Bom Dia (Portuguese for good morning) everyone, I am not sure who reads this blog, and who doesn't. I hope that if you are reading this blog you know that I truly love you! My last Blog post was to express how I was feeling about a situation that was beyond my control... We try as humans to control everything (me especially). We want to control the way we look. We want to control what others think about us (by controlling how we look). We want to control what we are going to do in work and play. We even want to control the lives of the people we love, if we are honest. Well, I have realized in the last year that when I control things I really mess them up. I am not good at being in charge. I may be able to gain myself some temporary happiness, but it never last. The reason for this discussion about control is that I want to finally let all of you know that I am going to try and give all of the control in my life away. I want to give all control to God (and mean it)! This is what I mean when I say that I want to live open-handed with God.

With that being said I want you all to know that I have felt the call to become a missionary. I am not sure where I will be doing this, but I am not going to lie... I would love to move to Brazil full-time. This might just mean being a missionary in Dallas, Texas or Portland, Oregon. Make no mistake, I am not telling you that I am moving to Brazil today. I am just preparing you all that if I receive word from God that he is ready for me to go out into the world for him... I am going to go! I love you all more than you know!