Ok I'm done apologizing. Like I said this summer has been extremely fast. Kids are starting back school these next couple of days, and it just feels like they were getting out last week. But I guess time flies when your busy and having fun. When I got here I hit the ground running with finishing things up with the youth club (Element on Friday nights) Teen Track (Sunday mornings) and Elevate (Saturday nights.) We were also busy with training to go to Czech. Czech was incredible as I have written. After we got back from the Czech Republic, we had a week "break" but Becca and I were busy planing for the next week. The next week was the busiest week of my entire life I think. I don't think I have ever been as tired either by the end of it. We had a 4 member team from Seattle. We had football camp from 1-4:30 in the afternoons (it rained every day except Monday) and then there were youth events Monday -Wednesday. Becca and I had planned for the evening programs. The biggest one was Monday night. Messy Fun Night. It was insane SUPER messy. It was rather stressful preparing for it, but once it started and got going it went well. God really answered our prayers and held off the rain and then he really gave us energy and excitment when we didn't always have it. It was an amazing and busy and exhausting week and it gave me so much more appreciation for seeing the behind the scenes work of youth workers and all the organization and prayer and energy that goes into events.
After that Paul was away to America Val up to the north coast with the girls and the Hyndmans were away to America as well. So we got a bit of rest the next two and half weeks. We did a lot of hanging out with students and lot of football (soccer). We also went back up to Ballysally (the place where Paul and Val were ministering before Saintfield) to go see Val and the girls for two days. It was BEAUTIFUL! we took a scenic coastal rout on the Tour Head road. It was like driving through your dreams of what you picture Ireland. There's been a lot more too, to much to write at the moment. But this week we had a first years welcome (kind of like welcoming the Freshman to high school) and then a girls bowling night on Friday. So were busy. But the best thing about the summer has been getting to know the kids here better and to just hang out with them and do life with them. All of the events that we do are tools for building relationships with kids and sharing Christ love with them. God has been so good to me this summer and has shown me how powerful he is and how he has answered so many prayers.
Alright well I hope all of you my friends and family are doing wonderful! I miss you all!
