A Week Away From the Move!

So wow, it has finally begun to dawn on my that I am actually leaving the state of California! I don't know about most people who grew up in San Diego, but I personally never had a notion when I was younger or even starting college that I would ever desire to leave such a beautiful, well climated place....but guess what, I am doing it. One of the things I am excited about is being able to be surrounded by a lot more Green! Come summertime, California = brown + palm trees + ocean. I can't say i don't love the later two, but I am ready for a change. This last week i feel is going to be somewhat surreal. I already started getting stuff for the move together and putting it in the "staging" area.... also known as the garage. Lets just say, i can already tell that my car is going to be filled to the maximus. Among other things, one thing that I can say will be hard to leave is being able to see my nephew grow and develop. He is almost 5 months old and I have been so blessed to spend these months with him.
As you can see from this picture: 1) He is one of the cutest babies ever! and 2) He is deeply contemplating why life without his crazy uncle will be like.

I am definitely going to miss my family as a whole. It was somewhat of a strange transition going away to college for almost 5 years and then coming back and spending so much time with family again but it has been a true blessing. Now there will be super excited when I have the opportunities to come back and visit everyone!

This last week has been pretty rad because God has just been putting different people in my path and providing rad conversations which are encouraging me before I move to Portland. I have had many people asking how they can pray alongside me and others just talking with me. I have come to love and thrive on times at a coffee shop just talking with people and sharing what is going on in life. The irony is that I do not like coffee at all and half the time i just buy something merely to have a cup in front of me. I ask for the frufiest drinks on the menu including: Hot Chocolate, and my favorite: VANILLA CHAI LATTE. Usually they ask me "would you like whipped cream on that?" and in a non challant way i would respond "sure, i guess." as if to imply that I merely allowed it rather than actually requesting to make my already girly drink even sweeter. Sorry, that was quite a tangent, but fun to talk about non the less.

Today I got to go meet with a guy named Matt Carlson, who I actually just met a week ago because we played worship together at a good friday service. It was a blessing to be able to see how God is using him in the high school ministry he is running at Seacoast and just be able to bounce ideas off each other about ministry. It was a great encouragement. Now what I am very excited for is my opportunity to stop and San Luis Obispo for a few days while on my way to Portland next week. I am seriously longing for some well needed fellowship with some of my friends up there. It is going to be a great time for me to sorta unwind and get ready for what God is going to do in Portland.

I am beginning to ramble, so I am going to stop and come to the point which is that I am excited for the move and can't believe it is basically here.

HERE COMES AN ADVENTURE!!!