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Name: Kat
Birthday: 8/1/1900
Gender: Female
Interests: China,
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Expertise: expert? when I am weak, then HE is strong
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
2/12/2005
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| sooo...I almost went through 2 whole months without a post...oops :-\ It's not that I've been avoiding the life of a blogger...I've just been so busy! I'm actually about to run out the door to church, but I have a few minutes so here's where I've been spending my time:
Middle school all nighter:
one word: EXHAUSTING! it was a lot of fun, though...I actually didn't make it all night...I'm getting so old so fast...
I built some great relationships with the girls, so that was a blessing...
Couples Retreat:
I think the biggest thing I came away with was just the fellowship. I didn't know many people at church (unless they had kids in children's church or middle school!), so to get to know more people, especially other young couples was a huge blessing (we were the only unmarried couple...don't worry, we went home every night!). I also learned a lot about communication...but then, I'm always learning a lot about that. It's amazing how different Ray and I are.
Dust Weekend at Urbancrest:
I drove out to Ohio (surprised Val, my best friend and roomie!) and spent most of the weekend at my old church leading the 9th grade girls at their weekend retreat. Exhausing, but soooo rewarding...it was all about missions and worship. I learned so much and was extremely blessed by those girls (and everyone else there!). It was so refreshing to have fellowship with everyone...I miss that place almost more than anyplace else in the whole world (besides home and China :)).
those are the 3 big highlights...but there have been other little things like Ray's college friends coming for visits, every week teaching at church (like tonight!), and other minor things...
Oh, and to clear up a minor misunderstanding many people seem to have (I think others have been spreading rumors : P) Ray and I aren't engaged....we will be soon I hope (he says before 2010...:)), but not yet...promise I'll let y'all know when it happens :)
Ok, it's almost time to go, so there's the best I can do for the moment! :)
much love!
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| I've been told I owe an update....so hear it goes...or an attempt of sorts...
Random: I'm thinking of getting a blogspot blog....not to get rid of xanga, or anything, but just to keep up with my friends who have blogspot. I know more people on there than on xanga or livejournal these days....
I drove out to Cedarville last weekend and got to see friends at the Ville and at Urbancrest. I felt a mixture of emotions. It was good to be there and see everyone, and at the Ville, I felt definite closure...like I really had completed my time there and was ok to move on. At Urbancrest, though, it was so hard to leave. I miss my church family there...it's taking more time to connect to people here, and it's hard to be patient.
God continues to stretch and pull me in ways I never knew I could be pulled. Sometimes I miss the days of complacency, when everything was easy and I could just slide through life, noticing nothing and not being noticed. But what kind of life is that? So, I learn to be content with the season of growth, knowing that the life I know now cannot compare to the life God is making for me, both later in my life here on earth and in heaven forever. Sometimes, though, I really wish I could see a glimpse of what's coming. You know, to help me hold on through the tough times. It's easier to walk into a dark tunnel when you can see the light shining at the other end....
Jeremiah 29:12-14: Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity...
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| I work in the H.R. dept. of my company (The Warrell Corporation), and I LOVE that. I love serving people and being able to build relationships with all the employees. They all come see me for their paychecks each week, I see them when they have problems or when they have good news. I interact with everyone all the time, and I love the opportunity this presents to shine HIS light.
One of the harder parts of HR, though, is firing people and laying people off. Until recently, our company had been largely untouched by the economic crisis, but as our clients (large food corporations) have been hurt by it, this has finally trickled down to us. Yesterday, we laid off 78 people (we only have 260 people working at Warrell), and there are potentially more to come. We laid off single parents, pregnant ladies, GOOD people who don't deserve it. It totally stank..I left so upset, and I could only think how if I was so upset, I can't even imagine how it's affecting those laid off.
And then I hear President-elect Obama discuss cuts he wants to make on government stuff. How will that affect my family? My father has worked for the government for almost 30 years...will this affect his job?
I'm learning all over again (as I've learned many times), that I am not untouchable. I don't live in a bubble...the news does affect me and the others who it does affect deserve my compassion and prayer. So often I watch the news with a detached spirit. People going through tragedies barely seem real to me. We all do it...We watch murder investigations with morbid fascination. We ooo and ahh over scandels and tragedies. They don't touch us directly, so why should we care the outcome...
Oh, Lord, change my complacency...Give me a compassionate spirit for all those hurting. Let me never look on with apathy.
Happy New Year, everyone. May we all resolve to become more like the God who created us in HIS image...
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| I am sick again.....
I'm homesick too...I really wanted to be home for Christmas. I miss my family.
"I have learned in whatever state I am to be content..."
I'm still learning...
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| I just finished reading "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, and I must say, it's one of the best books I've ever read. I highly recommend it. If you haven't heard of him, he died on July 25, after a long battle with Pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers. He was a professor at Carnegie-Mellon, was married to his wife, Jai, for 8 years, and had 3 young children.
Everyone should read his book. It's funny and insightful. Then, listen to his Last Lecture he gave at Carnegie-Mellon. Free download available on i-Tunes.
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