Bellingham is Nice.

It is so nice to be back in Bellingham again. While I miss Alaska quite a bit, things are starting to fall into place here and make it a nice place to be. After moving into my host family's home on tuesday, I took off to Camano Island for the INN staff retreat. The retreat focused mainly on getting to know each other again and that sort of thing. I had a great time, and it was fantastic seeing everyone again and getting to relax a little before the crazy times come. 

After the retreat, I spent some time walking across campus, seeing what's changed and taking a little time to pray for whatever might happen here this year. One of my goals this year is to spend more large sections of time praying for what is going on and for wisdom. As I walked across campus, it had a distinctly different feel for me than what I left behind a short 2.5 months ago at graduation. Instead of a looking at classrooms and thinking back to the classes I had taken there, I could only keep thinking that this is my mission field. It makes me excited and terrified for whatever might come. Actually, more excited than terrified. Pray that I'll be flexible enough that I can see God moving in the quick pace of the year.

To remind me that this is my mission field, I took a few picture that I'm planning on having somewhere around my work area at the INN to look at from time to time. A trip across campus on a beautiful night wouldn't be complete without some pictures taken anyway. They're right here. 

This morning I visited the farmer's market with some friends and met some new ones. Its still a little overwhelming trying to remember who I know and don't know, but I'll get over it. The juggler at the market upped his act a bit this year with some funny jokes and fire. It was actually pretty good!