Beautiful Annapolis, I love thee.

BOOM CHICKA BOOM. I'm home.

The train ride down from Essex Junction was way too freaking long. 13.5 hours sitting on my ass. I entertained myself by taking a picture of the station at every stop. Where will I be next? I was excited to be on the move. I just wanted to keep moving. My heart sang "ON THE ROAD AGAIN!!" On one hand I wanted to keep going. On the other, I was excited to get to Annapolis. I'm still quite disoriented in New England/Mid-Atlantic area. But that will change.

Daniel picked me up from Union Station around 10:30 on Thursday night. As we drove into Annapolis I nearly jumped out of the roof of the car. So excited. I could hardly believe it was real. This place, I've been longing after for months. My heart lives here. It is for the church. I've known that I will be at St. John's for almost three years. Now being here--RIGHT HERE-- in this beautiful brick city-town is almost surreal. It's so nice to see sun every day.

CroQUET! St. John's won. I didn't even watch the game. I walked around and ate food and people- watched and swing (swung? swang?) danced my heart out. That was really fulfilling. I have never been so happy in a large group of people. A midshipman passed by and remarked "YOU are a beautiful dancer!" Aha! I'm excited for how much I have to learn though. I'm getting better at letting the leader do all the work... Completely surrendering. As I got tired, I got better. Then I got worse.

After CroQuET on Saturday night was the Spring Cotillion formal "waltz" party (I only heard one waltz song). There was a live swing band. I ended up staying only an hour before I was not functioning... OK girly... you've been in a crowd of people for 10 hours straight. TIME TO DECOMPRESS. Ten hours...That was an achievement for me for sure.

I am so loved here. The kingdom of heaven in here. Literally. God has opened portals to heaven in this place. That is one of the reasons I've been so excited to call it home. I am part of this family. Basically Downtown Hope is made up of four small (30 or so people) house church communities that join together once a month in Annapolis Elementary auditorium. God has released his Spirit and it is not uncommon to see him move in big ways.

The last week has been spent feeding on the Lord's faithfulness. He gave me Psalm 37 to dwell on.
Trust in the LORD, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.

I've been basking in His love, feeding on His affections, resting in His faithfulness. He is blessing me daily. On Tuesday, I learned that after all this trouble I finally have a social security number. This means I will be able to get financial aid which means I will be coming to St. John's College FOR SURE.

I've coached a couple SJCA CrossFit classes in Temple Iglehart. Such a fun group of people. I will apply for the gym assistant job while I go to school here. That will be nice. I've been to District CrossFit in DC a couple times with Daniel. Yesterday I worked out with THE Christy Phillips. She kicked my ass. It feels good not to be the best.

Today I did healing prayer (SOZO) with Ray and Kathryn Leight. The Lord healed me of anxiety. He healed my ankle completely. PROOF. I ran two 600 meter laps for the SJCA Greenwaves team at the Marathon relay this afternoon. Then I did side aerials in the grass (a skill I haven't been able to do because I've had to land on my bad foot). Yep. Completely healed.

After today, I feel the presence of the Lord all around me. Especially in my fingertips, and my feet. I am saturated.

In the last week, 5 completely different people have told me that I am going to break down strongholds WITH MY FEET.
or
When I dance I break down strongholds.

I have taken so many pictures of Marlboro, train ride, Annapolis (no croquet pictures; I was too busy partying), Newseum in DC, CrossFit SJCA... etc. I have nowhere to load them presently. You will see a little picture blog spurt soon, I'm sure.