This Winter school has flown by! Seems to have gone by faster than any other school for some reason. Tomorrow, the students will be leaving for Asia. Bittersweet! At times it is hard to continually say goodbye after getting to know the students/discipling them/growing with them, but God has been faithful to refresh my heart during those times. Even saying goodbye to staff that leave after their committment is finished can be hard as well. I hope I never stop loving the people around me. The Lord continues to remind me that when I keep Him first in my life, He will be the love that flows out of me to others.


The picture below includes the Fall school (after returning from Asia for their graduation), along with the Winter school that is just about to leave for outreach. During each school's graduation, there is a week of time that two schools overlap...so the base is hopping with lots of energy from so many people! It is one of my favorite times during each quarter :)


This past weekend the staff took the students for one last "weekend activity" before their outreach. Starting at 8 AM on Saturday, we drove an hour on windy roads to a popular scenic area called Hana. The day consisted of cliff jumping, swimming by caves and a black sand beach, hiking through bamboo forests to get to waterfalls up to 400 feet high, eating packed lunches, sharing water when people didn't bring enough :), and driving home to a sunset when everyone is wonderfully dirty and tired :)). Staff try to have several "weekend activities" for each school to give fun options for the students, and saved the best for last this time!



Also, God never fails to teach me new things every quarter! The last few months He has been showing me fears that I have, and helping to root them out of my life. Hasn't always been easy, but I am so grateful to serve such a loving Father that knows me better than I know myself. The verse that continues to come to mind is 1 John 4:18 which says: "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love". I continue to learn that His love truly does drive out fear...bring on freedom! :)




The picture below is of the wonderful kitchen staff I worked with this quarter! I also just found out my next job has been changed to kitchen supervisor for the next school. Stoked!




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