since i am attending summit church while i am in the rdu area, i participated in serve rdu. it is an annual week-long event summit church does around the communities of the rdu area. so, so, great. i chose to participate in a project at a place called christian life home where girls between the ages of 12-23 are in the midst of unplanned pregnancies. they are given a place to live, food to eat, counseling, and much, much, more. it really is great. a house couple house 5-6 girls at a time. such sweet people. once we were there we began with a house tour. HUGE house! the house used to be owned by a professional football player. christian life home bought the house only having to pay the remaining amount on the home, which wasn't much. after the tour the team of volunteers divided up into groups to do different projects such as power washing, weeding, laying out mulch, & staining the deck. i chose to stain the deck. i have never stained before, but did i learn that it is a tedious task! but, i had so much fun doing it for 4 hours with other girls who were great. i went inside to get some water at one point & really wanted to meet the girls who were housed in the home, so i made a point to introduce myself & get their names as well. it was a pretty eventful day because one was having contractions 10 minutes apart! the girls attend church at the summit every week & do many other activities between their doctors appointments & such.
this is definitely not the last time i will visit the home. i am going to sign up to become a big sister to these girls. they need someone to just come & take them out of the house & really just talk about life & to have a mentor. i really want these girls to know they do not have to be defined by a decision they made in their past & the Lord FORGIVES them for this & show them the love of Christ through me. i have a heart for girls with pasts because i had one of my own that i don't like to mention, but i found the Lord through that & i am BLESSED because of that! PTL! excited to continue to serve & make relationships with these girls!
i also met up with my freshman roommate from college who just got engaged! :] so happy for her! she's so great & such an inspiration! i love her to death & wayy excited about her wedding next may! my roommate from summer project also got engaged in the past week [her [now] fiance was on summer project with me as well]. i'm so happy for that couple! they are just great! :] ready to purchase some dresses to wear to all of these exciting weddings for my sweet friends!
bad news, macy is going to be living with my parents for a while :( so sad. i am going to miss her a lot, but i know she will love it there because she will be able to run & do whatever she wants really. my parents spoil her :] haha so, if you don't hear a lot about macy for a while it's because she is living with them, sad day.
the Lord has been so great teaching me multiple things today. & i am thankful for that!
theme song right now: "Stronger" by Mandisa
click here to play
& sing it girL. :]
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