young life

last night was my first night with Young Life Del Mar... :] that picture is of me during my initiation... we played hot potato with little brown bags that contained food nasties inside. i got to eat some prune baby food.... only leader to have to eat anything... welcome to young life.

a bit of back story:
originally with my flood internship, along with creative arts and sunday production, i also worked with high school... before i started my internship at flood, i had an internship at another church also working with high schoolers.

in working with high schoolers at flood, there was some friction and my heart wasn't in the right place for it anymore. as much as i loved working with them and bonding with them (i'm super relational) i lost heart and drive for it. i didn't want to be there anymore. also, with added friction due to different working styles (as well as other things i won't go into), things changed... and i cut off that part of my internship to solely focus on working in creative arts and sunday production.

during christmas break i prayed... and cried... and prayed... and read....and cried...and prayed, because i realized how cold and hard i let my heart become. but God truly worked in me and changed me faster than I had ever imagined. positivity became part of my demeanor again... and my heart felt light again. but something was missing...

and God cracks me up sometimes. He knows where he wants you... and so he does funny little things like place people in my life that work with high schoolers or have me meet people that are heavily involved in young life (and oh, i don't know..that run it???) and so i talked to a dear friend about it to learn more... and so i told him i would think about it...

but i put it off.

Flood's theme for the year is Risk and at the soma conference, we were all asked to pray on the last day and find out what risk we are supposed to take. a risk to be missional. people shared their hearts with the whole group, shared their risks, and i had no idea what i was going to write down.

so i prayed...and young life signs and lights kept flashing in my brain. i knew that there were tons of people in my life that i could talk to in regards to getting involved.

*back story over*

so i did. i had meetings last friday with different people to learn about it, learn about their areas, about what happens, what is required of me for being a leader... everything... and my last meeting on the day was with Michelle Dahlberg... i felt more connected with her than anyone else i had met with, she actually asked why i wanted to do it and wanted to make sure my heart was in the right place (i have no idea why i liked that so much) and yeah... so yesterday i went to check it out...


and i love it. the kids are amazing. it's so fun. the other leaders are great. and i can't wait to do more... :] <3

God is so funny like that. having me meet people... and develop those relationships...

and having me see how relational i truly am with anyone or anything...

i love it.

mmm...

happy happy <3

p.s. prune flavored baby food is naaaaaaaasty