getting back

So I guess August 29 is as good as any day to start blogging again. This is it. I'm starting back up. I promise.

I know, I know, you want to know why I haven't blogged for three months. Well, I don't have a good explanation, except to say that I just haven't felt up to it. Being part of ministry in New Orleans for the past year has been both extremely exciting and extremely depressing. I think I hit my lowest point sometime in June. I was ready to pack it in and go start over somewhere else.

It has been a long road to put our youth ministry back together, but it seems like the beginning of the school year is bringing us a fresh start. A lot of students have moved away...and a lot have come back home. Things surely look a lot different than they did last August before the storm, but God is working. I am genuinely excited to see where God will take us in the next year.

As for the work teams, this summer has truely been amazing. There have been times that hurricane relief has been the only thing that has kept me going. We are in the midst of thinking and dreaming about what Hurricane relief will look like for the next two to three years. That's right, I did type two to three years. We plan to equip ourselves to house mission teams from now until doomsday. God is using this whole experience to wake up our church and get us involved in our community. And if you know me, you know that I am excited about that.

I guess I don't need to make this long. I'm just here to say, "I'm back." Thank you all for all of your prayers and support over the past year. May God continue to heal New Orleans!