Les Mis @ Chanhassen

Caught a great production of Les Miserables last week. It was so fun!

Why I love Iowa . . .

. . . my fabulous grandparents!

I spent last weekend with them. We relaxed, sat around, drank coffee, and talked about the things God has sent into our lives. Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa, for being great, godly encouragements to everyone around you!

I did it! It's gone!

After pretty much letting my hair grow for the past three years, I did what I love to do--put it in a ponytail, chop it off, and donate it to Locks of Love. If you've never done that, you should totally try it because it's SO fun!! The only downsides are that today's weather is rainy, which my hair hates, and that now I have to get used to not putting my hair behind my ears all the time.

Thanks to Megan Stuckey for doing all the work!

My New Place

I was going to post pictures of my new place, but my roommate just did that on her blog. Click here to check it out! Or better yet, come by for coffee or dinner sometime to see it for yourself!

A Huge Blessing!

A few weeks ago, I was praying with a friend. She mentioned that her young daughter wasn't sure about her own personal relationship with Christ, so we prayed for her specifically that night. The little girl, and that family, has come to mind a few other times since then.

Then last week I was in the blessed position of working half days (mornings) at good, old General Mills and spending my afternoons at my church's day camp, telling the daily missionary story.

Now, I don't know how many of you went to day camp or VBS/VBT when you were little, but I did. And I specifically remember the missionary story teller. Her name was Melanie Sieple (sp?). She told great stories with these old flip books and left us with a cliff-hanger every day. You know, "and all of a sudden, 8000 fierce warriors jumped out of the bushes!! If you want to find out if Missionary Mike survives . . . come back tomorrow!" I only pulled that once in the week, just to say I had. But I digress.

I never know how much kids are really paying attention and catching what you're saying . . . especially since little kids aren't really my thing. I'll choose adults any day! Anyway, this past Wednesday night, a day camp mom told me that her little girl's teddy bears had been learning Chinese while having a tea party that afternoon. How cute is that?! And last night (Sunday) another day camp mom told me that her little girl (the one I had prayed with the mom about a few weeks earlier) had come home saying that she wasn't sure she had peace in her heart like Hudson Taylor didn't have peace in his heart before he accepted Christ's gift for himself! I chatted with the little girl's dad later, who said he had seen such a change in her since then!

I'm rejoicing with the angels on this one!!

One of My Favorite TV Shows . . .

. . . is The Price Is Right. I've loved Bob Barker since I was a little girl, and I'm sure I could win it all (or at least a dinette set) if I were ever to actually get on the show. I had big plans to make my TPIR debut last summer while I was in southern California for a wedding and to visit family; however, it wasn't meant to be. I've missed my window of opportunity to give Bob a kiss on the cheek. Sigh.

I'm excited today, though, because I just read that the new host of The Price Is Right is Drew Carey. I'm so relieved--I was afraid Rosie might get the gig. Scary Larry!

On Falling Off the Face of the Blog-Earth

Yikes! I haven't posted since the end of May; however, that's not my fault. It just figures that as soon as I started my own blog, I almost immediately had no access to blogspot. My Chinese internet quit being able to find any and all blogspot sites. Grrrr.

The good news is that I'm back in the States and have blogspot access again. I solemnly promise to retroactively post in the very-near future . . . after I reestablish my identity (see a future post) and figure out minor life details like a car and an apartment. Sigh.