What to do, what to do...

<--- Katie, Me, and the girls of Madeline Island

Life has been extremely busy lately. I counseled at kid's camp for a week. It was a ton of fun! I was in a cabin with 12 3rd and 4th graders by myself. They were amazing. I had them asleep every night by 11:30 and they didn't wake up until I woke them at 7:00. It was a great time for me to get to know the girls a lot better and to really pour into their lives. We had some awesome devotions together and powerful prayer times. It's all about having child-like faith.

This past weekend we hosted district conference at our church. I helped out and led the children's sessions in the morning and evenings along with the youth activities at night. Talk about long days. I was at the church from 9:00am till 11:00pm. But of course I had a lot of fun. It was really good seeing so many people that I've met over the years, sort of like a reunion.

Today we had a car show at the church to raise money for a Guatala mission trip and I ran a car wash for our teens mission trips. Again I was at the church all day, except today I was outside and loving it. We washed about 20 cars and I got a little sun burned and pretty wet. Good times, good times.

As far as future plans go; there's still nothing set in stone, but I think I'm going to see about getting a job in town for the summer and continue to look for a more permanate possition. And here's a question for you... A lot of people are looking for youth pastor possitions for me, but I don't think I'm ready for that yet. I think that because I'm so close in age to the older youth, and percieved as younger because I'm single and not really tied down to anything I wouldn't really be looked at as a leader or an athority figure, I'm more seen as a companion or friend. So the question is leader or companion? Do you think I would be ready for a youth pastor possion, or do I need to wait a while? Of course if God's tells me to be a youth pastor I'll go, but this is just something I've really been thinking about lately.

Madeline Island

Madeline Ferry


Katie, Phil, Adam, Dan, and Me


Nice shot Adam


What do you have there widdle Katie?


What a perfect day!

This weekend I went to Madeline Island with some friends. What a perfect day it was. The ferry ride was about 20 minutes long then we just walked around the island for a few hours. We went to the museum, I'm not really a fan of history but I really like museums a lot. We went to the beach for a while, soaked up the sun and went kayaking. We had a great time!

It was a totaly different island experience from what I was expecting. At first I thought, "Island, it must be like Grand Manan. Then I was told that it was really small and not many people lived on it so I picuted Woods Island. I was way off. Not many people live there, but it's a major torist atraction. There were all kinds of little shops and places to eat and things to do. It was really sweet. They say, "If it's tourist season why can't we shoot them?" then that means we should have been shot because we were tourists. And I must admit, I like being a tourist, it's fun seeing new things and learning about different places.

Last night a family here threw me a graduation party and quit a few people showed up. They made me stand on the table and give a speech, I hate being put in the center of attention. I love the people here so much. I can't believe my internship is almost over already. So much has happened and it seems like it's only been such a short time. Life goes by so fast. Friends come and go, but the memories never leave. So many people have been so close to my heart over the years, some who will never know how much they've impacted my life. Sometimes I wish God wouldn't have made me such a relational person because it makes it that much more difficult to put the past behind and step into a new life. I have the hardest time saying goodbye and letting go. I hate moving on.