Moving ... I miss my friend

Well I am offically a Houstonian again. All my stuff has been moved from Dallas to Houston. All my stuff from my one bedroom apartment has been moved to my one tiny bedroom in Houston, cramped does not even begin to describe it.

Things are okay here in Houston, many of my friends from DCC have moved here ironically. And of course my family is great. I do however miss my friend. I realize that Andrea is not my only friend and that many of my other friends are here but it doesn't seem the same. It just hit me that I may not live in the same city as Andrea again for quite some time if at all. That sucks. It is like once again I am leaving my family behind. I hate that. I wish I could drag my family with me all over the world but for some reason they do not wish to come. Andrea really became family during my time in Dallas and it is hard to have to leave her behind (not that I can't talk to her whenever I want but talking is not the same as waiting for Paul to climb through the window at night or continually quoting Two Weeks Notice). I think that Chris would be angry with me if I tried to drag her across the globe (she would however be an excellent traveling compainon due to her extensive travel experience and many near death experiences). Thank you God for my friend.

Doors

"I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light"

- John Keith Falconer

"God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him"

- Hudson Taylor

"Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God"

- William Carey

Some things just stir my heart. The simple idea of missions is one of those things. At times I wonder what God is doing sending me out into the world to be a "missionary"; most of those times come when I am standing in line to buy yet another thing I don't need. But then I read quotes like these or see a person or hear a song and I remember what stirs my heart most. Though I love to shop and get new stuff, those things could never stir my heart the way that people do. I am so thankful, however, that God isn't looking for perfect people who are always doing the perfect thing. I am so blessed to know that he is just looking for those who will stand up and know they don't have what it takes but will try anyway, realizing that if they succeed it will not be on account of their own efforts but because they have followed God through the doors he opened for them.

As I graduate from DCC and begin to think about life without school, I am so excited to see the doors God is opening for me. My prayer is now not that I will learn all that is needed but that I will take what I have learned and lean on God and know that I can expect great things from him because he is faithful to see things through to the end and his plans do not fail.