At Last!

Our long awaited trip is here!  We leave in the morning for Nashville.  We are getting there a little early for no particular reason besides excitement!  My mom is expecting us to meet up with groups of people to pray, but as of right now, we don’t know those people!  God will work it all out, and I’m thrilled.  Friday night, my dad will join Emily, my mom, and I; then Saturday is the Call.  As if that isn’t enough excitement for one weekend, we then drive on to Kansas City and STI starts Sunday night!  Needless to say, I will be very busy the next month at ihop.  They hardly give us enough time to sleep, but I will try to sneak some time to bog if I get the chance.  For now, I better rest before the excitement begins!

More dreams…

I love dreams, and this is a season that God is giving me lots of them!  They come and go, but for now it’s “come.”  A few weeks ago, I spent a few nights at our family’s cabin.  I dreamed that a group of “water people” came out of the lake and invaded our cabin.  They took me by force into their water kingdom.  I was amazed that I could breath water, and wondered how there was a whole world down there I had never known.  We came to a road lined with villagers.  I gathered from scattered conversations that the King was coming past.  As he approached I, along with the others, was scared of the King.  I was afraid he would notice me and find fault with me.  But when he passed, I followed until the crowd was far behind.  He walked into an arcade, his arcade, and absently wandered from one game to the next.  I realized the King was lonely.  All of his subjects were afraid of him.  Although I had come as a captive into his kingdom, I began to talk to him.  Time moved quickly and we became friends fast.  He desired to be with me. Then my mom came.  She came to bring me back to the world above water, to my family, friends, and the whole life I had left behind.  Instinctively, I followed her.  When I looked back, I saw the King, my friend.  He was alone and sad once again.  I hesitated, not sure who to follow.  With all my heart I wanted to stay with the King, but I was afraid.  Afraid that he would leave me and find a better friend.  Afraid that he would get tired of being with me.