final time before I leave the country. I couldn’t find anyone to go with me. They have amazing amazing sweet potato fries! This past Wednesday, on the way to work, I was talking to God about how much I had wanted to go to Red Robin- time was up and there was none for Red Robin.
… Fast forward 3 hours (we got off early, because the restaurant was slow) and I’m rolling silverware with a girl from work…
We were talking about my trip and then randomly I say,
‘man, I really wanted to go to Red Robin before I leave the country…’
she turns to me and says, ‘No way! I’ve been wanting to go there for like three weeks. I couldn’t find anyone that wanted to go though!’
‘whaaa?!’
So, we went to Red Robin! Hah. I got my sweet potato fries.
W.O.W
I first packed for the World Race on Friday night. I squished everything that I wanted to bring in it.
I think that my pack was 100 pounds! It was pretty heavy…
I repacked 4 times…
… each time I took stuff out…
…
today, Lynda’s dad took my bag to go weigh it.
I went to work.
Never weighed my bag.
Figured the limit was 50 pounds.
Thought that I would need to figure out a time to repack and minimize… AGAIN.
I was texted a few hours after going to work…
….
…… my bag weighed 49 pounds!!
Forty-Nine.
W.O.W
Training Camp was such a ‘mountain top’ experience. God was so present, so evident, so awesome. It’s so easy for me to get caught up in all the finishing touches, that all of us that are about to leave the country, are facing.
But the FACT is
HERE or THERE (the ‘mountain top’ experience)
God IS present.
God IS evident.
God IS awesome.
God is here. He is not just around in a ‘mountain top’ experience. He is EVERYWHERE. God is OMNIPRESENT. He might be easier to see when everyone around you loves Jesus and is in total worship mode, but He is there JUST AS MUCH when you are busy and running around like a chicken with your head cut off. We just need to LOOK.
Friends, I looked and I saw :))
<3 Ash
