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The Mountain Moon

Last night I was driving home after home group and the full moon was sitting just behind Camelback mountain. It was lighting up the mountain like God’s spotlight….it looked a little unreal. I spent the drive home with the window down just thanking God for the evening. What a powerful night of God’s Spirit just moving mightily.

At home group it was great to see a couple new faces as we started to study the first week of 1 Timothy. It was an amazing study and really cool to see the group understand the depth of our sin and the mercy of God. When we broke up for prayer I was blown away by the vulnerability and community. We all struggle and I was so blessed by some of the girls sharing because it gave the group a chance to really serve them and encourage the places where the enemy wants to gain a stronghold. We all were on the road to Damascus when God appeared to us and turned our life around. The scales came off and we could see……And now we must live for eternal purposes. I’m so honored that God has brought me into ministry here.

An Up S-wing (lessons from a bird)

Have you ever felt like you could see the love of God chasing you every where you went? I've been truly amazed at how God speaks his love into our day if we are looking for it. His love for us is measureless(Eph. 3:14-19). It's crazy to realize that even our galaxy is measurable. We know so much about so many huge things in the universe but God's love is bigger than all that...it's something we will never be able to fully understand or grasp.

The other day a beautiful hummingbird appeared outside my kitchen window. It's wings moved so fast you could only see it's green, shiny, small body and it stayed there for what seemed like a few minutes. I've never seen one in our back yard before but it was right there looking at me. I was speechless because I knew it was the Lord saying, "Yes, I'm here and I love you".

I finally feel like I'm ready to start this new journey....and it only took three months...ha,ha. If you have been reading my blog than you know I have been through some trying times. Since I've been here I've experienced death, a room mates deep grieving of a loved one, a new job and location, hundreds of new people and a sense of the waters overtaking me at times. However, I have also felt the sweetness of my Savior in new ways. Corrie Ten Boom said that, "it's hard to know that Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have". There have been nights here I've sat in the corner and felt like Christ was the only safe place I had and it forced me to run to him and find him waiting with open arms. He has been my counselor, guidance, friend, hope, provider, and in the words of Carmen "The Champion". And he has proven true!

Ministry is going well and I feel like I know where I am going and what I am doing a little more. I have a small group and girls there I'm focusing on investing in. I have exciting writing, missions and event projects that keep me busy through the week. God has brought me some "seasoned" people to nurture my need for parental figures. I'm starting to feel the rythm here and the heat is even not so bad. I told Mom the other day that it was 107 degrees and she said she didn't even know the thermometer went that high. It made me laugh!