I was thinking about prayer and how it can be a hard thing to stay committed to. I love talking to people. I love listening to their stories. I love hearing about their struggles as well as their joys and I love never knowing how to truly respond, except to one again lend a listening ear the next time we hang out ( Read more... )

This weekend was crazy, but awesome. Both Saturday and Sunday I worked down at the little Tri-Cities Historical Museum. On Saturday three guys come waltzing into the museum. They all spread themselves out evenly and approach my co-working and myself. As they are approaching I notice they each have one ear plug in their right ear. So I'm thinking to ( Read more... )

Today was a beautiful day. I was encouraged tremendously by a friend and his challenges and his compassion. My eyes were opened to some truths I had really been blinded from for a long time. And my prayers were answered. I realized I have been experiancing joy in these last few weeks of summer. I love that feeling when you wake up in the morning no ( Read more... )

Today as I was riding my bike around Spring Lake, an older lady just completely wiped out right in front of me ( Read more... )

Wedgewood Christian services is an agency that takes in at risk youth from all over Michigan. Its really like a campus where 200 students from ages 11-17 live and build community together as they struggle to learn about life together. Most of the kids are there due to poor home lives, abuse, neglect and many others things you probably wouldn't even ( Read more... )

Today a good friend our families past away. Its always hard to deal with death especially when it effects people around you who you respect. My brother, probably more then anyone else in our family, was mostly effected and my heart just went out to him in his anguish ( Read more... )

I just found out Spring Lake (the town I'm from) has a plan 2016. I thought once I'd left Taylor I would at least get 3 months off from hearing about Taylor's plan 2016....Oh my.

Sarah Bentz and Matt Luckey are now married....weird. Ben is falling in love with a girl....weird, although she is pretty awesome. I'm almost a Senior in college.....weird. I'm interning this summer and working with at risk youth in Grand Rapids. Most of the girls I'm working with aren't that much younger then myself yet they look so young to me ( Read more... )

Lately, I have been overwhelmed with feelings that I really wish I could go into more detail on in this post, but unfortunately if I were to do that, it would make this post seem very emo ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I've updated on here. I guess I've been doing most of my journal entries on facebook, or in my own private journal..but hey I figures what the heck bring this thing back to life for one last breath...

So I was laying in bed about an hour ago and I couldn't lay still..I was tossing and turning and I finally just decided to ( Read more... )