Week Two

Because there are almost 50 students in the house and over 10 staffers with a total of 16 kids, we split up between 3 churches. I was assigned to Immanuel Community Church, and I love it! Last week, we got to go the the College age Sunday school before church; the addition of the 16 of us at least doubled the class size :) After church we got to go to a church picnic. Playing beach volleyball while recovering from the SPECIAL made the game interesting, but tons of fun. Our church family has whole heatedly embraced us, and I love it!


This week, instead of going over AIA principles at night, we focused on having a Heart for the Body of Christ. We kicked off the week Monday night with a talk by Meg Akehi, one of the full time staffers on project. She discussed the Acts 2 church and the 1 Corinthians 12 body. Over the past year I have done a lot of reflecting on unity and community in the body. Unfortunately, I think this is something too often overlooked in the Church in America, but that I also realized in continuing to grow inside our project house.

As our week went on, I was continually amazed at the Christian friendships God has blessed me with in the house. Although I have only know most people in the house for less than two weeks, I have been able to build bonds deeper than I have with many people I have known my entire life. God has allowed me to begin to break down the barriers I so often set up to control relationships and instead truly connect with people. The fact that this genuine connecting generally calls me to stay up into the wee hours of the night is only a small detail, that makes itself known every morning when my alarm rings.

As the week continued and no job came my way, I felt God calling me to look into volunteer positions around town. On Thursday He led me to a Boys and Girls Club close to the house. After talking with the coordinator, I know this is exactly where God wants me to be this summer, I am so excited to start as soon as my background check goes through!! After spending a spring struggling with the fact that God was not going to allow me to serve again at Crescent Lake Bible Camp again this summer, He brought me to a position working with kids just as CLBC begins there own round of elementary camps. Sometimes God's timing makes perfect sense...

The week went out in style as we were blessed with a weekend completely off, no ministry responsibilities except church on Sunday. I hiked in Rocky Mountain National Park during the day and grabbed dinner at a local pizza place with Meg and Jen, two staffers. The mountains were so amazing!!! We hiked to "the Loch," a glarier lake with a great view. Its so easy to remember how big of a God we serve when I can stare at the Rocky's every morning and then climb them on the weekend!! I haven't trasferred any pics from my camers to computer yet, but hopefully I will get to soon. After dinner, the car I was riding in booked it back to Fort Collins as fast as we could to catch a drive-in showing of Up, so cute, definitely recommend it!

On Sunday, Colby and Sarah Keefer, the Project Coordinator and his wife, invited my Bible study to eat lunch with his family after church. Not only were the banana oatmeal pancakes wonderful, but it was such a blast to have dinner with their family. This year there are an unprecedented 16 kids under the age of 8 with the staff families. They are all around the house at dinner time, and I have to admit it makes for a loud, but super fun atmosphere. Getting to see the families intereact is just another blessing of project.

Well, that brings you up to date with me on project. Sorry the posts have been kinda dry, hopefully now that I am caught up I can put a little more into them. I really want to share how God moves in my life this summer. He has already done so much, and I can't wait to see where He takes me! Thanks so much to all my supporters for giving me this opportunity to grow with Christ, I wouldn't be out here without you faithful support, I love you all!