A few notable things...

Things have felt even busier this past couple of weeks. It's been a bit of a roller coaster as we try and figure out how to bring unity to our team and catch the vision together. I am both physically and emotionally worn-out but trying to find rest, peace and joy at the speed we are moving. I thought I would share some of the things we have been up to aside from the work with the kids because that...

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What a difference a day makes...

This week, I have been dwelling on the need to take each day as it comes. Youth Ministry often has no pattern, no set expectations and no guarantees. One week or even one session can feel like you've reached the top of a mountain and the next day feels like you're back in the valley ready to start again. The kids can arrive in a great mood, making planned activities easy and fun or, they can...

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Recent Reflections.

After all the years I had been wanting to come to work in America, this would be the last place I would've thought I'd find myself. A tea-drinking, dress only wearing, Pride & Prejudice loving Yorkshire lass thrown into inner city urban youth ministry. In everyway, I am completely opposite to these kids but am compelled by a love greater than my insecurities and physical boundaries to do...

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