Congratulations Annie! Yea for new jobs and new homes and all that jazz! You'll have to send pictures of your new home. And Congratulations Laura! Man, big things happening all over the place...I guess we've finally hit that place in our lives where everythign that happens is big :) I have 4 friends getting married and 4 friends having babies...ahh! Well, I'm counting down the days till May 11th, graduation can't come too soon. I love everything that I get to do in Benton Harbor and school just always puts a kink in my plans each week. :) We have a great time with a youth group that won't stop growing, we had 4 new people at house church this past Sunday, we had 6 new kids in sunday school and two moms come to church for the first time this last weekend. Its been pretty incredible to see all this change and new beginnings happening for people. I got involved with a homeownership training program for community members and I'm a peer mentor/accountability partner for one woman and she's looking at the possibility of buying a new home (the first home she'll have ever owned and she's in her 50s) in the next 6 months...super exciting. Its hard to transmit my excitment out of the context of it all, but things are great. No new jobs or babies or anything for me, but life is good. I miss you all though and want to catch up...
cara

Anderson, South Carolina

Well girls, I officially got a job and a new apartment in about a month and moved down to Anderson, SC this weekend. I am going to be working at the Anderson County Public Library as a Reference Librarian. I start on Thursday. Anderson is on the western side of the state, in the foothills of the Applachian Mountains...a good location for me I think. It's about 8ish hours from home, and close to 3 airports. I am living in an old house that has been turned into a duplex...it's a little small, and there's not a lot of storage space, but it's in a good neighborhood, close to the library, and relatively inexpensive. I am excited to get started at the library, and sort of get the ball rolling...but these days off are nice to have so I can get unpacked and all of that. I am going home for Thanksgiving weekend to hang out with the family and then bring Homer back with me then...I miss him already!! So anyway, thats my big news...I will post more later...I hope you are all doing well!! Love you, ~Annie