Saturday, June 09, 2007
summer time
it's beautiful.
john and i are getting settled into sunflower (slowly but surely - i should be putting massive amounts of laundry in right now, but i'm writing here instead). my favorite part of being married so far is sleeping next to my husband every night and waking up with him right there every morning.
we're loving this life. we have basically the whole summer to rest and relax and recuperate from last semester. the routine has become john getting up at 8:30 or 9 in the morning, making breakfast for himself and i (if i want it) and then he plays video games and relaxes while i sleep for another hour or so. it's absolutely beautiful.
can i say, though, that i am getting restless. not restless in my marriage, not at all. restless in the States. i haven't spent an entire year without flying overseas since 2004. i long to be somewhere other than here, knowing full well that this is exactly where i'm supposed to be. jen and linds just left today to go visit Megan - they're going to the Netherlands and Italy and Germany - and i long to be with them, but i'm so blessed to be here. i long to be with Matt and Heather in Myanmar, but it's so good to be here.
i'm torn.
and i love it.
it's so exciting, because it's more confirmation that here is not where i'm supposed to be. more confirmation that God is calling john and i out of the US for at least a time to love and serve Him and His people wherever it is that He's calling us. and that's wonderful. and that gives me peace.
so, for this summer, i'm going to go. i'm going overseas. in my prayers (thanks Corey!). i'm excited to be a part of the ministry going on all over the world through prayer and through updates via the internet. i'm excited to hopefully meet some of these people we're praying for this summer at debrief in Florida in July as well as see my family at NMSI.
i'm also excited to be around Illinois to establish my family and be here for the Kelly's and the Turner's and my family here in Springfield. I'm excited to be able to go to my goddaughter's first birthday party on July 5th and get to see her more times than that this summer.
and i'm thrilled to be living in Sunflower with my husband and that we have the entire summer to figure this whole living together thing out. it's working out great so far. we say at least once a day how great our marriage is. and it's true. God is richly blessing us. and we are so thankful.
~peace
john and i are getting settled into sunflower (slowly but surely - i should be putting massive amounts of laundry in right now, but i'm writing here instead). my favorite part of being married so far is sleeping next to my husband every night and waking up with him right there every morning.
we're loving this life. we have basically the whole summer to rest and relax and recuperate from last semester. the routine has become john getting up at 8:30 or 9 in the morning, making breakfast for himself and i (if i want it) and then he plays video games and relaxes while i sleep for another hour or so. it's absolutely beautiful.
can i say, though, that i am getting restless. not restless in my marriage, not at all. restless in the States. i haven't spent an entire year without flying overseas since 2004. i long to be somewhere other than here, knowing full well that this is exactly where i'm supposed to be. jen and linds just left today to go visit Megan - they're going to the Netherlands and Italy and Germany - and i long to be with them, but i'm so blessed to be here. i long to be with Matt and Heather in Myanmar, but it's so good to be here.
i'm torn.
and i love it.
it's so exciting, because it's more confirmation that here is not where i'm supposed to be. more confirmation that God is calling john and i out of the US for at least a time to love and serve Him and His people wherever it is that He's calling us. and that's wonderful. and that gives me peace.
so, for this summer, i'm going to go. i'm going overseas. in my prayers (thanks Corey!). i'm excited to be a part of the ministry going on all over the world through prayer and through updates via the internet. i'm excited to hopefully meet some of these people we're praying for this summer at debrief in Florida in July as well as see my family at NMSI.
i'm also excited to be around Illinois to establish my family and be here for the Kelly's and the Turner's and my family here in Springfield. I'm excited to be able to go to my goddaughter's first birthday party on July 5th and get to see her more times than that this summer.
and i'm thrilled to be living in Sunflower with my husband and that we have the entire summer to figure this whole living together thing out. it's working out great so far. we say at least once a day how great our marriage is. and it's true. God is richly blessing us. and we are so thankful.
~peace
// posted by erinlizabeth @ 2:31 PM 
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