learning

it's so beautifully amazing that God knows everything. I think I know what I need when I need it and I get grumpy when what I expect doesn't turn up when I expect it; but then the tiniest unpredictable thing will happen that normally wouldn't take a second glance and suddenly sends me soaring with gratefulness into how loving our beautiful God is.

brothers and sisters, I have been in Korea for almost two months now, and it has been a crazy time of learning and exploring and discovering God. this whole year, really, has been incredibly intense, and the most important year of my life to date. and sometimes I fear I'm falling backwards to how things were a year ago and I wonder if I've learned or grown at all during all these months. I know I have. I just sometimes see myself slipping. it can be tough to believe something you've learned, do you know what I mean? I feel as though there are so many things that I know, but believing them is an entirely different matter. my own prayers and encouragement from such beauties as you reading this are the loveliest things that build that strength.

since coming to Korea I have lived in five different apartments (though I seem to be fairly settled by now) and I've taught English to eight different groups of Korean children. I start with a totally new group today, which should be an exciting new adventure. most of the children I've had so far have been around 3rd to 8th grade, and are anywhere from perfect English conversationalists to not being able to communicate much with me at all. it's very chaotic and often I don't know what, who, or when I'm teaching until just beforehand, but being very flexible and open helps. I'm afraid to admit that I've gotten annoyed at times with the unstructured demands of my jobs, but I've been trying (more recently) to focus only on just being grateful for the opportunity to be here right now and to be learning and growing so very much. a lot of you I told I was only suppose to be here in Korea for a little over a month, but God seemed to want me to stick around here for a bit longer, finding me jobs and places to stay free of charge right when I needed it. it's been lovely and may God forgive me for not being constantly grateful for the beautiful way He works.

where I am right now is within walking distance of the Korean Nazarene University where Eric Stevenson and Kendal Stoltzfus (two Houghton grads) live. Eric and I started dating soon after I got to Korea. that has been lovely, strange, and I've been learning a lot more though that than most anything else. if I may be honest, relationships are difficult. mostly in learning not to be selfish. I am glad we were great friends beforehand. and we've had such a beautiful time exploring Korea together.

it's amazing how stories don't end. not really anyways. there's always an after, a then, and things continue. there is always more growing to do, more learning, more mistaking, and more getting up and going on. a lot of times it's difficult or annoying and you just want a rest. but I suppose that if it all stopped life would be rather dull. learning goes along with adventures, and who doesn't like adventures?

I thank you for your time lovelies. I do very much miss you all. I truly do. you are beautiful, you inspire me (as I've said, if you're reading this it does really mean you). and I hope to hear from you soon, or at least see you soon. take love in as much ways as I can give what God gives me, He gives more than enough.
love, elizabeth

there's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

'...and yes I still believe, this New Years Eve, will turn out better than before...'
New Year's Eve. people always seem to reflect on New Year's Eve, on the past year, on what happened, how we changed, etc etc. this year has been crazy. So much has happened, so much change, so many wonderful beautiful things, even in the forms of not-so-beautiful things. I wouldn't want to change anything; everything's that's happened has molded me into now, and I'm not done living yet. That's why life is so exciting. so much is happening all the time, for reasons we might never know, but with God controlling it all and setting things to happen, there's no need to worry.

brothers and sisters, forgive me for my lack of writing lately. I saw many of you recently who mentioned you enjoyed reading from me and so I wanted to now update a bit as to the many beautiful things that have been going on. to attempt to sum up a bit, I received a job at the Naskapi school in Kawawachikamach working in the curriculum department. a big part of that job just involved getting reading materials in the Naskapi language into the classrooms. this was great because I got to use some artistic talents as well. while I had this job I discovered that my third attempt at getting to Korea to teach English had failed; the job I was hoping for was given to someone else. as disappointing as this was, I accepted it as God pretty obviously not wanting me to go to Korea for the year. I settled in to my new job, still living with my parents in Schefferville.

