I'm back!!!

thanks for all of your prayers. we had the greatest time.
Young Life camp is just a slice of how God intended life to be, it's always hard to come home.

wish I was here wednesday

oh wait?! This is where I am!!!!
 Up in Canada at Malibu Club!!!

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Young Life camp is my most favorite. 10 years ago I heard about a different kind of God than I ever had before, one that loved me! ME! and more specifically that He wanted a relationship with me, we could talk, hang out, He would protect me, heal me, make the best choices for me. My life has not been the same since that day I made a commitment June 28 2002.

Now, I get to spend this week praying for my sweet high school girls to make that same choice if they are ready. Girls that I love so much I can't even imagine how God loves them.

Have you ever been to a Young Life camp? Anyone else meet Christ at at Young Life camp?

He is all I need

resting in this today as I head off to Malibu to take high school girls to Young Life camp!!! Pray for me and my sweet girls this week if you think of it :)

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so so tired

Hi friends! I missed you all. We are back and home safe. The week was great, thank you all so much for your prayers and sweet comments. 

Thank you so much to my guest posters while I was gone! 

In case you missed them, please check them out!!

Michelle

Jen

Sara

Here are a few snapshots from our week :) 

if you pray

pray for us at camp right now


matthew 11:28-30

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."

why I lead Young Life

John 17:24

"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world."

off to CAMP

I am off tonight to travel for... 18 hours to a beautiful magical land called Malibu Club in BC Canada. 40 high school kids from Sunset and 5 leaders are heading up on bus, ferry and boat to spend a week at Young Life camp. If any of your are familiar with Young Life you know its no ordinary camp- it is a FULL packed week of luxury and fun. Controlled chaos is how I describe it. If you pray, pray for us as we get to watch lives transform by high school kids hearing about the LOVE of Jesus Christ some for the first time and some in a new way. A love that is not about rules but about a relationship with our Creator and Father. Pray for walls to be broken down, hearts to be open and spirits to come alive. Pray our leaders have the full energy and love of the Spirit flowing through us to be able to set these kids at the feet of Christ and watch HIM move.

I will have a few guest posts this week and look forward to sharing about our time when I'm back!

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tea dates and the fab five

I shared part of my testimony with my girls at campaigners a few weeks ago. I shared about the year that Christ healed my heart. Some of that time I was doing Summer Staff at WFR, He taught me while I was there so many things but one is that "Where the Spirit of the Lord is; there is freedom". Burdens were lifted and weight was taken away. There is SO much freedom in the Lord. We had such a great time together. I miss this:

Freedom reigns in this place

Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom

Jesus reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom

rooting ourselves

at campaigners we were talking through these verses. It is so important to plant yourself. It may look a little bit harder, as John Mark taught us, we are going to have to dig through the soil on top that looks good but it is deceitful. Let's do the work NOW to get down to the good rocks underneath the bad soil. Instead of going down with a crash and having to rebuild.

JER 17:5-8
"Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who depends on flesh for his strength
and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

 He will be like a bush in the wastelands;
he will not see prosperity when it comes.
He will dwell in the parched places of the desert,
in a salt land where no one lives.

 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose confidence is in him.

 He will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit."


MATTHEW 7:24-27
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

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LUKE 8:15
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop

wish I was here

malibuya

loves of my life

I love my...

BABY GIRLS
I truly love what I do so much. I am so fulfilled by these wonderful women that I get to do life with and walk alongside. They have each taught me so much. I thank them for letting me in to their lives, their hearts, their stories, their hurts and their walks with our Lord. These girls energize me, they motivate me and inspire me so much. I love spending time with each one of them so much.


LUH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What am I going to do next year without them??

Love, MOM