Decisions

My life. Oh man. There is a lot of stuff going on right now. I have just recently come home from Africa and I counselled for a week at Qwanoes and I have to figure out what the heck it is that I am going to do with the fall!

Well, my parents have moved to Langley. They were supposed to be moving at the end of August but it just worked out for them to move at the end of July instead. WHILE I WAS IN AFRICA! So I came home to....no home! No bedroom! My parents took all of my stuff to Langley with them. So now I have to live at my grandmas until I can find something to do. I am working right now but I just recently quit my job so that I can go to youth camp at Qwanoes! I hated working nights anyways. It was too hard on my body.

So all I have decided so far is youth camp. But what happens after that?

Here are my options:
OPTION 1: -I have applied to be the Qwanoes intern for one year. I am still waiting to here back from them but if this option works out then I wouldn't have to worry about looking for a job or a place to live. But more importantly I would get some awesome camp experience and be in a place I love so much! I have always wanted to do this and it is the most perfect time in life right now.

OPTION 2: -I could move in with my parents in Langley. No...please no. My life is in Ladner and since I don't drive...well it's a 2 hour bus ride. AT BEST!

OPTION 3: -I move in with my parents until I can find a place to live in Ladner. I would see if they'll take me back to Starbucks as a shift supervisor for more hours then I was getting before. I havce been informed that in October my church is accepting new people to be on all the different committees. Since I have such a passion for missions I could be on the missions committee. I could also continue to be a Thrive leader and love crazy pre-teens [Thrive is a preteen youth group]. I could also continue to be a youth leader and love the more mellow highschool kids.

Pluses for Qwanoes:
-don't have to move out / find job
-get super awesome camp ministry experience
-learn how the camp really functions
-be in a place that I love so much doing work that I love so much
-be surrounded by people that love Jesus and are always striving to have a closer more intimate relationship with him.
-I can love and support the Kaleo students
-make new life long friendships - true friendships
[there is nothing negative about this option]

Pluses for Ladner:
-be close to boyfriend and family minus parents.
-be closer to my friends
-get to go to church and be super involved
--^ this is a good thing because I have been away from church all summer and I miss it so much
-get to learn about living on my own and paying bills [should be a negative but I am trying to think of it as a good thing]
-get to preteens and teenagers

Negatives for Ladner:
-have almost no Christian friends around me.
-be surrounding myself with temptations by hanging around with the friends that I do have.
--^these two are very very very hard things for me. I have been struggling with this for years now.
-have to find a roommate.

Pretty much the only thing that's making Ladner look good is being able to be on the missions committee at church. If it wasn't for that I'd say Qwanoes without a doubt. I mean I don't even know if they want me yet. I can just pray. And I guess we'll see more when I get that answer. Maybe that answer will cause me to decide something or maybe that answer will tell me what I've decided..more what God's decided for me. Praise God for giving me options though!

On a side note! I have some really really really exciting news! Atleast I think it's exciting! There is a girl that I work with latenight at Mcdonalds and she's going to come to church with me on Sunday and check it out! I am so excited about it! I can't wait! She used to go to church actually to South Delta Baptist but then the only friends she had left to go to The Way which is run throught SDBC but it happens at the movie theatre. She went with her friends there but then her friends left again and went to some church in Richmond. She wasn't about to up and move churchs again so she stayed. For a little while anyways. She's in the middle of a divorce right now and it's a pretty hard situation for her. She is struggling with why God would make her go through that and just has so many questions. She is an amazing lady though and I hope that LBC can give her the answers she is looking for. And some awesome fellowship. She needs that so badly right now.

Prayer:
-Please pray for Marcela. She is the lady that I was just speaking about.
-Prayer for my future. That I would listen to God and decide to decide right.
-Prayer for the Qwanoes ministry. Prayer against spiritual warfare and prayer for the kids every week that have to go back home to everything secular.

Thank you so much! Sorry it's been so long.