Getting ready for the adventure...

Well, here I am at my computer in my cozy office in Alaska and I'm realizing that I take the familiar for granted. In just over a week I am leaving my favorite state, my birthland, my mountains, to embark on a journey to Texas. I am doing a year-long internship at Fellowship Church in their Youth Ministry Program. I'm excited about learning how to do ministry on a larger scale and being in a new, fresh environment. I'm sad, however, to leave this ministry at Birchwood as they are preparing to open the new school, discussing the possibility of going to two services as the growth continues and in general be loved by familiar faces of this church body. I know the Lord has called me to Texas for a purpose and because of this I have a peace about all of it. I am just feeling overly sentimental as I write in my first blog post, hoping that some of my youth will read this and realize that although I will learn a lot and enjoy my time in Texas, I will miss them terribly this year.