M.I.A.

so I realize I have not updated in a long time. But I have been super busy.

In my last post, I mentioned my car was dying. well, because I didn't feel safe driving my car, and because the repairs cost something close to getting a new/used car, I thought I would look at cars. Well car shopping is extremely time-consuming and stressful. At least it was for me. I had a limited budget and my time was very limited.

So after lots of prayer, and some help from my parents, God provided enough for me to get a 2002 Ford Focus! I am very excited about it. I had driven my friend's focus this past summer, and liked it well enough. Hopefully I will get a picture before too long, although I am leaving for Florida to spend Christmas with my parents who are already down there, escaping this beautiful Christmas weather we are having!

I absolutely love it!!!! (the snow that is) I tried my car out on the snow drenched roads today, and it handles pretty well, it's just that iti is low, and so where they haven't plowed yet, it is hard to get through. I thought I would go out and get a couple errends done, and get some food for tonight and stuff, so I don't have to go out again, but a lot of stuff was closed, not surprisingly, but I did run into Jimmy Johns (apparently most food places are open) and got to hang out with my friends from there for a little while, which was nice, since being home alone, I don't get much human interaction :-)

I am sad I won't be around during Christmas to see all my friends who are coming in from out of town, or out of country, but I am happy to go to a warm place again. I have been having dreams about seeing my thai friends and speaking thai to them, so I think my mind wishes I was in a warm place again :-) and I am missing my friends from there.

other fun news is over New Years, I will be in DC with about 800 international students from all over the U.S. !!!! I am so excited because I get to do a little ministry stuff! then I will gone all the month of January at training for Campus Crusade, taking seminary-level classes and whatnot, so I am excited about that too. so you might not hear much from me in the next month and a half, but hopefully I will have time to keep you posted.

my poor little car

so my car is about to die at last.

I brought it in to the auto mechanic today and he basically told me the engine and transmission are about to fall off my car! the oil pan is rusted through, and the transmission is going.

overall it is going to cost about $1800-$2000 to fix... HAH! about $1000 short of a car 8 years younger. (mine's a 92 with just over 200,000 miles on it)

so I am freaking out a bit, because I need to get a new car and figure out how to afford a new car.

please pray for me that I can get my finances figured out, and that my car would last just a while longer until I can get a new one

so needless to say, I have to quit my job at jimmy johns as a delivery driver....sad day!