tomorrow!

In the New Testament, the book of Acts has 28 chapters. For the most part, Acts details the goings-on of the apostle Paul after the death of Jesus and the history of the early church. Sometime last summer, I heard a sermon that encouraged us as listeners to live our lives as if they were the 29^th chapter of the book of Acts. That is, your entire life should be worthy of recording as acts of one of Christ’s disciples. That concept, of our lives being extensions of the book of Acts, has really stuck with me since I heard that sermon.

This summer, I’m working as a field coordinator at Carolina Cross Connection (www.carolinacrossconnection.org--check it out!) and while I would hope that all aspects of my life are “29^th chapter worthy”, I’m hoping that my work this summer will be very much worth sharing and talking about. Now, by no means does this mean that I think my life is more worthy of talking about than anyone else's, because that's certainly not the case at all! I just want to share and I like this crafty title. So that, in a nutshell, is my main purpose of starting this blog—a way to keep my friends and family and prayer partners and such updated about what all I’ll be up to this summer.

So as of when I’m writing this, it’s t-13 hours until I leave for staff training (and I’m not packed yet!) and I’m an absolute whirlwind of emotions. I’m a little bit nervous because I’m going into this with a pretty steep learning curve and without knowing many of the other staff members. I’m hesitant to even think about writing this one out, but I’m already a little bit worried that this summer is going to go by way faster than I want it to. But that’s beside the point! More than anything, I am incredibly and overwhelmingly excited for the summer and what all God has in store. Really. I’m not sure I’ve been this excited about something, ever. It’s more exciting than Christmas when you’re in second grade. It’s more exciting than getting into Carolina (okay, that’s a stretch. But it’s up there.) You get the idea. I’m really super excited.

I’m planning to update this blog every other week during my time off from camp, and I’ll be sure to let you know when I do. Thanks for reading my ramblings, and your prayers are certainly welcomed and appreciated. Pray for me and my fellow staff members, for this summer’s CCC campers, for the people we’ll be working for, and that God works in all sorts of exciting and unexpected ways for all of us this summer.

Peace & Prayers,

Alecia