Wow its halfway through July….WHAT?!

Actually it’s ok. It has been a fun couple of months with traveling to West Virginia, Kentucky, and Florida. It has also been fun hanging out with teens and getting to spend time with them. I get to hang out with 20 teens that are part of the IMPACT team from West Virginia North and for one night I get to hang out with some Kentucky teens. It seems like every time I go to another event I like these teens more and more. Sometimes I dread packing for these events but these guys make it totally worth while!  Here are some of these teens:

I have only known these kids for two months but they are pretty incredible and there are sooooo many more that I can’t put up enough pictures to show all of these awesome teens.

It has also been awesome to be out of school and have the ability to hang out with this pretty awesome and beautiful girl a lot more….

God is LOVE!

Summer so far….

Wow what a summer it has been! I have been to my first summer camp and I am currently at my second both of which were West Virginia camps. So much fun at both of them. Today I went white water rafting and it was easily one of the best things I have ever done in my life. The area that we were in was extremely beautiful and and the rapids were incredible. I can’t wait to do it again sometime! I might get a chance to do it again down here in West Virginia. Man this state is just beautiful!! The mountains are just breath taking! Things that you just don’t see in the flat state of Ohio. haha Don’t get me wrong I love the state of Ohio but there are some amazing things down here that we don’t have in Ohio. Later this week I get to spend about a day and a half with students from Eastern Kentucky. Talk about an amazing group of students and youth leaders! Amazing I tell you! I really think I have the three best districts. I love them all already and I have only been working with them for a little over a month now.

I also got the opportunity to go to General Assembly in Orlando, Florida. Wow! That’s all I can say about that! I had no idea what to expect there but it was incredible! For those that might not know what General Assembly is, it is a huge gathering of Nazarenes from all over the world. One number I heard was 20,000 people but that could be off I am not sure though. It was awesome to get to meet people that were from all over the world. I met the District Superintendents from West and East Congo (Yeah Congo in Africa) and I got to get dinner with a pastor from Alaska. The dinner with the pastor was very very encouraging and something that I really needed at that time.

Through all of these things I have met some incredible people. It truly is a blessing to have been given the opportunity to meet all of them. They have challenged me, made me look at things differently, and have made me laugh so hard sometimes. These people aren’t just the adults that I have met but the majority of these people have been the students that I have met. These teens are just incredible! I honestly can’t think of any other way of explaining them.

I can’t wait to meet more students and the leaders that are helping to form these students over the next two years! I really can’t wait to hang out with these students more and get to know them and their stories better. What a great opportunity I have to interact with them, see them grow, and help them along their path and maybe even have them help me along mine as well!!!

God is Love!