Changing of the Seasons

Currently listening: Newsies Original Broadway Cast Soundtrack (on repeat... whoops).

Hello friends!! I apologize that it's been so long~ it's been a little crazy around here these last few weeks: temp jobs, engagements and parties, birthday celebrations, job offers and new positions, starting to think about packing :)

Update: at this point, my visa has been processed and we're in the midst of booking a ticket. I'm planning on leaving next Mon. Oct 1 or Tues. Oct 2, so it's all coming up pretty fast! Thank you all for your prayers and support as this journey has been moving along!

As many of you know, I was hoping to leave for Ethiopia around August 1, but a lot has happened in that time and I am grateful for the chance to have these last couple weeks here at home, especially as the fall season has begun. As I think of my siblings in Texas and friends in Africa that miss out on the changing of seasons, I am thankful to experience the leaves begin to change and fall, the weather turning a little crisper...

One of my favorite pictures of fall: Letchworth State Park

I have actually begun to try to fit as many aspects of fall in as possible before I leave: apple cider and dumplings, Messiah soccer games, hoodies and skinny jeans, bonfires and smores... the list continues. With fall being my favorite season, there's a certain amount of bidding the summer farewell and also anticipating the adventures of the next- pretty much the story of my life right now.

Enjoying a Messiah soccer game this last weekend

I know sunshine and community awaits me across the ocean and I am psyched to start the next phase there~ but for this week, I'm watching the leaves fall and working on saying goodbye to this one.