God of Wonders!

My view of the Rocky Mountains this week!! What a beautiful way to be reminded of how powerful and amazing our God is! 

Phantom Poopers!

The following story is why I love my job! :) 

Oh Crew Manager Training! Today we discussed the "phantom pooper." This is the person on your crew who doesn't let you know that they just did their business in the bathroom before you. It is a terrible act that does happen over the summer. You don't want to be that person, and you don't want to deal with that person.

Overall point of this post, is how much I love my fellow summer staffers. These people are so much fun and we bring out the best in each other. We know what we are here to do, therefore we don't mind being ourselves in front of one another. I could pick a better group of people to spend two weeks with secluded in the mountains! 

Love Love Love

My first view of Estes Park, CO in a year! :) So excited to be back!

I cannot believe that I am here right now. It's a whole new group of summer staff for Group Mission Trips this year. And so far it's a whole new different experience. I'm loving this just as much as last year. 

On our way to the airport after our wonderful slumber party! :) 

Currently I am just refreshing my mind on how to do this for my upcoming camps. Speaking of my camps, this year I am heading to Valdosta,Georgia, Muskegon, Michigan, and Wintersville, Ohio. My crew seems great. I am ready to get to know them so much more. 

We are reunited!! :) And it does feel so good! :)

Leslie and I became crew manager training! :) 

Overall this year is going to be amazing!!

Please pray for safe travels this summer. Also that The Lord is very much with all of us Summer Staff this summer. We have a big job ahead of us and God has a great plan for us all! 

Peace and blessings. 

Flying High!!

Today is the day!! I'm in the airport sitting at the terminal ready to head to Colorado!! 

Let the summer begin. I'm exhausted and I hate flying. But today is going to be amazing!! 

I'm staying at the Plattner residence with Chelsea and Adam! We are going to have an amazing slumber party with Sammie's family. I wish she could be there, but she is all cool and a trainer. 

I cannot believe that I am going to be a summer staff returner. God has blessed me so much with this amazing opportunity. I only hope I can live up to his expectations and be a blessing to others. 

Pray for safe travels!!

Next time you hear from me I will be in Colorado!!! :) 

Summer Staff Round 2

Well I cannot believe an entire year has gone by. It feels like yesterday was August 3, 2012 when I left the DIA a complete mess. But here we are and I leave for Colorado in 5 days.

Looking back I cannot believe everything that has happened in the last year. I have grown so much. Many good and bad experiences have occurred. And it was through those good and bad life experiences that I was able to grow and mature. I will never forget one day in late March when I was walking through Louisville, I just started to reflect and pray. I reflect on so many life choices and the bad things that have happened and how I probably caused almost all of them. Then as I was praying last year's theme came to my mind, Rev. 21:5 "Look, I am making all things new!" And this felt extremely relevant to my life and that moment. The part of the verse "am making" shows that Christ is presently making us new. And it reminds me of what an MC said at a camp last year. "Sometimes you mush be broken down to be made new." This never made more sense than that walk in March. Everything that happened, happened for a reason. It was God showing me how much I can take and beginning to make me new. 

This was exactly what I needed to prepare my self for this summer. The theme for this year's Workcamp is "What do you stand for?" I really think that this is the making new part. I think that this entire year was difficult for me so I can find out what I stand for. I cannot wait for another amazing summer.

In five days I will head west, on a plane bound west. I will be paired with new crew partners, go to new locations, and experience new things. I just cannot wait to see what God has in store for me. 

Currently I am spending my days packing and preparing for the summer ahead. So as my summer begins, I ask that you keep me in your prayers. Pray for safe travels, my crew partners, my camps, my campers, the residents in need, the cities that will see God's love, and for me to find out what I stand for.