In transition...

I always used to look back on my life and consider the best days of my life to be my soccer playing days. When I stopped playing soccer I figured that my best days were over. Between playing in a state championship my senior year, playing college soccer, playing semi-pro soccer, and traveling overseas to play, I thought life would not get any better for me. But then I started at Denver Seminary and for 3.5 years I figured that I was being equipped to really start my life. I was hoping and praying during those years that the best days of my life still lie in the future. And now I'm done. I must grow up and actually do something with my life. I can no longer use the excuse of school as to why I live at home, work at a restaurant and REI. So I will not! This fall marks the biggest transition period of my life. I will move out of my parent's house for the first time. I am absolutely thrilled and deathly scared at the same time. I am also facing some of the toughest issues I have ever had to face...I must finally, at 26, confront myself and work out the issues that have resulted from my upbringing. Also, I have been given the opportunity to travel around the country this fall and teach with a ministry, Axis Worldview Training (axisworldview.com). Each trip is one week long and I would go as a volunteer but everything would be paid for. Their schedule for this fall is booked and I am considering heading to Texas with them at the end of September. What an amazing opportunity!

With all that said, I admit that I am scared to death because I am headed into a time of uncertainty...more uncertainty than ever before in my life! But, I am also excited and hopeful. I know that the Lord is at work in my life and He has orchestrated each of these opportunities for growth. I can honestly say that I truly believe that the best days of my life are not in the past but rather they lie in the future. I'm excited, so excited!