Still here!

I am still here.  Sorry, it's been a while. So much craziness has happened the past few weeks, it's all kind of been a blur, but I am loving most of it. 

My first "Big Girl Job" is going wonderfully!  I am learning so much from all of it - there is so much more to teaching than I realized.  It's exhausting.  It's emotionally draining.  It's also one of the most rewarding things I have ever been able to experience in my life.  I love it. 

My birthday was fantastic.  The students I am working with made me feel so loved!  I had a little girl come to me and say, "I forgot to get you something for your birthday...so I got you these." and handed me 2 pencils she had gotten from her box.  How sweet.  It was great.  Zach sent me flowers on my birthday which totally made my day :) 


I had a "party" this weekend for my birthday, to which I asked people to bring bath towels for the orphans in Myanmar.  I got 48 towels and have some more coming in!  I was so excited I wanted to cry!  It gave us (Zach and I) the opportunity to talk to my family a little more about our trips and what Uncharted does there, which was fantastic.  

We went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory Saturday night - DELICIOUS!!!  And after that...we got tats :)

The last letter hurt...a lot

Getting ready to get mine...

Jer 29:11 in Burmese :)

Holding his hand like he held mine ;)

Rom 5:3-5

It was a great weekend.  I hated to see Zach leave and go back home.  He said it perfectly - 3 days together makes leaving that much harder.  I am very thankful that we're only a few hours apart because it enables us to see each other every few weeks.  It's not every day like we want, but it's better than once a month or something.  Our tattoos mean so much to us because we love love LOVE MM and the orphans and leaders, and we are both so incredibly blessed to be able to go and do God's work there, but those verses apply to every aspect of our lives...and this not so fun distance is one of those.  God knows what He's doing by keeping us a few hours apart for now, and it's going to develop our character and hope for our future together that God has planned :)