june is absolutely my favorite month of the year. something always good happens. usually there is some sort of trip i go on, and I like it because it's not only my birth-month but my sisters as well. which is always a good time.

been reeeeallly enjoying life lately. i'm gardening for the first time ever. started things from seed and watching them pop up is a spiritual experience come to find out. God knows what he's talking about with all that 'garden' stuff. I dig. (ha!) I even started a little art project yesterday full of flowers and color - cuz that's kinda how i feel. turns out this whole Kansas City thing is great, I love singing at IHOP and I love doing what I am doing without sacrificing totally my time with family and friends - as most of them are so close in Springfield.

anyway, just a little cheerful update from me. nothing much to say other than life is really good!

sometimes...you just gotta dance.

i was greeted by my heart

Doing well here. sitting in my living room with a cup of chai, the windows open, and my lovely roommate myra next to me writing something I'm sure amazing in her journal.
life continues to be this little roller coaster of getting adjusted to all things kansas city. lots of new friends, new surroundings, and new patterns of life to get adjusted to. I confess i'm still trying to take it all in, feel comfortable in my skin here. I think it takes awhile for anyone who has moved somewhere new, and I often forget that.
today I spent some time in the prayer room and then went to my new God-spot. A nice woodsey river view out in Leewood park. Everything is blooming and gorgeous (my favorite is that God decided to make trees purple. Genius!) so I took my book out there and had a good ole time. after that I worked in the office trying to organize my way out of the still-getting-out-of-transitioning-adjusting boxes. While organizing I found a schedule of IHOP from 99. It had listed on it who was playing the harmonica on tuesday nights at 8pm, i found that funny. :) Then, went and got my car washed and took myself to Target (I love target) to find a present. Finally, went and met up with some friends and walked into the Awakening service tonight - where I was greeted by my heart.
I haven't felt it much lately, it's been a dry season to be sure. But tonight, I felt that thorn and pang of love growing inside of me for more of Jesus. Which is the whole reason I do what I do...more of Him. It felt good to be reminded of it in the midst of an ordinary day.

hi again

yeah i know, it's been awhile. no excuses really.
i went to the beach last week. i couldn't make myself think if i wanted to while I was there. it was a thing of sheer beauty, especially if you know me. i'm always thinking, always finding ways to be productive. but last week, i vacationed. relaxed and told myself real thinking was off limits. i did nothing really, but took walks on the beach, laughed with my 18 year old cousin and her silly friend, listened to waves, and read Francine Rivers novels. Oh and i watched Michael jackson's 'this is it' and for a couple of days and tried to moon walk every once and awhile in the hotel bathroom.
Then, on the way home, i started coughing and haven't stopped yet - though i'm close now to stopping thanks to antibiotics. Man I was sick! i had one of those sinus infections that took me into the doctors office and into bed for 3 days. i'm outta bed now. Whew.
What else. Things here are good. Today looked like this: sang this morning, spent 2 hours in the prayer room digesting Bible and listening to my roommate play the drums (yey!), ate lunch, went to my office at the bennett's to teach a group of missionaries on partner development, worked on emails. came home, then went to the student awakening service. le done-o.
throw in a couple of errands and UPS store visits, some moon walking (j/k) and you've got a pretty normal Jenn routine here.
gnight. it's past my bedtime.

singing

Just wanted to give you all a little update in case you didn't catch it on facebook:
I am now singing on Mr. Wood's team at IHOP-KC.
Really excited to be back in the singing saddle - so to speak. whatever. it's fun. i've missed it like a fat kid misses cake. like we miss jesus until he returns. like peanut butter misses jelly. you get the picture.

Anyway, catch any of the sets for free at ihop.org. If you miss a set too and want to watch, you can now with archives. Just go to ihop.org / click prayer room / click in the middle of the screen to 'archives' / and pick the one you want to watch.
here's my singing schedule:
monday 12-2pm
monday 4-6pm
tuesday 10-12pm
wednesday 10-12pm
sunday 12-2pm


woo hoo!!

olympics

i love the Olympics. i happened to be watching this last week while running at the YMCA, wondering where I had heard this song before...humm. then I heard the buzz about it the next day while in my prophecy team briefing.
So, i love the Olympics even more when the bronze medal half-pipe chic is singing Misty Edwards songs.