Ive blown into stevens point, where I intern with campus crusade for Christ. It has gone so well, I enjoy it most days. However, there are the days when I dont want to talk to anyone for awhile, eat a tub of choco-choco-chip icecream and doritos and watch something like NCIS and think as little as possible about people and trying to love well with all the strength that is now focused on burning up the ice-cream in my stomach.
That last paragraph sounded rather sad, but those days don't come too often, believe me! I would have gained 300 lbs by now if that was true. I am growing in many ways not in pants sizes due to God's steadfast pursuit of my heart. I have walked through so many interesting situations this last semester-and-a-half dealing with leadership, my character, how to handle conflict, love people better, make tough decisions, trusting the Lord, trusting the lord to guide me... ahh the list goes on. No pain no gain right? and growing in the lord is rather painful at times, but I sure am glad I can see his goodness in it. He is so good. so faithful. so loving. He is my God.
Some highlights of the year thus far are as follows:
I became an aunt for the first time on October 29th! Landon Matz Dahlberg is his name-O. He is a beautiful little man. I got to visit Justin and Andrea down in Iowa a few times (which is much more than normal) and each time I was down there I got sick and had to keep my distance. Bummer. I'm hoping the next time I see him I will have an antibody to every winter virus known to man... Nothing will stop me now!
Speaking of super heroes, I recently got into this new show called "The Cape" about a cop who get's framed for being a villan-murderer. The real bad guys think they have killed the cop but he is really alive and now takes on the identity of "the Cape" until he can identify the real bad guy to the public, then freeing himself to show he is really alive to his wife and kid who are miserable at home. I don't know how long this series will last, because I am just wanting so badly for him to get back to his wife and son. How lame would it be if they just moved on because they thought he was dead!? Torture! but yeah.. this show occupies 45 min of my time on Tuesday afternoon when i can watch it on HULU (I don't have cable)...
Another highlight of the year is that I get to spend much more time with my boyfriend Matt who is finishing his last semester of classes in Madison pharmacy school before his rotations begin in May. We have been mostly long distance for the past 4 years of dating and it was getting really hard. We made some sacrifices (mostly time and gas) this semester and have made it possible to see each other more than every two to three weeks.
Praise the Lord, it will be so good for our relationship.
Now being February and colder and blahish, Im anxiously awaiting for fresh green grass, sounds of birds and people walking outside again. I look forward to it, I can sense it's coming... at least that's what the groundhog said when it didn't see it's shadow???
Im hoping that it wont be spring by the time I write my next blog entry, and I hope to be more up-to-date on these things--even if i only have two or three followers. :)
Until next time!
-Jocelyn
