Only 3 weeks left and my contract here in Iowa will be done! My time here in Iowa/Illinois has had its ups and downs. I have made some incredible friends here who are now like family to me. I have been able to join the worship team at Grace Family Church and am helping out with leading the youth. I love being a part of something again! I love it so much that I am looking for a permanent job here.

I am nervous to have a “real”, permanent job again. I won’t have the freedom I have right now to go away and take trips as often. But, it is worth it to stay here. When I started traveling, I had a few goals. Two of those were to figure out what setting I want to really work in and to figure out where I wanted to live for longer term. Over the past 17 months that I have been traveling, I think I have almost figured those two things out. I discovered that I love working in the hospital setting, and I am thinking that this is where I am going to settle for awhile. I loved Texas a lot, but there is just something about being here that makes me want to stay.

My most exciting update is that I am going to Choma, Zambia for the month of March! I am adding a link to this so that you can read about what I will be doing and how you can support me.

http://www.gofundme.com/l6gwb4

Right now, I am going to do some baking and get settled in with some crocheting and a movie and pray that the snow storm we are supposed to get stays away!