Looking Back

FROM SEPTEMBER 9, 2013“THIS YEAR I DECIDED THAT NOT HAVING A NEW SCHOOL YEAR WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR ME. I NEEDED SOMETHING NEW TO BE A PART OF. I AM EXCITED TO START SERVING AS ONE OF THE LEADERS FOR THE CHURCH YOUTH GROUP ON SUNDAYS. ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE TOUGH AND OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AT TIMES, I FEEL THAT IT WILL GROW ME AND STRETCH ME IN POSITIVE WAYS. I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT MAY ENTAIL BUT ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I AM BOTH NERVOUS AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT GOD DOES IN MY HEART AND HOW HE USES ME TO SERVE THE HEARTS OF THE STUDENTS AT LAKE TAPPS. THIS LAST SUMMER I LOOKED BACK AND I HAD COMPLETED A YEAR LONG CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AND THAT WAS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND A TOUGH YEAR. NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME, WHAT WILL I SAY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR? I CAN’T WAIT TO FIND OUT. “

Wow, 3 Years and a lot of fun memories and stretching times that I have had. Serving in youth ministry has been such an amazing time in my life. After I graduated from college, life was hard, I didn’t know what do do or where to connect. Most of my friends had moved on to other areas of the country and I was…