Winter Retreats..

God is good. I was thinking today about where I was this time last year. How I was still in High School. Then I started thinking about how it has almost been a year since I graduated High School. I was pondering and praising God for all that he has done and all the ways He has used me this past year. I had the privilege of being a youth leader on two different camps so far (and summer hasn't even come). So I wanted to share some of those good memories with you :)

me and my best friend getting ready to conquer the world...or jr high ministry

hanging out on the kids playground

we wear our hats like mike swanson

beautiful!!

me and liana (make up free ;)

she may be my student but she is one of my best friends


HIGH SCHOOL RETREAT:

there is no darkness

for awhile now (since mid January) this idea of light has been a theme in my life. at first when God was making it clear He was trying to teach me something I realized there were areas of my life that were in the dark. through some stuff God brought those areas into the light. i was sooooooooooooooooo thankful. recently however God has continued to remind me of this. i wasn't sure if it was just a reminder or something else. i realized the other day that it was a little of both. last Wednesday some stuff happened and I was a little scared going into it. then Friday I got some news that wasn't horrible but was pretty disappointing. then today i got some news that made me want to punch a wall. all of this stuff is about the same thing. so then I was like God what does all of this have to do with light and darkness? i felt God say "you don't have to fear, because with me there is no darkness." see I am walking with the Lord therefore I have no reason to fear. there is no darkness in this trial because I am trusting God, not man.
-ariana