Let me take a couple minutes to talk to you about Clare, she is definitely a noteworthy person.
Clare and I met almost 7 years ago. Holy cow, I can't believe it's been that long. We roomed together throughout college. We struggled with life together, we laughed together, we cried together, we explored together, we talked deeply about God and love and school, we discussed and challenged each other, we grew together. We did life together and then we did life apart. After college Clare settled in Denver and then shortly after started school to get her masters. As you all know, life has taken me to many different states. But despite the distance our friendship stayed strong. For as loyal as I am, Clare is equally as loyal. Thanks to phone calls and skype we have been able to keep up with each other's lives, regardless of how busy we are. Even more reassuring is that even without seeing each other for almost a year in between each visit, we fall back into life as if no time has passed at all. I am beyond thankful for a best friend like her.
So during this visit to Colorado we filled each day with adventures and quality time. Grace and Annie, two of Clare's sisters spent time and adventured with us too, along with Dez, Clare's boyfriend. It was so great to be able to spend time with all of these wonderful people; it brought my heart so much joy and I'm thankful for all of them.
We spent one day at the Garden of the Gods and then for whatever reason we hiked The Monitou Incline. I get tired even writing the name of it. The Incline is only a 1 mile hike but it climbs 2,000 vertical feet during that 1 mile. Meaning the summit is some 8000 ft. It was awesome and awful at the same time. It took Clare and Grace about an hour and 3 minutes. It took me about an hour and 10 minutes. But it was really awesome and I'm glad that I did it. The picture to the right give you a little bit of understanding as to what it looked like and the video clip below will help you understand what I felt like climbing it!
We also spent a good portion of a day rock climbing, which was awesome! This trip was definitely filled with adventures and good memories. And among all of these incredible memories I also got to share a really awesome moment with my best friend too. But here's a little back story:
As you all know I was waiting to hear back about a potential job opportunity out in CO. As I wrote about in previous blogs I have been working on accepting God's timing over my own. So last shift I intentionally decided not to bring my phone out into the field to be intentional about listening to God and his direction. I won't lie, I fully expected to come out of the woods last Wednesday with an e-mail waiting in my inbox telling me one way or another. I will also be honest and say that I was extremely disappointed when I did not find that e-mail in my inbox. But I remembered, God's timing. So I waited, and Thursday I sent out an e-mail reaffirming my interest and asking what next steps look liked. A phone call was in the works of being scheduled but with my travel plans and also their traveling on Thursday, it was moved to Friday, again, God's timing not mine. Come Friday we set up a time for the conversation to take place, 3:00p. As the time drew closer I became more anxious and jittery. And literally minutes before 3:00p rolled around I received a text saying the the phone call would have to be delayed for about an hour due to an impromptu meeting with the president of the ministry. It was literally like God (lovingly) smacked me and said, "HELLOOO! My timing remember! Stop being anxious!! I got this!" And at that point God just removed my sense of time; I had no idea when the phone call was happening and I just had to let it all go. So I did. And through all of this, Clare was patiently sitting by my side watching all of my crazy. And then the phone rang.
I am so excited to announce that I was offered the job and will be moving out to Colorado by mid April! I am now the Activities Manager and Retreats Coordinator at Sky Ranch Horn Creek!
It was so much fun to celebrate this new opportunity with my best friend and I'm thankful for her support and love through it all. As I transition into this new chapter of my life I hope that God continues to remind me to trust in His timing. I'm also pretty excited to only being living 3 hours and 3 minutes (we mapped it) from my best friend! But also that I am going back into ministry with so many exciting opportunities within my new position! I can't wait to see what God has planned for this new adventure!!
Well, that's all I got for now. Thanks for sticking around until the end :)
Until next time, take a breath and trust that God's watch works better than yours.
(At the top of The Incline. We could see for miles!)
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