Goodbye Altoona

It’s time now for the second set of goodbye’s...something we were not created to do.

I believe that soon there will be a time when Jesus returns to complete His kingdom, and then there will be no more separation and no more saying goodbye to the people we love. But until then, I wait.

I’ve been in Altoona now for 13 days, staying with my friend Rachel and her house mates, Valerie and Ashley. This has been a LOT of fun and I’ve experienced lots and learnt lots and made memories.

I thought I would share some of the highlights... (I know my friends at home like this game)

We went to see a real baseball game...Pittsburgh Pirates vs the New York Metz...everyone expected the Pirates to lose, but they pulled through! I felt like I was in a movie or something the whole time. We just don’t do this stuff at home! Especially when everyone stood up and started singing ‘Take me out to the Ballgame’

Another night I went quad biking in the dark and sat around a campfire with some new friends...that was fun.

And going out to Canoe Creek (A state park) with Rachel and talking at the edge of the lake...I enjoyed that a lot...

Tackle Frisbee in the park...

Hair drying crayons so they melt...

Story time at night...

Attempting to cook dinner with Ashley...

Show and Tell at Val’s school...

It’s been a good two weeks.

And now I am moving on up to Canada, to Pioneer camp where I will be living until the end of January, it’s been great to travel around and see my friends and do things, but it will be nice to get somewhere and be able to unpack and begin to build into some friendships and find my place there.

God has been so so good to me and I have felt His hand over every part of this journey so far.

When everything else is moving and changing, He remains the same, but everyday He changes me and loves me further into the person He has called me to be.