Detroit was awesome! We worked with Cass Community Social Services and Cass Community United Methodist in Detroit. Working with them was the experience of a lifetime. Cass Community is doing beautiful things for the people of Detroit. Each day we worked two different jobs, one in the morning, and one in the afternoon. On Monday... Continue Reading →
Chicago: The HOT City
Traveling to Chicago, I expected to literally be blown away when we arrived... unfortunately this was not the case! Somehow the Missouri weather followed the 11 churches up to Chicago. We were in the triple digits! 105 degrees! Craziness! The week went pretty well. We worked with the Marcy-Newberry Association on the West side of... Continue Reading →
Almost Over! :(
It's quite sad to think that today is our last day here at Youth 2011. It has been an AMAZING experience! Worshipping with Kristian Stanfill and the Rezlife band has been spectacular. Olu Brown is the best bible study leader ever! All of our speakers and leaders have so much life and joy in them,... Continue Reading →
Youth 2011!
Worship last night was AMAZING! Youth 2011 is like WOW but on major steroids! Everything has been simply awesome! Kristian Stanfill is one of the best worship leaders I have encountered! I think I'm in love! Hahaha. Anyways... I am so excited for LABs this afternoon and bible study! Can't wait! :)
Sooo Excited!
Today we leave for Youth11! I have been waiting for this for such a long time! It's going to be awesome! After we make the 8 hour trek to Purdue University, and spend 4 days worshipping God with 3,500 people, we'll make the journey to Chicago, then Detroit, then finally home. And that time for... Continue Reading →
109 Degrees, But it Doesn’t Matter!
Today mom, grandpa and I drove down to scout camp to see Nathan and dad. It was a hot day, but it was a really good one! Being a new eagle scout, Nathan was super excited that he could now sit in a chair with a back at scout camp! His excitement was overwhelming. This... Continue Reading →
Our Conference Youth!
Our conference youth have been featured on the UMC website! Check it out HERE! :)
Cookin’ Up a Storm!
Yesterday Mom, Em and I drove up to St. Joe to cook for the mission trippers! It was an exciting adventure! Not only did we successfully feed all 70 some mouths, but we had a lot of fun at the same time. Nik and Jeremy attempted to prove that a watched pot boils, which it... Continue Reading →
Limited Internet Access and Home! :)
Oklahoma and Colorado left me with limited internet access; resulting in no blogging :( Both weeks went very well! Oklahoma was hot, and there were wayyy to many bugs! Colorado was amazing. It's hard to find words to describe it! I was able to work with a youth group from Clinton. They were hilarious and... Continue Reading →
Meet the Family
Today Brody and I got to meet Bev's entire family! It was an exciting day. We went to Arris' for pizza then to Zott's for ice cream. On our way to Zott's, we had the joy of listening to Bev's youngest grandchild, Cameron, sing praises to God. It was such a joy and blessing! How... Continue Reading →
Adventures with Abbey Jo 