its been a while

Hi friends! I feel like i haven't written a post in what seems like forever! I must say i have been extremely busy!! like busier than i have in years! Although i have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off most days, its been so so good, and i am loving all the things that are going on in my life right now!
first things first the thing that has  been making my life busy is SCHOOL! but seriously...i'm loving it. If all 12+ years of education i completed before this were this fun, every kid would be stoked to go to school every morning! Each day is different and i feel as though i am learning so so much! for years i was forcing myself to learn things that i didn't really find interest in, or have any passion for it what so ever, but now I'm smack dab in the place that feels like home to me. I'm learning things that make learning about them exciting, and all the work you put into each day doesn't really feel like work at all...its more like playing! its so nice to just see how faithful the lord has been through all of this! i remember i was so stressed at the first thought of starting cosmetology school on a last second whim...but I decided to trust in the lords timing, and i now have complete confidence that he has me exactly where he wants me and at exactly the right time. Its been such a blessing!

secondly we (me and phillip) are now with each day getting closer and closer to the end of this deployment! it has now officially been over 11 months since he has been in afghanistan...which means i get to see him in 1 month! I can't even begin to explain how excited i am to see this season come to a close! this is the last deployment we will have to go through Praise the Lord ( 2 was def. enough for me) . Although some days were and are extremely difficult..I can see the goodness that has come out of all these months of separation as well. It has strengthened my dependency upon the lord, and has taught me  how to  trust him more fully during those times i feel weak and saddened....it has taught me what it means to love...to choose to love even when things aren't easy , or things don't go as you plan. It has taught me patience and how awesome it can be to have something to look forward too. It has brought about in me a love for phillip that i may have not had if it weren't for having to go through all of this together. It has been good i know it full well, but I'm so so excited to be able to be with that boy again!

(A day filled with deep conditioning scalp treatments...um yeah i could get used to this)

 you know you are dating a soldier when you get presents like this in the mail

 that one day i was bored and made a ton of really cute hair pins and clips!

our new church building is starting to reach completion! yayyyy