Living Inspired.

   Like the weirdo that I am, I went back to my high school this morning to spend some time there. Yeah, yeah, I know...I have my diploma. Why would I ever want to go back there? My purpose for being there was to say goodbye to some of my favorite teachers, spend some time with my Ensemble "family", prance through the new addition of the building, so on and so forth.    

   I thought I was going to be the only fool who work up early enough to be at school at 7:10 (when Ensemble begins)...however, I was not the only one who decided this would be a great idea too. I ended up spending the morning with three of my former classmates. On the way home, I began to think of my class. What is happening in their lives? What college are they going to? Where do they live now? 

   The more I thought about them, I began to recall our last semester in high school. Our lives consisted of Senior paper, college applications, acceptance letters, counting down the days until we received our diplomas, the list goes on...All of us had dreams of where we would be in the fall. We were on our ways to a college of some sort...or so we thought.

   I never ever ever would have thought that I would be living in Ukraine for 9 months. In my own controlled, perfect, normal world, I was headed off to Middle Tennessee State University. I was going to major in psychology, travel abroad, meet some news friends (and maybe an attractive guy too), and live a simple expected life. However, Abba brought me back to the depths of my heart...where I kept memories of China, Thailand, Ukraine,and Germany. I was tenderly nudged by the Holy Spirit at the very thought of those countries I have invested my life into. 

....this tender touch is what brought me to that special place of realization. I had realized that there was something outside of my "expected life", far too great for my own mind to conceive. These next few months will be a tool to discover who I am, but more of who my God is. So, here I am, ready to begin this new life in Mohyliv, Ukraine. Let's go.