Thanks again for your patience! I think I've finally been able to make some much needed phone calls this week so I felt like a lot more of you had the real updates :)
The tides have turned a LOT over the past couple of weeks. Work has just become... amazing! I LOVE my job and I know that the spirit is constantly pulsing through me. New stories and beautiful moments occur every day and it is so neat to see His plan coming to life after all the anxiety I had to overcome at the beginning. This week a really neat moment happened when I came up with an entirely new "wish sequence" for the very end of the princess transformation, when I get to turn the chair around so the little girls can finally have their big reveal! I was also able to spend an afternoon in fantasyland, the area of Magic Kingdom where I work, just absorbing everything from a child's point of view.
Cinderella got a new throne!!
Last week my roomates and I discovered the Beaches and Cream restaurant at the Yacht and Beach club. We enjoyed the GIGANTIC kitchen sink sundae while exploring the sand bottom pools and real beach! I had a picture hayday :)
Last weekend I finally got to spend time with my great aunt and uncle and cousins who are here in Orlando. Everyone is busy so I hadn't seen them since the night I landed and it was SO wonderful! Nothing like a home cooked meal and a warm bed :) I also got to go to church with them which was wonderful. Do NOT take advantage of all the fellowship opportunities you have around you- I didn't know how blessed we were until I came here and am on my own in the desert most of the time. After church we spent some time in downtown Orlando and I LOVED IT. Orlando has such a unique feel to it, a lot like Overland Park but ...less busy! Pretty amazing :)
This week there was some roughness in the apartment--to be expected after a month! I started a "forum" aka. several sheets of paper taped to the counter where we can post thoughts, issues, questions, news etc. It has helped so much since everyone is on a different schedule! I think the forum will be around for a while, just to help us keep in touch as the season pick up :) I've had lots of one on one roomie dates with different girls from the house as well so that has been nice. My best friend Amanda and I are auditioning for Night Of Stars, a CP talent contest, next week so that should be fun :) This monday she and I are planning a beach adventure!!!! FINALLY!!!! Get ready for picture mania because I am just DYING to take sunset beach pictures :)
Other than all of that I guess the most exciting news is that i'll be home in a month!! I had requested off for some random three day weekends and I was approved for two of them :) I am SO SO excited, it will be the perfect half way through my internship trip. I fly out of Orlando at 6:30am on Thursday November 6th and land in KC at 8:30am (time change!) My plan is to be in Manhattan for Singer's practice at 3pm followed by dinner at the Derb and Challenge. Friday late afternoon I will head back to KC, where I will stay until I fly back to Orlando Monday evening. I know I won't be able to see everyone but I hope to see some of you! :) :)
I know that the semester is starting to REALLY pick up...to say the least, so I hope all of you are doing well! Take time everyday for a walk around campus and find those leaves that are falling. You don't realize how lucky you are...I am missing fall SO SO much :(
I am praying for all of you and I want you to know that you're on my heart everyday!! Thanks for your prayers and support :)
Love,
Laura
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Everything sounds like a dream that you are living! You are so blessed with everything you are experiencing!! It is beautiful here, but I still wish it was warm and I was by the beach!! We miss you terribly here and cannot wait for you to come home in less than a month!! Congratulations to all your success so far! We are so proud of you here in kc!!
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