It's been a while (Uri manida)

It's been a year since I moved to California and life has not stopped one second! I got a nice little message the other day which reminded me how frequently I used to blog. I think that as Witnesses we are definitely busier than most people. What can I say? Life just keeps moving along! :)

I've come to see how Jehovah has cared for us continually. All my life it's been faith strengthening to see how he's been so involved. Its been a different adjustment being back 'home'. I've been happy though. Early in our first year we moved into our old Spanish congregation and immersed ourselves into the activity here. It's been a very busy year. I started working for an Insurance company and I've quickly learned about this industry. Quite interesting. I have continued pioneering, but my schedule is most definitely different than it was in Ecuador or Mexico. So different. Everything is very fast paced here, and more expensive than I was accustomed to. Time slips away if you don't plan well. My family has also been busy. My mother has begun caring for my grandparents during the week and my brother is focusing on finishing up High School this year!
I had a wonderful blessing happen this year and that blessing was forming a friendship with an excellent, sweet brother. After much prayer and thought, we began dating late last Summer. I can't even describe how thankful I am that this happened. It was definitely a beautiful surprise and something I didn't imagine happening when moving back. I'm so happy because I found my modern-day Timothy. He is an incredible person and loves Jehovah so much. Jehovah knew and we both feel like he's guided us in our relationship. I will have to share more about him and our story too in another post. And now.....I'm engaged! So, I'm currently planning the wedding, future plans and also looking forward to the spiritual activities coming up this year. I was invited to Pioneer School for a second time!! I am very thankful to Jehovah for that invitation. Was not expected. I also have my convention coming up in June.

I have an Instagram account which is where you can see more of what's been going on in my life. If you want to follow me, just send me a direct message of how you know me. I am a bit particular about who follows me. :) I will be blogging again soon. I'll share a bit of our story, and also more photos!

@ijcali

Sincerely,

Izmir Coello


PS:

I'll share a photo from our Engagement Session. Even that was a lovely surprise. <3