Building Me

I've been all over lately, but I'm back home now.  No more excuses for not writing!  Mainly what's been going on with me is my youth group's annual New Orleans mission trip.  This was my second year - I'm a veteran now :) - and while I thought that there was no way God and those kids would be able to impact me as much this time around as they did last summer, they did.  I never ceased to be amazed at how easy it is to "find" God when we're looking for Him.  Rather than try and tell you about it, I'm just going to share photos.  It'll probably take a few posts, but oh well.  I've been short on those anyhow.

Don't you just love them?

Believe me, they're not always easy to love.  But then, next time you're in Nola, stop and take a good look around.  Easy to love often translates to weak in their everyday life.  They are hard, and tough.  But they're still kiddos.  And by the end of the week, they have your heart.

What do I love most about them?

God uses them every year to grow me up a little bit more.  In a good way.

That's what I love most about them.

But them doing my hair for me every day comes as a close second.