Week 4

I think this is week 4. I have begun to lose track of the days and time, which is awesome. This week I got to go to Malibu beach for a day and then that night Mosaic had a baptism service in the ocean. Some great relaxation and watching some of the boys surf. It was incredible! The baptism was right at sunset on an extremely beautiful beach with awesome fellowship. There were still plenty of local people from the beach earlier on in the day so we had random people taking part in this amazing act of obedience from many Christ followers. Two of our interns got baptized, Jay and Alex.







This past Sunday Jay, Adam, and I brought back the high school gathering at Mosaic Inland. They quit having it on Sunday’s for many reasons. Inland is struggling very much with reaching the people they want to. It wasn’t as successful as I had hoped for. It was only a few people that came and we split up into guys and girls small groups. My girls don’t really have the best attitude about being there and are really disengaged to be quite honest. It has been discouraging, yet a challenge is what I came here for. We are in the process of doing many different things and seeing what works and what doesn’t with the youth. I just have to remember that it takes a while to change things and it really is the small things that really make a difference.





So on Thursdays we get to go to improv classes for free with the church. Its so much fun! 2 hours of goofing off and trying to learn how to be good at improv. Im terrible at it, but so much fun. It is a wonderful release, stress reliever, and fun experience after a long week.



My small group leader/mentor came and visited me last weekend. I was so blessed to have her come and just pour out love on me. It felt so so great to have someone that just knows my heart, inside and out. She spoke so much encouragement and Jesus to my heart. It was really hard for me though when she left. I felt like I had a little piece of home for a weekend and its just hard to let go. I have had a really rough week missing home. It hasn’t really hit me until this week about my parents moving to Charleston and not having the same home anymore. I feel like so much of my life is moving on to completely new chapters and I have to leave behind a lot, in the best way for me though. I just miss what I had I guess you could say. I know that only bigger and better things are in store for me.





Oh yeah, I found a Chick-Fil-A!!! I had to take Sarah to the Orange Country airport on Sunday and we saw it off the exit and HAD to pull off to get one! I miss the chicken sandwich so so much. Well, we pull off aaaannnddd…its closed on Sundays! We totally forgot. It was a HUGE bummer. Its about the ONLY Chick-Fil-A in Cali. Oh well, just excited to see something from home here.



I cannot even begin to really explain all that I am continuing to learn everyday here. I meet the most fascinating and intriguing people every single day. I get to hear everyone’s stories. The age old view of what a Christian is has been completely changed. I LOVE meeting people that break that mold and image. Its not about what you look like or wear. A Christian is everyone. I really love being around this. These people are just so real and authentic with their faith. Servants, people who love, people who lead, people who have real passion. This church is attractive I guess you could say.

Oh yeah, happy fourth of July!!