MORE Transition

One would think that after changing countries every month for the past year I would be ready to slow down a bit but in reality I can’t seem to slow down! It has been a long time since I have updated and my world has completely changed in these past two months. Let me give you a brief rundown of events…

 

• I flew into the States in early September and was privileged to attend the wedding of my dear friend Megan and her beau, Joel in Texas. It was a crazy transition but I could not have asked for better people to spend my first week in the US with. It was a joyous occasion where I got to see my best friends from college and celebrate in Houston fashion. And I really enjoyed “getting pretty” for the first time in eleven months. I was excited to use a hair dryer and curling iron and I felt like I took the LONGEST hot showers although they were really only about 6 minutes long!
• I flew home from the wedding and immediately went to spend some much needed time with my parents at their new place down at Bray’s Island, South Carolina. We took two of our horses (see photo of me and Gusto reunited at last!!!) and it was ten days pretty close to heaven. I got to ride Gusto for at least two hours every day and I spent a lot of time just talking and debriefing the year with my parents. We shed some tears and enjoyed one another thoroughly. I truly am blessed to have an amazing, loving and supportive family.  
• I got an impromptu invitation to join my squad-mate Jacob Hoyer on a road trip so I spent a weekend in Chicago at the end of September. That was an adventure! 
• I spent a string of days in Charlotte that was full of visits with friends and family as well as a few bridal showers for my dear friends who are approaching the end of their days as single women.
• Then it was off to training camp for the two squads of about 120 racers that will be leaving in January of 2010. It was a great chance to see a few of my squad-mates as well as serve those who are going to come after us in this World Race legacy. I loved being with my new “family” as we ushered in the Spirit to “wreck” the lives of these unsuspecting people. What great works God is doing in and through the World Race. I am still amazed that I get to be a part of this.
• Then it was home for my friend Robin’s wedding. A sacred, gorgeous, low-key, outdoor affair. She married Matthew Harrell and God’s presence was obvious.
• The morning after Robin’s wedding I boarded a plane to Michigan to help out with some logistics work for the World Race and here I currently sit in a desk in Port Huron. I have been working on some administrative tasks to help get information straight so that the future race routs can be planned and finances set accordingly. A lot of work goes into making this whole process happen and my behind the scenes knowledge is growing by leaps and bounds!
• I am planning on being back in Charlotte on November 4th to hit the ground running again! My life has been so completely UN-normal since coming back to the U.S. but it has worked out well that I don’t really know what “normal” is supposed to look like anymore! I can honestly say that I can’t see what the future holds from here but I am finding that the growth that my faith has made in the last year on the field is helping me weather this transition.