Two weeks down..

*The past two weeks of training have been at a fast pace but we finally got everything accomplished. I passed the CPR test and reviewed the lifeguarding material! I'm excited for the kids to start getting here on Tuesday of next week. We have an amazing staff this year who have really bonded and are all working towards the same goal. I feel like we are already a family. Each one has something to bring and give this summer which makes it unique the way God has put us all together. Im learning many things from the different people on staff and the way they love God. Since He is in all of us, it is really fun to learn more about Him in eachother's lives. We have been training on worship, skits, lifeguarding, trails, target sports, cleaning, cooking, and so much more. Our team is going to be ready for a great summer ahead. :)
Here are some pictures from CPR and lifeguard training, and the staff dinner night.

*The Lord has really been bringing me to this verse in Hosea 10:12 lately. It says:
¹²Sow for yourselves according to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); reap according to mercy and loving-kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him, and to require His favor, till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you.
I know that this summer Jesus is breaking up uncultivated ground in my heart and expanding my territory to prepare me for the future. Though the stretching may hurt at times, i know it will be worth it in the end. I have the choice to seek harder than i ever have before in this wilderness season or just get by. But Jesus says "IT IS TIME" to seek me NOW. What a blessing it is to have this time to be taught by Him and open myself wide with an undivided heart. We can have as much of His presence as we want, it just comes down to how much do we crave it. How much do we yearn to KNOW Him? Some days get so tiring and dry that I think i cannot go on if it isn't for Jesus. He is bringing me to the end of myself so i may thirst for Him more than anything else. It is a sweet place of desperation where i cannot make it without His presence. Psalm 63 has been on my heart all week. Verse one defines this past week. It says "O God, You are my God. Earnestly will I seek You. My inner self thirst for You. My flesh longs and is even faint for You, in a dry and weary place where no water is." When we seek the Lord when we are desperately thirsty, a satisfaction and strength comes that is unlike any earthly satisfaction. His steadfast LOVE is always near, always fills, and always sustains...