Here is a new place to post prayer and praise requests. I want us to continue to pray for one another and become better Prayer Warriors!
"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should." Ephesians 6:18-20
Hey Ladies!
ReplyDeleteI apologies for my absence these last few weeks. On Sunday April 1 I read the chapter A Faulty Focus. I was having a hard time with thinking about what my life purpose was... I was also feeling very depressed about my job situation. After reading the chapter Andy came to me and said, I think that we should get a dog. My face was instantly beaming with the thought of getting a puppy. Long story short I blame my absence on the most adorable little puppy ever... she is so time consuming! She has been the absolute joy of my life these past 5 weeks... just what I needed to boost my spirits.
By the looks of the posts it seems that everyone else has been very busy too! Congratulations are in order to Libby on her engagement and to Michelle on becoming an Aunt!
It was such a beautiful day here in Washington State today. I laid out on the grass under the sun with Andy and my puppy and got caught up on some chapters from our book. I am still meditating on what my life purpose statement will be... although I have come a long way with it since the beginning of April. I encourage all of you ladies to come up with your life purpose statement before the end of the book. I would love to hear what everyone comes up with.
I miss you girls and want to know what is going on in your lives!
Life did get busy there in April... I had to catch up on homework and finish out the semester! But now, finals are over and summer has begun, so life is getting to be a little bit less busy and a little bit more fun.
ReplyDeleteA lot of my friends graduated with their master's last weekend. I am so proud of them and so happy to see them graduate, but at the same time it feels kind of like I got left behind.
I have a friend who is also in the same program and who also will be sticking around this summer to finish up her thesis, and I think God wants me to share the gospel with her in a more real way. This summer will be excellent for that, since the only social network I have left is my church, and the only social network that she has left is me and Dave. She's Catholic and goes to Mass and such (I go with her sometimes...but for the most part I'm not challenged by the Catholics here in State College. Boring sermons. Not much excitement going on.), but has never made her faith a real part of her life (so she's me, 5 years ago). I've never been incredibly good about being bold in my statements, so pray that I get courage to talk to her more about faith.
Also pray that I get courage to be bolder with boyfriend. Both of us are of the personality that we let things kind of roll off our chests and we avoid conflict. We've never really fought, which is great except for the fact that it means there are probably things we should be talking about that we're not. He brought it up a few months ago in conversation and we've been working on it, but it's still hard for me to be bold and tell him things that bother me or things we should be working on. Because it's scary, you know? I'm this way with basically everybody in my life. The desire to be liked outweighs the desire for me to express my true feelings.
Pray for job stuffs, because I still don't know where I'll be when I finish up. Pray that I don't worry, like the book told us :-)
Praise that State College is beautiful, and I have a wonderful community here.
I love you girls, and look forward to getting this study back on track! So happy to have you all in my life!
And yay Libby!!! I'm super excited for you and Keith! Yayyyyyy!!
Molly,
DeleteI am so proud of you for wanting to reach out to someone and share your faith. You inspire me. I think I was in the same place as your friend, and you. I am so happy though that I have a relationship with Jesus. But I also wish I could be bolder with my faith.
I also know what you mean about being bolder in relationships. I hold back sometimes and opt for being silent instead of letting it out. But I read somewhere that it isn't fair to make a judgement about how someone is going to react to you. It isn't fair to not even give them the chance. I try to live this out, but of course its hard because it is a risk. There is always the chance of being rejected, but you also risk the chance of being completely accepted and loved :)
Mark your calendar! We are setting the date for next spring (end of April, beginning of May) and I want all of you girls there!
You are always in my prayers :)
Praise God for the amazing blessing of being engaged to Keith :) My heart is bursting with joy.
ReplyDeleteAndy is now in communication with the detailer (the military person who has control over where we go and where we don't go) about our next duty station. Please pray that God will place us where He wants us go next. We probably won't know for sure where we will be headed until next spring but the long process that dictates our life has begun. Andy is giving our choices to the detailer as follows: 1 North East Coast (anywhere from Maine to Virgina) 2 Europe 3 remain the the Pacific NW.
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