Pictures!!!

"Closing" (half way through) ceremonies. Each group had a theme, mine was 80's and my friend's was geriatrics.




My friends and I at dinner. Friends Tasha and Elizabeth.




Baptism for friend Elizabeth!

7 more days of work!

Hello all!

My apologizes for such a late update. It was a combination of getting crazy busy here and going through a break up.

Yes, my boyfriend and I broke up 4 weeks ago, if you would like to know more details let me know, and I'd be happy to share with you.

So I have less than 2 weeks left. Which means this is the time to get all the last minute stuff done that I always thought I'd have more time to do before it was time to go. This includes sky pond hike, souvenir shopping and finishing craft center projects.

Big stuff that happened since I've last updated:

I went on a big hike! Well it was big for me. The hike is called CCY, which means summitting 3 mountains, chapin-chaquita-ypsilon. Totally probably didn't spell those right. Anyways, it was a 7 hour hike for us and I was quite surprised that I did it and enjoyed it! I'm not usually much of a hiker haha

My dad, sister, and Meme came out to visit for 3 days! That was so much fun, it was a nice little vacation for myself as much as it was for them. If only it was longer!


God has been growing me so much here. I'm convinced all of you will notice a difference when I see you next. I've grown a lot in my confidence and identity in Christ. I've also been learning a lot about humbling myself and understanding God's grace. Of course though, God has a lot more work with me!

I'm definitely excited to be home and start the new school year, but I will be sad to leave this little chapter of my life.

My Project Group Women

These are all the women in my project group... there are many.. we only have 4 men, but we love them dearly too!

Project Day Today

Hello everyone!

Today is my second project day. Project day is on my off day where I meet up with my project team (about 20 people) and we "hang out" all day together. Each week project day looks really different, but today, we spent the first part of the day at Lily lake. We spent the morning in extended quiet time with God, and then after lunch we shared with everyone what our trials are and what we think God is teaching us during them. Right now is a little bit of a break, but before dinner will be small group time. Then after dinner we will be having worship and prayer time. Lots of fun to be had definitely!

So, the food here is... okay. Most days it is a hit or miss. But, my FAVORITE part is that every morning there is watermelon! EVERY morning! so good :)

I have scheduled my comp nights, they will be August 12-15. So far my father and Meme will be coming, and Maria have previous mentioned interest in coming. The room they will be staying in fits 6 people, so if you are thinking you would like to come out to Colorado to see the beautiful mountains AND me, then let me know!

I'm learning a lot so far (definitely!) but, one of the coolest things I'm learning is how to put God at the center of my relationship with Matt. There's a girl here that is in a dating relationship, kind of similar to me, and she's just been giving me a lot of advice. And it is one of the coolest things I'm learning because I'm not learning it through trials. I know God definitely likes to use trials to help us grow, but it's nice sometimes when you're just learning something, just to learn. And it's just been really cool to see so far how much my relationship with Matt has changed! I think it's so cool that what worked thousands of years ago, continues to work now. So I'm really excited to see where our relationship will go as we continue to make these changes!

That's all I got now, if you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask!!!

First Week in Colorado

Hey everyone :)

I really wanted to be able to update sooner than I am... As you may have expected, I've been pretty busy this past weeks. Basically, my last week looked like...
Sunday, arriving to Estes Park
Monday, helping everyone move in and meetings
Tuesday, YMCA orientation
Wednesday, LT retreat
Thursday, First day of work, and LT talk in the evening
Friday, work
Saturday, work
Sunday, work!

Yeah... So that doesn't really sound too busy... but it kind of was, and it just takes a while to get in a rhythm.

So I have a job in housekeeping. That means I clean lodges and cabins. I've already worked 4 days, and... I like it. It's definitely better than my last jobs, because I get to spend it with some friends and I get some breaks and I don't have to be standing all day. My last summer jobs were being a waitress at ihop and a lifeguard at King's Island- and I could NEVER sit down there besides my official break. So I definitely like my current job in that regard. But, I do struggle with it because we are working in a "crew" each day, and I sometimes struggle working in a group because I tend to expect everyone to have the same work ethic as me.. But I know I can't put the same standards on others that I do myself. So I can already see myself growing in that way!

The LT program is pretty good. We have talks two nights a week, Tuesday and Thursday (). We are reading a book together called Chazown () which is about finding God's vision for our life. I haven't made it very far yet, but I'm very excited to finish it! And then the other part is setting goals for the summer. Right now, here are mine..
1) To become crazy in love with God. I definitely love God, but there is that difference when you meet someone that is just CRAZY for God! And I want to grow in my relationship with Him to have that and rely on him completely! That'd be pretty sweet.
2) Getting all my worth from God. Again, something really easy for me to say... But to feel it? and know it in my heart? That's something I really want to grow into, I've seen the lie I believe get in the way in several areas of my life.
3) Growing form my past. There's a really good talk on past experiences. I think it is so important to understand the hurts of the past and learn from them, and forgive them. It is impossible to run towards Jesus if you are holding onto things from the past.
4) Understanding God's plan for my relationship with Matt. We've been dating a while, AND started dating before we made Christ at the center of our lives, so it's been quite the transition for us. And I know that even though we are going through a transition, God can still work with anything, we just really want to make sure, before we get more serious, that it is pleasing to the Lord. I hope that makes sense...

So yeah, I let you know how those are going. There's not really anything tangible to notice progress, but I'll just try to keep you updated.


And I haven't really gone on any hikes yet. I'm not a hiking person, I'm more of a stay in and play cards girl. Which I did tonight! I wanted to play phase 10, but turns out I didn't actually bring it :( But we settled for slamwhich and euchre :D But the mountains are really beautiful, and I plan on going on some hikes eventually, probably on a day off. Unfortunately I haven't been the best at taking pictures thus far... But I'm sure I will accumulate many throughout the summer! But for now, there's one that I took in the car by Lake Loveland on an hour long trip to Walmart. ENJOY!