Hello!

We're about a week away from flying out of Texas. How exciting! I've been shopping for craft supplies, reading for lessons, and journaling for thoughts in order to prepare for this trip. It's going to be a great trip and I pray that we will be able to get more accomplished than what we can ever imagine possible. I am most excited for all of the time that I will be spending with the girls in the youth group. I cannot wait to see where our relationships go, and how deeply they become rooted to God and to eachother.

I am close to tears when I think of being reunited with friends that I have been waiting a whole year to see. I cannot wait for them to see my growth, my struggles and my faith through it all. I want to hear about everything that I've missed and I want to be strong in telling them why I came back. Not for them, but for what I have to give them; that is the knowledge and understanding of a God who is All Powerful.
A lesson I have recently re-learned.

I feel that the testimony that I will have to share with them is going to be so much more than it was the last time I was there. I want to make sure that they see how easily our faith is changed when it is so shallowly planted.
All in all, I'm ecstatic, and I hope you enjoy reading about all the wonderful things that are going to be done there this summer.

Farewell friends!