A Rocky Mtn HI!!!

So, here I am in the big bad state of CO.  All I can say, is that there is nothing like the Rocky Mountains greeting you when you get here.  I am awed seriously that I get to call this beautiful place home.  Outside of the beauty of this place, this “space between” has been easier than I thought it would be in some ways…like its not as hard as I thought it would be getting used to air conditioning, driving, hot showers, bug free living conditions 😉  in other ways, its been way harder than I thought.  Not just re-entering, but transitioning to a new place, a new home, etc.  And, suddenly being away from “family” in a sense.  Building a new community out here has been challenging for me, but God is crazy good to me.  He has brought people alongside me out here.  At the same time, I had forgotten how much people are living life, working, paying bills, etc.  Feels like the world is moving faster than

I am at times.  But the Lord is ridiculously good…always, which makes no sense at times.

Moving out here in faith has been interesting.  I have no income, yet the Lord has taken care of everything.  Somehow there is money in my account, checks in the mail for me, food in my belly, and a comfy bed.  I have been applying to jobs and not a single door has opened for me.  EXCEPT…one random morning I got up and was thinking hey I’ve been talking about doing this silversmithing thing the whole race.  To give you a little background, to raise some funds for the race, I started to make jewelry and raised a pretty good bit, which suprised me.  I have always loved making stuff, but neglected it to go the conventional, traditional route of inner city tree planting.  I kid.  In seriousness though, I hadn’t done anything remotely creative for any extended period of time since middle school…when I designed and painted a ceiling tile for Beck Middle School in Cherry Hill, NJ.    So, some creativity was well overdue.  I found a place in Denver, CO that silversmiths and I had this crazy feeling that this was a door for me to walk through.  The silversmith there invited me over, so as I was driving out there I knew in my spirit that this was it.  A door open, for me to walk through in faith.  So got there, walked around, chatted with the silversmiths there, and tada!  So, I am an apprentice at Gustermans in Denver, CO.  In connection with that, I have partnered with Lynette Lee and Lauren Morris to launch Corridor of Hope.  Its essentially an e-market selling products from organizations that we partnered with in the last year to empower the artisans with the hope and love of Jesus.