Young Life Hype

Hi,


I know I haven't posted in a while and I'm truly sorry. I haven't been on top of things lately. Life has been a little crazy. I wanted to talk to you about this past weekend. I was attending Young Life winter weekend and let me tell you, it was AMAZING. I love Young Life! This past weekend I created new friendships, grew closer to old friends and skied like an Olympian (not really).  Going into this weekend I had lots of things I was struggling with. Things I haven't really talked to anyone about. This weekend I was looking and searching for answers about my mission trip this summer because I've been doubtful about the trip. Ive just been second guessing myself if this trip really is what I need to do. I've been worried that if this trip wasn't for me, what was I going to do with my future? I was depending on this past weekend to give me answers, and I think it did.

During Winter Weekend we have club. Seriously, club is so lit. You get together with TONS of high school students to sing Justin Bieber, dance like you're in the shower and scream like you're trying to talk to a friend that's a thousand miles away.  If you haven't heard of Young Life I HIGHLY suggest you look into it. It has changed my life. Anyway, after singing a speaker will talk about the awesome things Jesus has done for us. Our speaker this year was AWESOME. He connected with the students so well. He spoke about Jesus with such enthusiasm. You could tell he really loves Jesus. He kept speaking about the Good News. The Good News the Jesus has saved us, that He loves us DEEPLY and that he wants us. The speaker also told us that we have all fallen short of the glory of God. That we have turned our backs on God. That sometimes we use God only to our convenience. But the speaker kept referring to the Good News. Again, that Jesus has saved us. Jesus loves us even if we've sinned, Jesus loved us even if we turn our backs on Him. Then it hit me...like a hard smack in the face. I'm to go on this mission trip. I'm to continue to share the Good News. I am suppose to go because I understand what its like to turn away from God but more importantly I understand how to turn my life around to praise God for all He's worth. I can be like the speaker from this weekend and teach kids and teens about the Good News of Christ and how it changes you. After our speaker spoke Sunday night he gave all the students 15 minutes to sit outside and think and look at the beautiful camp. It might have been cold and my butt might have been frozen to a rock, but I couldn't fathom how beautiful the sky lit with stars looked. How the frozen lake with a thin layer of snow looked. It was beautiful to have 15 minutes with the Creator of the stars, snow and the beautiful Young Life camp.  Within the 15 minutes, God told me this mission trip is what I'm ABSOLUTELY supposed to do. This is why this past weekend was the best weekend I've had in a while.

Thanks for reading!

Lauren