I made it through the first week of classes!!!!!! It was quite possibly the longest first week I have ever encountered but it wasn't bad. I think I might really enjoy my classes this semester.... except Finance 409.
I was talking to a friend last night about how much my outlook has changed since the beginning of this semester.
My entire college career has been spent loving on youth from 3 or 4 different youth groups. My freshman year, I got a call from my youth pastor the day of Dnow saying he needed help. I went, and I loved it. My first Dnow as a leader. My senior year in the youth group, I didnt participate in Dnow because of a conflict of events. I can still remember my youth pastor's reply when Merritt and I told him we weren't going to be there because of our school's choir. hahah. He was so mad at us. So working a Dnow was such a gift so soon after graduating high school. That particular Dnow got me reconnected with an old friend from high school who called me up a few weeks later looking for help leading a Dnow in Plano. I gathered up some friends and we went. I didnt realize I would grow so attached to that church. I was a leader the following year at the same 2 churches and that sophomore summer, I was the youth intern at the church in Plano. What an incredible experience for me. I went from a church with a good 60 kids on a bad Wednesday night to a much smaller church with 30 kids being a good turn out. It was a shock and a complete learning experience and it was such a blessing. Through the people in Plano, I was also connected with another church in the Plano area with a much smaller crowd. I also served as a leader this past year for both of the Dnow's mentioned before and at a Dnow at the church I grew up attending in Mesquite. THAT was awesome. I wouldnt trade that experience for the world. It was probably the coolest thing I have ever done.
Needless to say, I have been sort of a "nomad" leader. I have gone where I am needed; be it Dnow, Camp, Mission Trips, Retreats, Wednesday night services, Lockins; and I have loved every single minute of it. But that phase in my life has come to a close.
This year, I am working one Dnow. This Dnow came about recently and its entirely new to me. I dont know any of the kids or the staff members. I am excited for the new connection, but it is humbling to see the so obvious change in my life.
Talking to this friend last night and telling him about all the things God has shown me lately, about life and about my future, has really given me something to share with everyone. I see the light at the end of the tunnel. My college years are coming to an end and this chapter in my life is ending as well. I see that God has so much more planned for me than to go from youth group to youth group just helping out where I am needed. God has a whole life planned out ahead of me and I am so excited to see where it leads me.
I still dont know how many people read this blog, but if you are reading this, I would love your prayers as I face uncertainty ahead and possibly a few difficult decisions. The road was never promised to be easy, just that it would be worth it. 2 Corinthians 4:7-18.
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