When a Plan Starts to Come Together

Or rather, when your dreams start to become actual plans... that is where I am.  After 6  months of anticipating a return back to Indonesia, it looks like a plan is forming.  It's taken a lot of patience for me not to let go of the dream.  It's not funny - how quickly it all snowballs together.  I wish I could plan months in advance, to know all of the ins and outs.  But life simply happens.  There's no way I could control it all, and there's no way I would be able to enjoy it to the fullest if I tried. For now, we're collecting donations of dry, watercolor paints and anticipate going to Indonesia at the end of July.  We're fundraising, yet again, and brainstorming for our 2nd Annual Creative Arts Camp in Indonesia.  Rujak Berkah, the "Fruit Salad" after-school program @ Polehan has grown.  They now include 15, 3-5 year olds.

Wading and Waiting

On Sunday, we announced to the families of KidsMosaic that I am
stepping up to coordinate for KidsMosaic Pasadena. This involves
babies through grade 5 at our 9:30 gathering. They say it's about
180 kids on any given week, though nearly twice as many on the actual
roster.

It's not a paying gig. So I'm still working multiple part time
jobs. This includes: the stationery store, private art classes -
traveling to their homes and nannying/babysitting. I've put my own
business aside for now. I've begun to pour more of that creativity
into wedding planning.

So far, we've settled on a date and location. I'm excited that we
will be able to celebrate under the night sky, on a rooftop in Los
Angeles. It will be a small, family wedding. We'll have orange and
white tulips. We'll have desserts.

For now, I'm trying to enjoy and challenge myself with where I am -
as opposed to where I'm headed. For now, I must remember that
everything I'm going through is not in vain. There is a plan and a
purpose. In that, I find solace. I eagerly await where I will be
living, what my job will entail, how I will pay bills, and what a
schedule will look like. But for now, I'm still wading in this murky
water, still waiting for a little more clarity and stability - still
walking by faith.