Just a few of my favorite 2005 things

• Spent time with incredible people, participated in holistic ministry and learned more about the desires God has placed my heart all in a shanty-town in Lima, Peru
• Played with sparklers on the top of a volcano after watching the sun set over the clouds
• Went to a real island for the first time where I hiked a bamboo forest, lounged on a beach, walked through a pineapple field and went to a luau.
• Visited Washington D.C. twice with two amazing friends
• Stood by Niagara Falls with the mist on my face
• Received a promotion to Support Specialist Project Analyst
• Navigated a major road trip for the first time (we only got lost a couple of times!)
• Learned more about the power and importance of prayer (a prayer partner and YWAM prayer journal were a huge part of that lesson)
• Hiked some incredible AZ hikes for the first time--Oak Creek Canyon, Cathedral Rock, Peralta, Squaw Peak, Camelback (pretty sad for a native Arizonian)
• Read some amazing new books. A few particularly challenging ones were The Heavenly Man, The Wind is Howling, Tale of Three Kings, Compassion, I Dared to call Him Father.
• Began meeting with a mentor
• Enjoyed amazing family, friends and coworkers
• Learned more about brokeness and the importance of being quiet before God. "Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations , I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:10