Never Can Keep Up, Can I?

Well, I wish I was good at this blogging thing. I'm assuming I don't do well at it since it's almost like a journal, and I hate those things.

Well, the school year is over, I haven't blogged since November. I've gone through a whole semester, a major holiday, and gone through almost half my summer break.

This past semester was great, tough (at times), and tiring. I loved every minute of being Children's Ministries director and know that I will miss Crosswalk a ton. However, I am very excited for Emily taking over and the other areas of campus I am moving to in my student leadership positions. I had a great trip to Romania and a team that was amazing! Hall Council ended the year well with a Gayle Lewis birthday party and Movie at the Palace (Paul Blart: Mall Cop is amazing!!). I'm excited to be the President of such an amazing dorm next school year!

I finally asked the woman of my dreams, whom I love with all my heart, to be my girlfriend. She is my human perfection. I got to bring her home for a week at the beginning of the summer break. Also, I got to go to Mississippi with her over Easter weekend and meet friends and extended family.

My sister got married while home during my first month of break, which is a weird thought still.

I have now been living in Naperville, IL for the past three weeks with Pastor Mike and Heather. I am working with Pastor Mike at KidsConnection at Calvary Church (a church of about 7,500 people including 1,200 kids). I was warned that it's a different way of life and when people are short, blunt, and seemingly rude, they aren't because that's just how the area is. However, I have not run into people like that. I have come in contact with some of the nicest people. I have felt so welcome from the moment I got here, and I love it! I've made friends with a handful of people that I hope to stay in contact with after I leave. (I will with Lauren Pyles, because she's a CBCite).

We just started Blast Remix this past week, which is summer camp meets VBS meets survivor. We had 154 kids for our first week! I am one of the field directors (rather than a tribe leader, like the previous 2 years), meaning I am in charge of 8 tribes on my field and I run their games. This past week was our egg week, with egg toss, one-minute egg smash, and egg baseball! It was totally awesome! If they got it working there should be pictures and a video up on the KidsConnection blog. Go to Here and go to the blog from there to see it!

Well, that is a very brief overview of my life since my last blog... who knows maybe I'll end up doing this more frequently...