So Long Furniture Friends

News Flash! My apartment is for sale!

Well, not literally, but many of the items in it are. I am selling almost all of my furniture.

Here is a list of what I am selling (that is not already claimed):

Brown wingchair
Sofa (with slip covers so you have TWO options!)
Tall, good quality dresser
Endtable
Entertainment Center
Short bookcase
Tall bookcase
Rubbermaid drawer sets
Small white cabinet

If you need or know anyone who needs (which may be fitting considering those in need of things post-flood) any of these furniture items please contact me pronto!!!


Otherwise, things are going well. I'm moving forward dissecting my life into three piles: take, store, sell/giveaway/throwaway.

I am getting very excited about going to Miami! Less than 5 weeks til I leave Iowa and just a few more days after that until I arrive for the program itself.

I'll keep updating, though until I arrive, I've got lots to do and not much time to do it in, so the post-volume may tone down a bit. But rest assured, any exciting and important information will be here!

Miami, here I come!

Well, after a lot of thought, prayer, and LONG phone calls, I'm headed to Miami!!!

I'm very excited about all of this. It took a while to be sure about where I want to go but now that I've made the decision and worked out some details, I'm so excited!

I'm really looking forward to working with Heidi (the site coordinator) and the other YAVs there. I'm also looking forward to this new and exciting (and stressful) year ahead. But I'm all geared up and ready.

Now, I just have to figure things out. At least I won't have to pack up any winter clothes and such, so that will cut down on the amount of things I need. :)

I'm also excited to be living in an area near my Aunt and Uncle and my cousin and his wife. It will be nice to see them more regularly.

I'm really looking forward to this experience. Huzzah!

On another exciting note, yesterday I bought a new guitar! It's beautiful. I will take some time to name it, as this is an important part. The best part is, it's all black! How awesome is that?!

Anyway, wish me luck! I'm psyched!

Awaiting News

Yesterday I finished my last interview with Heidi in Miami. Afterward I had a lot of prayer and thinking going on... and then I filled out my response sheet and sent it to the denomination.

Today, I wait to hear back from them as to where I am going. Hopefully I should find out today, but it may be tomorrow. I'm nervous! We shall see.

Pray for me until I find out! I'll be sure to post here as soon as I know anything.

I won't be running with the horses this year

Having spoken with the wonderful people who've helped me make lots of decisions about all of this (aka the people at the PCUSA office, namely Essie and Bridgette), I've decided to wait and apply for the internship this year. I really feel like God is calling me to do mission now, and if I'm able, the internship later. So no Louisville. I'm okay with it though.

Now, it's down to Miami or Nashville. I'm in the process of setting up my final interview with Miami and then I'll just have to pray and think a lot.

This morning I wrote a letter to my congregation about my mission, asking them to help in many ways. I asked for help to store things (the large stuff), for financial help since I have to raise a ton of money, and for prayers, letters, phone calls, etc.

For those of you reading this, I ask all of this from you as well. Please contact me to find out what I need and how you can give it to me. Thank you so much. :)

Today is July 4th. Happy Independence Day! I, unfortunately, am working at the bar today, but it should be a slow day out at the airport because I don't think many people would be flying today. I hope our new bar has finally opened and I can go work upstairs in the concourse at the new bar! How exciting it would be! Plus, a nice benefit is that I get paid time and a half. :)

After work I'm planning on going up to Center Point to Kristen and Mark's to celebrate with a bunch of friends. Long drive from the airport to CP, but oh well. It should be fun.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday today. God Bless America (and every other country out there too).

Maybe Miami?

After discussing a few things with some people at the PCUSA, I've decided to interview with the Miami site as well. Who knows? Maybe I'll end up there. That site needs more volunteers so I could be helping them out quite a bit if I ended up going there. But they also told me not to let that sway my decision as it really needs to be a guided decision with lots of prayer and thought. I did really like the Miami site so far (it was my second YAV site) and Heidi, the coordinator, seemed really cool. So, yeah. We'll see. It's definitely something to think about. Hopefully I can talk to Heidi soon and get this all settled so that I know where I want to go and what I want to do.

I've also decided that August 18th is the day I'm leaving Iowa. I'm driving 2 days to North Carolina, spending a week or so there and then heading off to my next destination, whether it be Nashville, Miami, or Louisville.

Drats. Just when I had it narrowed down, I have more work to do. :) Ah well. I can't complain. This is all very exciting.

Usually, Tuesdays and Thursdays (and some Fridays) are nuts for me as I'm working both jobs crazily, but tonight I don't have to work at the bar tonight because the second bar hasn't opened yet (it's behind schedule caues the contractors are, well, terrible) so they don't need the like 10 bartenders they have scheduled for one night and I really don't want to be working somewhere else not making tips, like the terminal snack shop or the gift shop. Oh well. I'll get a lot of nice hours tomorrow at the bar getting paid time and a half for working July 4th... and since FCC is closed that day, I go in at noon and make lots of moolah. Huzzah!

Spose that's all for now! Cheerio!

Numero Uno!

Entering into the world of blogging. Interesting.

Is it really a surprise though? I have been called an open book before, so be it.

Really, though, this blog is more to describe and let others know about my adventures helping out the PCUSA as either a YAV or an Intern. I'm not sure which yet, though hopefully that will be done by the end of this week. A YAV is a Young Adult Volunteer which consists of being part of a year long mission program. I'll pack up to a site somewhere and work for a year in mission work. Details to be ironed out later. The Internship I'm considering is in the office for young women at the PCUSA offices in Louisville, KY. The YAV site I'm most interested in is in Nashville, TN. We shall see.

Hopefully this blog will keep those I love and care about (and those that love and care about me) up to date on my goings-on. I'll try to keep on top of this and let everyone who wants to know what I'm doing in my far away place, well, what I'm doing.

Fabulous.

Off I go. Long day of work ahead of me today at FCC. Blah. Only a few more weeks though. It will be bittersweet to say goodbye to the people who have become such a family to me over the last year.