soon after this a high school teacher informed the school board that she had a doctor's note stating that she is not well enough to continue teaching. I've tried to explain before how completely remote this area is; hiring a new teacher is not as simple as placing a want ad in the local newspaper. well, since I have a university degree and I happened to be in the area, they offered me the position. they were desperate and honestly, I felt bad for them in their situation, so I took it. now, I sincerely apologize to all the real teachers out there. the ones I went to school with who studied long and hard on how to deal with students and situations and the techniques of teaching and all this stuff. I never did any of that. I studied art. I mean, c'mon. even I feel like studying art was cheating. while the rest of you took real classes, I got to paint and draw all day. I'm no teacher. so, I apologize and I have to say, I respect you hugely.
well, they immediately plopped me into class with no real instruction, orientation, nothing. just 'go teach!' so I did. and it was tough. it was crazy tough. I wanted to quit quite a few times, but I stuck it out. as for classes, I had a homeroom, then I taught 9th grade English, 7th, 9th, and 10th grade History, 9th grade first aid, 10th grade religion, two 9th grade art courses (my least favorite to teach, as a matter of fact. you just can't teach passion!), and 11th grade college prep. Nine high school classes. and I had no clue what I was doing. at the very beginning I spent practically every spare moment studying things to teach for the next day. I had to learn to change my attitude towards grading (in school I never cared about grades at all), I had to learn how to grade, how to deal with fighting in class and in the halls, how to speak and act with authority, how to grasp kids' attention and get them motivated... all these things real teachers spent 4 years of college learning to do.
I never, ever thought I'd be a high school teacher. even now, I laugh about the very idea of it. but it worked, and I grew and learned so much. it was really quite incredible. and, I began to connect with the kids. that's what matters, not if you can teach cool lessons or get all your grades in early; what matters is just hanging out with the kids, talking with them, honestly caring about what they have to say... and when you've had an exhausting week of a thousand crisis adventures per day, it's tough to make the effort to listen to someone, but you've got to learn how.

during all this I greatly incredibly missed old friends. pretty much all of you who are reading this actually. (I love you.) but, I was beginning to be accepting of the fact that I wouldn't get to see any of you for quite a long time. I planned on spending our Christmas break up there and waiting around for the next semester to start (and to see if the other teacher would come back and if I'd have a job in January or not. everything was very up in the air. still is, actually). however, God's plans are awesome. I am so incredibly glad God makes plans, because they're always leaps and bounds more awesome then anything I could ever come up with.
less than two weeks before our Christmas break started (around the first of December) the guidance counselor at JSMS (that's the school by the way, Jimmy Sandy Memorial School) Jessica, informed me that she would be driving from Sept-Iles to Montreal and that, if I wanted a break from the great white north, I was welcomed to hitch a lift with her and her Saint Bernard. I contacted wonderful Leah (who lived with me at Houghton) and she said she would love to come up to Montreal to visit her cousin's friends around that time and could give me a lift from Montreal to Western New York. The last leg of this adventure fell into place when I became one of the last people to purchase a train ticket on the much over-crowded train from Schefferville to Sept-Iles. I couldn't believe how incredibly beautifully everything turned out just so that I would be able to visit with some wonderful Houghton friends. God is amazing. seriously.

so on December 11th I took the 13ish hour train to Sept-Iles, then rode with wonderful Jessica and her very large dog through scattered blizzards to Montreal (another day-long trip) and met with with wonderful Leah at her cousin's apartment. a night of fun and awesome new friends took place in Montreal, and then the two of us headed south to Rochester, NY (another day-long trip; yeah, it took me three days just to get to the Houghton area) where we stayed with Gina Hooper's family before making our way over to Houghton. such incredible beauty. it was so amazingly wonderful to see so many beautiful brothers and sisters. we only had a few short days but those days were bliss. I love you all so incredibly much.
from there I headed slightly south with my ex/future-roomie Journey to her place in Corning. I couldn't get over how grown-up we all seem: me with my high school teacher job, her with her own apartment, other people we know who are married. I feel like we're just a bunch of kids playing house. we had a few wonderful adventures, visiting Houghton people again (and seeing wonderful sweet Mike 2) and Christmas parties. Leah came to visit and I ended up catching a ride with her back to Rochester for a bit and then down south towards her house near NYC. my brother Nick and our friend Andy picked me up there and brought me to Nick's place in CT, where I was able to see a few old friends as well as family members, have Christmas (my first Christmas away from my parents), and reconnect with my old dusty record player and some wonderful new records (Tom Waits, Elliott Smith, and some awesome Ziggy Stardust). also, I almost got trampled by cows (check out Facebook photos for that fun story. actually, there's Facebook photos of most of these recent adventures, if you feel inclined for some visuals).

