Praise for the little things

This was so cool and encouraging today... it's kind of a little thing, but it means a lot somehow....

I had been working on this thing since approximately January at work. It was pretty simple and shouldn't be that difficult. Yet for some reason I couldn't get it to work, no matter what I tried! I felt so dumb, because I couldn't get it to work, and thought I was just missing something, etc... and I have been really discouraged about it. I've been avoiding doing this or anything like it, because I felt like I was stupid and it would never work because I can't get it. Then today I was "randomly" talking to another student who used the DNA that I had been working on, and he told me that the DNA was shorter than I had originally thought. Which means that of course I couldn't get it to work, because I was trying to do things with the piece of DNA that was missing! So it's not that I can't do this after all, I was just missing some information, and incorrectly thought I had something I didn't. So that was so encouraging! And it gives me renewed energy and focus to work on a bunch of things like that which I need to do in the near future. So thank you God for showing me that - I feel like it's a real "breakthrough"!

Please keep praying for my research and me as I try to finish up - things like this are so encouraging, and I pray that I will be faithful to work diligently and finish up in the time frame that's needed. I want to be honoring to my boss and to God, working as unto Him, and by doing so, being a witness and a testimony to God's grace in my life.

Friends

In case you haven't heard, the last few weeks have been craziness with moving/not moving/moving/not moving... throw a dart and see where it lands, moving/not moving.... you get the point. But it's been awesome to have felt the love of all of you, my friends, from near and far. You make me laugh, the thought of leaving you has made me cry, we've shared late night talks and early morning walks, and so many experiences and journeys together. Who can forget Men's Cooking Night to late night sleepovers to Pride and Prejudice to "girly conversations" to just being silly with each other, to encouraging one another and lifting each other up. Who could ask for anything more? God's love has been so evident in the way each of you has cared for me, sent me encouraging e-mails, given me advice (both good and bad!), teased me about being short, done things for me. I feel so loved, and am blown away by God's gracious gifts to me. It's going to be so crazy and sad to leave when God calls me on. So I guess it's a good thing I get to stay right here in Hershey and can continue this incredible journey and friendship with each one of you. That's right, you're not rid of me yet.... :) Stay tuned for more details.....

Love, Kel