there ain't nothing wrong with all the places that i've been

here's another disclaimer: 

i love school. most everything about it is perfect for me, literally perfect. but there is nothing like my home. i know some people are thrilled to be gone, and don't care the next time they come back. but i mean, in all seriousness, how could i feel that way when i have the people i do back home? 

i went home this weekend, and it was really sad to leave. honestly. i went to the football game, against our rivals (but mainly sister school) and it went into like quadruple overtime and we won, it was nuts. it wasn't that i still want to be in high school, that's not it at all. i love that i had that time, and although i wish it would've lasted longer, i don't have a desire to go back. i feel called to lead now. for real lead. not just junior lead in my school anymore, i want to be a YL leader. i want it so bad. but anyways, i got to to the game, walked into middle school territory, and quite frankly i didn't want to come out. i saw probably 10 of my middle school girls, and i could. not. get. enough. they are so precious to me. i wish i could explain to them how much i cherish them, but unfortunately words just won't do. i was amazed they still wanted to talk to me quite frankly, i'm just some college girl that moved away now, and wants to hang around with them every time i come home. i'd be freaked out if i were them. but then i went to the student section and saw probably 10 more girls that i adore. i was so overwhelmed. i am so blessed that these girls still get excited to see me, because i cannot stop smiling when i'm around them. they do so much more for me than i do for them, i'm so sure of it. one thing i hate though, is that there isn't enough time. i can't one by one take them out for lunch or go on a drive, there isn't enough time. i can't know their hearts. i'm going to fix that over christmas break. i'm hyped. 

as if the game wasn't a blessing enough, saturday the freshie babies, caroline and i hit the road to hike. and hike we did. and i finally got quality time with the girls that inspire me every day. the girls that i've watched grow into beautiful young ladies of Christ for the past year and a half. they have such an intense place in my heart, they were my first girls, and i will be at their graduations, and weddings if i get invited. why these girls still want to hang out with me is a mystery to me, but i know Christ is the foundation of our everything. here's some evidence of these girls and this humbling hike. 

girls, we're behind you. we have faith in you. we're blessed to be in your life.

all around, every direction, views that bring me to my knees and humble my heart.

F.R.O.G. and stick together, you will change our school.

thanks for not getting sick of me yet, cause i can't get enough of you.

i'm so thankful for you caroline. thanks for being a trooper and sharing this with us.

after an afternoon like this, i didn't want to go home. but i found out the next day that i am going to be blessed with the honor of leading at my high school's fall weekend. which means that i can be at their first fall weekend. i can't thank the Lord enough. i'm so beyond blessed. i'm so hyped. i would go this instant if i could. i can't wait to be leading them again. heck, i can't wait to be leading again, and i can't believe i'm going to be lucky enough to be with my high school, with my girls. i don't know who i'm leading yet, or what's going to happen or any of the details, but i'm super stoked. 


1 Corinthians 9:19 -- "Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible."