who needs sleep when we've got love...

Love. Such a major concept floating around Moore Haus right now. I guess its just the whole Valentine's Day sickness everyone has been infected with. I know to some in the house it creates an akward feeling, to some it causes us to missed loved ones at home, to some it causes loneliness, and to some...all of the above PLUS being thankful for all the love we have around us.

I woke up the other morning having had a terrible dream. I dreamt that I had just gotten home from this semester, but I couldn't stop crying! Obviously I love being at home, but I just had this horrible feeling in my stomach of how much I missed my family I've formed and just being in the house in general. All I remember about the dream was not being able to stop crying, and asking for just one more chance to go back and do it again. Well, I woke up and you can't imagine the relief when I realized I am still here for 2 more months! When I think about leaving though, it makes me want to cry because I realize nothing will ever be the same again. But obviously NOBODY talks about that because we all feel the same way. So instead I just am thankful and constantly reminded about how much love has grown in this house. I can't wait for my family to come visit; I know that even just walking through the house our love for each other will be so evident. (post soon to come with more specifics! get excited.)

Oh yeah, the reason I have love on my mind is as I was listening to the new Jack Johnson CD (aka my life right now)...the line 'who needs sleep when we've got love' popped out at me. Considering our house doesnt get quiet until about 2 am every night...you could just consider this our motto!

I just finished my German homework which was to write 10 sentences (auf Deutsch) about our 'lieblingsplatz' (our favorite place). I chose 'meine Kuche' (my kitchen). I really enjoy these assignments oddly enough, and I'm really starting to love speaking German! Staci, our faculty family wife, told us today how nothing can be blown off as 'not important'. She took German in highschool and part of college and realized it was a waste of time, but now she's in Germany and it's all coming back! Very interesting...

Today, Staci spoke at convo. She did an amazing job! This was like the first convo that everyone stayed awake. She talked about decision making, and she kind of gave us a testimony of just the major decisions she has made in her life. She and her husband have moved so much and made so many decisions in their marraige...it was really cool to hear her talking back over and evaluating how she did it. Things that helped her decision making were: prayer as a lifestyle, knowing that God is bigger than any decision therefore he will be there either way, and knowing scripture. Things that hinder her decision making were fear, being deceived by loyalty, and a few other things. She has a gift for speaking about major life matters and making them sound so simple and clear. I really enjoy listening to her! I know that a lot of people, myself included, are finding it hard to keep a lifestyle of prayer, find God time, and really embracing each other as brothers and sisters of Christ. I came into this year with expectations of it being a completely life changing spiritual experience, and of course it is, but its not playing out as evident as we all expected. We realize that its something that is gradual...even this dream we are living in has its own bumps and curves along the way. I guess we just expected that being taken out of our safe-zones we would automatically feel more spiritual, but I know that can't just happen at the snap of a finger. I am really trying to work on this part of my life right now, and today Staci's talk really helped put us back into perspective. I love having wise older (she's not old) people around!

Alright, enough for today...gutennacht!