A Piece of My Life-

Iv'e been wanting to start a blog for some time now;  its not that I'm an extraordinary writer or that i have so much free time that I've taken to this as a hobby- 

It's more that I have so many stories that are taking place in my everyday life, and I want my friends and family to be able to hear them and see a piece of my life that I'm living with Jesus-

At some point I'll go back and share my testimony of where I've come from and all that God's done in me, but for right now I'll just go with where I'm at-

For the past 3 months I've been training at a missions base as a part of YWAM (Youth With A Mission), in preparation for leading a group of young people on a journey to know God and make Him known.

On September 26th I began the journey of helping lead a group called Crisis Response (CRI).

In the past CRI has been a part of training and deploying hundreds of volunteers to places that have experienced extreme disaster- such as:

New Orleans after hurricane Katrina,

New York after 911,

Haiti after the earthquake,

Colorado during the flooding,

and many more places where CRI has come in with volunteers trained in basic medical care, search and rescue, and disaster debrief tools.

Of course in all of this our main focus is to bring Jesus into the area of crisis through prayer, ministry and service as we become the hands and feet of Jesus.

So far it has been has been a huge adventure, and every day i'm learning to live more in Christ as I slowly die to myself-

Today I was just thinking about where I am now and I was almost brought to tears with thankfulness as I thought of what God has done for me.

It is truly by the grace of God that I am, where I am- now at this moment......and that is Beautiful~