Learning new ropes

Jordan and I are in the midst of learning what it looks like to work day in and day out for "the church." Let me say its deeper and wider than I could imagine. Your heart is daily pushed and moved. We are thankful for these opportunities but it's all in strides.

What moves me the most right now are the high school students I get to share life with. Our church has been called to 40 days of fasting and breakthrough. So in our student ministries we asked each student to write down what they want to cut out in order to make room for more time with God and the answers were surprising...

FACEBOOK
GOSSIPING
TV
PHONE
INTERNET
MUSIC
CURSING

As much as these ideas relate to myself at 16, I also felt so disconnected. This present generation is SUBMERGED with technology! Whether they want it or not, our students are burdened to keep their lives online and not in our faces. I don't have a new deep revelation to this idea we are watching take over. I just want to reassure you, it is happening.

Being on the front lines of working with students I refuse to sit back and let technology limit our relationships and depth. I hope to get back to you with a plan...

I love these kids but they are dealing with too REAL and too BIG of issues to hide on the internet. Most of our students this year alone with struggle with someone close dying of cancer, someone dealing with depression and suicide, and then we always have drug and alcohol abuse.

I do find encouragement in the new relationships I have made and seeing other selfless adults give their time. I am reassured our time is not in vain just hearing students pray for one another.

Thanks for listening.

Here is some fun I had illustrating this semesters theme--->