Hi friends and family! Happy Holy Week! I hope you have a great time celebrating Jesus' resurrection with your family! We had a meeting with the girl student leaders in our ministry last night where we got to reflect on how they have thought about the cross and resurrection in their own life, and how it has impacted them. We also challenged them to keep the sacrifice of Christ as something they think on regularly, and not just around the Easter season. After asking various reflective questions from s cripture , we ended with them finding their own scriptures  on the cross or resurrection  to share as an encouragement . Here is one verse that was shared that I loved:  Hebrews 9:13-15 " For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant." Thank you abundantly for your generosity to give so that I can...

 Hi friends and family! I hope you've had a wonderful month of February and have been able to enjoy the great weather we had lately! As the lent season begins, I wanted to share a verse I will be reflecting on throughout the next few weeks:  Psalm 34:8: Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.  Even though my church tradition didn't practice lent growing up, I've really enjoyed participating in it to some capacity the past couple years. It has really helped me be made more aware of the Lord being with me throughout my days, helping me not get caught up in my business. Having regular reminders to seek him and be reminded that he is sweeter than anything I am tempted to desire apart from him. Whether you are participating or not, I hope this verse can be an encouragement to you for wherever you are at in your relationship with the Lord. I pray you also would get some time to reflect on the Lord's goodness in your own life lately, or...

Hi friends and family! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season, and are staying safe and warm with these weather conditions!                                                                                   Winter Retreat 2026!  Winter retreat is our biggest event we put on each year where all of our campuses come together for a time of worship, fellowship, and most importantly spiritual development! Winter retreat is often the time our students decide to really commit to the Lord after getting to experience God in a new, or different way than they ever have. Our staff spends many months prepping to make this a really foundational experience for our students to have! This year was our biggest year yet with about 700 stud...

 Merry Christmas friends and family! I hope this season brings you all great joy, peace, and Jesus's abundant goodness in your lives and those around you! A psalm for encouragement to you in this Christmas season: "The poor will eat and be satisfied. All who seek the Lord will rejoice with everlasting joy. The whole earth will acknowledge the Lord and return to him. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him. For royal power belongs to the Lord. He rules all the nations.  Psalm 22:26-28 (NLT). This is from the devotional app called: "Lectio 365" that I love listening to, and would highly recommend!  I have been reflecting on the verse in Isaiah 55:8 which says: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord". The same devotional from above also discussed this verse and had this to say: "There is considerable comfort in trusting God's sovereignty when I can't fathom his purposes." As ...

 Hi friends and family! Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you had a wonderful time with your loved ones. I feel so deeply thankful for each of you and your support to my ministry, and lately I've been so thankful for God's abundant grace for me. At our large group gathering, we did a four week series over God's grace, and the goal was to capture our theme for them this year, which is Grace upon Grace, but more importantly for our students to understand the depths of God's grace much more than what they have previously understood or been exposed to.  I'll share some takeaways from these grace sermons our ministry has done, and what stood out most to me. I'll also share the link in case you also want to give it a listen. (So far we only have one up, but more will be uploaded later):  https://open.spotify.com/episode/57jEc1PqKOdY2oWDHTf0IL?si=3AoeUXPoTR-rI7nOvyoZyg Here are some notes from the different sermons that really stuck with me: "Grace means to delight in so...