west lakes 2011

west lakes 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011

to my dearest aunt jane:

i sincerely apologize for my lack of blogging. i know you were a little annoyed about it at thanksgiving... and it has been a while since then. so here is my promise: i will do my very best to blog at least once every week. yes. this has been put into writing. also, to everyone else who used to follow this blog, i love you. and i hope you still love me...
moving on to what i have been up to: i have been in many states since i blogged last, but more importantly, i have been spreading the word of Christ in lots and lots of places. it's pretty great. we have been travelling for about 17 weeks now. has there been tension with my teammates, you ask? the answer is yes, and there is still tension, but i knew that was bound to happen when i started driving in a van with 4 other people in august. prayers for better communication would be appreciated. however, we put aside our differences every time we arrive at a new place, and our ministry is still very strong.
we have some events coming up starting this weekend. i will be in st.louis this weekend, chicago the next weekend, and the wisconsin dells the weekend after that. we stay at hotels with hundreds of super hyper kids[thanks to drinks such as monster and red bull] and have 40 hours of awesome worship. i will be running on coffee and Jesus by the end of them, but i still am verrrry excited.
[[side note: my teammate bobby is watching me write this blog in a sort of creepy way, so i would like to point out that he is a very cool person in order to avoid conflict later. but really, he's pretty awesome. and it's not just because of his beard.]]
i know i have a lot more to say, but i can't really put it all into words right now, so i am going to leave you with a quote one of my teammates showed me this morning:
"i know God will not give me anything i can't handle. i just wish he didn't trust me so much." -Mother Theresa.

LOVE YOU,
hannah joy