BEST MONTH EVER. Seriously though, it was one of those months where you just feel the JOY of life in Christ every moment of every day. The people were too awesome. So many are from WA, which is so great and of course, my favorite southerners! We just had a blast. I was on the Harbour team working on the Outer Dock helping kids get destroyed on the caribe. It was great. The campers were so full of life and I was blessed to get to know a few of them and their stories and then to be able to pray for them throughout the week. Hundreds of campers joined the family of Christ and I got to watch it all unfold! I don’t even think I realized how cool that was until I just wrote that down. God taught me a lot throughout my time there; I need to learn how to experience God through thankfulness in my joy, I need to be content where I am, and I am worth everything to HIM! (Even those freaking big, beautiful mountains I got to stare at every day!!!) We had adventures on a yacht, at Chatterbox Falls, Beyond Malibu, WAKEBOARDING (I mean cleaning the blob), on the caribe, and under the blanket of stars and giant moon. One day we got to go to the Goff’s home around the corner from Malibu and be blessed by Bob’s stories and encouragement to make our own. Leaving there I realized there are some things that I just need to go for, be bold for, and trust God with the rest. One night we had an all camp worship and I got to dance on a table with my dear friend Kelsie singing praise to our BIG, RIGHTEOUS Father and I felt for the first time in a long time that ultimate freedom we are offered through Christ. I mean come on guys, what more could we want!? So coming home was a bit of an adjustment to say the least. To leave a place that kind of resembles what I imagine HEAVEN to be like and step out into the disgusting Phoenix weather and see nice cars, women dressed in their underwear, and everyone looking so hopeless was hard. Then I drove home with my mom and came back to a family that loves me so much and even better loves the Lord! I felt so overwhelmed again with the love of God and how much He wants to give us FULL LIFE! My dad and I had a great talk last night and we got to watch the sunset and remember together how we have been blessed by God and that the reason for our hope in making things new and better is Jesus. We sat there until the stars were covering us. It was from the Lord. No other way to say it. Also, I got to talk to my roommate from last year and my roommate for this year in the same day, which just got me so stoked for Whitworth. Kelsie is flying down here and we are road tripping to school together! I can’t even wait because we get to spend like four straight days together and I get to see Hannah Berve, my mom gets to see Kappy, and then Sara Collette, and then Gig Harbor friends, and just so much JOY! Life is good. Even when it is not though I remember that God is. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. So I can’t wait to jump into this next part of His story and see where He takes us all.
