Back home

ok, ok, ok, I know, I have let my blog slip, I apologize and I figured talk is cheap, blog already. Here it is.

Its hard to believe I have been home almost a month now. The time has gone super fast, I mean really fast, ok, fast, its gone fast. Between get home, dealing with jet lag, getting support raising materials together, contacting all my supports, celebrating my birthday, my cousin's birthday, my grandma's birthday, Mother's day and that was just the first week!! not joking.

Thankfully things have slowed down a bit, but not much. I have been able to catch up with some of my supporters and have loved talking with them. Its been great to hear how they are doing and to catch up on life back here in Minnesota (pronouced Minne-s-ohhhhh-tah). I have also enjoyed telling people about how my internship went this past year and letting them know about what is coming in the fall. I have found that just talking about my year is giving me so much desire to get back to Europe and get back to work!! That is a very good thing in my mind and the encouragement I have been getting from my friends and family has been almost overwhelming.

I was excited to come back home for a while and now that I am here, I remember, not that I ever forgot, but its so real to me how much I love this place. Yes, my family is here and I have friends, but being in Minnesota, I love it here, its beautiful, relaxing and peaceful. Even though I am very busy, it is calming and reenergizing just being here. I learned this past year, that you have your family, but you can have family all over the world, and I do, there is a big family of mine in The Hague and throughout Europe, but coming back home is different. There is something mystical about it...ok I digress.

One of the things I was looking forward to in coming back was heading up to the cabin. For me winter without snow and frigidly cold temps isn't winter, and summer without the cabin, isn't summer. Well, summer has officially started. I probably will write a post just on the cabin, but for now I say it is my holy place. If the world ended tomorrow and heaven started or continued, or whatever, I would be at the cabin (my theological side won't let me say this without qualification, so heaven whatever it is, is at its core, union with God, complete and perfect, I will leave it at that).

I am graduating this saturday! It is hard to believe and honestly It can't come soon enough. I was reminded by my mother to day to appreciate this moment. One of my struggles is I am always looking ahead, planning ahead and so many times I missed the moment. When not this time BABY. I am slowing down, smelling the flower, I found out today I get "hooded," don't know what it means, but I am pretty sure I get a sword and will become like a jedi knight or something, AWESOME!! haha. I have been looking forward to this day for 7 years, yes, 7 years. I can't believe its here, I think it is going to be a significant day, more significant than I am expecting, but time will tell.

I don't know, there is lots going on, money is coming in, people are so excited to hear about what God is doing, I miss all my friends in The Hague, Gouda, Rotterdam, Europe in general and can't wait to go back in the fall, I hear I actually have an office, that's right some respect!! haha, I think I will invest in a little hula girl for my desk, we'll see. Until then here is a photo of my holy place.

blessings to you all and be well.
Jason