Life

It has been a long few weeks. I have had many things going on.... I am so excited I leave for Kenya in a week from tomorrow! It's so great. I am going to have so much fun... I am excited and nervous just to see what kind of awesome stuff the Lord does in my life. He has been shaping me so much lately.

We are starting this new ministry at church called Beloved and I am so excited to be able to help out with it. The ministry is for girls, who have been in bad situations with boyfriends or boys in general. It's going to be great. It's the first time they've really ever done anything like this. It's seven weeks long and each week we are going to talk about a different part of B.E.L.O.V.E.D. God is going to use that ministry to do something really cool and I cannot wait to see his plans unfold. I am also so overjoyed about You Own The Weekend. Last year it was so fun, I do not exactly know why you own the weekend was so fun but it totally was. We have so much to learn from other people and especially at our high school. God has definitely been working at ET through prayer circles, having the ASB come to church, really just reaching out to people through Invisible Children, TOMS, FCA, and so many other things. I feel like this is the first year when it's like "OK" to hang out with the lower classes... It's not that we have been distant in years before but people did not care about the younger class as much as we do this year. I think it's really important to reach out to the younger class because they're the ones who will soon be in the upper class, its like were a big family and have to be an example to the younger siblings. People have definitely grown this year. There has been some huge accidents and great blessings. God totally provides always and His plans are so much greater then we can even think. I am excited to witness the rest of His plans for this year. Big things are also happening at HSM. Every week they are so many people and each week it surprises me. We have so many great people and influences. I love the people and the pastors that come every week. I have made so many friends and I wish I wouldn't have wasted my younger years being dumb... and not going to church as much. Although I am happy because my life would be so different if I didn't go through the experiences that I did. Also New Mexico is coming up. Trent is going on the "scouting" trip this weekend, which apparently is a big deal. No student has ever been on a scouting trip before.

Trent has grown so much as our relationship seems to grow. He is so on fire for the Lord. He teaches me new things everyday. He is such a good example to me, and I am so thankful that he is in my life. I feel like things are so good for the both of us, and God totally surprised us with this wonderful blessing of a relationship that is centered completely on Him, which is exactly what I wanted and needed. Trent is so knowledgeable I could come to him with anything I needed or had questions on and he would figure it out. He also is not afraid to speak his mind about something, if I am doing something wrong then he will tell me and I love that about him. He has qualities that a knight of chivalry would portray. His morals and values are so right on. God is working in Trent's heart and it is so beautiful to be able to see.