EastCoastLove

This week is camp for our church youth group. This is the second camp i have missed since summer 2001 with this church. First summer i will not be going to any camp since 1997 as a leader. All my old co workers are at camp...three different camps the same week. I was reminded of this this morning cause two of them were tweeting all about it and then one said "i bet @suskimmel is enjoying a relaxing week." There is a part of me that is sad i will not be there. There is another part of me glad i am not. Either way it is strange to think that i will not be going to camp this summer. It is a fun and awesome week that students make great memories with friends and take steps in their relationship with Christ that stay with them forever, even if it doesn't affect them yet.  It has been an honor to be apart of so many and see so many things! Say a prayer for the youth group at your church. Think about the students you know and ask God to show himself to them in a real way (ev...

Yesterday was Kimmel's last middle school soccer game. I headed out there and as i walked toward the field i noticed he was out on the field...looking like he was playing, but he was referring the game. He was dressed in all black like the other team and his team was in gold. I sorta missed that at first and cheered for the black team thinking it was his...then i realized i was totally wrong! kinda confused me...oops! :) At half time Kimmel and the other coaches called a 30 min delay due to lightning and then another coach said 'pardon the interruption' and just called it off. So the game ended. We headed off to dinner at Shady Oak. First time eating out since our detox....i didn't handle it that well...made me sick :( he was fine!  We then went to a choir recital at his school. I wanted to go in support one of the sweet girls at his school, Emine. The boys choir did really well...and one guy sung Baby by beiber :) The girls did good too...3 of them sang "Backg...

This weekend is our disciple now weekend...if you are a youth worker or pastor you know what this is! This weekend is like a compact camp. Its fun, exciting and kids love it! As leaders we enjoy it so much! Its a weekend where we get to play with our students, hear stories about God touching their hearts and taking steps to grow closer to Him.  The music is always amazing and i love having concert like worship sets...it something about them that i just get lost in the music, even if we sing tons of songs i know from days of old! Its revitalizing and i am looking forward to it! Its been crazy getting ready for it...stress all around as well anticipation of goodness! This year we have a local guy David Gentiles (pictured above) leading worship. He has lead for us one wednesday night so it will be nice to have a familiar face again. When you finish reading this will you please say a pray for our staff, the students, David Gentiles -worship band and John Thornton- speaker Tha...

This past week has been our community service week. I am tired! Haven't really rested at all after Mexico...there is alot of planning and shuffle that goes on this week....its draining even when i had a lazy week the week before. This year we worked with a local orphanage and tried to do a 'camp'...i say try cause we ended up only having 11 of them and 25 of us. It turned out to be a great week of playtime for them. They were sweet and all in all the week was good. I pray that God is honored by what we did! We had a couple other odd jobs to do so some students handed out info about a kids event, others tutored, others planted tow flowerbeds at the orphanage, and another group sorted through a resale shop's stuff. It was a good week. Brock and Chloe came and played with us today! Isn't she sweet!! :)