Like most summers, I got tanner and thinner. I got closer to God. I got to go see the kids. I taught water class. I got to hang out with Scotty. This summer I had a really great friend move out of town, Alexis. :(. This is also not unusual.
But this summer, I had the amazing privilege of coming alongside a brother and sister in Christ. It was a mission, one in which I had to stay continually filled with the Holy Spirit. I was tested and tried all along the way. I experienced so many personal break throughs because of it. And received so many blessings it is unreal.
The first blessing, is simply seeing the fruit of His Spirit come alive in my friends, Christana and Bryce. Bryce has truly undergone a transformation while in prison. I have seen him fully surrender his life to God and to fully live out and apply the Word in his life. He is released on August 27. I get to go with Chris to pick him up and I am so excited to see him witness his new faith to others on the outside!
The second blessing is that Scott and I are closer than we have ever been before if that's even possible! We've had such fun! And because of my personal break throughs, I feel like I've been able to give parts of myself to him that I didn't know I'd been holding back!
The third blessing is that God has heard my prayers and continued some friendships, restored some friendships, and He has given me new friends this summer! I love new friends! It's been a while since I met people that I truly hit it off with on a spiritual level and just KNEW we were going to be great friends! I looove it!
A fourth blessing is that one of my "adopted" kids, Jesi, had a baby! That makes me an unofficial grandparent!
I'm sad this summer has come to an end but excited to see what God has in store for this school year. I have taken on a new clinical supervisee this year, Heather, and I will have another graduate intern, Crystal!
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