Life through Joy's Eyes.
One of the things I love most about traveling abroad is seeing another way of life. If there's one thing I've learned over the past 5 years since graduating college, it is that there is always more than one way to do things. I have found this to be especially true as I see how ...
Tomorrow begins my sixth camp experience with Willow Student Impact. Over the past three years, I've led a small group, ran graphics, and most recently, tech directed. It has been a crazy adventure of ups and downs - laughs and tears. Every camp, there's a moment during the weeks preparing for camp when panic sets ...
**SORRY FOR THE DELAY in posting this! We didn't have internet last night! -------------------------------------------------------------- Today was a day full of new experiences, meeting new and interesting people, and starting home visits. The first house team barber shop visited today was full of great stories. The mom of the family, Julia, was very welcoming to us, ...
Today was our official first day of work, and it was most definitely lots of work. I am not sure what I was expecting exactly, but this is definitely not easier than ditch digging...it is simply a different kind of hard in that there is so much more process to make sure is right. Let ...
Today has been a day full of stories, learning, and adventures! We started off with el Salvadorian coffee, a fantastic breakfast, switching hotels, and attending service at Zurisidai church. For those of you who are anything like me and prefer to hear stories by seeing photos rather than reading lots and lots of text, this ...
And so we begin our adventures once again, heading southward towards the beautiful land of El Salvador. As I type this portion of the update, I am sitting in row 15, seat A, looking out over a rolls Royce jet engine and toy story-like puffy clouds out my window as we soar over the ocean. ...
Working for a high school ministry is an ever evolving adventure. Today's adventure was learning the importance of fully relying on God. Buckle up. It's quite a ride. Earlier in the week, I met with my compadres about this weekend's service. There were a lot of moving parts. For one, we had the student impact ...
For the past month or so, I've had the privilege of being in a stellar small group with some friends from Willow Creek Huntley. Lately, we have been diving into some curriculum from Max Lucado all about grace. One of the big quotes Max uses about grace is this, "Grace is the voice that calls ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am now blogging to you live from the site of Student Impact's annual winter camp - BLAST! We are in full swing and are getting ready for students to arrive tomorrow night! The stage is finished, lights are blasting, audio is kicking, and video is looking stellar. Over the past two ...
...and just like that. I blinked and it is January 17th. It is crazy how time flies when you're having fun! The past two weeks have been jam-packed with preparation for Blast, Student Impact's annual winter camp. It is refreshing to be working on such a large project and to feel mentally tired at the ...
