The end and beginning

This weekend was pretty chill. On Saturday night we had out final banquet with the staff. We went out to a small banquet hall in the mountains, it was a beautiful spots for some pre-banquet pics. The picture to the left is my Bible study, all together for one last time.

The whole night was a lot of fun. As we sat down for dinner, we left the floor open for people to share testimonies of how God has moved and revealed himself throughout the summer. Even though we all know that God is doing great things this summer, to really hear the stories and learn even more about our brothers and sisters in Christ, God's movement definitely came alive. I was personally struck again by God's sovereignty and plan for all of our lives. Listening to others, and even looking at my own project story, it's clear that Fort Collins is exactly where we are all supposed to be at this exact moment in out lives. The fresh reminders of God's greatness, made the worship service after dinner so powerful. Finally, we ended the banquet with a slide show of pictures. It's crazy to think of how much we really have done this summer, remembering the pictures of the SPECIAL the first week felt like I was remembering months ago instead of just 5 weeks! After the banquet, we were supposed to have a campfire, but because of the insane wind, we were forced to put those plans to rest. So instead, we cleared the tables in the banquet room and had, you guessed it, a dance party. By the end of this summer, I will either be in love with dancing or never want to do it again, I'll let you know which I choose in about 3 weeks ;)

Sunday I went to the college age Sunday school and we discussed God being "El Roi" the God who sees. It was really interesting to read the story of Hagar in a new light and to be reminded that God really knows what we are going through and sees us always. Then instead of going to the service, this week I spent helped out in the nursery. After church, I decided to take the afternoon off, almost everybody was out for the afternoon, so the house was pretty quite. It was so nice to just nap and read and chill for the afternoon; I love the constant activity of the house, but getting to taking some time to do nothing was much needed.

After a quick "New Project" meeting at 7 to kick off our three weeks without the staff, we geared up to spend the one last night with the staff. We pretty much spent the night hanging out on the big couch chatting and running through the great memories we have all made so far. Then this morning, all the single staff that live in the house officially moved out of the house. Even though I am really excited to see where God takes the project the next three weeks as the students lead, I can't even imagine project without these Godly leaders and friends. God has blessed me with some great relationships here that I know are going to continue to grow and last way past August 1st when we all go home.

Tonight is the first meeting that will be lead by our leadership team. Please pray that God would be with Mark, Mike, and Kelsey as they are speaking and that He would continue to guide our steps and decisions as a leadership team.