So the Scavenger Hunt was pretty much amazing. It's one of those times where you sit back and look at it, and think about all the time and energy you spent in planning, and it's this surreal experience to know that its over. This is definetley a youth event that I want to do someday. BUT remember how I told you that this was a youth event for a class I was doing? yeah... total lie... it was just a cover up for this... :-)

That's right my amazing roomate is engaged!Congrats Jared and Alyssa :-) 02/11/07

God taught me a lot through this experience of planning. It gave me an amazing analogy of God being in control. For a moment pretend that I am God in this sitaution. I knew the plans, I knew the timing, I knew the details of what was going to occur in an important event in Alyssa's life. Alyssa however knew nothing. She had some ups and downs, she was sad at times when she didn't get engaged when she thought it was going to happen. She at times was dissapointed, and even complained a little. But through happy times and the occasional tears she still held onto God with everything. She had no clue what hit her today, and it was the absolute best. But she at times couldn't see that until God brought it all together.

Wow... God is in control of my life. I don't have a clue about anything. And He has planned the absolute best for my life. "Even when I can't see, I still believe." Absolutley amazing. The only way you can see that God is working, however, is holding onto Him when life doesn't make sense, because then you see what He had planned all along. Yet how many times do I find myself dissapointed, and frusterated, and wanting to take my life into my own hands. I am the first to admit how much more I fall into these things instead of just trusting the God of the universe who loves me more than anything. The coolest thing is that God is glorified when we trust Him in hard times and when we don't understand. When we cling in the good and the bad, the ups and the downs. Once again I find myself...

"Here at your feet in awe and surrender

Now all of me

Your strength I treasure

One look at Your Cross

I lose sight of me

Your beauty and Grace are all I need."

~A song that I wrote last semester and that I still can't seem to finish....

PS: All pictures of the scavenger hunt and youth retreat are under my "My pictures" link