leaving Cali to start something new...

This is first of many blogs I hope to write in the next 2 years. To be able to truly allow myself and anyone interested to grasp and see just what Jesus is doing in the lives of those I come in contact with. I am so very blessed to have lived in California for 3 years now. Even though it has been a crazy ride, I have grown so much in who I am and in what the Lord wants to do through me. I am so thankful for every person, and child that He has brought into my path. Yesterday at church I couldn't stop crying. I do not think that I have ever had to leave a place this way before. When I left Egypt it was only after a year, when I left college I knew that we would stay in touch. Not to say that I won't stay in touch with the people at church but they are really my family. Granted I have only known them for a short time but they are so much a part of me. There is something about being accepted. Not for what you can do for the church, but just for who you are in Christ. I think that is the difference that I have felt in these past 9 months. Just being able to be me. So as I look forward to what comes next, I have to stop and mourn what I am losing. Not because I am going to lose touch but because I know how life can be. Technology is fabulous but it is not the same as being able to stay up watching a late night movie at someone's house, or just dropping by to say hello and it is kind of hard to hug someone from miles away. As I say good-bye I realize just how much I am losing only to gain that much more.