God's Summer (:

Sorry for noy blogging in such a long time. I don't even know if anyone reads this. But summer is slowly coming to an end, and I thought I would update you guys on it (:

First was the mission trip to west virginia. It was a lot of fun. Unlike last year, it was more about showing God's love to others, not me getting closer to God; which I did, but that wasn't the main focus this time. I really liked that, because it helped me see that with my calling in missions, its not about me feeling so in love with God and getting a spiritual high, but its about helping others come to God. It was a great feeling.
We painted a house, and my team, team tacocat, was so much fun. It was really cool to see everyone come together for the greater good, all drama and pasts behind. We really connected to eachother. And it was amazing how greatful the homeowners were for our work. It was amazing how something so insignificant to us is so meaningful to them. It really made me re-evaluate my life.

After that, I went to visit my family in California with my siblings. It was awesome to see people whom I haven't seen in over 3 years. I love my family so much, and I was so greatful to be there with them for 2 weeks. Plus, California is an amazing place, and I would totally consiter college there (:

Six days later, I was at Breakaway Youth Camp. One of the best weeks of my life, every year. It was amazing. Worship had to be the best part. I can't describe how amazing it is to see 500+ students worship God for an hour+ every single night. I wish worship was a lot longer, because I would of stayed there with my arms raised emersed in my Kings arms. It was crazy.
It was also fun during the day, when we did color competitions, and played all sorts of crazy games, all while making friendships with other teens from IL.
ps- PURPLE team should of won, because we were beasts (: but RED team ended up with the title, so good job guys (:
Overall though, it was a great week. I became SO much closer to God, and also other teens in my youth group who also went.

Now, summer is slowly coming to an end. I'm kind of excited for school to start, just because I miss all my friends (:

I'll try to right more often, later (:

ps- the speaker at camp, Kieth Robinson, challenged us all to pray a simple prayer everyday that God would close the mouth of Hell over Illinois for one year, so that His name can be glorified throughout IL, and into the world.
I thought that was pretty cool (: