Fries, Superheroes, and Jesus

What I've been doing:  God opened up a REALLY amazing door for me.  My last few months in the DR, I was praying for a job over the summer.  I was also praying for a way to get more involved at my church in Wilsonville.  My dad happened to be at the church one night working on a building project, and he went down to talk to the pastor and say hello.  The pastor mentioned as my dad was leaving that they were looking for a summer intern to work with the youth at the church.  My dad immediately thought of me, and he suggested the pastor shoot me an email.  No one else but God could have organized all those little details.

As soon as I saw the email, I knew this was God placing another job in my lap.  He always seems to do that for me.  Probably because that's what I pray for.  :)

Last week was my first official week working in ministry, aka actually getting paid to serve the Lord!  In college and in the DR I always worked with youth as a volunteer.  I see now that God was preparing me for the current role I am in.

Wednesday nights the youth get together, and we had a "Tour de Frye's."  We went to McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, WOW Burger, and Sonic, rating the fries on saltiness, freshness, and texture.  It was a great event to connect with the parents and students.  My stomach was only a little upset on Thursday morning from only eating fries for dinner.

Sunday I was fully in charge of Sunday school.  We did a father's day craft and talked about the big question: How old is God?  One of the middle schoolers from Wednesday offered to help me the Sundays she comes to church.  I am super excited to see what God does over the summer.

What's coming next:  This week we are having water wars and pizza with the middle schoolers.  I am also going to do the inductive Bible study with them using my favorite "fishers of men" passage in Matthew 4.  Pray that we can dive into the Word more often and lift our voices to Him in prayer.

This week we are also continuing our superhero theme in Sunday school and answering the question: Is God more powerful than a superhero?  I am excited to wear my superhero cape (!!) and teach the kids "Jesus is my Superhero" a song that I heard a lot in the DR.

Please be praying for all these opportunities to pour into the lives of young people.

Con mucho amor.