Engaged!!!!!

Here is a story that I know some people have been expecting to hear for a long time...

About a month after I moved to Boston, I definitely fell in love, and a year later, I'm ready to take a leap of faith! I know - it sounds crazy, but when you're in love, you're in love! Surprise!

Well, here's the rest of the story:

The object of my affection and adoration is not one person, but an entire community. I have fallen in love with the church I attend here in Boston - 4th Presbyterian Church (www.4thboston.org). Much like young love, I get giddy every time I start talking about this church and look forward to every opportunity I have to spend time in this incredible community. I'm not going to try and expound too much on why 4th Pres. is the ecclesiastical love of my life (thus far), because you'll just have to come see for yourself.

Nonetheless, I am happy to have found a church family here and found a community in which I can be so happily engaged.

heheh.

Now, this beloved church of mine has run into a slight financial problem. In renovating our fellowship hall, additional construction and inspection expenses have accumulated to the tune of $25,000. Yikes!

In an effort to raise money on behalf of 4th Presbyterian Church, I am joining forces with one of the elders and the church's general contractor, and together the three of us are taking a LEAP OF FAITH by leaping out of an airplane. Skydiving, if you will.

Make a pledge in support of my leap of faith! Checks can be made out to 4th Presbyterian Church, and mailed to the church or directly to me (ask for my mailing address at kmhcole AT gmail DOT com).

Furthermore, if you support renovation and church work, etc., but would rather keep me safe on the ground, then you can mark in the memo line "KEEP KATIE ON THE GROUND, PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS SAFE AND SECURE FROM ALL ALARM!!!" (or you can just write "ground"). Whichever fund raises the most money, I will honor.

This jump is coming up quick, so don't delay! Thoughtful donations of any size are welcome and appreciated.

(And don't worry - when the day comes that I am actually engaged in the romantic/marital sense, I will make a blog post clarifying all events. But that's not likely to happen for a while, so I'll just stick to jumping out of airplanes!)