So you're telling me I have to wait?... Yep.

I am quickly approaching the end of another life chapter. Trip season kicks off in just a few weeks and I will be in the Dominican Republic for 4 weeks and the off to Honduras for another 6. After that? My time at LeaderTreks is finished. Holy cow. That's so hard to wrap my mind around. Let's backtrack for a moment. My journey with LeaderTreks (and to be perfectly my real relationship with following the Lord) started in June 2009 as an arrogant and broken college Sophomore who was miserable with life but had no idea that it could be any different. My internship changed my life. For Pete sake, I had never even seen mountains until we drove through Kentucky on our way to our first site of the summer! The adventure, the conversations, the devotionals, evaluation, the PEOPLE! Oh my soul! I had no idea there was so much MORE to life! It wasn't long before the thought of returning to my old life made me nauseous (that's not an exaggeration). I wanted more, but had absolutely no idea what that 'more' looked like. So I went back for 'more' and applied to do LT's two year Summit program, hoping that time would flesh-out what it was. During that waiting period, I spent many prayer times reading through Lamentations 3. Specifically the part where it says that "... the Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him..." I clung to that verse like it was my last resort, because it was. I had nothing else to cling to and this gave me hope. Hope, that one day the Lord would bring me to a place where He would fulfill the desires of my heart in a way that only He could. This was no overnight process and I was in for the ride of my life. Even after being with LT for a year I still had no idea what was next, but I still continued to believe that the Lord is indeed faithful. So, finally, after 2 1/2 years since I started this process I can say I know what comes next. I'm going back to school!... never thought I would ever be excited to utter those words, but I am. I've been accepted into the Art Therapy program at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio! The Lord is faithful, indeed. I have a direction and a passion and so far He has done SOO much to prepare the way for me. I've still got a ways to go before classes start August 27th, but I am so over joyed with the fact that the Lord has answered me and He is truly good to those who seek Him.