Not All Who Wander Are Lost

It's been a while...I know, I know. Plus, lots of things happened in the past four months. Now that exams are done and the papers are written, I finally have some time to show yall some pictures from the past big events.

My mom sent me a shirt recently with the words "Not All Who Wander Are Lost." I decided to adopt the slogan as my new motto, trekking across the world and attending fun events in my new town - along with my school load and internship at the church. In four days, I leave for the Middle East, spending three weeks traveling around Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Egypt, and Greece. I'm very excited about all of the places I'm gonna see, the camels I'm gonna get to ride on to the top of Mt. Siani, the hikes I'm gonna take, and the sacred places I'm gonna visit. Once I get back, I will start my Clinical Pastoral Education unit at Grady Hospital. So, the pictures from that trip might take a while to get on the blog...but hey - yall wouldn't expect anything different huh?

In order to update my life, here are two more blogs below from my two big things this semester. Enjoy the pictures!

March Madness

In March, my dad and I went to the Final Four. Unfortunately, the Tarheels didn't make it as they choked in New Jersey (a game that Jean and Brooks went to). The games were fantastic though! It was so much fun to be in the same place as many other basketball fans. The first day of the Final Four people wore all of their shirts from their schools. Each time we passed by Carolina fans, we would start chanting TAR...HEELS! Georgetown fans came up to us shaking our hands and saying how much they thought we would have been there instead of Georgetown. My favorite comment was when a group of folks passed by us and said, "Oh no...you must have bought your tickets with 10 minutes left in the game."

Here are some more pictures from the Final Four weekend...Dad and I did witness history though as we watched the Florida Gators win another National Championship - the third in a year (2 basketball and 1 football).

Dad and I went to Hoop Town and held up the National Championship Trophy, proclaiming our supremacy...especially with our Carolina shirts.

Spring Break to Paris

Over Spring Break, Matt, Candace and I traveled to Paris. The trip was fantastic - filled with lots of laughter, beautiful cathedrals (Chartes and St. Sulpice were my favorite), phenomenal art, lots of walking, and of course, lots of great food! Crepes and chocolate filled croissants really should be found all over the place!


The Seine River...I realized how much I love water in cities. I knew this before from when I lived in Philadelphia but I'd forgotten about how much it is calming to have water run through the city.












The Eiffel Tower during sunset.






During the trip we each had a task. Candace was the translator because she was the one who took French in High School. Our photographer was Matt...he was fantastic and took all of these great pictures. I became our tour guide and navigator - moving so often and living in a bunch of cities apparently worked out well for me!