Coffee, Families, and Flights

Amidst the sound of Italian music playing at the starbucks, the sound of a woman taping her credit card as she waits impatiently on her diet soda, a family of 5 rearranging seats to crowd around a table that barely seats 2, is the sound of my heart beating faster than it has in a long while. I'm about 30 minutes away from boarding a plane to Newark, New Jersey. I've always wanted to leave Vegas, but now the opportunity has come and its so surreal that this could be happening to me. I'm encapsulated by a sea of emotions. Fear, excitement, sadness, happiness, anxiousness, anticipation of what's to come, dreading the cold that will overtake my life for the next few months, joy for the new adventure that awaits me.  Last night, as I laid awake in bed I thought "Lord, this is crazy. I mean, not crazy bad or crazy like You don't know what You're doing, but a crazy that seems near impossible and without you it wouldn't be possible" 

A year ago I prayed "Lord, make me uncomfortable". For those of you that have yet to pray this prayer....don't! Not unless you're prepared to be thrown into a crazy whirlwind of emotions, changes, and challenges. It's like the prayer "Lord, give me patience" You know you need it, but once you get what you asked for you no longer want it. Since then I have been living out of suitcases, never at home for more than a few days at a time, lost friends, gained new ones, changed jobs more times than I can count and now I'm moving almost 3,000 miles away from everything that makes me comfortable!  

I'm excited for this new chapter where I get to be away from anything that is familiar to me. I know that God does the biggest things when He has you by yourself because you're not so easily distracted from what He's trying to tell you. I'm ready for a more intimate relationship with the Lord and to know more of where He's taking me. I am so grateful for all that He's doing in my life and can't wait to see what's next.  

I hope that you guys will join me on this new adventure where I'm totally uncomfortable and open to whatever God has for me.

I am so thankful for all the prayers, letters, encouraging words, and all the love that has been shown to me!! You guys are my family and I love you!!!