Bonjour from Natan

Hey everybody! How's life been going? I thought I'd give you all a little update on how I'm doing. After I got back from Chicago I stayed in Salina with my family for a couple of days. At first it was really good. My family and I generally get along. For those of you who don't know I have an older brother (who is going to be a 5th year at KSU next year) and a younger sister (who is going to be a freshman at KSU next year! woohoo!!). Speaking of my sister, I found out she is living in the dorms that are right across the street from my apartment, and I am pumped. She is good at baking, and she wants to come over and make cookies, which I think is a fantastic idea. After living awhile with my family, though, it started to get to me. My mom and sister argue a lot, which they find pretty normal. They aren't even really mad at each other, its just how they communicate, but after being on project with all of you fine people it was really tough. So I was ready to move back to Manhattan.

Once I got back to Manhattan things were pretty much normal. My roommates were happy to see me, and they were the ones who were most excited to hear stories about project, which honestly surprised me. They are pretty big partyers and atheists/agnostics, and it was weird that they were asking questions about my ministry and were genuinely interested in what we did. After a while, though, I got bored in Manhattan, because I don't have a job. I applied at the hospital today, so we'll see how that works out. I visited Lawrence last weekend, and that was pretty cool. It was great to see Geoff and Tyler again. After that, the PPD kind of hit me. I'm not depressed, I'm just sad sometimes because I feeling kind of worthless laying around here all day not doing anything. Adding on to this is the fact that my quiet times haven't been very good, if they are there at all. I just feel like I'm falling back into my old habits, which is not something I want to do. Tyler gave us all some good words of encouragement on this, though, and that was really uplifting. I've been praying about it a lot.

So anyway that is just about all that's been going on with me. Just kind of being lazy/looking for something to do. Overall I'm doing good, but if you guys could pray for persistence in my walk with the Lord, I would really appreciate it. I am praying for all of you.

I miss and love you all!
Nate