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This past week I was with my Young Life kids at Saranac up in the Adirondacks in New York. It was nothing short of amazing. My pictures are up on facebook, feel free to take a look. While we were up there, we had a wonderful speaker named Rick Rogan. He used so many great illustrations and analogies relating to both the leaders and the kids. Everytime he closed he recited Jeremiah 29:11 " For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." It took Rick 2-3 times of reciting this to make me realize that I can not in any way, shape, or form control this life that was given to me. When I made my commitment to Christ on August 12, 2005 sitting in my cabin at Saranac, I gave him everything, let me repeat EVERYTHING. He has never disappointed, and I know he never will. I am so thankful God has guided me into being a Young Life leader and allowing me to teach kids through the words he h...

So today, I am finally home after spending a week down at the Boardwalk Chapel, and I am leaving for camp with my youth kids in less than 6 hours. I should be asleep, but I am not. What is keeping me up is something that shouldn't, but it does: worry. Worrying gets us no where in life, in fact it causes us to fear, yet we are sons and daughters of God, whose love casts out all fear. Worries can be about money, school, relationships...whatever. The important thing to learn is to how to give that all up to God, and say: i will fear no evil, for my God is with me, and if y God is with me...then whom then shall i fear? The problem is I do worry, I infact struggle with it. I know some of you out there do, and am calling out to you to ask if you have any special tips on how to calm down, or battle this disease called worry. Please comment HAKUNA MATATA xo andee

Do you ever have those moments where you are just so filled up with joy, you feel like you are about to burst? Today ( and I am hoping many, many more days to come) was like that for me. Today didn't start out so fabulous, my car was in the shop, so i was stuck at home all day. It was kind of terrible because I have so much prep to do for summer camp with my youth kids, and I am house sitting for someone this week, so my car not starting was not the best. Tonight at bible study, we are going through the book Battling Unbelief ( I highly recommend it) and a two part question in the study was this: Is there a conflict between a passion for the glory of God and a passion for our own joy? My opinion on this matter is we were created by joy, for joy, and that goes hand in hand with Jesus. Therefore, i am truly joyous when i am with him! The second question asks, As Christians is it right to say that we should make it our life's goal to be happy? Again, my opinion is YES! Striving fo...