Ok so...if you have been paying attention to my blog or my Facebook account, then you know that I have not fully caught up on my blogs. Well this is just not cool! So...I have decided to not post individual blogs for each day that I have missed but to give you the diet version of each day and the God moment I witnessed. This does take a toll to my pride but I think that in doing this, I will no longer be in a slump about my blog and will then feel the urge to get on each night and post my blog for the day! So here it goes...
Thursday, August 11th: I came to Carbondale from a brief visit home. On my way back I got to visit one of my favorite people ever...Taylor DANGER Likes! He and I became instant friends this summer while working at camp together. I was a counselor and he was the worship leader and photographer. I helped him lead worship everyday and night at camp and am eternally grateful to him for letting me do that. Anyway...the day we met was interesting. I had just came to camp to start work after everyone had a month of training and time to get to know each other and Taylor drives up to camp and begins to unpack. We make our introductions and then like 15mins later I told him that I had a surprise for him in my trunk. "Should I be scared?" he said. "Don't worry you will love it...it's not a dead body." I open my trunk to a treasure cove of Ski, a soda that is popular to us. He had one of those reactions that you would find on Extreme Makeover when the epic reveal has been made. This and our strange personalities brought us together as friends and brothers in Christ. We have known each other for only a short time and we have been able to talk to each other about everything. It is such a gift from God to be given friends like Taylor. So when I got the chance to visit him and spend time with him, I considered it a true blessing.
Friday, August 12th: On this night a handful of us Wesley Foundation leaders came together for a leadership retreat at the Wesley Foundation. At this retreat we made plans and goals and prepared the building for the upcoming school year. If the Wesley Foundation is not a daily God moment for me then I don't know what is. I love this building. It is a home away from home and every time I walk in I feel God's presence and I feel His love from the people that attend there with me (even though we still butt heads....a lot). I had an awesome time catching up with friends, and getting ready for the school year to start!
Saturday, August 13th - Sunday, August 14th: These days made it hard to write a blog because I was unable to witness a God moment that made me stop and think. This comes to show that sometimes it is hard to find God in our daily lives. Sometimes we have to work extra hard and meet him halfway. So in the end I did get my God moment by not finding one. Funny how God works!
Monday, August 14th: So this would have been last night. Wow, was it a busy and fun night. I had my first College of Education and Human Services Student Leaders meeting of the year and it was fun to see old friends and meet new ones and gather to plan and organize activities for the semester. After this meeting, I came to my apartment where I recruited my friend's Bobby, Emily, Bethey, and Bridget to help me finish labeling postcards to send out for Wesley events. We gathered in my living room and labeled thousands of postcards and watched Power Rangers of course! This was so much fun to get all that work done and have fun while doing it. I wish all work was that much fun! But it was a God moment because originally, it was only going to be Bobby and myself doing this work until I heard from Emily and managed to get her to come over and bring friends! God showed himself in the willingness of my friends to come help me with a task that I took upon myself to accomplish.
Tuesday, August 15: Well, today was a busy day of cutting more postcards and labeling them for Wesley. At the end of the day, however, I got to oversee the practice of another campus ministry's praise band. I love these guys. They are so much fun to be with and hang out with. I saw God in their passion for music which made me so happy because music is a huge passion of mine as well. Afterwards, a couple of them came to my apartment where we watched hilarious and ridiculous YouTube videos and discussed super heroes. It was an awesome night!
Thanks for putting up with this lengthy post. I wish that I was able to keep up with my posts but with all the traveling I have been doing, it has made it hard but God has given me the motivation and the determination to catch myself up. Y'all are awesome for reading this blog. I hope you are all enjoying my God moments and that they are helping you find God in your everyday lives as well. I would love to hear what you have to say, so please leave me a comment on my blog to let me know what you think or if you would like to share a story as well please do, I'm always willing to listen. Thanks again and don't forget to spread the Jesus!
GOD BLESS!
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