Thursday Thirteen

Last weekend Patrick and I went on a youth retreat with 38 WONDERFUL youth. Here are thirteen wonderful moments we had last weekend.

1. Getting to know ALL the youth.
2. Realizing how blessed we are to be members of a wonderful church.
3. Riding the BIG SWING at Lookup Lodge with two wonderful ninth graders.
4. Being a drill Sargent to the youth at the end of the trip and they actually doing what I say!
5. Sitting in the mountains admiring God's wonderful creation
6. Experiencing God like I have never felt God before.
7. Watching Patrick experience God like he has never felt before
8. Having a really meaningful conversation with Patrick that has brought us so much closer together
9. Realizing how great God is and how He has blessed us with great friends and great church!
10. Getting carried up the hill by a ninth grader (that is another story)!
11. Becoming closer to friends our Cass and Jeremy and another couple in our Sunday School class.
12. Realizing that I am in the right profession because I LOVE TEENAGERS! I actually realized this weekend that I was called to be a teacher of high school and that teenagers are so special.
13. One of the best parts of the weekend - Being served communion by our friends Cass and Jeremy and realizing that they would do anything for us and we are SO BLESSED to have them in our lives!


This past weekend was one of the best weekends of our lives! We had so much fun and I wish we did not have to come back to reality!!! :)