one word

If I had to sum up my life in one word, it would be "unexpected". My entire life has been an adventure-some parts more exciting than others, but never something that could be expected. Who could have expected that my family would move to Hawaii? Who expected that this would be the move that changed my life-or at least started to? Who knew that it would take moving there to plant the seed that would radically change life as I knew it and that I would meet Jesus there? And that this would be where I began to feel a call to urban missions... And then I'd move to Maine where I'd really encounter Jesus and find out what it means to have a relationship with Him. And I'd get involved with urban missions and continue to feel that calling on my life. And then I'd "randomly" find Eastern University (thanks Carol!) and further feel a call to urban missions. Then, after moving back to Maine, I'd still feel that my life wasn't what it was supposed to be because I was supposed to be doing urban missions, so I'd move to Philadelphia (and ironically, not do very much urban missions)

And who would have expected that 3 1/2 years after moving to Philadelphia (let's be honest, moving to Philadelphia wasn't exactly unexpected), I would be called to the Czech Republic? Seriously? But then there's still the urban missions. So the question is this: do I go back to Philadelphia and get plugged in to urban missions, or do I stay in Ostrava, where there is as much need and do missions in an international urban setting? I definitely never expected that I would have so many options. Please pray I pick the right one...

Happy New Year!!!

I guess it's been a while since I last updated! Lots has happened. I had a Czech Christmas (on Christmas Eve), I had an American/international Christmas (on Christmas Day), got sicker than I've been in a long time (over night the 25th to the 26th), went shopping and relaxed. A lot more has happened. If you get my update emails, you know a little bit about it. And I'll write a longer update later. But right now, I'm getting ready to go to Prague for the weekend. If I have down-time there, I'll try to post, but no promises. Otherwise, hopefully within the next week, I'll be able to update you on the happenings here in Ostrava :-)