It's been tough trying to find the motivation to blog with just my cell phone and a small tablet, but here I find myself tonight. I'm finding my groove here in Arizona and while it's not anything like I've ever experienced, it's not bad. I have to say, when I created this blog back in November after I applied to YWAM, I had no idea the journey The Lord had for me to Australia!
Fire season is slowly starting to make it' appearance here in the Southwest, bringing more hours at work for me. This is a blessing, as I'm not in Oregon to do fundraising, but also brings challenges. I'll be working 0630-1700 six days a week starting on Sunday. Right now we're alternating weekend days. I work Sunday this week, but next weekend I'll work Saturday.
I am so thankful that I have found a church to call home before everything takes off. It's great to have a new family who cares about me and checks up on me! I'm really loving the Neighborhood Group I'm in, and the landing point it is in the middle of the week for me.
The Lord has really blessed me with a few surprises in the past few weeks. You see, for the past few months I've really been missing my piano. I'm not sure if it's because I'm living on my own, or because I finally have time to play uninterrupted, but it had been on my heart. A few times I went to pick up the phone to call my mom and ask her if it was possible to get it down here, but I never made the call. Unbeknownst to me, my momma had also had one certain piano on her heart - and that it needed to come to Phoenix.
God provide a way to deliver my keyboard through my boss, who spent a week in Reno before Easter for some training. When he got back after Easter, and came to work with it, I was beyond words. It's amazing how the Creator knows exactly what we need and when we need it. It has made the nights less lonely, and my soul full again with music. I hadn't realized how much I truly missed music!
The second blessing came in a box from my Gammy and Papa. It shouldn't surprise me, how well they know me, but it does every time. They are such a huge part of my life, and I pray they know it, because I don't say it enough. Thank you. I love you guys!
The third blessing was a letter from my Compassion child, Kenneth. He lives in Nicaragua. And he sent me a thank you letter for his birthday gift (which he picked out this year!). His soul-bared 8 year old words move me to tears every time I find a letter in the mail from him. He's impacted my life so much. The honest, sweet questions, the drawings I receive with every letter. It is all so precious to me. I am so thankful that he is in my life.
Five a.m comes strangely early these days,
So until next time,
-Katie
