It's coming to an end...

thoughts from Sarah...

I'm sitting at my desk on a beautiful, sunny Thursday evening, knowing I have 3 more weeks left in California before I head up to Seattle for another 2, and then off to Italy for I don't know how long...my life is surreal and there are days I truly believe it should belong to someone else. As of right now, I am in the process of obtaining a student visa where I can stay for a year in Italy and enroll in language classes. Knowing the Italian embassy can be a little difficult to work with, God has truly provided the right people, the right information, AND the right parking spots as I have traveled around San Francisco! So now, I am getting all of my 10 documents that I need for that visa and praying I receive it before I leave in June...this is quite a ride to say the least.

There are many times in our life where we will have to say goodbye and although I am not looking forward to saying goodbye to Twin Lakes Church or California/Seattle or all of my dear friends or most of all, my beautiful mom...I truly know this is my next step in life and I will embrace the unknown. I will embrace the questions that will get answered in their proper time. I will embrace living life and I will embrace following God. I want no other choice. (...and my mom said she would disown me if I didn't go!)

I am so stinkin' excited to see my beautiful fiance face to face again and just be able to sit in the same room as him, which means we would be in the same time zone! He will pick me up from the little Capodichino airport on June 25th at 11 am and I will cry and laugh and snort and be the happiest maialino (little pig) ever. Grazie Dio per Antonello e per tuo amore.

The sun is getting ready to set and I am getting ready to head home on this Thursday evening. I am grateful for this journey...this scary, amazing, overwhelming, joyous, nerve-racking, incredible, growth-filled, what the heck am I doing journey. Aren't we all on one?