What the heck is going on in your life Kristen?

What a good question! One I've heard just a few times recently so I thought I'd update y'all here on my blog. I finished my coursework for my MDiv in December and packed up and moved back to BC. At the end of December I completed the last step in being approved for ordination by the powers that be pending the receipt of a call to a congregation. This required a written exam and a panel oral exam which I completed at the end of December.
Since then I have been in the call process with a congregation. On my mom's 60th birthday I received news that I had been chosen as primary candidate (only candidate) for an associate pastor position in Langley at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church. It is still quite a process ahead before I have a letter of call in my hands. The call committee with present my name to the church council in a couple of weeks and ask the church council to take my name forward to the congregation to approve a call being issued to me.
So I am staying at my parents' house until that all takes place. I have been enjoying having some time off and reconnecting with friends.
I am now going to look for part time temporary work to fill some time and provide some income until the call is completed.
So all going well I will be ordained in April in Richmond in my home congregation. I will then find a place to rent in Langley and begin my ministry there.
I'm very excited about the journey I am on and have learned much more about trusting God!

New Addition!

Sorry I haven't blogged lately! Here is a pic of the new addition my parents will be bringing into our family in March. Her name is Keela:

from "The word cadhla means beautiful and implies "a beauty that only poetry can capture."