Well, it's been a minute since I've updated this and alot has happened.  Lil' Miss S. started Kindergarten.  I had a dream to homeschool so even though it breaks my heart to have to send her to school, I found a tremendous Charter School.  They have two teachers per class and no more than 30 students.  They only have K-4th grade so there is no older kids and it is very small.  The teachers are very kind and loving and still give hugs to the children.  Her best little friend, and neighbor, is in the same class with her which made the transition from preschool (8-10) kids to big school, much easier.

I teach more classes and as a regular full-time job.  I no longer work as front desk with 24hour fitness but I am one of their group instructors.  I now teach Aqua, Silver Sneakers, Piyo and of course, Turbo Kick.  As of Monday, I am A.C.E. Personal Trainer and I have my first session on Thursday.  I plan on training for trade for a time, to get my feet wet, get good, help others and help myself.  Bills are a bit hard to pay in the meantime but when you start yuor own business, it's hard at first so I am trusting Abba to provide while I work hard.  I also will be getting my Associates in Elementary Education while I am building a clientele.  I thought I had it already but I am missing one Science class so while I have some time, I will finish that and then on to my Bachelors.  Getting the Personal Training Certificate was hard and a good taste of what being back in school will be like.  There was a TON on anatomy and physiology to learn so it was like learning medical school stuff. 

I've been very involved in my congregation too.  They have "new" rabbis and they started an Erev Shabbat service, which just means evening of the sabbath, Friday night.  It's a big potluck dinner with prayers, some Hebrew liturgy and really nice fellowship.  I've gotten to know people better through that.  The Rabbi and  his wife have five children and S. has taken quite fndly of them.  She insisted that I "never give her anything" because I have not given her a baby sister yet, LOL.  I gently explained that I have to be in love first, then married, then children and that may take some time.  She said she will be praying for me, haha.  We'll see how that goes :-)

They have dancing at our congregation, though not like back in Cali.  I participate in that, and lead once a month.  For the New Year (Rosh Hoshana), God gave me a dance that we choreographed together.  The ladies from the congregation on the dance team and I practiced for weeks and then performed it for the entire congregation!  It's on Youtube "The Danse" from Beth Yachad Messianic.  That was super duper fun and exciting for me, something I have wanted to do since I started Messianic dancing 4 years ago.  I may even be doing that fulltime with Messianic Dance Camps International.  I have a few other dances choreographed but not seen by anyone yet so we shall see. 

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I got my one year chip for abstaining from all alcohol.  In the midst I made a list of all those I have harmed and have become willing to make amends to them.  That has been hard but freeing.  I may be calling you next :-).  I've had to really humble myself to apologize to a few I felt needed to apologize to me.  As I have just done what I was told, I have experienced a joy I have never known.  Shame is not part of my daily/weekly life anymore.  I have peace, shalom.  It's alot of work to list all the things you've done wrong down to the minute details and some avoid this altogether, with fine sounding, very spiritualized reasons.  But, I have found my relationship with God and others to be much, much deeper and more genuine.  Its pretty awesome.  And, as I've traveled to prescott and tucson to make amends to folks there, one of many, I have gotten to sightsee and be out of the Phoenix heat, sweet!!

I have some thought blogs coming up but this is to catch you up.  Oh, I also have a very skeletal website. www.soulandbodywellness.com.  Check in with me soon :-)