I have started this blog to share my stories with friends and family throughout the year. It will begin with my journey to Syria on Thursday, include the joys and challenges of grad school studies, the birth of my new niece/nephew, a summer adventure and the completion of my Masters degree with anticipation for the start of a career/ministry in peacebuilding and reconciliation in 2011.
I chose Pink Clouds as the theme of this blog because since I was a little girl pink clouds have embodied the belief that dreams come true everyday, that hope must be clung to, and that my life can indeed be an adventure story founded in faith, passion, and love for my God and those around me. Pink clouds happen every day when day collides with night at sunset; they show the beautiful transfromation that comes from the mingling of light and darkness. Every time I see a sunset I smile, knowing the possibilities are endless and yet so very tangible if pursued by a determined spirit unwilling to compromise for less than fulfillment.
I begin 2010 excited, inspired, open and eager for all that is ahead. I want to be stretched and grown academically, spiritually and relationally. I want to hear the precious stories of the lives I am in conctact with. Life is all about story telling you know! I want God to open my eyes to see the conditions and needs of those around me. Every day is filled with meaning and opportunity, each one could be my last. I pray that I live with that perspective this year; that I am fully present, fully engaged in each circumstance and each relationship I find myself in. I want the hopeless to know the hope to which I cling, and the broken to find healing like I have, and the downtrodden to lift their eyes upward toward the heavens and see my pink clouds ... and stand.
Thank you for your interest in reading my stories and the love and encouragement you offer in my life. I am your sister, daughter, friend, partner, and servant. Always here, always yours.
On the path, unsure of where each turn ahead may lead me but fully committed to the journey and loving every moment of the unknown .....
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