the inevitable

ahhhh school is finally starting this week! i feel like it's been forever. which is a good and bad thing. good because i've had a lot of rest. bad because it's going to be hard getting back into school mode [studying to be more exact]. :Op

i'm ready though for the new challenges, new people, and new fun :O]

this past week was killer. killer busy. epic planning retreat was intense but so blessed. God really showed us who was boss. i'm so excited to be working with the new staff. i will miss mel a lot at the same time!

after the retreat, stayed over with the bestie and went with her to get my very FIRST disneyland pass!! :O) i afforded it with the money i was saving for our future ireland trip but i can't raise enough so i just decided to be real and use it for a disneyland pass since so many people keep inviting/urging me to go with them. we were at disneyland for 15.5 hours. it was fun. yet i was absolutely EXHAUSTED from the retreat and then walking around disneyland all day [not to mention lack of sleep from the whole week].

anywho, i have a lot to process from my church retreat and now the planning retreat. all very good stuff. we are so blessed to be working under our loving Lord.

today is when i will return to riverside permanently. aside from how serious it sounds, i'm coming back next week so it's not like i have to say farewell forever!


2 verses that really spoke to me at the planning retreat:

"You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance." Psalm 32:7

"And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord." Isaiah 11:2

I also was shown this passage too from one of the staff that was of great use! 1 Corinthians 13:1-7