Thursday, August 28, 2008

If only Mary Poppins was real...

...and she could come help me pack the same way she helped clean the kids' bedroom.

I am currently procrastinating in the whole packing process. Before you judge, I did come to the office to do legitimate work that has to be done before I go. However, this short visit has turned into a much longer one because I know going back to my house will prove overwhelming for me.

I don't know of anyone that really enjoys packing, but it is probably one of my least favorite things to do. I usually wait until the last minute and stay up the whole night before I leave in order to really even start. Not wise, I know...but I am good at it getting it all done. I am trying to avoid that undue stress I put on myself that last day though. I want to spend the last week before I leave for Cambodia with friends. I want to enjoy those times, rather than have my to-do list hanging over my head.

Monday, August 25, 2008

What?! Heather's finally writing again!?

Yes, it's true...take a deep breath to get over the shock of it all and read on. ;-)

I have thought about this blog many times in the last year and a half...the last time that I actually successfully wrote anything on here. But there is a lot going on and I want to keep you all up to date on my life and what is happening...

It would take far too long to go back and start from the beginning of 2007 to catch you up, so I will give you the highlights and the upcoming stuff...

February 2007...travel to China
March-June 2007...staff for the Discipleship Training School (DTS) in Monroe, NC
June-August 2007...travel to Thailand and Scotland
September-December 2007...staff for another DTS
January-February 2008...travel to Cambodia
March-September 2008...short term missions trips in the states...and preparing for all that is to come

What is the preparation for? For my return to Cambodia! I am going to moving there for 6 months, leaving on September 4 and coming back to the States the first week of March 2009. I, and my one teammate, Brittany, are going to work at the same church we were with earlier this year.

There are so many details that I could include here, but in an attempt to not overwhelm anyone reading this, I will do it in small doses. Please keep checking in because I will be updating this with stories and pictures of Cambodia and other fun stuff, and I hope with quite a bit of regularity while I am gone.