"HEY YOU!!!! YES YOU!!! WANT A HOT DOG?????" THIS IS ME AND EMMA ON THE DOCK GRILLING DOGS FOR THE CREW AND THE DAY WORKERS!!! THIS WAS A GREAT EVENT THAT INCLUDED FOOD, MUSIC AND AN INSPIRING MESSAGE FROM THE CHAPLAINS!! AMEN TO GETTING TOGETHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS!!!!!!!!!!

THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING FIELD SERVICE SO FAR!!!! LOTS OF FOOD, FUN AND FRIENDS!!! MY HEART IS ALSO SAD THIS MONTH BECAUSE IT MARKED THE LEAVING OF THREE OF MY CLOSEST MERCY SHIP BUDDIES; BECCA, EMMA, AND JOSH!! THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS MERCY SHIPS CREW MEMBERS HAVE TO LEARN TO DEAL WITH. BECAUSE WE ARE A VOLUNTEER MINISTRY WE HAVE A HIGH TURNOVER RATE ON SHIP. GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE AND GETTING CLOSE TO THEM IS HARD. SOME PEOPLE COME FOR TWO WEEKS, SOME SIX MONTHS AND OTHERS(LIKE ME) ARE HERE FOR THE LONG TERM OF TWO YEARS PLUS!!! THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME KNOW THAT I NORMALLY DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM MAKING FRIENDS BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM LETTING PEOPLE GET REALLY CLOSE(WORKING ON THAT). NOW THAT I HAVE REALLY DEDICATED MYSELF TO SERVING THE LORD I HAVE BEGUN TO LET PEOPLE IN AND WITH THAT COMES THE HARD PART OF LETTING PEOPLE GO. THE LORD IS REALLY WORKING ON ME IN ALL AREAS OF MY LIFE AND THIS ONE IS HARD. SO THIS MONTH I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL OF YOU TO KEEP ME IN YOUR PRAYERS IN ASKING THE LORD TO HELP ME TO OPEN UP MORE BUT TO ALSO LEARN TO LET GO. THANK YOU TO ALL MY SUPPORTERS AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU!!!