So this past week was Bible and Beach. Wow what an amazing time to spend time in Florida on Spring Break with high schoolers. It was so neat to go to a place where people go to get wasted and have a "good time". And here are 400 kiddos who have a heart burning for God, who wish to live out the gospel and to MOVE in their community.

CIY put on the event for this week. Jayson French was just an amazing guy to get to know along with their staff and volunteers. And then there was Mark Moore. Man how that guy can lay down the gospel. I love that he stuck through the entire book of Acts. It was just cool to hear him talk and to just teach. Steve Fee did a good job worshiping as well, but to say that all this made the experience of Bible and Beach would be a lie.

What made Bible and Beach? The awesome guys and girls that I got to meet and know and to see their walk with God. To see the guys who came up to me saying how much they appreciated me. To see the people who decided to proclaim Jesus as their Savior! Blessed are these souls who know. Another great aspect of the week was the community and family that was being built. The hearts that were comforted. But the best part of it all...my room of guys. They were solid. They were so awesome, so real, and so fun. And they just amazed me.

It's funny how you can go into an event as a leader and be taught so much. Through all this I have realized that there is no other place that I would rather be than in the ministry field. I don't really know how God is going to MOVE me into this position but I just know in my heart that this is where I need to be. The passion for ministry has always been in my heart, but never has it been more clear that I need to be making some impact on people. I've known that my Kingdom purpose is much greater than Engineering...and it's such a big step to take. It's out of my comfort zone. It's way out of the ordinary for me. I understand that the call to ministry is few and is hard. But I know deep down that if I didn't pursue this that I will regret it. My heart burns too much for others, for the call to make a difference in someone's life. I know that this is the right thing to do, and that in any way the devil can try and make me doubt and give me many reasons to not try and do this but it's the grace and strength of God that will get me through this. Why else would He put such a burning passion in my heart for this?