I’ve been
home from the Race for almost 8 months now!! I can’t believe it! There is no
way that it feels that long already! And, I’m sure that you’ve noticed, I
haven’t written a single blog since then. Lame, I know…
home from the Race for almost 8 months now!! I can’t believe it! There is no
way that it feels that long already! And, I’m sure that you’ve noticed, I
haven’t written a single blog since then. Lame, I know…
So, what have I been doing??
For about
the first month of being home I was having trouble just “sitting still”, so I
did some traveling. I went to Colorado for about a week to visit the Blacks,
and other people from the WR. It was a wonderful trip! I had never been to CO
before, and I loved every second of it. The mountains are gorgeous!! I thought
that this is where I was going to move when I got back from the Race, but oh
how things change. I’ll get to that in a bit.
the first month of being home I was having trouble just “sitting still”, so I
did some traveling. I went to Colorado for about a week to visit the Blacks,
and other people from the WR. It was a wonderful trip! I had never been to CO
before, and I loved every second of it. The mountains are gorgeous!! I thought
that this is where I was going to move when I got back from the Race, but oh
how things change. I’ll get to that in a bit.
Then I went to Florida for about two weeks to
visit my amazing friend, Pam. I had a wonderful time being with her! We had a
lot of time to just relax and be with each other. Then, I ran out of money and had to go home to
face the reality of finding a job. Not always the most exciting thing to have
to do.
visit my amazing friend, Pam. I had a wonderful time being with her! We had a
lot of time to just relax and be with each other. Then, I ran out of money and had to go home to
face the reality of finding a job. Not always the most exciting thing to have
to do.
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Two World Race
weddings, and one more coming up 🙂 these have possibly been the best
things since coming home! It’s been a wonderful recharge for my spirit!!
weddings, and one more coming up 🙂 these have possibly been the best
things since coming home! It’s been a wonderful recharge for my spirit!!
So, what to do until August rolls
around?
around?
I am in
Houston right now living with my sister and her boyfriend. They are both
amazing people. My sister works as an art director for a magazine, and Sedone,
her boyfriend, is an artist. My job while I’m here is to be my sister’s
personal assistant helping her with her freelance work. Also, I am helping her
get her website up and running. I will be living with them until the end of
May. Then from May to August I will be working at a summer camp called
TeamEffort. They mainly do community outreach, and a lot of relief effort type
work. I will more than likely be working in Galveston doing hurricane relief. I
am super excited about this!! I really miss working at summer camps, and I miss
being out in the communities. I think it will help scratch the itch that I’ve
had since I’ve been home from the Race. I miss so much the going and doing that
comes with the WR.
Houston right now living with my sister and her boyfriend. They are both
amazing people. My sister works as an art director for a magazine, and Sedone,
her boyfriend, is an artist. My job while I’m here is to be my sister’s
personal assistant helping her with her freelance work. Also, I am helping her
get her website up and running. I will be living with them until the end of
May. Then from May to August I will be working at a summer camp called
TeamEffort. They mainly do community outreach, and a lot of relief effort type
work. I will more than likely be working in Galveston doing hurricane relief. I
am super excited about this!! I really miss working at summer camps, and I miss
being out in the communities. I think it will help scratch the itch that I’ve
had since I’ve been home from the Race. I miss so much the going and doing that
comes with the WR.
Then…drum roll please…
Starting in August, I’m going back to school!!!! I know, I know this seems crazy! It came as a surprise to me too, after not being in school for four years, and saying I would never go back! Never say never, right? I am going to be starting classes to get my RN. I hope do be done within 3 years. I think being on the WR furthered my desire to go into nursing. Also, when I got home I was working at a doctor’s office, and I LOVED it!! I am definitely excited about going back to school! My ultimate goal for having a nursing degree is to be able to go back to Africa (probably Swazi) to be able to help the people in a more practical way. I want to be able to go into the villages and provide medical attention for people that can’t afford it. I am excited to see how God is going to use this time to train me to do the work He has called me to.
I know that these past several months of “sitting
still” have been good. I have learned at lot, and God has been teaching me so much!! It has been very difficult none the less. And this will be what my next few blogs will be about…
still” have been good. I have learned at lot, and God has been teaching me so much!! It has been very difficult none the less. And this will be what my next few blogs will be about…