now, this adventure keeps getting better and better, and here's where it's going to take quite the incredible turn: Eric Stevenson, a wonderful friend, as I've said before, was the one who first told me about possibly working in Korea, and he's over there right now teaching English. on December 28th (three days ago) he forwarded me a message from the people in charge of his program that stated that they were looking for a handful of people to come to Korea for a few weeks to teach an English Camp. now, as I said, I spent months trying to get to Korea. I applied for three different jobs and got turned down every time. I had such a rough time trying to get over there, and constantly failed. I had given up the thought of getting over to Korea and had begun to accept that it's just not for me right now. then I get this forward. a few phone calls, a few e-mails, a quick plane ticket search and within two days I had a set-in-stone (for as much as we as humans can have anything set-in-stone) trip to Korea. I leave early Tuesday morning. for the other side of the world. on a trip I didn't even know existed less than a week ago. I'm going to Korea! God, and His plans, are so incredibly wonderfully amazing.

so, right now I'm at Gina Hooper's house again, in Rochester. I caught a lift back up here with Leah two days ago so I could fly out of the Rochester airport. tonight we're going to head towards Buffalo for a beautiful New Year's Eve party with some beautiful friends at Ashley Hackett's house, and I really can't wait.
people, brothers and sisters, will ask what my plans are after this. Korea, then what? what about the teaching job up north? how will I get there? what about moving to Corning to live with Journey? haven't I said enough times that plans are just silly? God controls all things. He's showing me that here and now, always. be confident in Him and worry about nothing. 'Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?' tomorrow the birds are already singing. so worry about nothing, but bask in God's beauty. take Love beauties, you are all such wonders to me, to God. I love you all with such a fierceness.
love your sister, elizabeth
pee ess: I miss my kitten.

peace be with you

‘yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. what is your life? for you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.’
that is not only in remembrance of a wonderful housemate of last spring but also a contemplation on post-college…
wachiya beautiful sisters and brothers. how have you all been? i admit, i miss you terribly, and as the time since i’ve last seen your beautiful faces widens i find my love for you growing more and more. well, i’ve been now about a month living back in the small abandoned iron ore mining town i grew up in of Schefferville, Quebec. (look it up on Google Earth, just to get a bit of an idea as to how remote this place truly is.) i’m living here with my parents (and now two month old kitten, Sister Sweater Moonshine) and i have to admit, it’s been more than a little surreal: after six years, coming back to the old house and area i once knew so well, seeing lots of people i use to know and places that were once familiar that are so changed now. i don’t currently have a paying job, which is rather frustrating as the forever present school loans loom ahead, but i’ve been praying peace and contentment in my current situation, as i know our LORD is with me, no matter what thoughts i might have.
instead i’ve been keeping busy volunteering with the weekly Girl Guide meetings on the Kawawachikamach Naskapi reservation. (quickly: the reason my brothers and i grew up here is because my dad is a linguist with Wycliffe Bible Translators and he translated the New Testament into the Naskapi language. Kawawachikamach is a 20 minute dirt road drive from Schefferville.) i’ve also just started teaching an afterschool art class, hoping to help fine-tune a lot of the raw artistic talent in some of the Naskapi middle and high schoolers. and, in working with the curriculum development program at the Naskapi school i’ve started to illustrate children’s books written in the Naskapi language that we’ll be publishing to be used in the classrooms. (oh, and i’m also looking into illustrating books for the more general public; anyone got a good story to publish that needs some illustrations…?)
besides that, i’ve been enjoying hiking all around the old mine (which kind of looks like the Grand Canyon) and tundra, picking wild blueberries and cranberries, seeing lots of bears and foxes (and still waiting for the caribou herds to come through), and watching some amazingly beautiful northern lights displays. i have added quite a number of recent photos onto Facebook, if you feel inclined to check out some of the incredible beauty here. (also, it’s been snowing off and on since we first arrived here on August 27th. we had a fairly good-sized blizzard on Saturday, though not much has stuck to the ground yet.)
i was truly thanking God today for having the privilege to have grown up in such a unique and beautiful place; and then to be able to come back for a time to remember it all. it’s tough, at times, to push away selfishness and simply be grateful for life; for an existence and an opportunity to serve our LORD in whatever seemingly insignificant way i might be able to. to try to remember that i deserve nothing really, and that everything is an incredible gift.
brothers and sisters, knowing you is an incredible gift. i thank our LORD Yeshua for you individually. (oh, and none of this ‘i’m sure she doesn’t mean me’ stuff!)
pray for me, for wisdom, courage, patience, humbleness; we’re such imperfections, but more than so incredibly blessed to be beautiful children of … of the Creator of wild blueberries.
may you grow in grace and knowledge of our LORD and Savior Yeshua Christ, to Him be all glory, now and to the day of eternity. amen.

