almost a year!!!!

K7!!!!
i figured it was about time i write something on here! can you believe it has been almost a year since k7 finished?? weird!!!
I would have to say that this year has been an incredible one!! tons of moving around... but sooo good!

my basic itinerary since kaleo...
prince george- camp- prince george- camp- manitoba/ontario- oregon- surrey- thailand- china- mongolia- china- mongolia- thailand- china- mongolia- china- and now i am back chilling in mongolia again! but i will only be here about 2 more weeks before i head back to canada!

what's next?? well as a lot of you know i think... i was hoping to move right to vancouver to go to hair school. however after talking to my friend that i was maybe going to move in with and finding out how expensive vancouver actually is i had to do some thinking and praying! she recommended that i save money for 6 months to a year before even moving to vancouver. i knew that if that was where i was supposed to be that God would provide the money i would need... but i was really praying for clear direction...

so...the other day i got an e-mail from a friend who works for folklore(a tree planting company) and he told me he was looking for someone who could be a quality checker for the summer.(basically i just go behind the planters and make sure they are planting their trees properly) so as of yesterday you are looking at folklore's newest checker!!! 3 months in the bush baby! there are a lot of details of how this is a clear direction for me... but the short version is that this is where i really feel and have peace that the Lord is leading me!! so no vancouver yet... instead i am heading back up north!

please pray though!... i have been looking at trying to find a flight back to canada and haven't found anything reasonable yet... i am going to talk to a travel agent today. so hopefully!!

here are a few highlights from my time here in asia as well...

-being in china for chinese new years!!!- craziest fireworks you will ever see!
-having Christmas with my family!
-a big reunion of missionary kids over Christmas!!!
-beaches in thailand!
-hanging out in china last month with a british family... i helped look after their 3 little boys-that i adore!!
-having time to do more artwork!!
-getting hit on by lots of asian guys!
- getting a literal taxi ride in a police van!!!
- trying to start the first underwear tree at the only ski hill in mongolia
-a FREEZING cold campout over new years!
- market shopping!
- a free gym membership to a super expensive gym!(at first i thought it was $200 a month... but found out it is actually $250 a month! crazy!!)
-picnics, hiking, and playing on the frozen river in the mongolian countryside!
- and tons more!!

REALLY i am SOOO thankful for this time i have had back in asia! i need to get going... but i hope you are all doing well and i think of you often!!