The shadow proves the sunshine

This has been such a great weekend. Saturday we woke up early and went on a kayaking adventure. The weather was supposed to be pretty bad but ended up super nice. We were out on the lake for about 4 hours. It was so beautiful. I was reminded once again to how much God loves us by being in His creation! I wish I could describe to you how pretty it was out there. For the last hour on the lake we just hung out without paddling and talked. It was great. We went to Karl's house (Brittany's boyfriend) for dinner. It was such a good time of fellowship. We listened to David Crowder on the way home. Car worship is great! :) On the way to the lake we went to Goshen and Canaan and of course we all had fun with that! These are all details that you guys probably don't really care about but this blog is also for me to remember things haha :)

This morning we did our cleaning and grocrey shopping for the week. Trader Joes :) A little taste of San Diego I have missed! We went to church at Glory Chapel today. The service was at 3pm. Not that weird considering the old 9pm Flood service. Once again, I don't think this is the church for me. Finding a church is never easy but it sure is interesting to check out new ones. Me and Cara left with a headache. It was very loud. The preacher yelled into the microphone the whole time. I don't think I have heard anyone say "amen" that much in my life haha! His message was on Job. He said some really good things. I really like how he emphasized that no matter what we already have victory (through Christ) That because of the cross we already have victory over death and the devil. It was nice to walk to church. It was also pretty cool being at a church where we fit in. It is probably one of the most multicultural churches in the North end. I feel like everyone was there to worship the living God...that it wasn't just routine. For the most part I felt pretty comfortable aside from some differing views and practices.

The evening was great. Cara and I spent most of the evening on the porch with some kids and younglifers! It was great to relax and talk. I really like Cara. I am glad we are roommates:) When we went inside we continued to hang out and talk and share more of our lives with each other. We eventually got super silly and it was a lot of fun. And natural feeling. I am really settling in here and I love it! Speaking of that...Brittany, Cara, and I really desire to stay here in the house or somewhere close after the summer. God is really showing us a lot through this community. Please be praying for this:)

Camp starts tomorrow...technically today haha. I get the little ones again this year! We are the Open Ocean Explorers! Please be praying for us and the children. We really want to show them who Jesus is this summer.

I have one more prayer request. I have been having a hard time with missing home. I am mostly missing my friends. I have had a few conversations with some friends this week that have been pretty difficult. I am going to be honest and say that I thought I would be talking to some of you more. I am sad we don't...but it's okay. We are all busy. I know it's harder to be involved in your lives and that was one of my biggest fears. I was afraid that as strong as our friendships are that they may slowly fade. It kills me to think that. So just please pray for my heart in that. That I would find pure joy in the place God has me and with the people he has placed in my life. Please pray that I would find comfort in His embrace when I feel lonely and afraid.

If I can be praying for you guys in any way...let me know! love you friends!

I need to get to bed...

Julie