Traveling and being on the road is exhausting, but I love it! Every week I get to pack, unpack, and then pack again. I'd say I am getting pretty good at it. I still have no idea where half of my stuff is, there is a good chance it is at school or in Joplin who knows? In three weeks I have been to Indiana, Ohio, and Colorado, all great places. All 3 weeks have been busy, so I haven't had a ton of time to enjoy all of those places. In Ohio though I spent many hours at the local coffee shop on the back patio, whic I loved. I love the landscape here in Colorado, it brings back many memroies from my first summer with CIY. Today, we took a little hiking adventure. We wound up at a lake and climbed a mountain that definitely didn't have clearly defined hiking trails. It was definitely fun and makes for a great story!
I have heard story after story this week and last about how the Lord has been working in the different groups that are at my events. It is super encouraging because last year I wasn't able to be a part of many of those conversations. A lot of what we do it behind the scenes so to be able to hear how the Lord is working really reminds me of why I do what I do.
Today, I head back to Joplin. This is my "week off" for the summer. I will be around the office a few days and get to hang out with the next team I will be with. Most of all I am excited to have my mom visit for a few days. I haven't seen her in so long, so it will be great to spend some time with her. I am excited to sleep and to have time to read and relax. It won't be a long break, because I get in late Sunday and then fly out to California super early Friday morning. I feel like I am constantly on the road to somewhere, these make for long days, but they are worth it in order to do conferences in all types of awesome places!
Transitioning from place to place is always a challenge. Going from the midwest to Colorado was a complete new group of people. I have gotten to work with a different team and meet a whole new set of reps. I got to be back with Mercedes who was on my team last summer. We stayed together at the beginning of the summer but haven't gotten to talk to each other much since we both headed out. It's been fun to be with her team, but todayI leave and say goodbye to a whole new group of people. The amount of people here this week was triple what we had in Ohio, so it was definitely a busier week. Still really smooth, but just more going on. Definitely didn't get to go sit at the coffee shop on the patio for hours every day!
My dad stopped by school Friday to pick up my key for my new apartment. Him, Cam, and Cam's friend helped move my furniture and boxes from the apartment directly next door to my apartment. They did this without asking me or telling me they were going to do it. It was a huge blessing. It has been a little stressful for me to think about having to go back at the end of July and paint and unpack in just a couple days. It is so exciting to me that the keys are in our possession. This is the first "home" I will have by myself. I am really looking forward to having everything in one place. I am excited to decorate and to be able to maybe feel "settled" for the first time in a while.
This seems like a really random post, but that's kinda what life is right now is really random!
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