joys and struggles....

joys:

• paul and i have found a church community that meets on campus. paul has been leading worship for the last four weeks and the pastor is from the baptist church in town. so far, so good. an answered prayer for us!
• sam is doing ok. his kidney function has lowered (he is 80 in human years, so goodness he is old), but he is doing ok. we are just making sure he is happy and well loved.
• i have made some great friends at knitting club every other week. so fun to meet up with ladies who are here in seoul and have so many talents and loves.
• i am still going to ceramics which has been fun and exciting. quite the creative outlet for myself.
• i am healthy and not major sick.
• i did get to 10 pounds down, but i am probably up now from the crazy last two weeks or so. i did make myself a ten pound star reward which was fun! i also treated myself with a haagen dazs bar.
• we got an espresso machine which is super fun....nespress le cube. love it!!!
• we are going to hong kong for spring break!
• we both have jobs and are secure in them....praying for all our friends who are struggling at the moment.
• i have some great friends at school that i have been spending time with!!! :)
• i have been more creative lately.....YEAH!

struggles:

• did not get the art job....i know that it is all in God's timing and i need to trust Him with the plan. hard to do though. we are staying in seoul another year and then plan to potentially try to move to another country.
• eating better and trying to lose weight...the last few weeks have been a roller coaster for me.....all this "not knowing" and feeling totally disappointed has made it hard to stay on track with eating and getting shape.
• being a better communicator at school.
• trusting God and not being cynical....heard a great message at church last week about cynicism....psalm 37....gosh, it was so good for me to hear!