I haven't updated in a LOOOOOOOOONG while, and a lot has changed. When I say a lot, I mean A LOOOOOT has changed. Let me start with the events leading up to Berlin. (I know! I WENT TO BERLIN, DEUTSCHLAND!) Anyway, before Berlin...
I went home (Clemson) to visit family and to be home for my sister's 21st birthday. I cannot believe she's all grown up. It's crazy to think about. Anyway, so, at that time I knew that my journey in Wilmington was coming to an end. I won't go into those crazy details, but I was indeed moving back to Clemson. So, that midweek I announced to my church family that I was moving home about a month from then. Some people's jaws dropped. Some yelled in excitement. Others gasped. It was a great moment. I was also ecstatic to be back with my family again... a lot of whom I didn't know yet. Also, Clemson turned into an almost dating ministry so I got to congratulate the new couples that seemed half my age. They're not, really, but whatever. Anyway, Thursday night my family went out to TTT's for the traditional first legal drink in Clemson. You get a free T-shirt. I think that's the only reason we decided to go there... So, that was a fun weekend back home visiting. OH, I forgot about my trip to Atlanta on that Friday. What a fiasco that was! I felt like a chicken with it's head cut off... That's right, I felt dead. Not really... So, I had to go to the passport agency to get my passport done in one day... or so I thought. Turns out they just express mail it to you in a couple of days. The day that I went was 10 days before Katie and I left to go to Berlin. I wasn't cutting it close at all... NOT. So, Murphy and I get to Atlanta and had to make an emergency call to the passport office to change the appointment because I was late, late, late. I also -- like a genius -- left my passport photos all the way back in Wilmington. So, I had to find a CVS and pay ANOTHER $10 to have my photo done AGAIN. Luckily, there was CVS right across the street from the agency. Thanks iPhone maps for NOT finding the CVS and sending my sister and I on a wild goose chase looking for a CVS. Also, thanks to the CVS guy for making me laugh in a moment of absolute stress. He was a pretty cool guy. Anyway, after that was over, Murphy and I chilled and ate lunch and went to the High Museum in Atlanta.
After that, I drove back to Wilmington on Sunday for the dedication service/birthday party for the church. It was so awesome! Kevin spoke from Ezekiel 37 which was something that I definitely needed to hear. The worship was awesome. The barbecue afterward was AMAZING, OUT OF THIS WORLD, ON POINT. Triangle does not know how spoiled they are with these masters of the smoker. Anyway, I ate more that I should have, but I was completely satisfied feeling like a Butterball turkey.
Then, it was time to gear up for BERLIN. I still cannot believe that I was able to make a trip to Berlin, Germany with my roommate. Like, who does that??? God really made things happen with this. So, my passport arrived on Thursday back home in Clemson, and I needed my family to overnight it to me. Well they get it to the post office on Friday. So, I'm expecting it Saturday. It was a no show. Mail doesn't come on Sunday (duh!). Well, I don't know who celebrates Columbus Day. Oh, yeah, the USPS celebrates Columbus Day. Hooray! Happy Stolen Country Day! Mail doesn't come then either. That leaves Tuesday and ONLY Tuesday for this thing to come. Katie and I are set to leave Wilmington and drive to Raleigh on Tuesday evening to spend the night before our flight leaves on Wednesday morning around 10:30. I'm pretty much having a mild panic attack all Tuesday morning and my emotions are on edge. I read online that it was supposed to be there before noon if it's express mail. I checked at 11:30 and it wasn't there. WHAT?!!? I was freaking out. I ran around town doing various things before we needed to leave. I came back around 1:30ish and PRAISE GOD it was there. Amen! So, Katie and I finished packing and cleaning and high tailed it up to Raleigh.
Okay, this conference was BEYOND amazing. It was a little slice of heaven on earth. I was in awe of the lessons. I huge shout out to the Folkers, Muellers, and to Toks for leading such an awesome conference. I met so many great people from all over Europe. I have to go back, there is no question. I also could write a novel probably on here about everything that I learned. I don't exactly have the patience to sit and write it though. So, I'll just let you know that anytime there's another European Singles Conference you better be there. I learned so much and it definitely turned my light back on. (The theme was Let Your Light Shine!) I felt like Ezekiel 37 leading up to the conference. Katie and I both felt like this conference was a breath from God. If you want to know more about the conference then you can definitely ask and I will tell you all I learned.
Since the conference I have moved back home to Clemson. I have definitely enjoyed being back. I definitely miss my Wilmington family though!! I'm still unpacking and getting things set up in my room. It's quite a process and I don't plan on doing it again for a loooong while. I got the best welcome home a girl could ask for though. My sister became my sister all over again in the best way. On October 24, 2012 my sister stepped into Lake Hartwell and declared Jesus as Lord of her life. That day was almost 3 years in the making. Amen! Amen! Amen! I could not have asked for anything more! God hears your cries and answers your prayers. My sister is living proof.
I'll end here with this scripture that I read this morning:
We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.
Hebrews 3:14
Love you all!
Elizabeth
P.S. I guess I should change my name and layout now that I'm not at the beach anymore?
No comments:
Post a Comment