Joy is my middle name.

Yesterday I flew on a plane all by my big self to Georgia for TEAMeffort staff training. I am now in Gainsville and just completed my second day. Let me tell you, it is already incredible. My life has changed already and God is working so amazingly I can’t even begin to describe it. Wow. I have met some incredible people that I will be working with all summer. They are already my family. God has touched me already and singing out to him every night puts me in the most amazing place. Here I can talk to anyone about anything. I am so excited about what the summer has to offer. I will be living my dream of helping people and making a difference. I can’t even describe this experience thus far. God is so good.

As the TEAMeffort motto says, “Pray as you go.”

So last night I got one of the best phone calls that I have ever received. I got called from TEAMeffort on where I was being placed for this summer….ummm can you say North Carolina?! I’ll be 50 yards from the beach. My backyard is the Atlantic. (My life stinks right? haha) I am beyond excited to spend days helping people with missions and my nights praising God on the beach. I am truly blessed with this experience that God has given me. I am so excited to meet my fellow staff members and create amazing bonds with them. This whole this is truly surreal.

Well, I better get going for now. I have to study for one more final. (tomorrow at 10 am) Then my summer officially begins. :)

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

So my school year is almost over. Crazy isn’t it? I only have one more week left or regular classes, then finals. It is so crazy that my Sophomore year is almost over and I couldn’t be more happy. This year was great in the end. I met new people, experienced new things, and got close again with my old friends. I even got a new job for the summer that I couldn’t be more thrilled about.

I am really sad to say goodbye to some of my friends at PSUD. I don’t know where I would be if I had never met these people. I love them all so much

I know this isn’t goodbye, it’s see ya later.

So I guess you could say that I went in a mini depression after my season ended. The whole team did. I still think about that game almost every day and it just hurts every time but hey, life does go on. On a positive note, our men’s basketball team won the PSUAC and is going to Nationals. I could not be more happy for these guys. They are like brothers to me and plus I am very happy for Will.

Also, I got my camp staff packet in the mail for my job this summer. I could not be more excited for this! I also received a really sweet shirt from them. I booked my flight already to Georgia for staff training. I can not believe that this is only less than three months away. Wow…so awesome. I can’t wait to see what God provides for me there.

That’s all for now!

“People change and things go wrong, but always remember, life goes on.”

Yesterday was the last time I would ever play basketball with my team or for a school, ever again. My team lost in the first round of playoffs. This should have never happened and I still can’t believe it did. It is all that is going through my mind. I can’t get over it. Even though these next few days with be sad, I will always remember the memories that we made. I thank God each and every single day that he gave me this opportunity to play two more years of basketball on the college level. Also, and most of all, I am so blessed to have met these girls I played with, they are my sisters and best friends. I love those girls more than they will ever know and don’t know what I would do without them in my life. I just thank God every day for this opportunity. We had a great run. Yes this is going to sting for a long time but that will fade and the memories won’t.

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it’s happened.”

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So the past few weeks have been crazy and emotional for me. I don’t even know where to begin. Let’s start with my personal life. I recently got a job with TEAMeffort being a camp staff and doing missions all summer. I am so excited for this but I am nervous about being away from my loved ones all summer. Another new thing in my life is a boy. His name is Will Welles. Now if you don’t know Will, he is a 6’6, 250 lb black guy from Philly. It’s funny seeing us together because I look so little compared to him. But to us, our differences don’t matter. He is such as sweetheart to me and I am so blessed God put him in my life. I am lucky to have him. Second, I recently finished my regular basketball season. Wow, so many emotions about this. It is finally sinking in that I will never play organized basketball after this year again. We recently lost a very important game which made us go from 1st to 3rd place in the conference and we lost a banner because of it. This really saddens me but we are still highly ranked for playoffs and play on Monday. We are also very close to entering the national tournament which would be an incredible experience. There is no way we are losing on Monday.

Well that’s the update for now. Sorry it’s short and sweet but I have just been so crazy busy lately. More updates will be soon! Promise!

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

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