My Christmas Break

So this Christmas break has been filled with lots of good memories and I have been so blessed to be here with my family and friends. I started off this break with news from my dad that my church was burnt by an arsonists and that was hard but the first Sunday we had after the incident was absolutely amazing! We were all piled into Wasilla Middle School (graciously provided by a member of our church family) and the atmosphere was spectacular...everyone was so joyful. Definitely a blessing from the Lord and proof that the church cannot be contained by a building.

So all in all, it has been a blessed experience for my church family.

The Lord has once again been providing for me in the area of finances. I was able to housesit for a couple who was going out of town for Christmas and that was great!!  Able to have my own house to where I could get away if I needed some quiet time!! :) *Very important for me..haha*

I had some awesome time with the weather here...I joke of course. It was definitely -5 when I first got here and it never changed. Let me tell you something if you don't live in alaska, we have a saying here..."If it snows...then it blows!" Which is very true....no joke, got stuck at my housesitting house because of the snow drift in the driveway!

Christmas morning was an early one...the little siblings couldn't wait to get down to that tree! :)

We had our traditional cheese grits, sausage egg casserole, and I made monkey bread. SO GOOD!  We spent the day being lazy around the house and it was great. For dinner we went over to my sister Kelly's and her husband Will's house. It was great and I love spending time with them. Another awesome thing that happened during my break was my best friend got engaged!!! Emily and Mitchel's tentative date for the wedding is July 25th and I have the honor and privilege of standing up by her side as her maid of honor. I am so happy for my best friend and wish her and her fiancee the best! We went wedding dress shopping and had immediate success. I am so excited to see her on their special day, she is going to be a stunning bride!

I go back to Oregon on the 10th and I am pretty ready to get back to Ecola...I am going to miss my family and friends though! Thankyou Jesus for an amazing time back at home. I am going to miss my mountains!