First off let me apologize for the lack of updates in the past few months… they have been busy, but for some very good reasons described in this blog.
September 11 I started going to a new church (Lighthouse) and I am absolutely in love with it and am 100% sure this is the church where I am going to truly begin to heal and process through all of the pain and heartbreak of the last 5 or so months. On September 18 they began a series titled Messy Grace – Its OK to not be OK… talk about a sign from God that this is where he wants you to be during this next season. The word Grace has been one that has been continually popping up since not graduating and being sent home from training camp.
I always want things to be perfect and go my way, but that is NEVER going to happen… I have also been learning that I don’t have to have everything together in order for The Father to use me – I can come to him just as I am and he will use me (while healing/growing me) to help others and further his kingdom.
I also started a new job at an AMAZING Christian daycare called Jacob Academy about a month ago and I am loving it so much!! I am working with kids again after about two years, and if you’ve known me for any amount of time this doesn’t come as a shock. What I love about them, is that I told them about the possibility of me going back to school come January and then needing to take 11 months off come January 2018 for The World Race, and during my interview they were already trying to figure out ways to make it work so I could work with them. It is so refreshing to work at a place you know shares the same values you do, and to be able to openly talk about God and how he is working in my life and not have to worry about parents walking in and looking at you weird for talking about God, because they all know that Jacob Academy is a faith based daycare center.
I have made a decision to not go back to school come January. I have always said I would go back until I got a clear “No” from God that school was not what I was supposed to do, and I feel like my new job, the fact that it was getting difficult to find a placement for Spring Student teaching, and my serious lack of desire to return to school is The Father’s way of letting me know that going back is not the right decision for me at this time. I have decided to do this thing called Degree Within Reach, which could allow me to get my Associate’s Degree through Red Rocks Community College – Western will send my transcripts to Red Rocks and they will say yes or no (most likely they will say yes since I have so many classes and credits) to giving me my Associate’s Degree. If they say yes they will mail it to me at no cost 🙂 I am not upset about plans changing (yet again) which is another sign that not returning to school come January is the right decision for me… plus I will get to stay full –time at my new job that I LOVE more than anything!!
