Well, it's been a rough week. Let's just say it's been one for the books. Between relationships and material possessions... But instead of rehashing the negatives, let me just focus on the bright things in my life.
First of all I will be able to be with my family this year after all! We will all be gathering in Colorado Springs from the 26
th of December to the first of January. I am so excited to see Zion for the first time and my other nieces and nephew again! Besides that I am so thrilled to be able to talk with my brothers and parents and sisters-in-law. It'll have been over a year since I've seen the Louisiana Miller clan. I'm so looking forward to the time with the family. Our now thirteen person group! I am so thankful for my family and am very excited just to be around them. Hopefully everyone can make it.
{This is not definite...but the way it looks things will be}
The other great big news is ...I'm only buying a one-way plane ticket. January 4
th I will begin an internship in Development with Summit Ministries! This is a great opportunity for me and while I am very sad to be leaving NYC yet again... I look forward to the growth of this new time in my life. The plan right now is to continue training through mid-May - when Summit Sessions begin - and I would then move from my single room cabin into the hotel across the street {where the sessions occur} and continue working in development and also staff the eight sessions of Summit in
Manitou. After that, on September fourth I will be returning to NYC and hopefully "settle down" a bit.
God has blessed my life so much and I've enjoyed my time here in Colorado. It's been very challenging and has prompted a ton of growth in me. The two weeks left will be savored. It will be hard to say goodbye to my dear friends here. Having lived with them for the past 10 weeks, they will leave a void. But I am excited to return to NYC for the month of December.
I
texted my old manager last weekend and inquired as to the possibility of being re-hired. Thanks be to God he was completely excited about my return and has given me a nearly ideal schedule. Five opens a week, THANK YOU!!! And asked which two days off a week I'd like. Hallelujah. I will most likely return to work on December 2
nd or 3rd... I get in at 9:45pm on the 1st. I'm terribly excited. I am so curious to see if I've changed. I mean, of course I've changed. But will it be noticeable? How have I changed? Will my co-workers notice? How about my roommate? We shall see!