I am a Younglife leader for a nearby high school. If you do not know what Younglife is, it is a Christian outreach organization geared toward kids who would never go to church or youth group. It's like a youth group, but way more fun and relevant and sometimes a bit risque. I believe wholeheartedly in this ministry, as it is how I learned who Christ really is. Not just a God of rules and stipulations. He is a God who truly loves and cares for each of us. Younglife forever changed my relationship with God, and now I lead kids who were once me. I absolutely LOVE leading YL.
So I am taking my YL kids to camp tomorrow, and we will be gone for a week. I'm hoping to blog during that time, but who knows if I'll get the opportunity. Going to camp is bittersweet this year for a number of reasons. I am super excited to get closer to the kids who are going, but I cannot help but be sad about the ones who could not. Some kids were grounded for the summer, others had summer school, and others simply made up excuses because they have no idea how good being away for a week can be. Not to mention the camp site is AMAZING. I met Kevin there in September 2007 at a leadership weekend. We stayed up in the middle of this gorgeous camp site until about 4 AM talking about life and getting to know each other (we had only met the day before). It was simply... amazing. I have been to this particular camp over a dozen times, and I never grow tired of it. We are leaving early in the morning and it will be my very first time being apart from Kevin for more than a day or two. In almost 3 years of knowing each other, this will be the longest we have spent apart. It is going to be so hard. He is taking me to the bus in the morning, but I already miss him like mad.
Here's to hoping for an incredible week at camp. If anybody is reading, pray for us as we all grow closer to Christ this week. God is good!
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