Ramblings of a Girl in College

Thriving in New Soil

It is the start of my third week in Missouri and it’s been an adjustment. After taking the last two weeks to get used to my new home, I figured it was time to start writing. It’s the perfect weather for writing right now—cloudy, cool, rainy—my favorite weather. I’ve come to understand that this weather isn’t rare here like it is in Colorado. In fact, at least of a couple days of every week have…

Hi All, 

This blog has been dormant for some time. Mostly this is because I’ve been in the depths of my last year of college for the last nine months or so. Partly, it’s because I haven’t known what to put on the page. 

At the beginning of last year, I felt very much like the theme of 2018 be one of patience. I was right on that front. It was a year for patience in a lot of ways. This post…

My hair is falling out. It’s done this my entire life of course, in a normal, healthy shedding way, but it seems like I’ve been more aware of it in the last three months. It comes out in my hand when I wash or brush it. I find it in my clothes, in my bed, on my floor. Other people talk about it too, if they spend enough time with me. My person often tells me how he finds long strands of hair in…

So, it’s been a while. I meant to write a post every month. Then I meant to write at the end of the semester. Obviously, I never did. I sat down dozens of times to write, but every time I did, I was frozen. I didn’t know how to- nor did I really want to- encapsulate an entire semester into one blog post. So I’m not going to. Instead, here is a summary. In one year, I have had four addresses. I’ve…

  I miss Juneau. I’ve been home for about half a week now and it’s been hard. When I drive around Colorado Springs, it’s hard not to feel sad for the beauty that I left behind. I compare everything to Juneau. The trees. The mountains covered in a smoky haze. The wildflowers and the fields. The clouds here don’t hang low over the earth and the air doesn’t smell as fresh. It’s hot here. It’s dry.…

This is it, the finale. My last blog post written from Juneau, Alaska. It’s my last time sitting in our lobby typing up everything that has happened this week. Yesterday was my last time sitting in a room with all of the members of Project November in one place. This week has been so bitter sweet. On Monday, we held our last family night. We ate the usual, Papa Johns, and sat laughing, reflecting…

Like always, it feels like this week has flown by. It is crazy to believe that this time next week, I will officially be saying goodbye to everyone here. Especially because it feels like we just said hello. When I think about not being around these people again, my heart gets heavy. I have never experienced community as deeply as I have here and it has been incredible. So for any project people…

There is a point in every trip when the excitement starts to die down. Where the wonder and the glamour starts to dissipate. Where you find yourself sitting in the quiet moments, thinking to yourself, “I’m ready to go home.” I’ve reached that point. It’s not because I’m sick of project. It’s not because I’m homesick, though there are some things I definitely have been missing more and more. It’s…

There are some weeks on project that feel like an eternity. This week has been one of those weeks. The week kicked off with a literal bang as the city of Juneau began its Fourth of July celebration at midnight July 3rd. In order to celebrate and love the locals well, our community team put together a hot chocolate table down on the pier. We served free hot chocolate to the locals and watched an…

I’m writing this blog post with a heavy heart. This morning, my Grandma passed away to be with Jesus. I wanted to start off this post as a tribute to her and have it be a celebration of her life and her eternity. I didn’t know my grandma very well. At least, I didn’t know her before Alzheimers took hold. But when I did spend time with her, she was quick to laugh, to joke, to give a hug. She was a…

Project November is officially half way over. Ever since I’ve started working, I feel like time is passing by so quickly and it makes me sad. I’ve come to think of Alaska as home. Leaving in five weeks is going to be so difficult. On a more positive note, this week has been amazing. On Monday during women’s content, we talked about shame. I was really apprehensive at first on this topic because…

Project November is officially half way over. Ever since I’ve started working, I feel like time is passing by so quickly and it makes me sad. I’ve come to think of Alaska as home. Leaving in five weeks is going to be so difficult. On a more positive note, this week has been amazing. On Monday during women’s content, we talked about shame. I was really apprehensive at first on this topic because…

Eternal Perspective  This week, I’ve really been thinking about what it means to have an eternal perspective. An eternal perspective can be defined as: “Our life on earth is but a tiny speck on the timeline of eternity.  There is infinitely more disparity between a human lifespan and eternity than a drop of water and the ocean.  In light of this reality, we ought to live for God’s eternal…

Wow, what a week. Time here is so weird. The days last forever and the weeks even more so, but that’s a good thing when there are so many adventures to be had. The beginning of this week was a little rough. Two full weeks of sleep deprivation and muted frustrations caught up with me all at once. Normally, when I get frustrated, I just get angry. Call it a default setting. But this week, the Lord…

I’ve Been in Alaska For Two Weeks

Week two of Project November has just come to a close. It was the first week of living out our official project schedule. Our days start with work Monday- Thursday until 5pm (or until the job hunting ends, in my case). In the evenings, we participate in men’s and women’s times, host weekly meetings, and spend time reflecting on what God has taught us over the course of the week. One huge part of…

Yesterday marked my first week in Juneau, Alaska and it has been insane. I got off the plane with one of my fellow students and found myself in a rainstorm. We were picked up by a couple of student staff and taken to Gonzo’s, a tiny little waffle house that mixes ham and bacon and cheese INTO their waffle batter. I proceeded to eat the greatest waffle I’ve had so far in my life. They showed us to…