There’s a band that has been very pivotal in my missions
year called “Housefires” and as I listen to them I thought it only appropriate
that I finish my missions update with a quote from their song. “I will rest in
your promises, my confidence is your faithfulness”.
My God, how wonderful he is.
Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart to the depths of his
faithfulness. Thank you for being with
me on this journey; without you and God, this mission year wouldn’t have
happened.
The past 3 months have been a delightful, painful, wonderful
blur. Some days I was rushing to catch
my breath and many others were spent traveling to bring the gospel to the ends
of the USA! I spent a month in California for summer camp (https://youtu.be/bIEyl1mM-hE) mentoring
these crazy, amazing, wannabe saints some day – it was delightful and a hot
mess all at the same time, but I loved every minute of it. Especially smashing
idols in 4:42 of this video (https://youtu.be/R9iakmL4hFk)
and watching the millennial priests getting real with the kids at 5:30, when he
rocks his chucks at mass that match his vestments (https://youtu.be/4M8PvyDjDD40)
I, then went back to Covecrest for a few days before heading
out to DC for a quick wedding and visit with my mom’s side of the family which
was delightful. The weekend after, I
hopped out to Tucson, AZ to help out with Steubenville West with 2,000 teens
coming together to hear about how God wanted to elevate their hearts, minds,
and lives. We flew back to Covecrest so
I could spend 4 days with my old parish at camp before I went to Steubie NYC at
St. John’s University in Queens. After
that I went back to Covecrest for the last 2 weeks of camp, helping out in the
kitchen, or mowing the fields, or anywhere they needed an extra hand or two! Over the summer I probably encountered over
4500 teens, Youth Ministers, parents, or Core Members. To think that I thought it was a busy summer,
might just have been an understatement! Haha PRAISE GOD though, he is faithful,
he is HUGE, he is delightful, he is mine (and yours too, of course).
I know many of you have questions like what’s next or what
does the future hold? Where will you go? What will you do? Well to be honest I’ve
been hiding because I don’t have answers for you and that scared me haha I didn’t want to let anyone down or
disappoint you because I didn’t figure out what God wanted from me before I
left missions. I’ve exhausted many
options, and many times the Lord has responded with “You could or you could
wait for what I have for you”. Many
doors have also been closed, which is something new I’m seeing this year. (Not that they haven’t closed in the past,
but like someone pointed out to me, maybe I just wasn’t paying attention before
J)! If I learned anything, it’s that MY GOD IS
FAITHFUL. He has a plan for me, plan for
me to prosper, plan for me to be blessed and a blessing to others. So I am going to hit the pause button on
trying to figure it out, I’m going to take a DEEEEEEEP breath (of some salty
air too), and I’m going to rest in his faithfulness believing and delighting in
his love for me!
Live Love
“I will rest in your promises, my confidence is your faithfulness”.
