Hey friends!
For the next month I will be back in the great land of Michigan, at Cedar Campus, for Intervarsity's Leadership Institute (IVLI), which goes from July 6-August 2.

I look forward to this time of peace and learning and growth.
To learn more about what I and other friends from Eau Claire and other InterVarsity chapters at other schools will be doing for the next month, please visit ivli.org (:

Your prayers are dear and of great value to me and I would absolutely looove if you would send a few our way..
pray that God would make Himself and His heart known.

I won't be posting til I get back, so check back in a month! (:

I'm so grateful for you all!  Can't wait to come back with a changed heart...

Today.. today was a day of BEAUTY and little-kid kind of JOY.. and adventurous curiosity and friendship.  I'll remember today for a long time: exploring my favorite places and delighting in the light of the sun. 
This time with my sister is always dear to me.  I love that beautiful soul.

I love you, Minneapolis & St Paul.  Thanks for letting us explore.
Til next time...

I wrote this some time ago, and tonight, I needed these reminders. 
I think we all need these reminders.
 
"i know that You are a beautiful God, Jesus, and You know my heart
better than i do. You love me and even though i am always leaving and saying
goodbye, You are wherever i am and You stay with me because You dwell inside my
heart and there is peace and rest and life with You. You are where my hope and
identity are found and You are a refuge for me. You hear my heart and You
lovingly discipline me in Your grace. i know Your heart is kind. 
i need a lot of Your help spreading Your love.

i know wherever i am, i am with You, so i am HOME. And i can trust these
relationships, the old and new, to a God who is a stream of life in my innermost
being."

Rest freely in His peace and forgiveness tonight, friends.