Looking Ahead

There's 3 types of "starts" to the year:
- The actual year (starting Jan 1)
- The fiscal year (usually July 1)
- And, the school year (um, next week)

Maybe because my husband works in the school district, but I still operate on the third. My church seems to do the same, so it becomes a natural flow for us. And subsequently, in the past few weeks, Jason and I have had numerous lengthy conversations about the upcoming "year".

Here's the "to-do" list for the upcoming months. Now, I operate under the pretense of "make some plans, but be open to God changing them all" mindset, so...to clarify, some of these are tentative and contingent on other things:

1. Lead a Cell Group: this is not tentative since it starts in 2 weeks and I'm fully committed. :) I am SUPER excited about this! Me and a few other girls are leading a 7th grade cell group with intent to lead them all the way through the end of high school - pumped. I'm excited about this on about 10 different levels. Even better, if he can make it work in his schedule, Jason is possibly going to be doing the same with a group of high school boys. I'm really excited to get involved in student ministry again.

2. Go through Discovery Group with our church in the fall (Jason and I) which will result in us being members of our church and many other cool things.

3. Start back up women's ministry on Tuesday mornings (can't wait for this again!!)

4. Go to the Philippines with basketball coaches + wives over Spring Break on a mission trip

5. Go on a mini vacay with Jason and other couples (sans kids) to Six Flags (Dallas) in the fall.

[The latter two are those contingency plans that are currently being prayed about - some details need to be worked out].

Excited about the months to come and to see what God has in store for us through these things!