June 2023 Update: San Diego & SICM (Student Institute of Campus Ministry)

JUNE

San Diego Girls Trip 

In June I got to go on a girls trip with my co-workers! Yup! My coworkers! This is a big deal to me because, in what world can you take a trip with people from your workplace and there be no petty fighting, gossip, or unresolved conflict? Now Im not saying that we are all perfect, but I am saying only in the upside-down-Kingdom of God can this kind of consistency of connectivity, humility, and others mindedness exist for 4 days at a time in a group of 6 grown women with 1 bathroom, 2 to a bed, 1 car, and different personalities and preferences. Don't believe me? Go on a girls trip with all of your coworkers and tell me how it goes¯\_(ツ)_/¯....lol. Enjoy these photos from it! Thank you for your generosity that allowed me to go on this trip!

Us on the plane. From left to right: Mandy, Amy (cant see her), Kylie, Lindsey (cant see her), Andrea

June SICM 

In June I got to be the point staff person that was responsible for our 4 FOCUS students in attendance to SICM. We normally take our larger group from FOCUS to SICM in May, but every now and then, there are a handful of students who are selected to go, but have certain conflicts that keep them from going in May, so someone volunteers to take them in June. This time it was me! 

For those who don't know, SICM is a week long conference hosted by our sister ministry in Bellingham Washington called Campus Christian Fellowship (CCF; a branch off of Kai Alpha Campus Ministry). At this conference students sit through a week of varied content from about 9-4 each day to learn different skills and tools for how to be leaders for Christ on their respective campuses. 

Being the point staff person was a wake up call that I was an actual adult. I was so blessed by this trip because I went in not knowing any of the 4 students really well, but we left that trip as a family unit! Maddie, Grace, Josiah, and Huy are forever my siblings after this trip! We got inside jokes and everything :) I loved getting to go and worship with them, learn alongside them, challenge them on certain ideas, learn from them, and  most of all trade our favorite music on the car ride from Bellingham to Seattle WA. Here's to the adventures we shared! Enjoy! 

From left to right: Madi, Grace, Josiah, Huy (pronounced hwee)

do you think I touched this or not?

Who knew that teaching someone how to ride a scooter could reveal so much about them?

Auuuu 

Canadaaaaaaa! 

Bellingham WA (where the conference was held, is about 30 mins from the Canadian border!) 

Our host family hooked us up with the best dinners every night!! 

and they even took time to celebrate Grace with decorations and a cupcake and a card! Tim and Tracy were seriously the best! 

photos just don't do the views justice

Us actually crossing the Canadian border to do outreach on a college campus out there! 

A camp fire with our new friends for our last night 

All my new siblings

Huy was always making us laugh

He's my 

Madi turned 21 @ this moment on our way back home!

June was a gift and a great time. Thank you so so much to you, my supporters who are so willing to support me in doing this timeless work! I hope you enjoyed! 

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