Happy warm weather, friends! It is finally starting to feel like summer in Wisconsin and I love it! Things are going much better than last time I wrote to you. This past month was rough, but things are looking up! I had a trip into the ER one night as the incision from my surgery got infected. A couple more trips to see the surgeon, a round of antibiotics that made me really sick and yet another week of not taking my pills made for a long couple of weeks. The good news is my infection is gone, I'm back on my drugs and I'm feeling better than I have in months. Hooray!!
In the midst of not feeling well and slowly recovering, I was able to do some fun things! I went to Barnes & Nobel to spend my gift card I got for Christmas. That was so much fun. I got three business books. You may think that's pretty boring, but I am quite excited about them! I am almost done reading "Tribes" by Seth Godin. Love it! I have already implemented an idea that I had reading that book and it worked marvelously! I also got "Integrity" by Dr. Henry Cloud and "Everyone Communicates Few Connect" by John C. Maxwell. I am looking forward to reading these as well!
This month I was able to have a meeting with the wonderful ladies of Fierce Beauty! We talked websites and business and did some scheming and planning for how our business can partner together in the future. I am excited to see where God leads both businesses for His glory!
Last week my roommates and I were going to go to C&MA General Council in Kansas City, MO. Plans changed and we were not able to go. We had the time off of work already so we did an internet search to see where we could go on a mini-vacation that was close by, cheap and fun. We ended up going to Lake City, MN for a couple of days. We got this great little hotel right on Lake Pepin. I brought by camera and tripod along and got some amazing photographs. Some of them are posted already on my website. I got the rest of the photographs I needed for my Unit One Photo Project and have ordered those. I'll be mailing them in as soon as they arrive. This vacation was productive, yet incredibly relaxing and refreshing. Just what I needed!
I came back from vacation refreshed and ready to get to work. I am excited for the things that I get to work on this summer at both of my jobs (church and Glory Displayed). I have several events coming up this summer where I will be able to sell my prints and cards. I will also have samples of tile work you can have made with my photographs. At church my big project is putting a team of people together to plan the Perspectives Course. We will offer this class starting in January. I am SO excited about this!
The other thing that happened this month? I turned 30! Yes, well, I don't have much to say about that :-) It's not so bad, really. I look so young that nobody believes I'm 30 anyway!
I want to leave you with what I have been hearing from God lately. This is one of four questions that we have to answer each week in staff meeting at church. Sometimes I don't like the question because I'm not so great at listening. I'm working on that! God has been telling me that I need to spend more intentional time with him. It is only when I spend time with Him, away from the noise of life, that I will be able to hear His voice. I used to be better at this, then life happened. I got busy and instead of taking time away with God each day I learned to multi-task. I talk to God as I'm getting ready in the morning and as I go throughout my day. This is a good thing, but God is telling me that it can't be the only thing. I've been thinking about it this way...think about your best friend. You hang out with them and talk to them as you go about life. Maybe you go for a walk together or have lunch together. Maybe you talk as you are working or watching TV. These things are good, but are they enough? There are moments when I have things to say and I want my friend to stop what they are doing, look me in the eyes and listen to me. I think it's the same way with God. He wants me to stop what I'm doing and spend time with Him alone. He has things to tell me, but He won't do it when I'm on the run. I need to stop, look in his eyes and listen to Him. That's what God's been saying to me lately. I'm going to go to my room now, close the door, put my phone on silent, and talk to God.
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