richmond

im in virginia, and life is good :)

staying with erica and stevie of course, and enjoying my time with them. i flew in on thursday; highlights so far...

• dinner at erica's parents' house last night- her dad made steaks and afterward we talked politics
• getting to see where erica will be teaching little fourth graders in the fall
• staying up late talking to stevie the first night i was here; exposing ourselves as sinners and finding common ground there. we also laughed some :)
• mrs. bonnie (er's mom) took us to get our nails done. richmond mom-time
• meeting up with my summer staff ropes girls, alex and sarah greico. i love them!

today was the best though. erica and i drove to three different wineries between here and charlottesville and did wine-tastings. an experience for sure- i think i tried 20 different wines today, which kind of blows my mind. we had lunch at this local cafe-thing and i think i had the best turkey sandwich ive ever eaten. we bought a bottle of chocolate wine that we liked a lot... should be good.

right now my biggest struggles...

hoping in the Lord & resting in the Lord. this is my fav from this morning: 

"satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days." (psalm 90:14)

i want to go for the ride

shotgun, on the passenger side

we could leave this whole world behind

pack a lunch and just sail away

but then again im scared to let go-

this world is all that i know,

God don't let me wake up and find

ive left you  someday...

(mandi mapes, "maybe if i sing")