Goodbye OCSM'19
About two weeks ago I said goodbye to 53 people who had become so near and dear to my heart and played such a big role in my life this summer. One thing that has been really hard for me to grasp is the fact that I cannot communicate all that God did this summer into words. I can’t wait to tell people about the conversations I got to have on the boardwalk and all the things that the Lord taught me and how quick we were to dig into each other’s lives and build deep friendships, but I know that even when that conversation is over, they will not have the same emotional connection that I have. Only those who were there to experience it themselves will truly understand the work that God did and the community that was created. And while that is frustrating, it is also reveals just how powerful our God is. We serve a God that does such a perfect and unique work in us, it can’t even be put into words and can only be understood if you are in the presence of it. As I head back to ca...