you got a fast car, i want a ticket to anywhere

I'M HOME! and i'm stoked, if you couldn't tell. the 24 hours i've been home have been fantastic. freaking out over flannels with caroline, sitting on my sister's bed catching up. precious moments with precious people that i've dearly dearly missed. it's nuts though, because i'm all packed up again. i'm going to fall weekend. the first fall weekend that i get to lead, is with my high school, my sister, my best friend, and my freshie babies. i'm so blessed. i'm so excited. 

i was just at RAS last weekend for workcrew weekend with the 61 other freshmen involved in freshmen fellowship, and it was off the chain.VT ran the camp. for real. the entire workcrew was VT freshmen, the wc bosses were juniors from tech that lead us, the program team were juniors from tech, the band were from tech, and the speaker was the leader at tech. it was so surreal to see the entire camp run by familiar faces, but i think it was really great for the community back at school. i didn't make any new best friends, but i just got comfortable. and thats super major for me, so that's a bonus. i got switched to server right when i got there, originally i was supposed to be a pm cook (i love being a cook). i was decently nervous, but i knew that the Lord would use me how He desired, and if i was supposed to drop something in order for a kid to see my vulnerability then i would drop my tray in a heartbeat. it ended up that i only dropped 10 packets of sugar, boo yah.

busing tables with my girl TmoneyZ.

but man, my arms were so sore. so sore. and very unexpected. the coolest thing though, by far, was watching girls from one of my tables stand up at the say-so. i've been both a housekeeper and an am cook on workcrew, so i'm used to being behind the scenes. i'm used to praying over rooms and food, but i would never see who ate the food or be in the rooms, and that is different as a server. i prayed over my tables before every meal, and then i would get to serve and interact with the ones i just prayed for. the cumulative 4 minutes they probably spent with me meant nothing to them, but they meant everything to me. though i had no idea where they were in their walk before the weekend, or even before every meal, i got to see the finished product. i'm not sure if i had any effect on the girls, but they sure had effect on me. 

and now i'm headed back to the same place that teaches me so much everytime i'm there. but this time i'm going as a Young Life leader. not a camper, not a Wyld Life leader, not a Housekeeper or AM Cook or Server, not a Young Life junior leader. i'm going as a Young Life leader. and that excites me. that gets me hype. so pray for us this weekend, huge things are going to happen, for the Lord is with us. 

m.