Wow, my life has been crazy lately, so I really haven't had time to blog. I'll give a short update on all parts of my life.

1) The women's retreat - 2 weeks ago - was amazing. It was great to get reconnected with people that I haven't got a chance to talk to in a long time, catching up with others, and meeting some new people.

Also, during my time there, I was reading in Matthew when Peter asks Jesus how many times he has to forgive someone..surely 7 is a lot. Then, Jesus replied, "try 7 x 7". The next day, as Mandy was sharing her story, God started working in me. In the end, He showed me that I had unforgiveness towards HIM! How crazy is that. Yet, that's exactly what it was. I never thought there would be a time where I would need to forgive God in my heart, but that's exactly what I had to do. There's lots of things that happen in our lives that we might not understand, and sometimes we blame God, but we must know that if these things are truly from Him, then they will work good in us and others.

2) I have moved. I now live with my sister, bro-in-law, and niece in Tempe. We live in an apartment complex right by his work, so he can walk. It's awesome. We're pretty much all moved in and organized. I have taken advantage of the gym a couple of times and my body is feeling it today. 9 months without exercise will do that to you! But, it does feel great to use some of my muscles again.

3) I still don't have a job. I found out this morning that I didn't get the job that I interviewed with last week. I have started a job with PriMerica (life insurance, debt free solutions, and tons more!) but you have to finish the training before you start getting paid. I am going to start getting my license soon. I still have my job at TCH (working with special needs kids), but there's not a ton of hours available. Anyway, I would like to get a job at UofP, we'll see if I can get one.

4) Is that it? Oh, I guess so. I'll just blog about my niece. Yesterday was her 2nd time at my church, and she loved it again. She was totally shy the entire time, but she went on and on telling her mom about it when we got home yesterday. In their class, they released a grasshopper on the playground, and so she wanted to release some balloons as well. We ended out putting little notes on the bottom of the strings that said "Jesus loves you" and Jesus te ama" and a special drawing from her.

5) Oh, yesterday I got the chance to teach the 4th-6th grade class. It was about longsuffering, and it was totally fun. It's a great group of kids. The curriculum said that it was supposed to be a grapefruit - probably because it's sour but still good - but I think otherwise. I told the kids that I see it more as a coconut - hard on the outside, you need to have strength to get through it, and then you are rewarded with yummy milk and the white stuff.

Anyways, God is good. Very good. I am blessed, and I'm sorry I haven't been blogging very much lately. I'll try to post more regularly.