and it's Tolar time!

I sure loved (and already miss) my time in Duncan, OK! It was a precious time of getting to know and love students. It was crazy and tiring at times, but that's what I live for. I came home from Duncan and went straight to Odessa to visit family. It was a sweet time of seeing family from all different sides.

I am preparing to go back to UMHB. I am anxious to start what I know will be a very difficult, but rewarding semester of nursing. I am nervous because I know I will be stretched. I am anxious because I do not want to fail. I am excited because I am one step closer to being a nurse! This semester I am so excited to live with two of my slants! (and Mary, still... till death do us part!) As I am home, life is crazy full of stuff that needs to be done.  I love getting to spend time with my family and Janelle, and the random friends in between. I am however ready to be settled into one place again for a while!

I have been really learning lately what needs to change in my relationship with Jesus. I have noticed in myself that when things get busy and difficult, I don't run to Him like I wish I did. I think that's what is wrong with us. (meaning Americans.) We have so many other things to do and run to during different stages of our lives. We expect Jesus to satisfy us, but only right then when we expect it. That's not how I think this whole Jesus thing works. Jesus is consistent and constant, all the time. We are the ones that are not. He doesn't always give the answers we want or right when we want them. He doesn't always provide in the ways we wish He would. But life also isn't even about us. It's about Him. I am trying so hard to genuinely be content and joyful of however God chooses to work in my life. If it's not what I would do, then I should be thankful because He knows what He's doing WAY more than I do.

I would also like to share that coming from my sister's room is a mix of "hey, mickey!" , "cupid shuffle", and "down." She's keeping me entertained. Go DJ. She starts high school on the 22nd. It's weird.

Anyway, I have so much more running through my mind. I am trying to organize it, or else it will just look like pish posh.

XOXO.
Miss you mamoo.