YouthWorks Summer... Round 2!

Welcome back to my blog!
Exciting news... I just officially accepted a job working with YouthWorks as a Service Coordinator (same missions organization and job description as last summer). Saying I am excited would be an understatement. I am confidant that YouthWorks is where God wants me this summer... and I am happy to follow His lead!
Although I have the same job as last summer, this coming summer is going to be very different. Even though I know what the YW schedule looks like and more about what my job entails... having a new staff, different participants, and potentially a new location will make this experience completely unique from last summer. My mind is going a million miles an hour. I can't believe I am asking for another stress-filled, gross food, hot, and sleepless summer. BUT at the same time, I can't think of another place I’d rather be.
This news is so new to me (I just officially accepted the job Thursday)... I cannot articulate the wide scope of excitement, peace, anticipation, joy, and anxiousness I am feeling. BAH! Here we go!


Because I haven't updated since August... here is a little update on what I have been up to the past 7 months.
... Now that I think about it, there is not that much to report. Maybe that is why I haven't written anything :)
Fall semester went super fast and was relatively seamless. Transitioning from the summer had its highs and lows. It was good to be back into the routine of Eau Claire life, but challenging to apply and articulate all that I had experienced.
In January, took a winter break class that focused on some fundamentals of education. Through this class, I had the opportunity to go to Maryland got a week to observe in a high school. I learned SO much from seeing a school in such a non-Eau Claire/suburb setting. While out East we also spent a long weekend in D.C.!!! AHHH! It was so good to be back. I even got to go to church at Douglas, the church I lived in last summer. It was also fun to take over the town with some of my classmates!
Here is a video we made form our time in D.C.:

Now I am on spring break. I am spending the first ½ of the week back home in Minnesota then going to North Carolina to visit my uncle Tom and my friend Erin. I have never been to NC before, so it should be fun!

Sorry for such a long entry. More on YouthWorks and other Bridget-ventures to come.