2013

Looking back on the huge year 2013 was, I thought I'd note the biggest events, the highest highs and lowest lows of each month.

Janurary-  the year started off with one blessed bang when we found a beautiful new van left in our driveway! The Lord just wanted to show us how He's our Provider, and can do things far beyond our imaginations.

February- I began to do classes with two special 6 year olds, and began fundraising for our upcoming trip to Romania.

March- God blessed Daniel with a job up with all the awesome GenJ crowd, which resulted in him relocating to NoVa.....that was a bittersweet time. Crazy last minute fundraising for said missions trip, in which the Lord provided all the necessary money!

April- Romania, Romanians, Romanian, Dominus. ;) Such a life changing, exhilarating, world-traveling two weeks. God worked in wondrous ways.  I also joined Facebook.

May- Well to start it off, a got a pretty major haircut....we also went on our first vacation in 6 years! Then Rach, Daniel and I were blessed to attend the Transfer conference down in FL. :)

June- I was very excited to finally go to an iGovern camp and had a fantastic week up in NoVa. Did a lot of volunteering with great people at AFP.

July- Went to the NCF Girls' Retreat with Anna and Leah. Also had lots of summer fun with friends.Gracie accepted the Lord as her personal Savior. <3

August- Helped pull of Maryanna's beautiful wedding. :)  I turned 19. Mom and Dad celebrated their 25th anniversary, and we kids made a musical.

September- Grieved with a family so near and dear to us, as the Lord took Jotham to be with Him. Continued my classes with the girls, but geared into 1st grade. County fair awesomeness with these people. Kept on AFP-ing and became a member of GenJ's Leadership Corp! Got addicted to Sharpie Therapy.

October- Led a whole bunch of great kids on Operation Shock and Awe, my first SAT as a leader. Went through the grief and confusion following a dear friend's death, and saw God's amazing grace and peace beyond our understanding. Directly after which, I spent a week in CIT training down in NC.

November- It started off with a week and a half of crazy, crazy, tiring, wonderful, time with VA Beach SAT and all those lovely people. Saw Thor 2 . A barn dance, driving hither and yon. Had a truly blessed Thanksgiving, enjoying a visit from some NoVa friends and finally seeing Frozen!!!

December- Bought a new and much needed DSLR, busy Christmas season prep, and midnight premier of the Hobbit movie! Long and enjoyable visit from Daniel, Saving Mr. Banks, and finally Christmas finished out the year!

Somewhere along the way I became a Fansie, fell in love with Cabin Pressure, made lots of new friends, got Instagram, became Hack5's number one fan ;), and saw many great films.

Well this has gone on long enough, but I thought it'd be good to recount all what 2013 held for me. God's mercy and grace were shown in countless ways, blessings and tragic losses grew and stretched me, and I come away from the year much changed. :)
-Sarah