2015 had its joys and its challenges. Through it all, God remained faithful and the same will be true in every year ahead!
Here’s a quick recap of the highlights (and some lowlights) of 2015 in no particular order!
Travel:
- 3 amazing trips to visit my family in Kansas (including Christmas and Mother’s Day!)
- 2 mission trips to Florida and West Virginia
- a chance to visit good ol’ Concordia Nebraska while celebrating Sue’s Master Educator award
- Wheat Ridge Young Adult conference in Chicago
- Women’s Retreat at LCLC
- MS retreat in Ohio
- Vacation with Megan to Florida
Visitors:
- Mom, Dad, and Grandma Bert came
- Took Grandma to see Niagara Falls for the first time
- Zack Bruick stopped through on the way to his summer internship, enjoyed a fun day hiking the Gorge and checking out the Falls
Life Events:
- My niece/goddaughter Madelyn Jo was born and baptized
- attended weddings for 5 friends and had the honor of being in Becky and Benjamin’s
- celebrating the eternal life (while grieving the loss of earthly lives of Christopher and Carl)
- Mom and Dad’s 35th wedding anniversary
Work Highights:
- Kicking off the year on a mission trip in Florida with an awesome group of young adults
- Celebrated 5 year anniversary at First Trinity
- Began launch process for College Small groups
- Moved into a new office as part of the preschool renovations
- Witnessed some youth and young adults be baptized, confirmed, or become members
- Took an online course about college ministry
- Workcamp Mission Trip to Bluefield VA/WV
A Few Favorite Songs of 2015:
- Forever Faithful by Holly Starr
- You Fight For Us by Josh Lavender
- Trust In You by Lauren Daigle
- Sparrow by Audrey Assad
- Symphonies by Natalie Grant
Favorites of the 33+ Books I Read:
- The Invisible Girls by Sarah Thebarge
- Mission at Neuremburg by Tim Townsend
- The Dating Manifesto by Lisa Anderson
- The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
- When God Doesn’t Fix It by Laura Story
- Joining Jesus On His Mission by Greg Finke
- Just Show Up by Kara Tippets
Other Odds and Ends
- Watched countless sunsets by the river (my favorite place of 2015)
- Went Ice Skating at Canaleside (among many other awesome things) with my little sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Monday meals with friends in November
- Meals, coffee dates, and game nights with friends
- Cherished moments of laughter and sillyness with awesome kids in my life near and far
- Logged 58 miles running, 107 miles walking/hiking, 101 miles biking (plus all the miles I didn’t track) (Goal for 2016: log at least 365 miles)
- Started blogging again and am looking forward to keeping it up in 2016!
Tomorrow I’ll share one final list of some of the things God taught me in 2015!
Thank you, God, for this beautiful year!
joyfullyblessedblog.com 