Quebec City

Bawa. Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim

(in the Name of God most Merciful, most Compassionate)

it’s ridiculous that I worry about things, or try to take charge of things. because by the time I can stand back and look at what happened, I’m always amazed by how everything always turns out way more amazing and perfect then I could have ever even imagined. this month has been quite the spectacular one, and as I look back now, I believe this entire summer has been one of the most beautiful and awesome experiences I can recall. on that note, I love you. I really truly love you all, if you are reading this, and even some of you who are too busy to even read this. this has been an amazing summer of seeing and hanging out with some of the most delightful and beautiful people I know. I’m sure it’s a combination of knowing I won’t be seeing the regular Houghton people daily like I’m use to anymore, along with simply realizing the incredible value of God’s children. but every time I’ve been blessed to hang out with brothers and sisters this summer, old ones and ones just met, I’ve had the most blissful time, usually involving grinning so much my face hurts. you guys are great.

well, when I last wrote I was finishing up my final college summer courses on-line, and am now an official Houghton College graduate! with a BA in visual art, and a concentration in painting. (so, anyone need an artist with credentials? haha.) I was living with my amazing little brother Nicodemus in Connecticut, enjoying the hot sun, swimming, fires, and hanging out with old friends in that area. then my more recent adventures started:

God is amazing. in case you might’ve forgotten that, He is. one of the big reasons I was happy that my trip to Korea got postponed was so I could go to wonderful brother Shawn Livingston and his now wife Rachel Meekins’ wedding near Baltimore on August 8. but for those of you who don’t know, I don’t have my driver’s license and constantly have to hope on the kindness of others. (I also don’t have a cell phone. I know, I’m probably the only person I know. but I’ve gotten very bold in asking to borrow phones from perfect strangers. some call me a mooch, I just think it’s great conversation starters and learning humbleness and to rely totally on God’s amazing grace.) this was when I was getting worried I wouldn’t be able to make it to the wedding, but Shawn, in his incredible wisdom, informed me that obviously God wanted me there and that He’s work everything out amazingly. and for course He did. after catching a ride to the train station in New Haven I met up with wonderful Mike Biele, Mike Verriale, and Melissa Ingino in Long Island and the four of us drove down together. that weekend… was the most amazing, most blissful, simply a complete delight of the summer (although, it is so hard to say that for sure, because there were so many times like that this summer! it seems every experience was better than the last. it’s been a great summer, truly). there were so many old brothers and sisters to see, such joy in meeting new ones. some of the best times were at the beautiful Adam and Susanne Leach’s with simply being so incredibly joyful in the company of so many people I love. they are one of the sweetest couples I have ever met. many of us Houghton people stayed at Jon McKinley’s for the weekend (he’s so great. so’s his family).

after the wedding I very much wanted to get up to the Western New York area of the world and silly me, worried about it again and of course, God made my transportation even better then I could’ve imagined. beautiful Jesse and Jessica Stevenson not only offered me a ride up to Rochester but also a place to stay with them at Jesse’s parents’ house (Amanda Kronert came with us too, she was so lovely to have along). by the way, Jesse and Jessica are amazing, I love them so much, especially together. I stayed with them for a week as they packed up to move down to Hudson Falls (Jesse just got a music teaching job down there. and they’ll be living within minutes of Orion Harrison! how sweet is that?) Leah Gauthier, newly returned from her summer studies in Germany, decided to come visit me because she loves me (she’s such a lovely sister, we had some amazing times and talks together). there was even more wonderful times visiting beautiful people, including a trip to Houghton for part of the Woods Themselves tour! (plug for them: http://www.myspace.com/thewoodsthemselvesmusic)

