The good ol' summer time

I feel really badly for neglecting this blog for the past few months. But I guess the important thing is that I'm writing something now :)

This summer is almost over (well just half over if you're in university), and it's been pretty good so far. There's too much to write in a blog, so I'll break it down into high points, low points, and neutral things.

High Points (in no particular order)

1. I've been able to go to two weddings so far this summer :) I love going to weddings (mostly to steal really neat ideas for when I get married), and the Allan-Carla and Dustin-Alicia weddings were wonderful affairs. Congratulations to them both once again :)

2. I've been able to reconnect with friends as they migrate to Edmonton. My close friends Amy and Chris are both moving down to Edmonton this summer, and I've been able to spend more time with them over this past summer than I have all year :) It feels great to have reconnected with them, and I'm very excited that they'll both be living down here (separately) come September.

3. My trip to Bahamas with my dad :) My trip to Bahamas was especially meaningful to me because I was able to spend some 1-on-1 time with my dad, and also because I was able to see almost all of my family on my dad's side :) We were able to spend alot of time catching up and reminiscing, and I even got to go swimming with sharks! An unexpected surprise was the way that my cousin Afiba and I bonded over the course of the week :) We're now good friends, and he will be coming up from Florida to visit me next week :)

Low Points

1. My parents officially separated just before Father's Day in June. I understand why they need to be separate, and I support them in doing what they need to do for themselves, but it really hurts.

2. Andrew's work schedule has been crazy since May, and has also been a low point of the summer. It's hard to see each other sometimes, and when he's free I'm not the only person who wants his time and attention. However, his crazy work schedule could be seen as a positive because it has caused us to work harder at communicating with one another.

3. Waiting to find out if I'm going to be in law school in the fall. Enough said.

Neutral Points

The only neutral point of this summer has been my job. There have been weeks that I have wanted to walk out and quit, and other weeks that I have left work genuinely satisfied and excited with what God is doing in our youth. At this point I don't know if I will continue to work at the HMYS if I am not accepted into law school in the fall, which makes it difficult to come into work some days. But despite how I feel, I'm trusting that God has a reason for me being there this summer, and I want to be faithful to where he's placed me for the time being.