the in-between

i think i'm part introverted and part extroverted. i love people and that gives me energy, but i also like time by myself. travis is finishing his last trip in detroit and i'm finishing up my work here....and when i have the house to myself, i put on my mellow music and go into deep mode. and i really enjoy it. (don't get me wrong. i love it when travis is home, but i have learned to enjoy this weird schedule.) this time alone gives me time to be creative, time to sort through my thoughts...my mind never stops (and usually i'm thinking about 10 things at once)...i'll be working at my computer, listening to great music, and thinking deep thoughts. the combination of the three work great for me. right now my project is at the point of mere production. it doesn't need any creative thoughts, so that means my mind can be somewhere else.

and right now, today, i feel like i'm in a world between worlds...between the world of minneapolis where i have made my home and the world we will come to know in portland...brimming with possibility and hope. the possibility of new friendships, new things to learn, new places to explore, ways to grow and be stretched.

i think i'm pretty excited about this move. i am praying that God is going before us and making the rough places smooth. that he has couples for us to get to know, that he has a church community for us. that portland will be an inspiring place for the artist in me and an adventure for the orange in me. i pray that it will be a place that travis and i will call home.