The month of July has been a blur. I thank God that I am almost fully recovered from my knee surgery and can now tackle stairs again with confidence! In the past month I surprised both doctors and my physical therapist going from way behind schedule in my recovery to doing very well.
I also thank God that I was able to spend over a week in lower state Michigan raising support for my trip. So many wonderful people opened their homes to me and I was very lucky and blessed to meet with old friends from college, work, and my trip to China. People continue to surprise me with their…
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So the last couple weeks have been challenging for me. I tend to be a bit of a “go getter” liking the feeling of accomplishing things, solving problems and helping people. I also am normally very active and spend as much time outside and on my feet as possible. So when my knee was not recovering as quickly as I had hoped I down played it telling people, and myself, I was sure I would be walking by next week, and I really didn’t need any help, that I was just a little slower than usual. However, I was really in quite a bit of pain and at my second post op check up my…
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It has been almost three weeks since Go Week and life has been a whirl! I was honored to be a bridesmaid at a close friend’s wedding on May 24th and spent Memorial Day at another friend’s home before returning to my apartment in Houghton. I then began my support raising campaign meeting with families from my church and sending out more life update letters. At the end of the week my lease ended and I moved in with a good friend, which has been a big blessing as I had knee surgery 3 days later and she has taken care of me so well through it all. Although I was supposed to be…
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Hey Everyone this is Liz, welcome to my new blog!
I am a recent graduate from Michigan Tech where I studied Environmental Engineering, and for about 6 months now I have been on a journey of following God's call to be a short term missionary overseas. I started this journey by applying with Go Corps, a mission mobilizing organization, who connected me with Reach Global. I am now preparing to serve with Reach Global in Budapest, Hungary as the English as a Second Language program coordinator. I am nervous and so excited to see what God has in store. I have already…
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