All right. I may have lost most of my audience because I have not been updating this with any sense of regularity. But I know you faithful ones are still with me, right? Right.

So, I guess I should start with somewhat of an update of what has been going on in my life in the last month or so.

I started my job at Mosaic Community Development, and that has been one huge challenge thus far. I have been here for about a month, and it’s all been one big blur. Once again, it seems that God has put in me in the environment that is most challenging to me - one of uncertainty, un-clarity, and un-definition. YES! I seriously HATE that and love it all at the same time. Apparently I am subconsciously attracted to environments like this because I ALWAYS find myself in them.

It’s kind of like Quantum Leap, really, just like my mom has always said. My life is one big quantum leap fiasco sometimes. It seriously is! I find myself thrown into some random environment, and I have no idea what is going on, or what to do with myself while I’m there, or how to get those unknown things done in the first place (Do you see the dilemma?). “What is going on??”  - This is a phrase that I often ask myself. And just when I think I have found structure with a job at MCD…..alas….it isn’t so….

If you know me well, you have probably asked me this question in the last 2 years of my life: “So, what are you doing exactly there, Jodi?” Yes, you know that you have asked me that, probably several times. And you have probably heard me say this, “Well, that is the question of all questions. I don’t really know, but…”

Just think about it - you have asked it or thought in many times in the last years. And most especially the last month (Maybe I should start developing mini-episodes on this website).

The problem here is that I don’t have my Al to magically appear and look at his Ziggy to tell me the vital information I need. Well, maybe I do. If I wanted to be somewhat blasphemous here, I could slightly compare my Al to the Holy Spirit, or I should say “Holy Spirit” without the word “the,” since He is also a member of the Trinity, and not an object.

So, basically, these times of complete and utter dependency on God to show me what He wants me to do are so good for me. Good. And I mean GOOD. I don’t mean good in a temporal and happy sense, but true “goodness” in the redeemed sense of the word. I mean good meaning that God is continually refining me daily and teaching me humble dependence on Him and His leading (when I am offering myself back in obedience at least). My definition of “good” is often so incredibly wimpy in comparison with what I believe God means by good in the Bible (Romans 8), and in the description of the goodness of His character.

So back to Mosaic:

A project that I was going to spend a lot of time on this summer and year is postponed, and so I am currently trying to pray and see what God wants to do exactly with my time and energy and passions, here at Mosaic. It’s completely fluid and I feel kind of unsure at this time, and yet God is continuing to demand that I trust Him blindly and walk forward, saying, “I have NO idea where I’m going, God, I can’t see anything!!”

So I am right now trying to set up some meetings in Omaha, with various groups and efforts (especially with some anti-Human Trafficking stuff) and see what the Lord opens up for me to do. I’ll keep you updated, and welcome suggestions.

As for the most amazing man in the world, yes, it’s true, I am dating him. No seriously, the most amazing man in the world and I are dating! It’s amazing!! I don’t know where to take this paragraph except to get embarrassed or overly informative on a website, so you must request information personally from me.

And that….is my very short and random conglomeration of update-ness for the day. Thanks.