Friday, August 17, 2012

Crayyy!

Hey Everyone!

     It has been FOREVER since I have written a blog, but I was thinking it was probably time to write one to update some people that might not know what is going on in Cameron and I's lives. Let's see let's start with it was a great summer with the youth, but it was super sad to promote our 8th graders to the high school ministry. We are super excited about our new 6th graders and the excitement they bring to our ministry, but losing the 8th graders who we have bonded with for 2 years was definitely hard and something I didn't enjoy having to do. Cameron and I went with the youth to IMPACT summer camp (both middle and high school went), middle school World Changers to Chattanooga, TN and then we just went on our annual Back to School Retreat to Ocoee, TN. We also went with the children's ministry to CentriKid in Anderson, SC. Basically we were world travelers! HaHa! Just kidding. Well kind of.
  We did get  to go on a little vacation with our wonderful, precious friends Luke and Jessica Hughes to North Myrtle Beach to Shawna and Chuck's beach house! We had a great time and it was a great vacation to just enjoy relaxing. It was one of our first of many friend vacations I see in our futures. We are so blessed to have friends that are in the ministry like we are and just keep in touch no matter where we are. We are very glad they are back in the same state as us now though. :)
  I also had 2 of my college besties get married this summer. Mandi and Carla are both now married ladies! Both of them were beautiful on their special days and I am so blessed that I was able to be a part of their special days. Kristin is getting married in October and all of her fun festivities have began. I am getting excited for her bachelorette weekend that is going to be at my house Labor Day weekend.
  Cameron and I will be going to Colombia on a mission trip in October. We are so excited that the Lord placed that opportunity in our lives. I have never been out of the country on a mission trip and so I am anxious, but ready to see what the Lord has in store for me. God is just providing us the funds and people to surround us in prayer for this week of missions we are getting to be involved with.
  God has continued to just show me, no matter what He wants to use me. I have had moments this summer when I really just wanted to give up, but God reminded me of why I do the things I do. He has shown me that He is going to get me through times where I want to pull my hair out and times where I don't know what to do. He is reminding me that He is going to be the only person that can comfort me. If it wasn't for encouragement from those people around me this summer, I seriously might've just fallen when I was too tired or too frustrated to get something done. But I have been blessed with some amazing family members, friends, church family members, and so many people that just speak life into me and encourage me with their words.
  If you could please continue to pray for Cameron and I as we serve in the middle school ministry at Central and as we go to Colombia in October to share His love with the people there. We really appreciate all of you for loving and encouraging us. We feel very blessed!

Also!!! I just started teaching the little ones at Southern Dance Precision. It is really something that fell in my lap and I am so excited about the opportunity to teach dance! It is Kelly Bell's new dance school. I have worked with Kelly for many years with the Alexander musicals and she worked with me for a couple of years in the high school musicals when I was there. She is very talented and I am loving learning more about dance and teaching there with her. It's been a blast so far!