~ready for rain~

Where do I begin. . .?

I have no idea. Yike. I haven't really blogged since like, last summer.

In August, I went back to Northland for a year. I think most of you knew this, as you have seen pictures on Facebook and such. I LOVED this past year. Allow me to ramble about my peeps!

My roommates were Audrey and Jen. Audrey and I had been roomies before and we decided we would enjoy each other's company for another year. When I met Jen for the first time, I thought she was shy, but it turns out that was a false impression! Then I met Jess, who grew up with Audrey. Soon after that, Jenny, from across the hall, started coming over. Add to that mix Corrie (from freshman year) and Kathleen (from home) and I had a pretty sweet and amazing group of friends. I love those girls and I am so thankful for the times we spent talking, laughing, arguing, eating, getting ready, napping, studying. . .all that stuff.

I also traveled for Northland on a music/drama team. There were nine of us students. We quickly went from being strangers to something quite close to family. We had an amazing time traveling on the weekends, ministering in different churches and taking part in a few special events. I have never ministered with such a close group of friends, so that was wonderful experience. The girls--Amanda, Becki, Kelly, and Angela--were quite like sisters in the way we interacted and UNDERSTOOD so much about each other. And those boys--Mitchell, Travis, Chad, and Vladimir--quite the gentlemen and quite the cut-ups, never failing to make me laugh! The team is traveling this summer with a different pianist and I shall miss them so.

God was so good to me in giving me godly close friends. He also taught me SO much about ministry, his church, and his Son.

I am home now. Happy to be here, but I am missing everyone I have to be without. However, I am looking forward to summer--work (which means money!), road trips, a tan, and watermelon. Yippee!!

I think that's enough catching up for now. More--and hopefully better--inspiration may strike me later. Maybe in the form of a poem or something. LOL

Summer is coming; I can't wait!!

Labels: Audrey, God, Jen, Jenny, Jess, ministry, Northland, NW, road trip, summer

posted by Elizabeth @ 10:32 PM 0 comments

Hello, my friends! Well, so much for blogging every week. . . lol So much has been happening lately.

First off, I quit my job at Kohl's in January. Quite glad to be done working there. The people were nice, but I didn't enjoy it anymore. . . Plus, I was back to getting like, 12 hours a week.

I now work at HealthSource as a unit secretary. I work in the psychiatric unit. I started out part-time, but within a few weeks (my first day was January 22nd. . .) I was full-time. Praise the Lord for a full-time job! What's really cool is that the nurses and other workers are super nice to me and I really enjoy what I do. !!! By the way, this paragraph is merely a summary of the last two months. The full story is quite long. Step by step, God worked everything out.

The downside to working in a hospital is that I have to work every other weekend. Since I'm second shift (3-11:30), this means that I will miss every other Sunday night. I also am scheduled to work every Wednesday night, but the scheduler dude said he would work with me as much as he could so that I could have Wednesdays as one of my days off so I'd have every other one off!

Keeping up with work and all the changes in my job situation has been keeping me quite busy. I'm not really up to anything else. I sleep, eat, and talk to friends when I can. Oh, and if I don't post enough on here for you, find me on Facebook!!

Oh! Two cool things that I almost forgot. One, my birthday was the end of January and my AMAZING friends from Northland came down for the weekend!!! That was so much fun. We celebrated my birthday on Saturday with some friends here, Sunday we shopped a little and went to Frankenmuth, and Monday we slept in and they left. A very quick weekend. But a very fun weekend!!!!! I'll post pictures soon.

The second cool thing. Northland's travelling team was at my highschool last Thursday. Since Friday was their day off, they stayed in Saginaw until Saturday. My friend RuthAnn was able to stay at my house that entired time. We were also able to hang out with the team on Friday. My brother David and I went bowling with them and then they came here and made dinner. I MISS Northland! So it's always great to see Northland people!

Sorry for the rambling. Wanted to update. Pictures will come soon.

=)

Labels: birthday, Facebook, Northland, work

posted by Elizabeth @ 3:26 PM 0 comments

Northland. . . in November.

Corrie and I

Meg, Laura, Corrie, Ames, and I

me and Amy

Laura and me

Labels: Amy, Audrey, Corrie, Laura, Meg, Northland, pictures, road trip

posted by Elizabeth @ 5:46 PM 0 comments