WORLD TRAVELIN!!!!!!

It's funny I never had alot of desire to do the whole traveling to europe thing growing up. Even as i got to the age to where i could do it without parents still never really was for me. We always went on family vacations to beach type places whether it be florida or mexico. I can honestly say even up untill about a year ago still had absolutely no desire to do it.
Over the last few months though that has changed , around last summer after coming home from camp with our YL kids i felt a strong desire to start seeking out ways to work with Younglife not just in Mansfield . There are ways to go to work at camps and that would be awesome , not here to try to demean that. I started to think it would be awesome to go overseas and see European kids not only take in Younglife but to see them find the lord.
Through some conversations with a friend and a YL contact i now have that opportunity in front of me!!!! I will be leaving in July and bouncing to a couple of different countries , doing what i love to do , Hanging out with Kids , making em feel special and helping em to find the lord. It is gonna be so awesome and i cant wait !!! It is a incredbile opportunity and i am so thankful for it. It should be a blast , a learing experience , a spirtual experience , I think it may be safe to say it may be the best experience of my life. To all those who have played a role in helping me get here thank you!!!
Like Erik said who knows maybe I'll go over there and love it and become a EUROPEAN!!!! Doubt it but hey Never say Never!!!!

Whats my mark?

Something i have been thinking about the last couple of days and I dont know why. If i was to die tommorrow , What Mark have i left on this world and the people i was around. I havent done anything great career wise , not married , dont have kids (im suddenly getting sad). Id like to think i have been a pretty decent son , and a decent brother and family member. Ive tried to be a good friend sometimes ive failed at that. The question still remains have i done anything to really leave a mark on this world? Ive recently begun reading a book called Do Something! and it tells storys about people leaving there marks. That may have been what sparked this thought process in my head.
When i think about this there is one area where i think my mark can be seriously made and i may have begun to do this already. That of course is Younglife.


This is where i feel like my mark is being made and can be made showing kids what took me 18 years to learn , that without Jesus in my life i am nothing. That is something that even though i accepted him when i was 18 dont know that i properly understood untill maybe just a couple of years ago. Younglife gives me such a sense of purpose and a sense i am doing what i am supposed to be doing. If you would have told me 4 years ago i would be dying to get done with christmas break so i could get back to spending my nights hanging out at high school sports or mondays at younglife i would have told you , you were crazy .I would have never though at 21-22 that when i was heading towards the age of 30 that my i would be trying to forge relationships with high schoool students. It's such a funny world in that way , we dont know when or where were gonna find our life's passion some people find at a young age some find it older. But when you find it you hold onto it and now i know i have found my where my mark is supposed to be made , Now its just a matter of figuring how to make it and making it as long lasting as possible.

Younglife

I started doing Younglife about 4 years ago. I agreed because a friend asked for my help. It took ohh about 1 month for that to change and me to get hooked into it. 4 years later its something that has replaced sports or anything else as the single greatest passion in my life. It is an amazing feeling to be apart of something that helps kids find the lord and feel the same love and joy that you feel . To feel that you even played a small role in that is an undescribable feeling. All years have been very awesome and a blast but this year were in right now has been a complete blessing we have grown pretty much double what we were last year which is totally amazing, and were lucky enough to have some kids that have been with us all 4 years. Its really cool to see kids that have been with us since the beginning wanting to help kids experience the same things they have experienced. We have some really great kids.Theyre in high school a really stressful time in life and all they want to do is help us with younglife.I look at some of these kids and am amazed at the relationship they have with the lord. I struggle with my relationship i have never been a guy big with prayer or reading my bible which is something im changing , i feel better about my day and more fulfilled when I start my day right. I am so thankful to my friend Erik for asking me to be apart of this , whether he saw it in me or just took a leap of faith either way he changed my life forever and for the good. I hope one day i can do that for someone as well. You know its funny if you would have asked me 4 years ago if I would be spending time hanging out with High School Kids i would have said youre crazy. If you would have told me I would be working with a ministry i would have said no, and now not only am i doing it but i feel like its supposed to be what i do with my life.