Week 7

Washington DC is where these shoes took me this week. We went hoping to meet and witness to people from our people group. And we did!! We met a guy from our country who owned a little shop (where I promptly bought a purse and some earrings!) and Brock was able to talk to him about Christ. Musa (the owner) didn't really want to talk, so Brock just talked to him about what we were going to do and about sports. Then we met a guy from Eygpt, Ghana, and Mali. We ate at an Ethiopian restaurant which was great! All in all it was a good trip and a great way to spend the day!!

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Week 6

Contingency training is where my shoes took me this week. Scared to death!!! But it was actually really great. We talked for 3 days about what to do if you were taken hostage, kidnapped, or detained. So now we are prepared to "Stay in our box!" (I can explain if anyone wants to know)

We also learned this week about our personalities and I'm an ISTJ which means I'm an introvert (go figure) who is a practical organized thinker. Brock on the other hand was an ENPF which means he's an extrovert who is a theoritical spontaneous feeler. Talk about opposite's attract!!!

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Week 5

This week my shoes took me to a West African restaurant and then to Colonial Williamsburg. The restaurant was GREAT!! Peanut chicken, spicy beans and rice and fried plantains. Yum! In Williamsburg, Brock and I spent the day walking (and yes I did wear the black shoes!). The restaurant we went to was Ma Musus and she was from Liberia. She is an award winning chef and spends her extra time teaching young girls how to cook from scratch. I asked her if she could teach me and she said I was too old!!! All I can say is...Great week!!

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Week 3

These shoes took me to downtown RVA where we enjoyed the Civil War musuem and a great walk on the canals with my husband. It was nice to get away this weekend and just enjoy the weather, walking (and not sitting!!) and my hubby.

We also enjoyed some Veggie Straws (tastes better than it sounds)

and coffee gelato!!

Great end to a good week!!!

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Week 2

It is amazing how much God is already working in our lives, showing us where we need to improve and refining our sense of who He is. Entitlement has been a big word this week and I've come to realize that I am entitled to nothing. Not my shoes, not my health, not shelter and not even my husband or my family. Everything I have is because of Him who loves us and I have to let all of the above go in order to fully follow Him. I have to being willing to never have cute shoes, never be guaranteed healthiness, never see my family again and possibly lose my husband. If I'm not willing for all of this to happen, then I'm not fully surrendered to Him.

I promise, though, that this has been a GREAT week! I'll post more later!!!

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Week 1

Off to a rocky start since I stepped on a piece of metal the night before we left IL. Bruised my foot terribly, had to get a tetanus shot, and I’m limping. But I have managed to still wear a different pair of shoes everyday (although they’re flats).

My shoes took me to all my sessions where I was informed that my schedule is no longer my own. Fortunately I was prepared for this reality so I had already surrendered my schedule to God’s timing this week. I did however learn (the hard way) that even when your plans are for God, He still might interrupt them for a better plan. And it’s doesn’t mean that your plans weren’t good enough, it just means that God’s plans are always better and we need to give every second over to His trustworthy hands.

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So many shoes, so little time…

So as most of you know, I’m in VA at orientation for 8 weeks. And as most of you know I love my shoes and will be leaving behind most of my shoes when we move overseas. I figured this would be among my last times to wear them….so I brought them with me!

On the email about what to bring to orientation, it said “Comfortable walking shoes” and I don’t think most of these would qualify!

My husband made fun of me terribly for bringing all these shoes, so I promised him I’d wear them all before the end of orientation. Hence my idea of my shoe blog! I’m going to take a picture of my shoes everyday and post weekly updates on our experience here. So enjoy my shoes, where they take me, and if you remember, pray that I don’t get any blisters!!

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Week 4

This week my shoes were my favorite thing. Kinda hit a wall this week. Between really adjusting to living here, dealing with people 24/7, and my responsibilities, I've been really down. So I've enjoyed looking at my pretty shoes and feeling like everything will be okay in the world as long as I have great shoes. So I went outside and played on the slide with Brock and now I feel better!!

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