Moving on!

I'm sure by now you might be saying to yourself, "wow, I wouldn't want her life." Believe it or not the year wasn't all chalked up to loss and change. The Lord blessed me that year also with allowing me to travel, a lot! Traveling is one of my passions, I love exploring other places and seeing how other people live. I've traveled by myself in my younger days to California and Tennessee, it's something that doesn't scare me. If I miss my flight, I wait for the next one......there always seems to be some mystery to traveling.

In February, before Jairus went to live with his grandmother I decided we needed to go on a vacation. So Montessa, Jairus, my mother and myself all flew to Disney World and spent our time having fun and exploring the area. Jairus had so much fun and I'm not sure Disney World is a place he'll get to visit anytime soon so I was happy to share the experience with him.

In March, I went to Belize. My Aunt, cousin Darin and I flew down and met some other friends who had driven there. We spent 8 days meeting people and exploring the entire country. Some of our time was on a converted school bus. We would sing, talk, sleep, and just have fun driving along the main highway. It almost felt like a time of refreshing for me. Some time I needed to just be away and it really helped. In the meantime, the Lord used the trip for bigger plans for my life down the road.

In June, over the anniversary of Jeff's death, Montessa, Jeff's sister Aleta (she was the only one speaking to us at the time)and I went on a Christian bus tour to New York City. We were on a bus with about 45 other people, the tour guides on the bus were from a local Christian radio station. It was such an enjoyable trip. We met some wonderful people and it helped all of us to be away during that time. It was my first time to visit New York and I have to say as wonderful as the Statue of Liberty, ground zero, Beauty and The Beast on Broadway and Time Square were, the highlight of the trip was truly the Sunday service at The Brooklyn Tabernacle. I would suggest to anyone who visits New York to go to that church and experience worship with those people.

In November, my aunt and myself decided to visit some missionaries we knew in South Dakota. Since I was out of work and she didn't have a job it was great timing. So we rented a car and drove to Colorado Springs and then on to South Dakota. It was a very stressful trip since I was the only one driving and I ended up sick, but we still enjoyed seeing all the sites of those states.

When I think of 2007 I have very good thoughts and some that are a little sad. A lot happened but each thing was one more thing to draw me closer to God. One more thing to further His plans for my life. I remind myself that people every day go through horrible tragedies and difficult times just like myself. I have someone to go to and I hope if your faith is in Jesus Christ you have someone to go to as well, the world just has to rely upon themselves and their own strength.

One of my favorite things to say in times of despair is "Move On". I can't change the past and I have no control over the future. This life is not mine, so the best thing to do is just keep moving on and trust the Lord for my strength to do so.


I love the Rascal Flatts song "I'm Moving On", it totally speaks to me and what we need to do. I have attached the link below if you want to listen.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1bxlDAjGCo