Since I was running out of time Tuesday, I didn't get to put up too many pics from date night, so are some more
Water balloon to end the fun at Fort Fun.
Catching a few pics before dinner with the beautiful roses from the boys :) Somehow I missed the pink/purple memo, but don't we all look so good, really??
Finally, in front of the Old Town fountains getting ready for ice cream.As I look through the pictures of our date, picking and choosing which ones to post, I am reminded again how great of a day and night it really was.
Around the house this week we are all preparing ourselves for perhaps the biggest "event" of project. On Monday, all staff leave. That's right, after 12PM Monday, no more staff families for dinner, no more staff leadership, no more contact with the staff who have been pouring into us the last five weeks. On Monday, all leadership and running of project shifts to us, the students.
So, this week, we are setting that transition up. On Monday, Colby talked about having a "Heart to Serve," which was great, intense, challenging, and so good. He talked about truly being willing and ready to serve God with everything and open your whole life up to Him as well as leading as servants like Christ. After he rocked out worlds with that, Colby handed us each a piece of paper with our assigned job on it that we were supposed to take and open somewhere else, and really just talk to God about what we thought about it.
Honestly I didn't really know what to expect as I sat on the porch and talked with God before I looked at my job. The closer we get to the staff leaving, the more it hits me of how big a transition it really will be. At the way beginning of project, you know, it was like "Oh man, we will be fine, the house basically runs itself anyway," and then you actually live in the house and see all the staff does to make life run, and all of the sudden, the staff leaving really is a big deal. (Not to mention, I will also miss them all more than I can say.) But anyway, I really had no idea what to expect for a job. The staff said they really talked with God a lot before assigning jobs and truly tried to seek His will for all of out lives, so I was excited and crazy-nervous all at the same time.
Anyway, eventually I opened up my scroll and saw that I was assigned to be one of the four Women's Directors on project. Within minutes, the fact that I was going to be one of the people literally in charge was hard to comprehend. I was so excited that God had chosen to use me to help lead the house, I was nervous because God had chosen to use me to help lead the house, and for a minute I even thought that maybe the staff had made a mistake. But as I went through and processed for most of Tuesday, God brought a peace and readiness to my heart.
We have talked a lot this summer about being God's beloved, His valued and loved children whom He leads through life with His mighty right hand. As I thought Tuesday about my road to the being on the project leadership team, and even just how I came to be at project, I was reassured and comforted and empowered once again by the fact that God's hand in my life is undeniable. Even when I feel like I can't handle where God is taking me, I can look at my past and see God moving in my life and know that in Him the is nothing to fear. Not that life in Him will be easy and painless, but it will be His perfect will.
As I sat in our first official leadership meeting last night, the only one we will have with staff, I experienced a full range of emotions. I know I went between at least nervous, excited, surprised, and maybe even a little terrified. It was great to hear where everyone else was at, how similar and how different we all felt when we found out where we were assigned, and finally how ready we are all to be used by God. I can't wait to see how God uses everyone in their own positions in the house the next 3 weeks.
So, this week, we are setting that transition up. On Monday, Colby talked about having a "Heart to Serve," which was great, intense, challenging, and so good. He talked about truly being willing and ready to serve God with everything and open your whole life up to Him as well as leading as servants like Christ. After he rocked out worlds with that, Colby handed us each a piece of paper with our assigned job on it that we were supposed to take and open somewhere else, and really just talk to God about what we thought about it.
Honestly I didn't really know what to expect as I sat on the porch and talked with God before I looked at my job. The closer we get to the staff leaving, the more it hits me of how big a transition it really will be. At the way beginning of project, you know, it was like "Oh man, we will be fine, the house basically runs itself anyway," and then you actually live in the house and see all the staff does to make life run, and all of the sudden, the staff leaving really is a big deal. (Not to mention, I will also miss them all more than I can say.) But anyway, I really had no idea what to expect for a job. The staff said they really talked with God a lot before assigning jobs and truly tried to seek His will for all of out lives, so I was excited and crazy-nervous all at the same time.
Anyway, eventually I opened up my scroll and saw that I was assigned to be one of the four Women's Directors on project. Within minutes, the fact that I was going to be one of the people literally in charge was hard to comprehend. I was so excited that God had chosen to use me to help lead the house, I was nervous because God had chosen to use me to help lead the house, and for a minute I even thought that maybe the staff had made a mistake. But as I went through and processed for most of Tuesday, God brought a peace and readiness to my heart.
We have talked a lot this summer about being God's beloved, His valued and loved children whom He leads through life with His mighty right hand. As I thought Tuesday about my road to the being on the project leadership team, and even just how I came to be at project, I was reassured and comforted and empowered once again by the fact that God's hand in my life is undeniable. Even when I feel like I can't handle where God is taking me, I can look at my past and see God moving in my life and know that in Him the is nothing to fear. Not that life in Him will be easy and painless, but it will be His perfect will.
As I sat in our first official leadership meeting last night, the only one we will have with staff, I experienced a full range of emotions. I know I went between at least nervous, excited, surprised, and maybe even a little terrified. It was great to hear where everyone else was at, how similar and how different we all felt when we found out where we were assigned, and finally how ready we are all to be used by God. I can't wait to see how God uses everyone in their own positions in the house the next 3 weeks.
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