News from New York

I know that it has been a while since I wrote here but here is a bit of an update.  Just a little over a year ago I decided to make a move that I thought I would never do, move to the city.  Just to say that I would never change the last year of my life.  Since I wrote on here last there was Christmas and New Years and a lot of other fun things.  Getting to know people up here has been a lot of fun.  It is hard to believe it has already been a year plus.  It is also a little hard to believe that it is a year since the house fire, last year at this time I was at home, or in Lancaster not sure which is home, helping to rebuild the house.  It is kind of exciting to know that I could move back in about six months or so, but kind of sad as well.  I kind of have mixed feelings and don't really know what I want to do, or where God is leading me.  I really enjoy living up here, not really the city, but the people up here are just so much fun.  I do not think that I would enjoy my time up here if it were not for the people from church and the youth.  Moving on to some things that have happened lately.  At the end of February we had youth retreat.  It was a well spent weekend of hanging out and learning what God's word has to say about leadership.  The first weekend of March some of us went down to Camp Andrews for Urban Youth Workers Retreat and was again a well spent weekend of learning.  Lots of good memories of hanging out late and also of sitting in on workshops.  Two weeks ago, March 15, Choice Books sent us down to Lancaster for REACH.  That was another great day, we were only there for one day, of talking to others about our ministry and our time here.  We tried recruiting people to move here, but didn't here of any success.  So if there is anyone from the youth group in Lancaster that is looking for a place for VS, I would highly recommend here, but it is not as easy as it sounds.  Currently as a youth group up here we are trying to get the church service ready for next Sunday.  The youth are in charge of most of the service on Easter Sunday.  This is just a short summary of the last almost three months, so many details I could write.  So hopefully I can find the time to write here more often, it just kinda falls by the side with so much happening.