Content

I don't know what it is but I really feel a place on contentment right now. Maybe it has to do with the holidays, there is something about this season that makes my heart smile from the inside out.

I really feel a place of peace in my job. For many months I have wrestled with whether I am called to stay at YFC or move elsewhere. I was at a point of leaving just some weeks ago but I really feel that God has me there for a reason and wants me to stay. I have been amazingly blessed by my new boss, Jeff. However he doesn't want me to call him boss, because we are a team and he doesn't consider himself more superior than I. His family has become my second family. He really is like that dad that I have longed to have for many years. His wife and three kids have become like a mom, brother, and two sisters. I feel truly blesses to have them in my life.

I can see light at the end of the tunnel as the semester of school at FPU comes to a close in a few weeks and I am really excited. Although finals will be stressful I can see past that knowing that there is rest in the end. I am starting to have some direction for next semester and the semesters proceeding which has also provided great relief.

I am also at an amazing place with my friends. I mean I have great friends hands down but I really feel like God is showing me the true meaning of friendship and being there for people through thick and through thin. Jen and Bec are truly the kind of friends who I will grow old with. I have amazing CL volunteers who are really amazing friends as well, Ranae, Justin, Reha, Rory, Doug, and Josh; I am so grateful to minister along side you. Lisa is back in the country and we have been able to catch up and it has been awesome! Brad as always is like the brother that I never had and he makes me laugh and encourages me in more ways than he knows. I have met some really cool people at FPU that are my new friends. And my-coworkers are more like family than friends although the fill dual roles. The list could go on and on of people who I have been so blessed with. Thank you all for being such amazing friends!

There will always be stresses in life, things on a to-do list that need to be accomplished, unexpected problems that will have to be handled, and unanswered questions...but God is bigger than it all. I encourage you to lay all the garbage in life to the side and embrace life, embrace love, cling to contentment and celebrate this holiday season with joy and thanksgiving.