Personal update...

Thanks for entering into this journey with me! I wanted to take a few minutes to update you all on how I'm doing personally…

I love it in Rochester. I really do. I love the people, I love my job. I'm so thankful to be here and feel like it's starting to become home to me (I barely use my GPS now! That's a great sign…) That being said, it's tough. It's hard to be away from my family, best friends, old YL girls. The distance is really tough. Also, the last 7 weeks or so have been challenging in a whole new way. I hurt my knee, not exactly sure how, but it's been a slow process since then. I woke up one morning and it was swollen and I couldn't bend or extend it. I've been to multiple doctors and got an MRI. Although they were suspecting a meniscus tear, it didn't show up. The only definitive results were inflammation and bursitis on my patellar tendon. I've been in PT since then (happened March 18-ish). And it's been a slow, slow process. I couldn't walk for 2 weeks (or drive) and was on crutches. (This may explain why the pictures from Wyld Life club) I am up and moving now, thank the Lord! Still slow. I go to PT twice a week. I can walk, do stairs slowly (only up…down I'm still one at a time), and today I did side shuffles at PT!

All that to say, the last 2 months have been tough. It's been exhausting, mentally and physically. It caused me to truly trust that the Lord is good, that I'm loved not because of what I do, but because of whose I am. As a region, we memorized Colossians 1:15-23 this year. And this is what I've learned the most from it:

"He is before all things, and IN HIM ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER." (Col 1: 17)

My world stopped for a little while. And it really challenged me to believe that in Him alone, all things hold together. I'm clinging to Him, and am still praying to be healed! I'm ready to run again! Or just walk down the stairs. Either would be great = )