Normalizing...
Returned Sunday from the beach trip. Now finally I get a long stretch here in town, though the pace of things will still be pretty full. There's much to do in terms of prep work for the fall, as well as the weekly responsibilities. This week will be full... Wednesday Bible Study, Friday youth group, and Sunday School.
As far as the ministry update goes: Crossroads went very well... I feel like I received more out of it than I gave, which is always a good sign. It was a great opportunity to get to know the 22 youth who went, and to live, eat, pray, worship with them. It was a good type of tired that I felt at the week's end. The beach trip was a more mixed trip for me personally. Some of it was just my lowered energy level going into it. Getting to know the upperclassmen was a distinctly different experience than getting to know the underclassmen at Crossroads; it is plainly evident that within the one youth group, there are two distinct subsets of students, with different worldviews, different spirituality.
Still, I'm thankful that in the midst of all that activity, I have good friends & healthy boundaries. My living arrangement with Dan has been mutually beneficial, and I'm able to establish healthy boundaries between my service for God and the rest of life that involves simply being a person... resting, playing, reading :)
[Prayer Requests]
- Pray that I will be able to find rest as well as take care of miscellaneous things in the midst of all of the things I have to do
- Pray for continued opportunities to build relationships with youth, parents, and church members.
- Pray specifically for college students and/or young adults who have a burden to serve in the youth ministry, to be shepherds to the youth.
- Pray for planning for the fall semester: curriculum, Sunday School teachers, calendar/scheduling
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