Maybe I am into ice fishing...

The title of this post is an interesting one. A little bit about me is that I enjoy hiking, traveling, and being active. Did I ever think I would go ice fishing? No. 

Let me give some backstory. As always, it starts with a guy. In this case, a guy who likes ice fishing. This guy would probably be the only one to get me to agree to ice fishing. I've known him for a while through helping out at youth group and being involved in my local church. He's been on the shy side and anyone I've talked to just agrees with how quiet he is. I am an extrovert completely so with this information I wouldn't be looking at a shy guy. This is a situation where I know all about him but he probably knows nothing about me. I'm close with his family and they have been encouraging this relationship for a while now. 

This weekend we have spent some time praising God and freezing our butts off. We went to Timberlee for our winter retreat with the high school youth group. I may have planted in the heads of some people that I would be interested in ice fishing. The shy guy then asked me if I wanted to go with him and his friend... Well of course. Why not? That night I prayed and prayed again. I was nervous that it would be awkward since he's shy and everyone had hyped up us hanging out. The morning came and I got ready to go. They were running late so I waited. 

Come to find out... The shy guy slept through his alarm. His father, one who has been very persistent of the hype, knows that he can't make his son's decisions but he does know he can help him wake up on time when a girl shows interest in ice fishing. 

Eventually, he came, by himself. I was honestly a little happy that it just ended up being us two. We walked out to the ice. Every couple of yards, check the ice thickness. This was actually interesting to me. I think the first question asked was, "So you like ice fishing?" The whole time we just talked, and laughed, and he even shared some personal things with me. This unofficial first date couldn't have been better. At one point he checked the time, it was a few minutes past when we were planning on going back in, and he said "Well since we are catching so many fish I think we should stay out a little longer!" Knowing darn well that we have caught none during that hour we were out there. It was a subtle flirt and I was completely blushing from it. 

I honestly wish the time moved slower. As I sat, wrapped in my blanket, sitting on the ice, I wanted time to stand still. This was uninterrupted quality time... My love language. We knew it was time to head in for breakfast and we walked and kept talking. We talked until we got to breakfast. Everyone was clearly ecstatic from seeing our return back, together. I'm sure I returned with a big smile on my face. I was happy. 

God it's in your hands.

1. God is teaching me something. I have no idea what it is but I know that it is GOOD. I do know that a few months and even weeks before, I would have never thought that I would go ice fishing. Maybe God is showing me that what He has in store for my life is much different than I could imagine. 

2. Currently, I have been reading Galatians. I need to reread the book completely. If I'm completely honest, I need to be making more time to read my bible. It's been hard with student teaching and waking up early.

3. I have been struggling with reading my bible (like I said above). I also have been trying to get better about praying out loud. I feel like this might help me to be more passionate and bold in my prayer life.

4. My prayer request would be for this situation with this boy. I also have to submit my educational portfolio (edTPA) for school which I'm nervous about.