31 Years

So it's past midnight here on Guam, which makes it my birthday! I am now officially 31 years old. Ridiculous. Sometimes I actually wonder if it is possible. Maybe there is some kind of mistake? The only problem with this is that I actually do remember most of those 31 years. So they must have happened.

Today is a weird day-- I'm with people I don't know very well in a place that I don't know very well. But this year has been one of huge blessings. I went to Scotland! I spent the summer in Portland! I got to go back to New Zealand, visit friends in Australia, lead an amazing DTS, and came to Guam. A year ago, I would have guessed very few of these things. I am very blessed. I have seen God working in a lot of people's lives and even got to be a part of that work. How awesome is that? And through it all, I almost always had a bed to sleep in. (Okay, now I have a couch, but it's a pretty good one.) Beds are things that I have discovered cannot be taken for granted, because sometimes you don't get one. But they are so awesome when you do. I have had pretty much a whole year of sleeping in beds. That is amazing. I hope that I never get to a point where I wake up in the morning and am not totally grateful for the bed I slept in.

Anyway, I am also grateful for all the totally undeserved and fabulous things that I've been able to do this year, and am incredibly thankful for the amazing people who have been in my life during these past (alleged) 31 years. And I'd like to thank the Academy... just kidding. Have a great my birthday, everyone!