last Friday (the 14^th) Jesse and Jessica moved out and Leah drove home and Sarah Thomas, a wonderful old housemate from Houghton, picked me up for her graduation party/camping trip on Seneca Lake. that was also an absolutely spectacular weekend. we did wine tasting at ‘Rasta Ranch’, swimming, meeting some purely lovely people, and the best part: creeking up to the most beautiful double waterfall and swimming holes I have ever seen were I met some amazingly beautiful dreadlocked hippies who gave me watermelon. seriously, I think this was the most beautiful place I have ever been; 7 story rock cliffs on either side with crisp cool water lit by the golden sunlight catching on brilliant green leaves high above our heads, I’ll bring you there some day, I promise.

that was Sunday morning and out last day of camping. camping with us that weekend were Alex and her boyfriend Brian who told me they were going to see the Weiss Family Band in Buffalo and offered me a ride with them. seriously, I could not have planned how perfect that worked out! the show was… indescribably amazing. we unexpectedly encountered a wonderful handful of old Houghton brothers and sisters and spent time dancing and singing and hugging and loving with a street band before the show started. the show itself was pure bliss and I even met new beautiful brothers and sisters there. aaron of course enlightened us with his wisdom (he sends his love to you all, by the way).

sad goodbyes were said at the end of the night and the next day I was dropped again at Jesse Stevenson’s parents’ empty house. since him and Jessica had moved and his parents were in Guatemala for the summer, I was completely alone for the rest of the week to house sit. it was a very lonely time, but so incredibly amazing and I wish I’d had more time to spend praying and meditating in our amazing LORD and Savior. He used that week I had away from all people, phones, internet, everything to truly speak with me and grow me in ways I didn’t even realize I needed growing in. He is so incredible. ‘what a beautiful God there must be.’

well, now I’m in the next section of my adventure: yesterday my parents picked me up from the Stevenson house (my house sitting ended that night as the owners were coming home) and tonight I sit on the floor of a very cold air conditioned hotel room in Quebec City, taking advantage of the free wireless. I decided, sort of on a whim, to join my parents as they move up to the Naskapi reservation in northern Canada, the place were I grew up. it takes 3 full days (8 to 12 hours a day) of traveling to reach my ‘home town’ of Schefferville, Quebec, population 2,000 (and the only people around for about 300 miles). it’s really out there, but I’m excited to go back for a while (I’ve been gone for about 6 years now). I have no idea really what I’ll be doing, but I’m sure God has some really fun adventures set up for me. by the way, I know it’s ridiculously up there, but if you’ve got two weeks free and want to experience something totally new and different, come visit! I promise you it’ll be absolutely amazing and I would of course love to see you!

lastly, as we make our way up to Schefferville we’ve also been searching for a new kitten! my parents decided to get me one for my 23^rd birthday (which is Wednesday). I’ll be taking name suggestions starting now.

as for Korea, I still am hoping on starting that job in November; my parents will be traveling back to CT at the beginning of November and I’ll be going with them, work at completing all my final visa paperwork, and then shipping off to Cheonan City to teach English as a second language! join me if you also can’t think of what to do with your college degree.

well, I miss you all quite terribly, and I sincerely pray you are all doing well. if you have any specific prayer requests please don’t hesitate to write me, even just to let me know how you’re doing. and I hope if you think of it you’ll pray for me, as I embark on these new adventures.

keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters; to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our LORD Yeshua, before all ages, now and forevermore. may His incredible peace and grace completely cover you brothers and sisters, and may we never forget to thank Him for His incredible blessings.

