Blessings. Football. Fall.

God has blessed me this week with reminders of His love and faithfulness. Monday night I got to talk to one of my best friends from Texas. She has moved to the very small town of Edna, Texas to be a middle school Spanish teacher... I can't imagine what it's like for her to be in a small town, with no one her age, trying to find a new church and such... I told her that she is so much stronger than me, and I truly meant that. It was great just to talk with her about life and to laugh lots... We laugh tremendous amounts when we hang out... haha! Anyway, although she is a really long way away, she is a huge blessing in my life, and I'm so glad we got to talk!

Tuesday, I was blessed by going to lunch with some people from the church we worked with in Chicago. Hearing their stories of how God is providing and of how things are working out just as they have prayed for them to is such an encouragement and such an awesome example of God's power. So many things they have needed have been provided by God and by their faithfulness to knowing that God never leaves or forsakes any of us... It was just a blessing to hear their stories of what is happening in Chicago.... and I may or may not have seen one of my favorite Christian artists eating lunch with his daughter right behind me. He sang "shoo fly don't bother me" to her, and I about passed out... So excited! My life is now complete... Anyway, on to more acutal spiritual things...

Thursday night I went to a girls' Bible study for the new Sunday school class I'm in... It was such a blessing to hear about where everyone is in life, and to hear how many of us are just in this weird place where we aren't really where we thought we would be... haha. Seriously though, they all have been through things I'm dealing with now, and it's such an encouragement to hear them talk about life and to see what God is doing in each of their lives. I'm excited to be involved in this Bible study the next coming Thursdays... I think God definitely put this group in my life on purpose.

Another blessing is the fact that COLLEGE FOOTBALL KICKOFF is next week!! I'm so excited! Seriously, I love college football, the BIG 12 that is, very, very much, and I can't wait to watch all the games. Hook 'em HORNS! And Tuesday is when the PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES come back! Hold me back... I just can't wait. Yay Fall. Yay Friends. Yay (the) Faithfulness of God.