Out With The Old...

Hello All,

This is a bittersweet moment for me--I'm typing on the floor in my nearly-empty apartment eating off a paper plate as I prepare to load my last carload of stuff and clean the floors and microwave.

I've loved this place--every bit of it. I love the light that dances off my vaulted ceiling, I love the red dining nook, I love my tangerine tree and my al fresco washer and dryer, and I love well...everything about it, even with its quirks. It's been a beautiful, blessed home to me and I'm so thankful for it.

Here's the rundown for the next month:

Tomorrow I attend a 4-day Emergence conference that is like emotional and relational boot camp for your soul. The days run from 10am-11pm Thurs-Sunday, except that Sunday at 9pm we have a "graduation", of a kind. I really need your prayers for these next four days, friends, as I will be undergoing some kind of heart and soul transformation. If you want more info about Emergence, go to www.generativesolutions.com, I believe.

Following that, as I'm staying with my friends the Lehrs, I will continue my part-time temp job and record a cd with them every day after work, as we've all been working on original music.

Following that, I go live with my parents in Harker Heights for the last few weeks before I go. My prayer send-off at my church here is on the 18th, which I'll drive back into Austin for. If all goes well, I'll leave country January 1st!

I could really use prayer for a couple things to happen: Namely, that my apartment would rent PRONTO as I'm paying on it for the next two months until it does. Secondly, that my visa would process and arrive PRONTO as it's two weeks overdue and my school will not book my airline tickets until they have a copy of it faxed to their hot little hands.

That's all for now. I'm sure I'll have much to tell in the next few weeks ahead.

Love you all.