Been Awhile

Wow...so it's been awhile since I've written on here. Well let's see...I'm obviously home from Florida which changed my life. I felt like silly putty being stretched and formed in ways that I've never experience before. It really was amazing. Since I've been home I have found an awesome place to live with a great roommate. I'm leading the Jr. High girls by myself this year. Little scary at times, but they definitely keep things interesting. We've been studying discipleship which is also what I learned a lot about this summer. Speaking of what I'm learning about...Chris had a verse in one of his messages a couple weeks ago that I have been mulling over for awhile.
Isaiah 29:13

The Lord says:
"These people come near to me with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
Their worship of me
is made up only of rules taught by men.

This is such a heart check type verse for me. Ya know? Like where really is my heart when I'm singing during worship on Sundays? How much of my relationship is controlled with legalism? How often do I say one thing and do another? The list of questions goes on and on...read it for yourself.

I'm here

So I arrived in Daytona yesterday. My travels were quite smooth. This morning I sat out on the deck of my room and watched some dolphins play. Later I took a 3 mile walk down to the board walk. There I picked up lots of applications which I will be turning in tomorrow. Transportation for me is a little hairy. I can't decide if I want to buy a bus pass or get a bike from a pawn shop and pawn it back when I leave. Who knows...anyway, it's a lot of fun here. My family is great. We all had lunch together today which was memorable. There's a guy from Russia in my group and he's hilarious. On the walk back from the getting applications a storm hit. Literally...lighting struck a few yards away from us so we decided to take the bus back instead. Totally crazy. Throughout my entire adventure today I was able to strike up conversations with strangers which was great. One guy ended up talking to us, well mostly Katie, for almost a half and hour. He told us all about how he worked at the 7 eleven and has been robbed several times. He was interesting. That's about all I have for now...kind of sporadic.

Oh what a day! I woke up at four o'clock this morning. I started my new job at City Brew and worked the opening shift. I think it's going to be a lot of fun. I learned so much. My brain doesn't function so great that early in the morning and trying to remember how many shots of flavoring go into a 20 oz. latte was kind of hard to remember. And then suddenly the sky turned pink with purple clouds and a warm orange sun. It was the most beautiful sunrise. I remember just stopping for a second and remembering how amazing God is. Even the simple things like sunrises...He put such detail and beauty into it. I then got off around nine and realized, "This is the time I'm used to getting up....ug." My head was so heavy driving home. I walked in the door and didn't even bother to take off my coat. I just fell on the coach and woke up three hours later. Then I got ready for the OG and went there. I thought it was going to be a boring night because it was so slow. I was discouraged because I really needed to make money due to my poor financial situation and trying to climb out of debt. I hadn't been making anything. Then at nine o'clock a massive rush came and there were only two servers. I ran so hard my heart hurt. I really thought that I was on the verge of an anxiety attack. In fact, as I sit here and reflect on the night my heart feels that same pain. Like heartburn with a splash of dagger :) (Dramatic I know). Anyway, all this to say I ended up being completely blessed. It's crazy how I worry about the money being provided and every time God shows up and rocks my socks off. That was my day in a nut shell.

I'm home

I returned this Monday from my cousin's wedding in Columbia, Missouri. It was lots of fun. She was a beautiful bride. It was busy and I loved spending time with my family. We all got our groove on on the dance floor. What a great stress reliever and best of all...my dress fit!!
So I have decided to apply at a camp down in Daytona while I'm on my summer project. I'm super duper looking forward to it. I can't believe how fast it's coming! I bought my plane ticket Tuesday...May 26th!! I'm a little nervous to travel alone and I have to take a shuttle from Orlando to Daytona. We'll see how it goes. My stomach has constant butterflies from excitement. Ahh!!
Tomorrow is my first day at City Brew! Well not a technical work day, but I will be on the clock! I'm excited about that too. I most of all am looking forward to filling up my day. Now that I haven't been in school I find myself digressing. I need a routine again and I figured this was a great way to do that..
hmm...I think that's all for now

Summer Project

Well I just returned from our Junior High winter retreat. Needless to say I am sleep deprived and a little soar. Over the weekend I recieved a call from Campus Crusades letting me know that I was accepted to do a summer project in Daytona beach this summer. I can't even begin to describe the excitement I have welling up inside of me. I cannot wait to see what God will do in my life this summer. I am really looking forward to it. It is going to be a financial stretch for me so I really am praying for God's provision. I am supposed to get a job while I'm down there so I was going to apply at Bubba Gumps which is just down the boardwalk from where I will be staying. I figured with my serving experience it would be an easy transition. There will be about 70 young adults going. We each find a job and that is our main ministry focus project...coworkers, etc. Then at night and on the weekends we do other ministry projects like at local churches and ministry on the beach. It's going to be a busy summer but so amazing. That's the latest!

No longer a girl, not yet a woman

Today I realized I'm not a little girl. Of course I am aware of my age, but it really hit me. It started by a junior high girl showing off her abs and me realizing that I once had a figure like that and never will again. Seems silly, I know. But then I started thinking more. The things that were once so important to me aren't anymore. Life's challenges and risks are much grander than before. I feel I am in an awkward place in life. Last weekend my old high school classmates all got together for a dinner and as we sat around and visited I realized how much time had passed and how much had changed yet I still didn't feel like a real adult. There hadn't been enough time for a reunion...or was there?
I have recently graduated college and still don't know what I want to do with my life. Is that bad? Most of my friends are married and are having babies while I am still living with my parents. I feel pathetic. There is so much I would like to do and so many reasons why I am not doing them. So it brings me back to my point that I am an adult now and it's about time I stand up and make a decision....starting with....what should my license plate say? ha ha, you thought it would going to be some profound statement. Nope, just random. But really, I think I will have it read "Jezka".