New Year, New Beginngs

This upcoming new year is going to be a big one, starting January 4th I will start a new job at St. Louis University Hospital as a medical coder in the surgery department, and will officially be a Missouri resident again. I have not lived in Missouri since I was 4, and have never moved away from Chicago, not even temporarily for college. I will know no one except for my brother and his family (and hopefully more family will move towards the Cardinal nation :)). This is the biggest and scariest step and leap of faith I have taken personally thus far. But it has been a long time coming,

The last three years I have kept my life very low key, my main focus was family and school. After graduating high school, and our family stopped going to Lakeside church, I have not felt at home. I have felt unsettled with my life, and did not really want to get involved with a church or small group because I didn't know where things where going. My community college years just felt like a long transitional period. Things have changed a lot during that time. My family grew bigger (2 new in-laws and 1 niece and 3 new nephews), I grew smaller (lost 25 pounds), and got lots of experience working in my field. Now I know where things are headed, and I'll be settled hopefully for a long time in St. Louis. It's overwhelming to think about moving, but at the same time I am relieved the job hunt is over and I can start to plant roots somewhere again.

Anyway, that is the big news that is going on in my life. I have not had much to share in the last few years, God has really been teaching me patience and trusting his timing.