Week 11. the last week of the summer

Well. I have officially moved back to Las Cruces and getting back into the swing of things down here. Last week was the last week of the summer and it was great. The first half of the week we had a group from Socorro come down and hang out. The were a campus ministry team with InterVarsity on the New Mexico Tech campus. This group just happened to be the ministry that my little brother goes to! How cool is that! They spent the majority of their time discussing different ministry ideas and events so the only time I really got to hang out with them was durring meals and one morning when we went down to the beach. Turns out 2 of the 3 guys my brother is living with came to the retreat so that was really cool to get to meet them.
The second group of the week came up from El Passo. I cant remember the name of the church they were with but te kids were really cool. As it turned out, most of the kids that they brought didn't know what it was like to have a personal relationship with Jesus, so it was really cool watching God work through them and how he used the leaders to plant seeds in their lives. One of the kids that I got to know over the week was OJ. He was that kid that likes to see how far he can take it before he popes your personal bubble. I know you know what I mean and I'll leave it at that. Anyway, OJ befriended me for the week and it was cool ministering to him though actions rather than words because one, I thought he was getting a lot of words durring the teaching times and I thought it was important for him as well as all of the other kids there to see how a personal relationship with Jesus plays out in really life. At one point he straight up asked me if I was a Christian out of the blue, but just after I said yes he started to try and dunk me or something like that so I didn't get to dig any deeper with that but it was cool to see that the gears were turning and that he was thinking about God one way or another.
Over the coarse of the summer I have been provided with an endless supply of opportunities to grow in my relationship with God and He has taught me many things like how to be a leader for extended periods of time and how to completely rely on Him, even if it is just to have the motivation to get to work at 5 in the morning. He also hid many of the things he has taught me and I have been digesting the summer and realizing how many things he taught me and is still teaching me as I reflect on the summer. One of the cool things that I have been looking at today was how he takes care of us even if we think that we got it. I knew that when I moved back down to Las Cruces that I was going to need a job to help pay for some of the senior project stuff I am going to need as well as to pay off a loan I got to buy a video camera and still on top of that to start saving up for life after college. I basically went into a place called Durango Bagels and asked if they had an application, filled it out, and God did the rest. That was 2 weeks ago. Last week I received a phone call from the owner and she asked if I could come in the next day for an interview but I couldn't because I was still at camp. So I asked if it would be ok if we waited until Monday (today) to do the interview. Well I am not sure how it happened but several people found out that I dropped this one and only application off and they went in or called I am not sure but the owner already had me on the schedule for this week when I went in! So here I am with a job that God supplied me with in a town of 30 thousand plus college kids all trying to find a job and I got one without even really looking. God is so awesome!
I really do appreciated how much each of you supported me throughout the summer. Another thing that God showed me this summer was the power of prayer and he showed it to me though all yall. If you dont know what it is like to be prayed over, you are missing out on one of the most powerful tools you have access to! I could tell the days that people were praying for me and the days that people didnt. But more importantly I could tell when prayers were being answered. Every week I posted a "pray stuff" list and yall prayed for them and they were answered every single time. Every thing from attitudes to keeping us safe from ourselves was answered. So, I guess what I am trying to say is thank you so much for being a instrument in God's will for my summer, I couldn't have done it with out you and your support.
As many campers throughout the summer got to read on my sign as they drove out on the last day of camp, 'Stay Riggin' and remember that 'It doesnt end here.'
May God continue to Bless each and every one of you,
Chris