Leadership Training in Ministry!

Today is the third day I've been here (second full day) and it is absolutely gorgeous! The mountains are beautiful and like nothing I've seen and the peace and quiet is absolutely wonderful. On my first day here, I ate dinner, got to know some people, and just walked around to get a feel for the place. Yesterday, I was pretty busy with YMCA orientation all day, worship, LT registration, LT project group meeting, and our first LT session! During orientation, I learned a lot of things but what I loved most about it was the wildlife section. There are many animals out here and I learned how to deal with elk, black bears, and mountain lions if I ever come across one! I hope to encounter a bear at least once and maybe see a mountain lion from afar. Worship and the LT session were amazing. I was able to sing my heart out with hundreds of other people and just get fired up for God!!

After a night of sleep, unfortunately I woke up with some altitude sickness but no worries, I'm starting to feel better! Today has been eventful and is not nearly done yet. I went to two sessions for LT orientation, went to spend a good hour and a half alone with God by the stream, and then had a huge scavenger hunt of taking pictures! It has been a lot of fun so far. Later, we are supposed to have another session and I can't wait!

Tomorrow is my first day of work in the Aspen dining hall because I'm in the food service department. I'm not really sure what to expect but I will update everyone on how that goes eventually!

Walking around the hills and mountains is really exhausting though because of less oxygen and the altitude level. I'm currently typing from around 8,000+ feet above sea level! Crazy. The weather here has been up and down. At night and in the morning it ranges from like 35-50 degrees and during the day it ranges from around 60-80 degrees! Good thing I packed winter and summer clothing!

Prayer with God has been pretty good so far. He is really opening me up to some things already. Unfortunately I found out that a friend at home is having heart problems and is in the intensive care unit and my father is now on a heart monitor because his heart isn't doing too well. But I know that I just have to trust God with all of these things going on. I think I really want to work on surrendering every aspect of my life to God instead of giving Him some aspects and then telling myself I can control the other aspects.

I'm nervous to see what God has coming to me this summer and I know it's probably going to be difficult, challenging, and at times exhausting. However, I know that God has a plan and even in the darkness, He does everything with a purpose and to show me something even if I can't see why or what it is.

That's all for now! Check out my pictures on Facebook and keep checking back here.

Love and Blessings from Colorado <3