Yesterday I found out that my car tag is ready for me to pick it up and then today I got a "thank you for taking the time to register to vote" letter from someone in the Florida House of Representatives. It continues to hit me in the oddest of times…I live in Florida! Crazy! How did it happen? Has it really been over six months? I remember feeling like the Lord carried me through most of the pain of moving so maybe that is why it doesn't feel like it has been that long. Weird…

Just a random observation I thought I would share with you.

So, I'm starting to see why everybody talks about the weather here in Florida. Sunny, not a cloud in the sky, cool in the shade and just right in the sun. Perfect! Yesterday and today were gorgeous! So gorgeous, it was like the weather called you to the great outdoors and I answered that call.

I went to my favorite walking spot and power walked for about an hour. Yesterday there was a mini car show there and today the families were out in full force, so as I walked there was a lot of people-watching to do.

I was in the sun so long my nose is a little pink. I love it!

 

In honor of being homethe past two weekends, here are 13 of my favorite things of home.

1. Madison; we got our first little Shih Tzu my junior year in high school. She is our dainty little queen and I miss her trusting eyes when I am not here.

2. Morgan; we got her in my sophmore year in college and while we are not supposed to have favorites, she is mine. She may not be as dainty as Madison and sure she is a little chunky, but that is what endears me to her.

3. The openness of that house. The living room just goes on for days. I never realized how big it is, but after six months of 538sq ft. it looks BIG!

4. The easy and playful banter I have with my Moma and my sweet brother. I get their jokes and their senses of humor and they get mine.

5. The familiarity of the terrain.

6. Being in the presence of my whole family at the same time.

7. Lazy Saturday evenings with friends, family, and steak! Yumm!

8. The sound of nothing but crickets. Just say no to delivery trucks!

9. Sitting around the kitchen table on a Sunday afternoon with my family, laughing till I cried.

10. The couch…it is so comfy!

11. The weather…last Saturday it was chilly and overcast. It was just one of those days that was perfect to curl up on the comfy couch and watch a sappy Hallmark movie.

12. I get to be Kathryn in every way that counts.

13. Even when I’m wrong and crazy they love me!

So…it has been a while! Sorry for that.

The past several weeks have been pretty rough emotionally in Kathrynland. No particular reason really, I was just a little crazy and I tend to shy away from writing for the masses while I hash things out in my own mind.

Home was great, the wedding was great, the conference was great, and getting to bring part of my new world into my old world was awesome!

One of the things that struck me on the last trip home was that where the Lord has me in my life no longer fits with where He had me. I think a lot of growth and healing came from that revelation. I do not fit in the things of home any longer. Home being Columbus, GA not the place a grew up with my family…I will always fit there.

I don’t really know how to explain it, all I know is that I came home to my Florida home more excited about where God has me than ever before. I think that when I moved I only had a tunnel vision for Exodus. God brought me here for Exodus…true, but He also has me here for the people I will meet and the church I will plug into. He has me here because there is a ministry at First Baptist that only I can fill and I can’t wait to find out what that is.

In the meantime, big things are happening with Exodus and I am so excited! The annual conference is coming up this summer and we are preparing for that which is fun in a controlled chaos kind of way. There are also several other trips coming up that we are excited about so prayers for travel would be very much appreciated!

More to come later!

Updated 3/24/06 11:14pm

One of my pictures from last weekend…

 

Tomorrow I will be heading home to sing in a friend’s wedding! Heading home after almost three months. Please pray for travel as I will be flying to Hotlanta. There, I will be met by my sweet moma, my brother and his girlfriend and from there we will head back to Columbus.

For those of you who are on the homefront…call me! I can’t wait to see you!