young life camp (from ally)

I just got home from young life camp yesterday. young life is a big part of dan and i's life.  young life is how dan and i really experienced christ in a real way and now we are both leaders in lynchburg and in radford.  it is hard. being a young life leader is all about being real and being tough and being the best friend girls and guys will ever have. it is about sharing who jesus is and it is about falling in love with the kids you lead and more in love with jesus.  a week of young life is alot like a marathon.  it is so tiring and sometimes you just want to lay in a bed (especially when you are sick...) but it is oh so rewarding and you would do it again in a second.  

This post could potentially be super long, but i will summarize it in a few sentences.  This week was unexpected. I had two days notice and with honduras coming and so much to do i wondered if i should go. but i went because jesus wanted me to go and because he had so much in store.  I led a cabin of 20 girls from grassfield with ally hill who has become one of my sweetest best friends. she loves me well. I led along side these girls who have become so special to me and have coached me through life and encouraged me.  There is nothing i can say to truly express what these girls mean to me.

anyways, young life camp was more than expected. it was harder than expected. but girls came to know christ and furthered their relationships with christ.  they were real, maybe for the first time.  girls were vulnerable when they didn't want to be, but needed to be.  ally and i were there to love them with the love of christ.  i am so filled. God is so good and to watch him move in the hearts of these girls was overwhelming.  here is ally and i's cabin of girls who we love so much

finally, young life camp was so sweet for me and riane, my sister. our relationship has been tough, but for the first time it is beautiful and real.  we had some tough talks and talked a lot about jesus. it was so wonderful, and so needed. 

50's night!

ah, i miss it. i really do. but tomorrow is sarah creekmore's wedding. her and her family are so special to dan and i and we are so ready to support her and peter on their special day.  Then a few hours after, its Honduras time. we are leaving. is this real? i feel like its not. i feel like my brain is trying to process it all. i am excited. i am packed up. but i am nervous, tired, in shock, etc. so tonight i will take time to just really think about this trip and get some rest (sorry dan for being so irritable).  This all seems unreal.