bamboo.

(image via here)

at church this weekend we talked about bamboo. there is a certain type that you plant and nothing happens for FIVE years. no sprouts, no growing, no evidence that anything ever happened. 

but then after the five years, it grows. like two and a half feet PER DAY. it can grow as tall as an eight story building. 

i imagine all of the people who planted the bamboo without knowing about the five year rule. they probably got frustrated and forgot about the bamboo seeds. 

i just wonder what i forgot about. something i wanted to happen fast that God attached a five, or ten, or twenty year rule to. and all that time something is growing deep, developing healthy roots to grow beyond what i imagined. 

God's so creative. 

-kelsie.

hello.

i've been quite the busy bee this week. i cannot believe thursday is almost over. here is some of my week:

 

(image via here)

on tuesday night we had an all church celebration. the church we go to has several different locations so it was really neat to have this whole community together for one night. i am so beyond grateful for our church and its heart for missions and for this city. ryan and i are really excited about their vision.

church met at the lincoln theater which is in an area of dc we have really grown to like. it was the first neighborhood we have been in that excited both of us. we're hoping to find an apartment there and i just can't wait.

wednesday i had clinicals. things were going great until i got a migraine. i get a migraine like once a year. i threw up in a church parking lot. it was really frustrating. 

today i had clinicals again. they were going great and i did not get a migraine. my patient was alert and able to have a conversation with me (which was a first!). i liked her and i think she liked me. she got to go home today so i think she liked everyone.

one other exciting thing about today - it's above freezing, the sun is shining and the snow is melting! i think spring might actually come. 

-kelsie.

snoweekend

(a lot of phone camera pictures so they're not the best!)

 

our pleasant blizzard walk.

 

virginia's snow removal system...

 

shadow puppets when the power went out.

 

church at home.

 

grocery store trip.

 

healthy super bowl party.

 

driving ryan to work this morning. 

no school for me today. and they're predicting another 5 inches tomorrow. yikes.

-kelsie.