I hope you are all doing well. It is crazy to think that week 6 of programming has just ended and I only have 2 weeks left. The time in Wanblee is just flying by. I am so excited to share with you some of the highlights of the week as it was one of the best of the summer.
This week we had a group of about 50. There were 3 churches from Minnesota and Green Bay Wisconsin. It turned out that we had a lot of Packers in the building this week! haha Of course as always we do orientation and kind of introduce ourselves and in my orientation I share my Oklahoma Sooner roots in which case I was immediately given a nickname that stuck: Oklahoma. All week students called me Oklahoma, and I have to admit that I loved it!
I felt like we were really blessed this week with great youth and awesome adult leaders. Everything this week was just effortless which made it so easy to focus on God, enjoy the week, and really get to know the youth. I especially connected with a few who continually brought me joy and laughter throughout the week. The pictures will be posted below.
This week I also experienced a work projects first: WE BUILT A TEEPEE. It was so cool. We literally gt the heritage of teepees and a lesson on how to put one up. The youth loved it and it was definitely an awesome cultural experience.
While I loved this week a lot it was a little bitter sweet for me. I love being on staff with YouthWorks but this week my sweet sister Kailey was on my heart as she and my church youth group were on their mission trip in Cortez. It was cool sitting in club and thinking she was hearing the same passage but maybe receiving the message in a different way. I prayed constantly this week for our church's group and their week in Cortez and always had my sister in the back of my mind. I can't wait to get home and hear all about her YW experience this summer, I think we will be able to connect in a new and deep way because of it. I love you Kailey!
I also am going to ask for prayer. Things are starting to come to an end and thinking about life outside of YouthWorks is beginning to make me a bit anxious. I have done some major growing this summer and made some huge life changes and while I am so excited to put them into real life and I am nervous as well. Also please pray for our staff member Zach---He has strep throat. Just pray that he is restored and his health gets better going into the final leg of this journey.
As always thank you all for the continual support and prayers. I can't wait to see you and share with you in more detail the awesome things God has done this summer.
I love you all.
-Kristen
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