7 days....

Wow I cannot believe that my time here in the states is coming to a close! It has been a very busy summer! A summer of weddings, getting together with friends and family and eating lots of food that i had missed so very much (RITA'S water ice!!!) I am leaving for Kenya in 7 days! I am having mixed emotions about my departure! Feeling of excitement to go back and see everyone, begin my adventure of teaching 1st grade and learning more and more about the Kenyan culture- but also sad that i have to say goodbye to everyone here. I will try to update my blog as much as possible so keep checking for journal entries and pictures! On the right hand side you will see prayer requests and praises-I will also update that throughout the year. Thank you so much for all of your prayers and support. I could not have lived out my dream without you! I love you all- please keep in touch- email me, post things on my blog or facebook or you can even call me!

My House/School in Kenya!!!

Here are some pictures of my house and school in Kenya. It takes about 20 minutes to drive from our house every morning to school. Not too bad. But its a nice little town house in a great location!!!


Okay pictures of the school....ready...go! This is a picture of one of the basketball courts on our campus!
The Elementary Playground was just put in a couple years ago.
The Elementary Building!
Where the kiddos eat lunch! pretty neat huh?

My first grade classroom! It's kind of bare because it was the end of the year!

Okay switching gears---pictures of my house!
My roommate cooking dinner in our kitchen!
my tiny/cozy bedroom! My mom made me that quilt for graduation :)
Our living room! Notice the non-matching furniture!
The front of our house! and our car!

Becky's Wedding :)

Becky and James are married!!!! YAYAYA! Check out some of the pictures from their wedding day. Becky looked beautiful!!! Everything went so well- we were there on time, our pictures were taken, no one got hurt, the wedding was beautiful, the reception was fun and they are finally married! yay!


The Bridesmaids! We all wore a different color-it was really cute. I wore purple, Candace wore Blue, Rachel (matron of honor) wore green, Lauren wore yellow and Kristen wore pink! We had a guy that matched us with their ties!
Me & the bride! She looked absolutely gorgeous!
The Culberts were there! it was so good to see them! Joie and Dave with their two kids- Alex and Will :)
The Messiah roommates! (LtoR) Alicia, Candace, Kristy and me holding Becky!
The Bridal Party!

More Pictures!

here's some more pictures from the conference down in Mississippi! Enjoy!

These are the girls who are going to Kenya!
we slept in classrooms for the week--these were the girls in my room! we had a blast together!
Me & Kate. She's the H.S. English Teacher at my school
me and Lauren (she's going to Peru!
Some of the new WNS staff!!

I have been down in Mississippi for the last two weeks going through Pre-Field Orientation. Which is funny because I was already on the field! But going into it with a good attitude-i learned so much through all of the seminars. Our days were filled with eating, seminars, getting to know other teachers who are teaching around the world through Network of International Christian Schools and of course took naps during our breaks! We were sometimes on information overload! It has been a blessing getting to know the future staff of WNS! They are a great bunch. Check out some pictures!

Still Under Construction!

Hey Everyone! well my blog is still under construction as you can see. My goal is to get it up and running before i go back to Kenya in about 3 weeks! While I am in Kenya I will update it with pictures, videos and updates on what I am up to!