"here i am...send me" and He did.

I am supposed to share a 60-90 second testimony of what God has done this year in college ministry. 60-90 seconds... haha! But here is what I got so far:

A year ago today, I was about to graduate from college with absolutely no idea of what to do or where to go next, so I prayed simply, "Here I am, clueless but willing." (Be careful with that prayer :)

3 months later, I packed my Jeep and headed to Wilmington to help "start a college ministry" at a campus I knew nothing about with people I didn't really know. Within the first week, I knew I was completely in over my head, but charged forward trusting where I was weak, tired, and completely inadequate, He is so strong, and He has been so amazingly faithful.

As I look around this room, I'm in awe of the things God has done this year - just the fact that you are here is such a testimony to God's faithfulness, but you haven't just filled a seat on Sunday morning. I have watched you grow so much in the Word and being doers of the Word, in obedience and humility, in reaching out and loving those around you, in fellowship and building a community to go onto campus and battle alongside one another. We have seen lives changed, by His amazing grace. What an incredible honor and priviledge it has been to be a part of this... He truly does do much more than we can possibly think or imagine.

And with that, for those of you who don't know, I will be going to the University of Florida this fall. I hate the thought of leaving, but I am SO excited to see what God does through each of you and with this ministry next year - so keep running hard, throwing everything else aside, eyes fixed on Jesus, our Lord and Savior!

Isaiah 25:1

I found out today that one of our girls that we have been praying for since day 1 here in Wilmington wants to be baptized next weekend. I'm in shock in a lot of ways. What an incredible way to wrap up our first year on campus. Amazing. We wanted to end with a bang with the retreat, and in some ways I felt like we fizzled, but oh how incredible it is to serve a God who can do and does much more than any of us can possibly imagine. New life; the old has gone and the new has come! God is oh so amazingly good! What a glorious picture of the work He does in our hearts.
Now, for just one more heart of flesh transformation in particular before we leave (or more appropriately, they leave) for the summer... :-)
Sheesh, so next weekend will be really the last one we have with many of our students, especially for me. This weekend we are doing a college send off time. I am in charge of the slideshow and will also be sharing what this year has been like for me as a staff person. I've thought on it quite a bit, and I seriously have no idea what I'm going to say apart from:
"I suck and am so ridiculously inadequate; God is great and greatly to be praised for everything He did this year; and I am so extremely honored He allowed me to witness His work here... Keep running!"
So... yea, in a nutshell, that has been this year.
But on a lighter note, I feel like I'm being sent back to Czech this summer! Woot!!!