Chaos

We are home!!! ... ok well technically I at Higher Grounds, a coffee shop close to our house using their internet. The guys living above us are moving and we had been sharing internet with them so now not only are we losing super neighbors we lost internet. We called to set it up and the soonest they can get out is Saturday boo. Oh well. Our buddies here at HG said we can come by whenever.

So Colorado Springs went well. We got to meet our "classmates" other people who are joining Edge Corps this year, we will be going to multiple conferences with this group over the next year to two years. Its nice also having friends that are going through the exact same challenges as us. It was encouraging to go and share stories of fundraising. Tom and I are about 77% (praise God!) so we will be getting a small salary, I think like minimum wage, starting the end of this month and also we will start getting insurance! Tom hasn't had a paycheck since December so this will be a huge help to our savings which has slowly been decreasing. Luckily I have had a job but I am pretty much done with that and will be working on fundraising with Tom now.

I have been thinking on John 9 a lot lately. I read it recently and it really just struck me. Its when Jesus heals a man born blind and this man, before he even totally knows who Jesus is, is able to reason with the Pharisees so well that they have no argument against him and just send this guy (who probably never attended any school) away. Some days I feel so overwhelmed by the task in front of me. I have no training, I have never even been on a missions trip, how can I speak Gods truth and love to people? But thats the cool thing, I'm not alone. And its been so cool how God keeps growing this love and passion for the students of Cal Poly, I can't wait to start having them over, feeding them, sharing life with them.

This weekend Tom is giving a bachelor weekend for his friend and they are camping and all sorts of boy stuff. He is the best man so hes in charge. I am the wedding coordinator of sorts. So its been fun, my main duties are the day before and of. And since she is super organized it makes it really easy. I can't wait for the day, its going to be so much fun. I love planning and this type thing. But before that we have a weekend trip to the Valley and a week trip to Texas. At least its all fun stuff.

So before all the family arrived, Monique (our exchange student that we had my senior year of high school) and her parents stayed here for a few days. I can't believe it had been 7 years since I last saw her! It was so cool catching up, we had a BBQ for her and a few friends from HS came by too and it was so cool catching up with everyone and remembering stuff. I miss Monique already but her family did offer an invite to me and Tom to come stay with them in Brazil, hopefully someday we can get down there!

This week is filling up fast, but I think this weekend I am having a girls night, can't wait!