Chaos!

What an amazing and chaotic last few weeks! I have failed in my updates but this will suffice. I will give a VERY SHORT upate and then if something strikes your fancy feel free to email me and ask more about it. I'd love to talk more about what has been going on, but I dont want to bore everyone else!

So as many of you know I went with the youth to Tennessee for a short term mission trip. It was quite the experience but one that I feel was very valuable!! Coming back was crazy because I was hit with lonliness head on. God provided many people and devotions that got me through that and I am happy to report that I feel much closer to God because of that time!

I was able to lead the Senior High group two weeks ago and took them to glow in the dark Putt Putt. It was a pretty awesome time! Emily, my mentor, definitely let me be in charge which was really exciting but also scary in some ways. I really did enjoy it though!

One thing that I did not anticipate was being very sad to say goodbye to the seniors who I got to know this summer and who are moving away to college. It was a difficult thing, but I am happy that I got to know them and have learned that this is the reality of youth ministry!

This past week Emily was on vacation so I had to "step up" in some ways. That was exciting for me to do, but I really wanted to give her a giant hug when I saw her on Friday!! I'm glad she could take some time off though! It was just incredibly quiet in the office, which was a change I didn't enjoy!!

Things are good and time is speeding along. This has been a journey for me in so many ways! I never imagined that I'd be doing and experiencing all of these things, however I am looking forward to all my upcoming experiences! As I said before, if you're at all curious about anything feel free to email me or facebook me!! I'd love to fill you in :)