community

just want to take a moment to say that the spiritual encouragement of the Church community is truly invaluable. i soaked up the love tonight at my house church, and i'm just dwelling on the blessing of it all. being surrounded by fellow believers is already such a joy, but to gather for prayer and worship is so beautiful. thanks Gennao. much love.

new-to-me car!!

dear 2006 scion xA: i heart you.



(will post pix of my actual car soon... this is a google image for now.)

money honey

i am not poor. i don't starve. i'm staying afloat in my sea of student loans. i just started making much more per hour when i switched jobs, but somehow i'm still scraping by from paycheck to paycheck. this is rather frustrating, and while i am well aware that i'm better off than the majority of the world's population, it can overwhelm me fairly easily. and NOW... i have to buy a car because the one i was driving quit working. this is the car that belongs to my daddy, which i was driving because the car i actually own broke and now my sister's driving it. what. a. mess.

however...

despite all of this, after saving for months (and with the help of five other contributors), i managed to buy my brilliant Daddy a bigass flatscreen television and blu ray player for Christmas. we watched Despicable Me on it before i came back home. it was such a joy to give, and i loved the surprise on his face. i got to spoil him a tiny bit, and it was a tiny attempt to repay him for being such an incredible father to me and my sisters all these years.

its this kind of joy that keeps me going. God provides.