sister elizabeth

elizabeth's asian adventure, blog one

good afternoon beautiful brothers and sisters
It's July 20th. I believe a lot of you knew that I was scheduled to fly to Korea today. Well, for those of you who I haven't been talking to recently: I am not on a plane currently. I have spent the past two months (approximately) working on getting all my paperwork completed for my visa application. Yet it seemed every single time I attempted to submit something, it would come back with a tiny mistake that I needed to fix first. It was extremely frustrating, as you can imagine. Everything completely fell apart in Shawn Livingston's car on our drive up to Jesse Stevenson and Jessica Vogt's wedding (congratulations guys! you're both so beautiful) when my little brother Nick called to let me know that a document I'd been waiting on had come back blank. For the 3rd time. I guess I'd say this was when everything fell apart because I was running out of time. See, once I get all my paperwork completed, then I need to send it to Korea, where they process it and send it to the Korean consulate in New York City. Then I set up an interview with them and get my visa. THEN I get to go to Korea. Red tape, red tape. Honestly, the world would be so much easier if I could do whatever I wanted without the red tape. But the world doesn't look that way. Well, when I got home from the wedding (delightful wonderful time of seeing such beautiful Houghton friends, we even took a trip to Houghton for some beautiful hanging out and record listening and even woke up Gabe and Ginny Jacobson early the next morning to see them!) I e-mailed Troy, who is my contact in Korea, and apologetically explained the situation. He was so incredibly kind and understanding. Because their term starts soon he had to hire someone already in Korea for my position. But he did encourage me to continue with my visa application and perhaps apply for the position at the school that will be opening in November.
Well, ironically enough, as today is the day I'm suppose to be shipping out to Korea, I got my completed criminal record check in the mail, clean and stamped and beautiful looking. Would've been nice to have a couple weeks ago. Ah well.
So. In short, I am not flying to Korea right now. I might go to Korea in November. But I might not. It's very strange actually, this situation I now find myself in. I've been staying in the guest bedroom of my parents' house in CT with Nick, working hard at completing my on-line courses and anticipating my move to Korea. Well, now what? I didn't look for a job because I wasn't going to be here long. I also still don't have a driver's license and hadn't been working towards getting one, since I was suppose to be going to Korea.
I guess I'm just very much at a 'what am I doing now?' point. Which is actually great! When everything is completely taken away what do I have left? Only God. And that's all. I've been learning (for a couple months now) to realize that I can't rely on anything but God. Really. It's kind of freeing.
Also, now I get to go to Shawn and Rachel's wedding! This was actually an issue that was causing me to possibly not accept the teaching position in Korea at all. I love them both so much, and am now really looking forward to this event, full of beautiful people (hopefully I'll be seeing lots of you wonderful brothers and sisters reading this at the wedding). Also, this delay allows for another exciting possibility, suggested to me by the wonderful brother Bryan Overland: the Weiss Family Band will be going on tour next month and I'm going to do all within my power to be able to get a chance to see them in Buffalo. (If you know me, you know of my incredible passion of the beautiful words of aaron weiss and the rest of the mewithoutYou guys; I just got to see them last Thursday in Brooklyn with lovely Alex Glover and had a wonderful time breaking banana bread with aaron.) In other news, I've also been painting a music inspired mural in the guest room, I've been illustrating a children's book that my mom is writing in the Naskapi language, and I've been enjoying being stress-free from this Korean application.
Some have been asking what I'm doing with my life now. Well... I don't know. 'Never mind our plan-making, we'll start living!' (I'll make crepes for whoever tells me what that's from.) But some of my options are to stay here in CT or move somewhere else and look for a job, permanent or temporary. Maybe look for some kind of art related way to pay off my bills (hahaha! oh... right). My mom suggested I go with them up to the reservation in Quebec for a while, maybe get a job up there. I could or could not still go to Korea in November. I could move to Peru, I liked it there. I could go out to the west coast, that would be nice. Haven't been there yet. Any suggestions?
So. Now that you know I will be in the area for a while longer, I would love to see any and all of you (and by 'in the area' in mean in this continent). Take a trip out to my area if you can, we'll have a fire, do some painting, cook delicious food, go for a swim in the river, talk about beautiful life and dance in the morning dew. If you're reading this, I love you and would love to see you, no matter what. Give me a call or better yet, stop by unannounced.
In conclusion, I apologize if this letter seems a bit distracted. I was. It's tough to sit in front of a laptop while the stiffling summer sun streams through the windows on exhaling breezes and the beautiful voices of frogs, bugs and birds call out to me saying, 'child created by the merciful Most High, come and dance.'

Bawa. Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim

(in the Name of God most Merciful, most Compassionate)
The grace and peace of the LORD Jesus be with you all, and may my love be with you in Yeshua.