future plans... psh!

Well, here we go!
I am in my 3rd week of classes and it is going along quite well.
Still looking for direction for my future, and more and more I feel like Missions is where I'm headed. Which, is literally terrifying. I never in a million years thought I would be saying those words. But, it almost makes sense after having several conversations with students here and members of my church. It just seems right. I don't know what it means for me to go in to missions except that I feel a strong call there. I'm not sure if I will live in another country for the rest of my life or if I will have a set up mission that I go to every year for a month or so.
Maybe I will be a church planter.
Maybe I will work with the homeless.
I don't know.
I'm just leaving open as many doors as possible so God can just give me a shove over the threshold of the right one.

We'll see what happens.
Terah Jo

welcome back ya'll!

Well, I am back in the Lou!!! And to be for realsies, I did miss it. a lot.
I'm glad to be back at SLCC. So far the new students seem legit. And, I love my roommate =] She's the bomb.com

I am hoping that this semester will give me a clearer picture of where I am headed in this life. More and more I seem to talk about missions and how my passion isn't in the US... And that scares me. But, its exciting at the same time. So, I am gonna pray this semester that God will clearly make a path for me and show me where to go. I ask that you all pray for the same thing.

I will definitely update you all =]
Thanks for listening.
Much Love
Terah Jo =]

the "g" word.

In my short life of almost 21 years, I have had to say goodbye to way too many people. I am getting ready to say goodbye to a whole church full of people and I am dreading it. I know that it is not truly goodbye. It still stinks to fall completely in love and become a family with BOC and then have to leave.
Tonight while driving I was thinking of all the people I have had to say goodbye to in recent years. Since 2009 I have said goodbye to

1. South Central High School
2. The Haitians.
3. SLCC Grads
4. MOCOMI Campers
5. Mississippi Valley Campers
6. High Hill Campers
7. Scenic Hills Campers
8. Rock Garden Campers
9. 2 weeks of Camp Illiana
10. Oil Belt Campers
11. More SLCC Grads
12. And all the beautiful people of South Africa.

People that is just since 2009...
When I look at that list of people one phrase comes to mind
"Sizo Gena Jerusalem"
That is a South Africa spiritual that basically means if I don't see you again I will see you in the next Jerusalem. And from now on that will be what I tell people. I will no longer say goodbye. I hate them. They always make me cry...
And I truly will see many of the people I have said goodbye to in the new Jerusalem. And I very much look forward to that day.
I hope to see you there.

Sizo Gena Jerusalem