Youth Room

So our big youth room is in the process of renovations... It is CRAZY! my students with very little guidance are painting the room and loving it! they are actually taking ownership over their space. The wall used to say class of '03 '04 '05 '06 I was def. class of '03. How were my students suppose to connect with a room that wasn't done by them SO we are changing it and I can't wait to show it off when it is finally finished!!!!

Relationship

Okay so my last blog was a bit of a rant... it took me weeks to finally get all of that out of me because of my mixed emotions on certain things... God is teaching me that even though I am a youth pastor that cannot consume all of my life. Since February my job has consumed me. It's all I talk about, think about, pray about, and even dream about. Through the last couple of months I have called the emotions and such as girlie junk and dismissed them. As of two weeks ago I finally let go of not wanting a relationship. I am very independent and don't want to loose that, but feel like God is gonna do something real big in my life in that section of my life soon. I'm not one to fall for someone really quick and I'm not saying that I have fallen for someone, but I love talking to him and we never run out of things to say. Funny, a month ago I wouldn't have even thought of this as an option in the dating life of Arielle... Who knows where this will go... It's all up to God! I love saying that and really believing it! I'm just waiting on one more thing to happen and if it does I'm SOLD lol! But only God and I know that one! hahaha! I'm such a girl, but I think I'm okay with it!

UGH

Life as a youth pastor can be a funny thing. (THIS IS MORE OF A RANT/BLOG ABOUT BEING A GIRL THAN MINISTRY) I mean I'm glad my kids care about me and all, but they got me all confused when it came to a friendship that I have... Just because he is MALE! Oh man! The fact that I am a girl and get frustrated when I think about relationships and how I haven't had one in 4 years and such kills me and then they go and throw this junk in the mix is NUTS. I'm not one to just date to date. I want it to be something that both parties have prayed about and know this is what God wants us to do. Throughout the years I have become very independant and I don't even know if I could handle a relationship right now. I guess I shouldn't second guess God! I have asked God just to show me through regular stuff like asking me out and such (since this seems to be a hard thing for guys these days) to show me who he has for me. So who knows where God is leading me in this aspect of my life, but I'm OPEN!

Camp/King's Fest

Okay so camp... It was priceless. Everything that I wanted to happen with the group happened! The first thing being they actually came together as a group! YaYah! I'm excited! We played in the water most of the time, but had some really in depth discussions. Even now the group is talking about inside jokes that happened on the trip and how much fun it was and how they want to go back next year. I'm so happy that they are getting what this life is all about! Having one student say that he actually feels apart of a youth group now is one of the best feelings I have ever gotten because I know it's not me doing anything, but it's the Lord!

Since it's been a couple of weeks since camp Wed. night have been super low and we had some full church things and a Wednesday night to just chill... Yest. on the other had I had some youtube videos about a Christ Follower vs a Christian. We talked about what it really means to follow Christ and maybe we don't need to be perfect and proper all the time, but we do need to reflect Christ! We had 11 kids last night so i was definitely stoked! I'm so glad that a fire is starting to burn in some of them!

King's Fest was awesome and my students who went that did not go to camp are bummed out and that is like 5 or 6 students! They told me we should do another camp this summer! hahah! yeah right! I got to build some relationships with students that i previously did not have much of one with and got to go deeper with others! On Sunday two sisters showed up at early service ON TIME who are usually dragging in for the 2nd service, but they got up and got their mom up because they wanted to come to church! I'm super excited to see where the future takes us!