Oh, Seattle.

This past saturday I had the pleasure of attending a house concert. This is a clip :)
The girl on the left is Emily and I work with her at the Greenbean, her mom is in the middle and the dude on the right is Mark, who I know from church and the Greenbean also.
Enjoy this talented group of musicians!

I love working at the Greenbean. Being able to walk into work and see several familiar faces is really cool. The customers are great! Just recently, a customer went to Turkey and bought me a souvenir. I felt really special that a customer would do that for me.
Just as I feel like I've developed a routine and a community is when I leave, of course.
Almost daily, someone (if not just one person, then two or three) asks me how much longer I have here. Followed up with "don't leave! we'll miss you." This is a little sad as I will be leaving people that I have come to care for, but encouraging because this makes me realize that my presence here as been received well.

close your eyes. (not literally).

just imagine yourself standing
with your arms at your sides.
plain & simple.
doing nothing but being.

Jesus loves you.



this essentially summarizes a meditation we did for church last Sunday night.
I think it's great because it focuses on the very thread that Jesus loves us.
And for some reason, I feel like that thread can get overlooked quite often.
There are so many distractions throughout our day that call our attention more demandingly.
He sure is humble, that guy Jesus.
Just being patient and all, waiting for us to take a breath and feel content in Him for just a moment. {at the very least}.

Just be. No
phoniness* please.




*The Catcher in the Rye reference to the storyteller, Holden.


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