Tontitown

the internet is now gone from my apartment, along with nearly everything else, so here i am in tontitown..bumming internet from a mcdonalds. to feel less guilty i bought a drink.
i'm heading out wednesday morning, so this past week has been filled with lasts and goodbyes. i worked my last shift at the shelter, went to my last CR, went to my church for the last time, and have been saying goodbye to friends. strangely, all of these goodbyes haven't been as difficult as i originally anticipated them to be. i think that He has given me peace about leaving. He has made it clear to my heart that it is time to move on and He has so clearly paved the way for me to go.

as i was driving in on 412, i thought about the first time i came through tontitown and into siloam. it was just over 5 years ago and it was in the same old car, but with my parents. i was anticipating visiting JBU, then leaving and never coming back. i could never have imagined what the Father had in mind for me. as much as i said i wanted to go to school "far away," i never actually thought that i would be 10 hours away. i have grown so much and been healed in ways i never dreamed possible. He has blessed me with true friends, a church, a job i have loved, and so much more. i never thought that a town as small as siloam could be as life-giving and full of meaning for me that it has been.

which only means that i am really excited to see what He has for me next. :)