We’ve been in Ocean City for almost 6 weeks now. We will be leaving 2 weeks from Friday for part 2 of our summer- Ohio “vacation”. I am starting to get the itch to move on to the next weeks but my favorite things are still yet to come! This week is my favorite theme titled “all for one”. It’s all about teaching the students the importance of community, the body of Christ and being all the most important ONE. There are have been fun team building exercises causing them to rely on each other, mens and womens dinners and the week ends in a staff vs. students softball game.
***Side note on the womens dinner on Monday night. We had a great, fun evening planned for the girls which ended in a dance party. I take some pride in knowing the latest music out there. This is mostly due to the fact that my husband fills me in on what’s being played and I generally like most of it. Well at the dance party there were a couple songs all of the girl were singing word for word, even knowing the dance moves and I just stood there not having ever heard the song in my life! I felt old. I felt slightly out of touch. Weird.***
Also in the coming weeks we have a week focusing on World Vision. From my experience as a student this was the week I put it all together that there are countless others that do not know Jesus and how BIG the need is to GO! The last week is all about loving others, loving HIM and accepting His love for us. It’s a great week to end on!
Can’t wait to tell you more>
***More pics to come. Thought I had others???
This summer we have seen a new side of Miss K. She is an extrovert as we have known but she is a performer! Once she feels comfortable with her “audience” she goes to town! She dances, pretends like she falls, plays chase, tickles, sings, acts silly to get a laugh out of anyone. And then when she gets it she continues to do it over and over again. The best part of it all is that her sister is her biggest and most supportive audience. Miss T loves her little shinanigans and loves her sissy.
These feet did some walking!
At the Mood fabric store
Lovin’ it!
I’ve been thinking a lot about the legacy of Ocean City summer project, which is where we are spending our summer as a family, and how awesome it is. It’s hard to really get it if you haven’t experienced it yourself but I want to do my best to explain it so you all further get a picture of what we are doing here. Since 1967 100+ college students have come “to the shore” for the summer to grow in their own faith and to share the Gospel. Literally each year thousands of people hear the Gospel and hundreds come to know Him. A vacation to the beach changed their life forever through the boldness of a college student and of course God! Just think how many people are affected by those who made a decision for Jesus when they go back home and share with their family, friends and coworkers. Or those who eventually come to know Jesus but it all started when they first heard the Gospel on the New Jersey boardwalk. Not only are vacationers and Jersey locals lives changed forever but the students who chose to give their summer up to God walk way with a life that will never be the same. More often than not Ocean City is the place where God meets students in an authentic way and radically changes their heart to never be the same. I know this is true for me. Countless times I have heard others say Ocean City summer project is where I learned what a surrendered life is, where God called me into full time ministry, where I gained an eternal perspective etc.
My heart is heavy today. My thoughts are not really in the present but thinking of my family back home. My Grandpa, Papo is having open heart surgery today at 11:30am. This is his second go at this major surgery in the last 2 years. It’s a must to have it done but still risky. If you think of it please pray for him, for my family. Especially my dad and his 3 sisters and my grandma. Thank you!
