Hello friends! Whether you are reading this as a brother or sister in Christ, a fellow staffer or a volunteer (or a combination of the three), I hope that this finds you well. After much success and even more peace from choosing to write a reflection blog of my summer with Appalachia Service Project, I knew I just had to do it again. This is a process...a process that will take a few weeks and maybe even months. This summer, just like every summer thus far, was incredible, and I want to make sure I take my time in really tuning into what the Lord provided for me through each and every moment of it.
If you are a staffer, volunteer, or anyone who has been a part of this amazing ministry, you will understand when I say that it is sometimes nearly impossible to find the words to capture what a week, let alone a summer with ASP means. God was present, and if that is the only thing you take out of this blog let me say it again. God was and IS still present, whether that is in the mountains, or on a college campus with no one else who has experienced ASP.
I am not writing this to boast about the good works I did this summer because it simply didn't happen. NONE of it was me, and literally thank God for that! I am overwhelmed by the work that our Lord did this summer, in my life and in those mountains...and the crazy part? No one this summer did ANYTHING to deserve that!!! So this blog is out of thanksgiving for a God that has called my heart to have the beat of the mountains and this ministry. It is to find even more of myself, the one He has called me to be and to give a testament to everyone that He used to change my life this summer.
If you aren't familiar with ASP, don't worry...you will be long before the next post is over! I will not be writing this out of persuasion to get y'all to be on staff, but it is my prayer that the words I write are from the Lord and that my heart grows closer to His in the process. May this be a place of refuge and reflection for all those ASPers out there, and frankly, anyone who feels called to serve.
-Love and Overalls-
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