UPDATE!

Received this lovely announcement in my inbox today: "Your application to be a volunteer has been accepted by the North American Division and has been forwarded to the General Conference for processing."
One step closer!


YAY!!! :D 


-That is all

140 days

It is officially 140 days until I am supposed to go to Kenya! WOW! I keep telling people I am going to spend next year in Kenya, but that's not really true at all. What is true is that I know I'm going to be leaving the country in approximately 140 days, not to return for ten months...

140 seems to be really a very significant time period. Recently, I believe a Christian group called for 140 days of prayer for America, but I forget the symbolism behind the number. Regardless of my obvious ignorance on the numbers meaning, I still want to start my own 140 days of prayer. For the next 140 days I am going to focus on praying for 3 specific things:

1. My future students. Regardless of where I end up, I will have students. I will have young people who I will be able to teach and learn from, and I am going to pray that God will be preparing both our hearts for my arrival.
2. My own experience. I'm under no illusions of this adventure being anything like a vacation. I know it will be tough and I want to spend the time I have left here at home preparing to meet those challenges.
3. Other SMs. Finally, I want to intentionally focus on my fellow student missionaries. I haven't been able to go to all the meetings or meet everyone in my class, but I know that these fellow students are my teammates. We may be halfway around the world from each other, but we will all have key things in common. In preparing to leave my comfort zone, I want to be able to reach out to others and encourage them as we start this crazy journey together.

So that's my plan. You're more than welcome to join with me, and I would greatly appreciate your prayers! 

To celebrate this WOW moment, I'm including this picture of Hannah and me two years ago at camp. Fun times :)

New Beginnings

Here’s to adventures. Here’s to new beginnings. Here’s to trying new things.

The location: Here’s the thing, I’m currently planning on being in Nairobi Kenya next year. Actually, WAY sooner than that… Like on August 13. (That’s less than 5 months away for those who are numerically challenged like myself). So I’m planning on going to Kenya, but at this point, I don’t really know what God might do in these next short months, but I do know that it’s all in His hands.

For as long as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a Student Missionary. Ever since my two months in Italy at age 7, I've known that there's something special about living in a place, instead of just passing through. I want this to be a time of discovery, I want to be able to have a better idea if I really do want to teach at some point in my career, and I want to grow closer to Christ.

The title: The name of this blog comes from one of my mom’s favorite British television shows, As Time Goes By. The show is about Jean and Lynol, two lovers reunited after years apart. Lynol wrote a particularly dull book about his experiences on a plantation in Kenya and named the book, logically, My Life in Kenya. Evan and I both agreed that it was a very appropriate name. 

The current plan: I am hoping to go to Maxwell Adventist Academy and work as a science lab assistant and tutor. This is my first attempt at a blog, so patience please! 

I'm so excited about where God is leading and starting a brand new adventure!