(Well ok there is one thing I must not let go unsaid about 2011, this beautiful, wonderful, precious, sweet girl joined the family on November 8th. I love being an aunt!!)* The olympics! Can I just say I love the olympics! Especially the summer olympics! Amanda Witte, Do you remember last summer olympics!??! We watched them together many nights! Well it will soon be that time again! How exciting to see so many countries with so many differences come together to play games:) I don't know about you, but to me they always seem so happy there. Sure it's a competition and there are bound to be rivalries, but I can't help but to think that there have to be some friendships across countries that never would have been if not for these age old games.
* Election. Not sure this is something I am super excited about since politics are generally over my head and bore me easily, but I am going to promise to do my best to be as informed as I can.
* We get another exciting date: 12-12-12 oh and 10-11-12;)
* I so look forward to precious moments shared with family and friends! I deeply love the people God has put in my life, even those it's hard for me to show it to. I pray that this year I would not take any of them for granted and truly treasure the time God gives me with each of you!
* Church at Magnolia Crossings. I am so excited to see where the Lord is going to take this sweet church family that I have come to love! I am constantly encouraged by the hearts of these sweet people. Serving alongside you has been such a blessing these past few months, and I can't wait to see what God has in store for the year to come as we seek to love God and love people!
* Teaching: I love my job and love the school I am working at. I look forward to learning more and becoming a better teacher as I continue to gain experience and learn from each new challenge.
* The unexpected: This is just a very short list of things to come in 2012...VERY short...mostly because much of the upcoming year is a blank canvas for me (and because it's getting late as I make a sad attempt to make it to midnight), and there are many things to come that will surprise us...good surprises, sad surprises, tough surprises, funny surprises, and the list goes on. So much happens in just a year! I look forward to the good, the sad, the tough, the funny, etc. Plus I love surprises (usually just the good, funny, exciting ones though)!
* Here's a verse that I find appropriate for me as I look toward a new year:
"You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Trust in the Lord forever,
For in YAH, the Lord is everlasting strength."
Isaiah 26:3-4
* And this song has been the song of my heart as I look toward a new year:
So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You
So I'll stand
With arm high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all
So I'll stand
My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours
So Happy New Year everyone! May we all learn from the past and look excitedly with great expectation to the future! I can't wait to see what God has in store! Love you all!
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