I do not consider myself to be cultured or informed.

So, my brother, along with his wife and child are moving to South Korea on Wednesday. Yep...like a week from yesterday. The thing is, no matter how many times I think about it, speak about it, or cry about it, it just does not seem real.

Anyhow, this fairly recent development has caused me to consider how truly isolated I am. I live in SUCH an incredibly small bubble and my lack of interest in the things happening around me has my bubble shrinking at an alarming rate! I have always considered global affairs to be boring and unimpactful. Suddenly, it seems exciting, impactful, relevant, etc. November resolution #1: catch up on world affairs and set up some Google alerts for South Korean government, culture, religion, and heck, even weather!

In the interest of complete transparency, I want to be clear that this blog post is not meant as a discussion of all of the awful/shocking/sometimes wonderful things happening in other parts of the world. Instead, this post is solely devoted to bragging about my wonderful brother and sister-in-law (not to mention my adorable 9-month-old nephew!).

My brother is taking his family across the world to serve as youth pastor of the English ministry at Songton Central Baptist Church. They have an incredible gift of loving people and will serve the Lord with their gift in South Korea. They are the kind of individuals who have an impact on everyone they meet. People remember them for their kindness, sincerity, empathy, willingness to help and complete, genuine, immovable love for God. I have been blessed to have been raised in a Christian family and have a multitude of people that I can go to for prayer and encouragement. Steve and Sarah have been a constant, Godly presence in my life and I will miss them deeply. Please pray for them as they leave behind their friends and family!

...wow, it has been a long time...

To be honest, I've been really wrapped up in myself lately. Which I've realized comes with very little self-reflection. And then today, while I was making my monthly attempt to get my life together (which involves a fairly large number of inexplicably long google docs), I came upon my picasa photos, and then linked to this blog. Which, as you may have guessed, I unsuccessfully attempted when I was a young 23 years of age. I am now almost 25. I say almost because I think it's a very important word, especially when discussing a 25th birthday.

So, I am very happy to have stumbled upon my blog and most importantly the other blogs that used to inspire me daily!

A lot has (obviously) changed since my last post and I am excited to update everyone! But FIRST, I'm going to take some time to catch up on the trials, tribulations and, most importantly, successes of my favorite bloggers. Talk to you all soon!