My long standing friend: Super Summer.

The girl TL's and myself.  Loved doing Lime school with them!

Super Sunmer 2016 is one for the books. I can hardly wait to look back on this time of life and simply smile and have such joy over what God is capable of; how weak I truly am and how huge He is. If you would've told me in April, still atThree Oaks, (if you're a super summer friend and are just getting in, click here to get in the know) that I was going to be stable enough to adequately handle and endwell in super summer- I would've doubted you. But God is so perfect in His timing that BAM I'm here. I've been in awe all week over that I'm even here. I'm stable. I'm living normally. Wow is all I can say and experience and feel.

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So. I am on 'Servant Staff' which means I help make Lime school happen. My position is called 'Team Leader Coordinator' "TLC". Super summer is a camp of leaders in the youth group; it's the 'what's next?' in a sense. So the TL's have small groups; so I am over the TL's and help them through the week.

And can I just say: IT'S AWESOME! I love pouring into new people; learning where they come from; meeting where they are in life and continuing for a week. Hearing how they pour out, and encouraging them in the process is epic. Being here with BVBC as a leader with our girls is wonderful because most of them I got to teach while they were in the kids ministry; what a cool sight to experience.. I am 'adulting' hard core this week! 



All the TL's. What a stellar crew.

Our lime school staff is SOLID. 6 guys and myself. All 6 of them are employed at a church/BSU... and then me. (Yes-it was intimidating at first.) I've gotten to know them all, see and hear their ways of teaching, and have them encourage me through my first time teaching a lesson. I got the privilege of teaching a session for lime school; Nehemiah 6. Bringing the Word of God to a bunch of eager high schoolers is a one in a million experience. To know I am truly just being used by Him for the teaching of His word; having a new reality of God that was experienced and loved. Not even in a 'church high' type thing, but more of a practically speaking, doing something new means a new realm of God to explore. Then, that night also with my first round of leading worship; surprise! So thankful for Nathan to encourage me and trust me with that; equally as awesome. Thankful for lime school as a whole for being so uplifting to my soul during, and after.  2 for 1 firsts happened in one day and man it was a lot. New realms of God have been experienced and I am overwhelmed at 2 things. 

1) the vastness of Christ and how intimate He is with us. 

2) the vastness of Satan and how intimate he wants to be with Christs people. 

That one time the power went out and Jared kept going.  Oh.  Yeah.

The last 2 weeks have been the struggle overall quite honestly. So many thoughts, patterns, and everything else has been replayed in my mind.

Satan wants so bad to win. The attack is incredible. If this is what it's like to be a youth pastor/music pastor/senior pastor, then wow. A whole new level of interaction with God has had to happen moment-by-moment. I'm thankful for the opportunity to lead and saddened over how my heart can be so full of joy, yet so quickly full of deceit.  The balance of I didn't choose this but still am in charge of seeking recovery is one that is still overwhelming, and one that I am still figuring out day by day.

We accidentally unintentionally assigned seats, and these were the people I did lime school with personally!

Super summer is a long standing friend I plan to keep in my life. Getting to serve alongside my youth minister from high school, Adam, on servant staff has been beautiful. He has been with me my entire walk with Christ, has taught me ions about the bible, and is how I based my decisions for a church home on; he set the bar high. It was a cool experience getting to hear him preach and then the next day following suit. It continues with a dear buddy, Amanda Jo, being a TL. I have had the honor of being her friend, but also in high school helping her learn and seek Christ, and now she's doing the same for others. 

Disciples making disciples making disciples. 

What a picture of the Church. 

My attempt at a selife with the BVBC group.

Practically speaking it's been exhausting!! We stay up past 12 every night and go go go! (For some that's fine but helloooooooo I go to bed around 9/930 and wake up at 4/5!) So my body is sufficiently confused and I can't wait to sleep all weekend. As camp comes to a close I can only be thankful that I have the ability to be here. The experience of seeing students chase after knowledge. The refreshed Spirit within me. And also the reality of my depravity. 

Some of the TL's and myself at hibachi.  Yeah. We had some fun.

Cool week. Cool stuff. 

Back to work Monday, but not without spending the entire weekend sleeping.
No. Shame.

LIME SCHOOL FOR LIFE