.apres paques.

How is your week going?
If it's going well,
then you still have half of your week left!
And if it's not going well, then,
don't worry, the week is half over!

I'm loving this week.
Not because everything is going my way but
because I am choosing joy.
Coming off of Easter, how could I not be joyful?
I'm thankful for the reminder of and opportunity to celebrate
Jesus's sacrifice for me.
And even though it would have been nice to spend the day with family
it was still delightful:
Church.
Lunch with friends.
Celebrating Tifi's 3rd birthday.
Napping.
Skyping with my sister/mom/baby brobro.
Appetizers and drinks with my love.

Like I mentioned before,
our church rented out Power Balance Pavilion
for the Easter Service.
It was incredible to see 20,000 turn out.
I appreciate the opportunity to be a part of
a church that is doing big things.


I am loving that we're going to have a houseguest this week.
I love entertaining.
Since we're at least 2,278 miles from our family and most of our friends
we don't get to have guests as much as we'd like
so I get super excited when we do get the opportunity.

Sarah,who was in our youth group in Virginia,
has been studying abroad in Australia for the last few months
and is stopping to see us before going back home.

I am loving puncuality.
Normally, I am not on time.
Ever.
{I know, I know...its a bad habit. My husband points that out to me regularly.}
But on Monday I was the first person to my office
and today I was 20 minutes early for my doctor's appointment.
It feels good to not be rushing and stressing out about being late.
Let's see if I can keep this going...
I am loving (loving, loving, loving, loving!) that, after over six weeks of being in Nashville,
my sister is coming back to Sacramento on Friday.
She's been a huge help to my mom but
I have really missed her.
I would really appreciate your prayers for my family though.
Since my dad died almost three years ago,
my thirteen year old brother has been struggling with a lot of things.
It is never easy to lose a parent
but losing your dad at ten is a horrible time for a little boy.
This week he started a residential program
that is specifically for "troubled boys."
{I'm not sure that I like that term but I'm not sure how else to phrase it.}
Specifically, please pray
for my mom who will be by herself for the first time in 29 years
and
for my brother to make friends and to accept God's grace and limitless love.

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