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ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, alrightalrightalright...HEY!

If you've ever been to EFY, you know the rest.

So the past 3 and a half weeks of my life have been...insane. Insanely tiring, insanely awesome, insanely spiritual, insanely uplifting, insanely in fast-forward, and basically amazing overall. I love the youth-- I always learn SO MUCH from them. They're truly amazing. I can't really summarize my weeks, because I had so much happen that I can't even squeeze it down. But in a nutshell...every year I learn something new at EFY. Usually lots of new things. I think this year so far I've learned that anything is possible through the Lord, and that first impressions should not always be lasting impressions. I also think that I learned how to love better, loving through the eyes of Christ. 7 years of EFY and I'm not sick of it yet!! Also, it amazes me how I can work with the same group of people for only 3 weeks, and yet I know some of them better than people I've known for years. I've made some amazing friends so far this summer, and I know we'll be friends for life, even if we only talk once a decade, because a bond made through the Spirit is way more lasting than just somebody you met on the side of the road somewhere. I love it. And I love the people. AH I LOVE EFY!

Pictures can be found on facebook again......http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=14345&id=1244910068&l=760b3614e6

Also, Michael went on trek. The telegraph did an article on it, found here. I know those people!! :)
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  1. BrianneJuly 19, 2009 at 3:13 PM

    clap, clap, clap-clap-clap! clap, clap, clap-clap-clap! clap, clap, clap-clap-clap! E-F-Y!!

    Yay, EFY!!! =)

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