Hello Friends! I am excited to say that I have three and a half more days of this semester! Things are finishing up here and I am getting ready for a nice long break. I will fly back to Wisconsin this Saturday, the 16th.
However, right away on Sunday morning my brother will be driving me down to Iowa. Some of you know my dear friend Elizabeth (or have heard about her!) She will be getting married on Friday, December 22nd and I am going to go spend some time with her before her wedding. I am so excited to see her as well as some other dear friends I have not seen in years - it will be a very special time for all of us. I will come back to Wisconsin in time for Christmas Eve with my family!
I have a month off of classes and am very much looking forward to the break. I will head back down South on January 21st. (It will be so nice to return to warm weather!) I am looking forward to seeing many of you while I am home. I am glad I will have a month to catch up with you all :-) I look forward to hearing how God has been working in your lives over these last months and sharing with you what He has been doing in mine.
I will miss my friends here this next month. God has blessed me with such good friends so quickly. In the picture with me is one of those great friends! Linda is from Honduras and we have been called "twins" several times. We even had a man from India - in all seriousness - ask us if we were sisters because we look so much alike! We have had many laughs over that one!
It seems as if whenever I go new places I am worried about making friends. However, God always provides in such amazing ways. He has blessed me with great friends all over this world. I have seen that as one of the themes running through my life - the blessings of the Lord. I have realized this semester how truly blessed I am. I have a great family who has always loved and supported me, I have great friends who care about me, my needs have always been provided for at just the right moment, I have been blessed with great places to work and amazing ministry training. . . I could go on and on.
So I want to thank each one of you. You have all been such a blessing to my life. Know that I truly appreciate it and I pray that God blesses you as much as you have blessed me!
Have a very Merry Christmas as you celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
