What I did on summer vacation

It’s been hard to update the blog this summer because I’ve been hanging out in somewhat of a limbo state. I found myself unexpectedly unemployed this summer without knowing exactly what my next move looked like. So I waited, and played. Fortunately this week I was offered a job at Life Pacific College. I’ll be the “Ignite Experience Integration Liason.” How’s that for a job title? :) But I’m very excited about the work. Basically I’ll be helping bring some of the things we’ve put into place in Ignite, to LPC. Work is good. So that’s the job situation.

In the meantime… this summer I went to Honduras, Hawaii, Las Vegas, and Comic Con. Fun-employment indeed!

At the beginning of June, Joey and I traveled to San Pedro Sula, Honduras to work with one of our Ignite mission teams. This was a really unexpected trip, we had one day to prepare and then hop on a plane to go do some outreaches and help the team process what had been a very difficult trip. It was BLAZING hot in Honduras, but the people and food were wonderful. It was an amazing gift to do what I love most in working with this team. Getting to do that with Joey was beyond awesome. Plus, my Catholic boyfriend got to see people slain in the Spirit at a church service with 10,000 people, so that was pretty excellent… ;)

It had been decided on sometime before that my season with Ignite was going to come to a close at June 12. Even though I’d had time to prepare for it, there was still a real sadness in my heart as I left something I’ve poured so much of myself into over the last few years. Fortunately my new job will be very involved with Ignite and I’ll be on the campus with everyone so I can stay connected.

I spent the last 2 weeks of June with my cousins and Grandma. Joey joined us for the second week. This was the last time we were able to spend at the house my Grandpa bought and remodeled in Maui. It was a really beautiful way to say goodbye to the place that holds so many memories for us. As usual, joy and grief were mixed together into something precious.

I went to Vegas for a weekend because my parents were there on their way back from their Route 66 motorcycle trip and didn’t have much else going on. Mostly it was a chance to ride in the MGM Grand lazy river.

And Comic Con. Comic Con deserves its own blog. In fact, that’s exactly what I’m going to do.

To be continued…