A New Season of Life

I just wanted to sit down and inform everyone of what's been going on in my life as of late. I believe about three weeks ago I arrived here in Grand Forks, coming home from a absolutely fabulous time in Nashville, TN with YWAM. I knew at this time that the Lord was not calling me back to do the second school with YWAM, SOMD (School Of Ministry Development.) So here I sat, somewhat lost, not knowing what was coming next or where to really go with my life. Would it be back to UND, doing track and getting a degree? Would it be working for awhile, making some money, then moving? Would it be doing what I have wanted to do my whole life, be a massage therapist? Well it was in this state that I stayed for awhile, wrestling with my future not really knowing what to do, or where to go. So the first thing I looked into was what the massage therapy program looked like around here. I called the Skin and Body Institute which is the school where they teach you how to become a massage therapist. And what they told me was pretty alarming, the next school to start was on June 12th!!!!! June 12th was, I believe at this point, five days away. I had five days to decide, my future, my job, whether or not I was jumping in with both feet, or what. I took some time to think about it and went to some important people in my life for advice, instruction, and encouragement. For the last probably eight years of my life, what I have wanted to do or to be was a massage therapist, so it was that day that I decided I was following my dream. Even if it meant going to school if five days!!!
So this is where I am at today. I have been in school for two weeks now, things have been really intense. The program lasts six months and then like nurses we take a national board test to get licensed. I have already given and gotten my first hour massage, it actually went pretty well!! And yesterday we went on site to a golf course, sat at the tee boxes and gave a quick five, ten minute massage to the golfers coming through. So needless to say we've been thrown into doing things, but the best learning tool for me is "hands" on!! Wow, that was a bad joke huh?!??!