Christ Fellaship Luv

One week from RIGHT NOW, I will be in-flight to Thailand!  Can't believe it!

SUPER BLESSED by my Christ Fellowship family this morning.  I just love them.  Sunday mornings are one of my favorite times of the week - here's a culmination of why:

1. Jesus (le duh)
2. Spirit-filled worship
3. Genuinely loving community 
4. Awesome Hospitality Team (shout-out!) 
5. I love being around lots of people 
6. Making people feel welcome and connected is one of my FAVORITE things

*SIDENOTE - it really IS one of my favorite things.  I got a little teary-eyed when I left the lobby to join the service as worship was beginning.  I know, weird.  This is like my dream job, though.  Just looking to do it on a bigger scale someday, if that's in God's plans for me.  And yes, I do plan on being back in a year and I know I'm being a little melancholic about leaving (soooo not my personality but I am a musician so I guess I have it in me).

There are many more reasons why I love Sunday mornings, those are just some!  So thankful for Christy & Yvette for planning a send-off for me & Nellie, and for the AMAZING CAKE FROM SAM'S (loved the purple, rah rah TCU), Justin for introducing us and James for working out so many details for us.  My family came to CF today, it was so fun to have them there!  Wonderful to hug so many dear people.  

Then I got in the car after church, and Sister Golden Hair was playing on 91.7.  It was just a great morning.  :) 

Had a productive afternoon & finished the day with Babe's Catfish and time with my grandparents.  =)   *WAITING on this pic from mom, I'll post it when I get it, Mamie & Papaw!  :)  

I've been thinking a lot about the direction I want my blog to take... the voice I want to write in, the tone I want to set, the information I want to share/not share.  I decided to go ahead & share some things that are significant, and realized it's hard to write any way except how I usually write - which is how I talk.  Of course when I need to be professional, I will be, but for blogger, it's much easier for me to just write like I talk.  May be an ENFP quality?  

And so, here's something pretty significant that I've only shared with a few people - 

Right before I clicked "send" to inform my principals that I'd been accepted to CRICS and planned on resigning from my job, I checked with God one more time just to make sure, "Lord, am I really making the right decision here because this is a really big deal right now...quitting my job..."  

Clear as day I heard Him say, "kt, I've been waiting for you to get here."   

Here may be Thailand, it may be CRICS, it may be with the church plant, but I also think it's to a place of surrender, adventure, of allowing Him - okay EXPECTING - Him to show His faithfulness in working out His purposes for me, in fulfilling desires He's planted and nourished inside my heart.  "The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting."  Psalm 138. 

I have no doubt that I should be heading this direction.  NO DOUBT!  Read it again, Chris&Ami Burr!  =D

(now does that mean I have no anxieties or worries about being single and moving to a country where I don't know the language?  of course not.  But thankfully, I can cast my anxieties and cares upon the Lord, because He cares for me, and He will sustain me.)  Seeing, talking or planning with Nellie gets me more and more excited to be there - so thankful for her.  Plus, I kind of feel like I was made for this.  It's time for adventure :)  

Pics to come....