It's fitting that I follow up my post about friendship and a great night with my team with a post about Young Life. First, let me start off by saying I wasn't super-de-duper involved in Young Life in high school. I went to Windy Gap every year from 8-12 grade and I was a Wyld Life leader but I just wasn't really super involved in Young Life in high school because I was more involved in my youth group at church. Although I wasn't super involved I still recognized the Young Life community and I'm immensely grateful to my Young Life leaders and all they did for me and my walk with Christ!
Looking back on my freshman year, I realize that I was missing a
Christian community and more specifically the Young Life community. So,
when I transferred I automatically knew that I wanted to be placed
and I was bound and determined to be a leader. After going through Quest
(where I met some great people) I thought I knew exactly where I would be
placed but to my surprise I got placed on Pickens. To be honest I was
completely thrown off and wasn't sure how I felt about it but little did
I know the Lord had a much bigger plan. Now I wouldn't want to be
anywhere else. I'm pretty much obsessed with my team and I love how we
are all so different yet we get along so well. Tonight we played a
question game and it seriously was such a great way to bond and made for
a lot of laughs. Not only do I love my team but I LOVE PICKENS. I have
some of the best friends anyone could ask for and I seriously can't wait
for our friendships to grow and for us to get to spend the next year
and a half together. I selfishly wish that Pickens was closer so I could
be with my friends every day of the week 24/7 buuuuut the ride out to
Pickens allows for some great prayer, reflection, conversations (if anyone is riding with me) and time to jam.
Now you might be asking what is Young Life? Well basically it is a relational ministry where college students go into high schools and have the opportunity to become friends with high school students. Then they have the chance to pour into kids, enjoy life and share what it's like to have a relationship with Jesus. For me, I believe all of that but I also tell my girls all the time that it's an opportunity for me to be friends with some great people and for us to do life together and learn how to love Jesus and have a relationship with him. I am blessed to have some amazing high school friends and I hope to make more!
Last but not least the Young Life community is filled with so many different and wonderful people that all have a heart for Jesus and for hanging out with high school friends and sharing Christ with them. A community like that is so rare and I'm so lucky to have it. Like I said in my post yesterday I can only hope/desire to not only know names and faces and what team people are one but actually get to know people and make it a point to hang out.
So I'm blessed to have my Young Life team, community, and friends
I hope yall had a great day!
With all my love- Cam
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