last day at bridge point

Last Sunday

This past Sunday was my last Sunday at Bridge Point working with the Children. It was an amazing Sunday and there was a lunch afterwards which was great because it gave me the oppertunity to spend some "fun" time talking with the kids and saying goodbye. As a support of it being my last Sunday my family came out to see what I had been doing all summer and that really meant alot to me. It was great to get to have them meet all the kids that I spent so much time with this past few months and who have really grown to mean alot to me.
It was very touching when all the girls were trying to talk me into staying and not going back to school. Audriana and Alexis even told me "they called the college and the college fired me so I should stay til I'm 30." Also several girls asked me to write them letters or txt them and I promised to come back and visit sometime. It meant so much to me to see how they were going to miss me too because it made me feel like I really made a connection with them and I am really going to miss them too. It's going to feel very weird for me this Sunday not going to Bridge Point and seeing all my kids and Pastor Cal but I am very grateful for the oppertunity I've had at Bridge Point to work with everyone there.

With school starting...

To be honest I completely forgot my blog existed, so needless to say I have not written in quite some time. But with school starting and all the writing I am doing for my classes I remembered once again about my blog. LOL. My time at Bridge Point is almost over and I am going to miss so much working with the kids, Pastor Cal, Pastor Greg and Ms. Francie. I have learned so much more than I ever thought possible in these past several months. I cannot believe how much I have grown attacted to these kids and how much they have grown emotionally and spiritually right in front of my eyes over the summer. I am going to miss seeing and working with them soo much. I already cant wait to be over to go back and visit over school breaks. However, with work and school right now it just isnt possible to be able to drive to Pittsburgh every weekend. I just can't believe how much I have learned through working with these kids these past few months. God has shown and taught me so much more than just about kids and Himself and I am very grateful for it.

Fortuntally Pastor Cal has taught me how to recognize kids who are ready to step up and be leaders themselves. I have seen some of these kids, girls espically grow so much over the summer, I know they will be great helpers to P. Cal when I leave as they have been all summer. Thier hearts are so big and they just long to serve all the time that they will be great helpers and leaders at Kids Church.

So in two weeks my time will be up for now at least and I am quite sad about it. It has been a little stressful for me the past month doing Kid's Church because of outside stress with school and what not in my life and I feel I haven't quite given the Kids my all these past two weeks and I feel bad about it, but I hope that our next two weeks will be amazing!!! I want to plan a big, exciting Sunday for the last Sunday of September as it will be my last. I am going to miss it all but I just want to enjoy my last two weeks and learn all that I can while I'm there.

hmm...

For once, I dont really have much to say...its an odd feeling of the sorts (lol)...but I did want to post a few pictures...

Sunday

This Sunday will be my first Sunday doing Kids Church without Pastor Cal there. Things have been running really smoothly there lately and I think everything is going to be just fine and dandy anyways. We're going to be talking about fear and how only God has the power to take our fear away. Our scripture verse is from 1 John 4:18 how God's perfect love takes away fear. I think it's going to be a good lesson and a good Sunday with the kids. Todd and Mary will be there this Sunday and the kids really love both of them too. I'm excited for Sunday, which has come to be my favorite day of the week.

Click here to see a video of Ben's baptism.

Ben's Baptism

Here are some pictures I'll be sharing with the Kids on Sunday to show them how excited Ben was about being baptized. We are talking about happiness this Sunday and I'm going to incorporate talking about Ben into the lesson because of how happy he was on this day. I am so proud of him!!













Ben and Pastor Tony of Discovery Christian Cranberry Campus.


Ben wrote a speech out all by himself to read before his baptism.